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New-York tribune., 1918-06-19
Spruce Price Jump
Shown at I.W.W. Trial

CHICAGO, June 18.-Airplane spruce
lumber is costing the United States
government nearly three times as much
now as it did two years ago, according
TO testimony which Federal Judge Kene-
saw M. Lands brought out at the I. w.
w. trial here. The statement, which
came from Frank Milward, foreman in
the mill Of the Alpha Lumber Company,
of Grays Harbor, Wash, was a by
product in the process of grinding out
justice for the ITO men charged with
opposition to the draft and other Of
fences, but the court made it the chief
feature of the session.
Milward, in testifying as to his
company's interest in the spruce con-
tracts for the government, declared
that the kind of spruce used for air
planes in 1915 cost $33 thousand feet.
Now, he said, it cost the government
from $75 to 800. The kind of spruce
log the government paid $14 for then
would cost $35 now, he said
"Why is that?" demanded Judge
Landis.
Milward said that labor had gono
up, for one thing. Common labor"
ne continued, "was So day in 1915.
Now we pay so cents an hour for an
the man who rode on the log carriage
got $2.75 for ten hours; to-day he gets
$5.75 for eight hours. A pfaner got
$3.50 day; now he gets 1925 month"
The turn the investigation was TAX
ing caused the attorneys for both sides
to intervene. Judge Lands waved their
Interruptions aside.
"This may have no bearing on the
case. gentlemen" he said, "but I want
to know why the government is pay
ing SO much more for its airplane
material"
Mllward testified that there were
many fires in the vicinity Of his mill,
and that one of them, in August, 1917,
caused the loss Of one-third of a
million feet If spruce lumber.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-19

stant's silence, until the room got the
joke, and everybody laughed
One grayhaired woman had a SER
vice star at her breast.
81 told my husband it was q damn
shame he never got naturalzcd," she
announced as she took her seat at the
table where the volunteers from the
Council of Womens Organizations
were helping fiji out the information
blanks.
my children guy ME all the time
on, thawing under the friendly nhu-
ence. "My daughter SAID she would
send over my supper ir case didn't
like prison fare. l don't mind, though;
I've got son in the navy, and every
body knows Pm not for the Kaiser"
When the public school across the
street from the station house closed in
the afternoon, there was an addition
to the line of "enemy aliens" in the
person of two little girls, still in
curs, with school books under their
arms.
"My, this has been hard day for
me-" sighed Emma Prior. the one with
three Liberty bond buttons on her
coat. "First ! had regents cxamina-
tions. and then ] went to the dentist,
and now ! go to the police station"
"Wcll, little sister, said the police
man, "if you passed your regents as
we'll as you do your finger prints, you
needn't worry"
Registration Shows Increase
Children who were born in this coun-
try are not obliged to register, of
course, rs they are native born AmerA.
cans, even if their parents are German,
but in case a girl of fourteen was born
in Germany and her father has not
been naturalized she comes under the
alien enemy act There have been four
such cases in the Eighty-eig
Street police station in the two days
of the women's registration.
About four hundred women regis
tered at that place yesterday, an
increase over the first days figures.
which is expected to continue, as the
women of the district become familiar
with the purpose of the registration
law. In case woman fails to register
she will be liable to internment in a
prison camp.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-19
I estimony Ends i'm
Russellites' Case

Further testimony by Joseph F.
Rutherford, defendant in the govern
ment's case against eight rcligionists
of the Pastor Russell faith, in the Fed
eral court, Brooklyn, concluded the de-
fence yesterday afternoon. The case
probably will 60 to the jury to-day or
tomorrow.
Rutherford testified that pages 247
to 253 were removed from "The Fin
ished Mystery" after he discovered the
tions seditious. He said he did not
think the book "in any way interfered
with the government or the prosecu-
tion of the war;" but that "to pleas,
the government the Objectionable pages
were replaced by other NATTER
When asked whether he considered
that the passages quoted from C. E.
Jefferson and the Rev. John Haynes
Holmes 'interfered with the govern
mcnt," Rutherford admitted those pas
snges were mot appropriate" and that
if he had read them before they were
seat to the printer he would not have
B. Howe admitted the corrected edition
of the book as evidence, with the re-
mark that it "tended to show the de-
fendant concluded tne hook was illegal
and then corrected it,"
The first Of the passages referred to
described patriotism as murder, the
spirit of the very devil" and the
second was an utterance of Dr.. Holmes
in which he said the "war itself is
wrong" and "its prosecution would be
crime" Rutherford denied that he
agreed with either of these sentiments
as they stood.
Judge Howe adjourned. court for
fifteen minutes with directions to coun-
sci for the defence to look up the
opinion of the Supreme Court in a case
of religion versus law. The case was
that of Mormon who married Sec
ond time and was defended on the
ground of his religious belief
"The Supreme Court held that relg-
ious belief was no Defence" said Judge
Howe, "and since you have not read
that case thoroughly, Mr.. Fuller, the
court will now adjourn to give you time
to do SO"
New-York tribune., 1918-06-19
Enter Patriotic Protest

The American Relief Legion, an as
sociation for suppressing all things
German, at q board meeting on Monday
afternoon passed resolution instruct
ing all members to write to Mayor
Hylan letters of protest against Ger
man-Americans in the loyalty parade
on July a.
Mrs. Oliver Cromwell Field, presi-
dent of the legion, and Mrs. J. r.
Keilty and Mrs. w. Thomas Chollar.
board members, visited several Fifth
Avenue shops yesterday afternoon and
asked the merchants to make protests.
"Nearly every merchant we visited
promised to make protest to the
Mayor against the parade" said Mrs.
Eia1i 49, "
New-York tribune., 1918-06-19
|Leghorn School Is
Monument to II. s..
Resistance of italian Troop. cel,
ebrated With Opening Of
Orphan Institution

LEGHORN, June 1S.-The sp,end;s
resistance Of the Italian troops in q.
face of the Austrian offensive r.-
celebrated here to-day by the inau.r
ration Of permanent monument !.
the United States in the form % .
model school building and recreat;o.
park for hundred children of so,.
diers. made orphans by the war.
Funds for the building and park wsr.
provided by the American Red cros.
which supervised the work. The scboe,
was erected in seventy eight DAYS
Major Chester Fl. Aldrich and r..
tain William Hereford represented -.
American Red Cross at the inauo,r.
ton and Italian and French represen..
tives also were present.
The municipal authorities cent !.
telegram to the American Ambass.do-
Thomas Nelson Page, thanking ~.
American people for the generous v;ts
New-York tribune., 1918-06-19
Suicide Requests'No Scene

A man believed to be Frank L. Par
ker, Of 76 Warren Street, Boston.
Mass, committed suicide some time
yesterday in furnished room house at
lhS East Fifty-fifth Street. His body
was found late in the afternoon by
MASS Olga Bossen, proprietress of the
house.
Miss Bossen said the man had ar
rived there only few days ago.
Pinned to the closed door Of his room
was a note which read:
Just turn out the gas and call a
policeman. Cause no excitement"
New-York tribune., 1918-06-19
Captain Ousted From Army
For Selling Flour Sacks

WASHINGTON, June 1s.-Dismissal
Of Captain Frederick C. Spang, of the
Quartermaster Corps, after trial by
court martial. for selling empty -four
sacks to civilian dealers, at Camp
Travis, Texas, was announced to-day
by the War Department.
Captain Spang was on duty in con-
nection with the Camp Bakery. He
was charged with disposng of some
10000 empty bags, for which he got
about 81 900.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-19
To Bar Foreign Languages
In Connecticut Schools

HARTFORD, Conn, June 1a.-The
State Board of Education announced
to-day that steps were being taken to
conform to the policy of Governor Hol-
comb. to end the teaching of foreign
languages in state schools.
Three resolutions outline the boards
attitude. The first prohibits the teach
ing to which objection is taken; the
second extends its scope to private
schools, and the third directs the sec
retary Of the board to use all lawful
means to carry the resolutions into
New-York tribune., 1918-06-19
Will Sell Property of
Borglum for Back Salary

ATLANTA, Ca, June 1s. - Property
at Stone Mountain, Ga, Of Gutzcn
Borglum, sculptor, who recently made
sensational charges in connection with
the aircraft production programme. was
advertised to-day for sale at public
auction, June %, to satisfy claim
of c.. G. Baxter, former secretary to
the sculptor, for S7o0 back salary.
The property consists of equipment
used by Borgium in the work of carv-
ing a memorial to the Southern Con-
federacy on the face of Stone Noun
tain.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-19
Soviets Greet New Republic

PEKING. China, June 10.-The official
military newspaper of the Petrograd
Bolsheviki has published a statement
announcing that it is the intention OF
the Soviet administration to recognize
the independence of he Southern
Chinese republic, and that it intends
to send a peoples commissioner and
deputies into the provinces to organize
Chinese councils of workingmen similar
to the Bolshevik councils III Russia
Chicago News
New-York tribune., 1918-06-19
400 Aliens Are Arrested

WINDSOR, Ont, June 1s.--More than
four hundred aliens, the majority of
them Russians and Austrians, who ar
rived here to-day to make a demon
stration in favor of John Perehuda, un-
der arrest on a charge of melting
draft resistance, We're rounded up by
police. On being searched 100 of them
were found to be without draft regis
tration certificates.
Many of the Russian searched were
found to be in possession of Bolsheyik
and /. w. w. propaganda literature.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-19
Senate Passes Land Bill

WASHINGTON, June ia bill BY
Senator Ashurst, of Arizona, opening
about 30,000,00o acres of Western
Indian reservation lands to private de-
velopment, uron a royalty basis, for
minerals needed in the war. was passed
to-day by the Senate and now goes to
ihe House.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-19
Hanch Heads u. S. Auto Board

WASHINGTON, June 18.-C. C.
Hanch, secretary of the National Au-
tomobile Chamber Of Commerce and
treasurer of the Studebaker Corpora
ton, to-day was appointed chief of the
automobile products section of the
War Industries Board.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-19
Gun Stock Plant Destroyed
BY Fire in East ST. Lou;.

ST. LOUIS. June 49, The Illinois
Walnut Company plant in East ST.
Louis, where gun stocks for the gov
ernment are manufactured on a largo
scale, was destroyed by fre to-day. Be-
cause tbs Are apparently started In two
or three places at once, it is thought
to have been Of incendiary origin.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-19
Tbe Trtbune's 8
Better Job" Bureau

1t won't cost you a cent
and may be the means Of
Landing just the kind of
job you think you are best
fitted for.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-19

chasing it. you just try it," he replied
with smile.
He said he had nothing to say to
the public except that now that he was
in the city he hoped to get square
deal from the newspapers.
When asked if he would be wit
ness at the trial Of his brother Mr..
O'Leary seemed stunned. He appeared
to be surprised to learn that his
brother was on trial. He replied hot
ly, "That's an unfair question"
In answer to questions as to whether
or not he put up fight when he was
taken in custody he ruefully replied,
"Can you imagine q lone Fastener
Strong, sturdy Westerners
He then said that he did not know
his brother was on trial for aiding in
his escape.
Chief De Woody could add nothing
to the published reports of the capt
ure Of the fugitive. 1t is known that
the chief has been directing the hunt
for Thomas Ryan, alias William West,
who is wanted in connection with the
same case. Ryan was supposed to have
been with O'Leary, but investigation
proved that the fugitives did not meet.
| thought to have fed to Canada. was
wanted by the Canadian authorities on
an old charge. The Mexican border
| is being carefully watched, and it is
expected that he will be apprehended
within a few days.
1t seemed much more like dress
rehearsal of the jeremiah A. O'Leary
defence that was being staged before
Judge Augustus Hand in the United
States District Court yesterday than
it did like the actual trial of his
| Inhr oil n
completely in the spectacular escape of
the now intercepted "revolutionist."
From the very outset, when Arthur
L. Lyons, pivotal witness for the, gov
"Jerry's" movements and "jerry's"
words and Jerry's" fears and alarms
| that formed the real centre of contro-
| versy. Checks which had been drawn
by his brother from Jeremiah's bank
account and deposited to his own credit
were admitted without demur by the
question bearing upon "Jerry's" men-
tai or physical condition or the char
acter of Jerry's" associates every re-
source Of argument was invoked before
the point was yielded.
In the course of these extended bick-
| erings the "alibi" of unsound mental
state with which the defence Mad the
day before appeared to be striving ia
| supply Jeremiah OLeary received con-
siderable strengthening. After Arthur
Lyons, "Jerry's" companion on his long
westward fight, had given minute tes-
timony 40 to the fugitive's unstrung
distraught condition, James R. Spears
who for two years shared an office
with Jeremiah O'Leary, brought ali
these assertions to 4 climax when, In
reply to a question from Colonel
Thomas Fielder. he said:
II always thought Jeremiah oLsary
was sort OF replica Of Harry Thaw.h
Later the same witness added:
II expected to hear OF his death from
exhaustion any day"
As on tho preceding day, the name
Of MINNIE. victorica, the so,called
German spy," wove mysteriously in
and out OF the testimony.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-01-09
TAKING THE HUBBY SHOPPING
Big Chief Of the Household Learns
What Trouble the wife Always
Has TO Experience.

A. 10 the ndyIsabllity ~ taking ones
husband TO the shops, much mny be
said On both sides. observes Simeon
StruDsky. In Hnrpers Magazine. On
the one hand. II II certain that after
he has spent three hours In chair
while his wife tries on spring suits, q
man will have u very definite Idea OF
what women suffer In the daily tnsk.
The next time his wife comes home
from The shops with headache he r.
likely 10 be- more sympathetic.
But then again II mny be that the
memory of his own bitter ordeal will
prevail, and he viii carry nway with
him more vivid sense 0f the futillties
In which the life Of woman In spent II
NIL depends on the man. Of course. But
the husband endowed with Just bit
Of pbilos0phlc reflection. planted three
solid hours In tapestry chair. In nn
audience OF 800 women and 20 snles-
girls, will watch the strnined and
tired fnces. the tryings-on and dlvesi-
ings, the search after the unnttainnble
Ideal. the final purchase made more
out of wenriness than out Of satisfnc-
tIon; and he cannot help asking him
self: For whom IL II allf" And he
will sny 10 himself. "For us malesf'
And II will make him thoughtful.
Taking along ones husband TO the
store as critic and appraiser Is Of no
use at all. In the first place. his prin-
cIples Of criticism are utterly unlike
a woman's. His criticism In OF the ro-
mantle. impressionistic school. He
looks at his wife In the green cloak
with fur edging and says. Il like that
Or else he says, "You look well In
that" As II the mere fact that n
woman looks well In n green coat or
that she likes II were the deciding
factor
Woman belongs, In the matter OF
dress, TO the scientific school OF criti.
cism, which bases Itself on universal
principles-Aristotle. Tame. Brune-
there. II In criticism which does not
ask whether woman looks well In
green cloak trimmed with fox, but
says: How does this green cloak ut
into that womnn's life, her tempera-
ment, her likes. her friends. her duty
OF being duplicated by the woman next
door, ON the other hnndf"
A man likes his wlfcs new dinner
gown when II looks well on his wife
In the shop. A woman Is bound 10
think OF the gown In relation TO the
wallpaper and the lights nt home. the
fact thar she had II dark.red dinner
gown year before last. the fact that
her color Is somewhat higher than II
was two years ngo. tllut she has tnkeii
on three pounds In weight, that l'el
husbands income has materially In
creased since last year, nnd that next
year people will be wearing greens
and purples.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-01-09
FAvoRTE SPORTS OF TODAY
Baseball and Football Are Games
Evolved From Daily Work Of
Our Fofefathers.

Plny n ancestral work. The ihnrr
our forefnthcrH. near or remote, did
10 live, We do for fun. muses. mn ey'
change. Away hack In The dim Ills.
tnnce, they lived by hnntlng--nnd by
dodglng the creatures which were
hunting them. IN those days. II con
siderably strengthened ones grip an
life 10 be- able Ia throw n stone with
accuracy, TO bit quickly and strongly
with n club. 10 run from tree 10 tree
No swiftly and with such nice judg-
incni ~ distance M " foil Old Saber'
Tooth. the original apostle ~ fright
fulness.
The men who could do these things
well left descendants. Generations
centuries. ac0ns passed. mud these
descendants. struggling 10 repeat the
daily work OF their forbcnrs, evolved
such gnmeS us cricket. one old cut
and FOUNDERS. out of this Inst. by
happy chance and happier genius. wns
developed baseball. Ia exercise our
lungs, Improve our eyes and increusc
our yocabulnries,
Fur different II the origin Of foot
ball. The keynote of thnt IN the
mnssed rush.--like the one which won
the bnttlc of Marathon. Sometimes
the massIng IL extrn close. correspond
INK 10 the charge ~ the Tbeban col
umn nj Leuctrn. and with pretty near
ly ns high h proportion Of casualties
until the rule makers abolished the fly
ing wedge. hut even In the most open
gume. football ls essentially dlsci'
pllned charge. and the activities II
calls Into play are lmme0surably less
ancient than those of baseball.
Why the one game has become the
greatest Of professional sports and the
other the peculiar Joy OF colleges. no
one can say. but NO Il Ia. Perhaps half
the problem cnn be solved by recol'
lecting thu, the college age II the mill
tary age, and takes naturally TO q
game which mlmlcs ancient war.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-01-09
How He slep, q, the Fort.

Ed Jackson. secretary OF state, who
Is one Of the students ut the United
States army officers reserve training
camp at Fl. Benjamin Harrison, had
to spend one OF the cool nights In the
trenches, as that Is part Of the train
Ing given to the embryo officers, notes
the indianapolis News. As he emerged
from his bunk" the next morning he
was met by one Of his fellow students.
swell, how did you sleep last nishti"
inquired Jackson's friend.
"In sections" grufiiy replied the
state ofiicial.
"How's thatT"
swell, first my right foot was asleep
and then my left one; then one arm
and then another and 30 on. But ]
guess II I added them all up I got In
a pretty good nights rest" anf
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-01-09
BRETHREN OF THE SWORD
Home OF Cult Was at wenden, on the
North Line Of the German
Offensive In Russia.

The National Geographic society is-
sues the following war geography bull
letin on Wenden. ON the line Of the
German offensive In the direction Of
Petrograd:
The town Of wenden, one Of the old
est In the province Of Liyonla, is stu.
nted few miles by rail northeast sf
Riga. II II a picturesque place. built
two miles from the left bank Of the
River An. The An flows In south
westerly direction from this point
through that part Of Russia known as
the Livonlan Switzerland. not on ac-
count ~ the height of mountains-the
highest hIll Is only 285 feet--but be
cause of the charm Of the landscape
with its well-wooded slopes bordering
the river valley.
The story of Wenden goes back seven
centuries 10 the time when the Breth-
rcn Of the Sword recognized by Pope
Innocent III In 1902. made this place
their headquarters IN the campaign In
nugurnted by them 10 disseminate
Christianity among the heather 1.-Two
mans. A castle was built here In
1210, and though II IL now scarcely
more thnn crumblIng ruin, as II was
never restored after the destructive
fire Of 174s. around It cluster many
romantic and fascinating stories.
One Of the most celebrated grand
masters Of the Brethren Of the Sword
was Walter won Plettenberg. who rose
to power during the closing years Of
the fifteenth century and was finally
recognized ns u prince Of the empire
by the Emperor Charles V In 1877
Plettcnberg also built the castle Of
Rign uiD4.l5l5), which has fared bet.
ter than the wenden stronghold, for
II Is still used as the seat Of the Rus
sian authorities Tor rather. was used
up TO the time Of Riga's fall few
weeks ago).
The most tragic chapter In the
history or wcnden was enacted In 1911
when the members Of the garrison oi
the castle. besieged by the forces OF
the lmplncnble Ivan the Terrible. blew
themselves up rather than fall into III,
hands Of the ear. The castle was
soon repaired, however, and short
time thereafter was the residence OF
Patriclus Nideckl. appointed bishop OF
wenden In 1883 by Stephen Bathory
king OF Poland.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-01-09
paddy Was Sore.

Twas somewhere In France, and
the trenches looked like some river
not on the map. Paddy was on guard
In the communication trenches and
was up to his chest In water. Along
came Tommy, who inquired Of
Paddy II he would direct him to A
Company In the First Blankshires.
Paddy's temper was not the best, for
he had had a long, weary guard, and
was not In form for being questioned.
"Holy smokel" he replied, viewing
his surroundings. "Chuck III I'm not
a bloomin' harbor MASTER"
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-01-09
Narration OF Caribou.

From Dawson, Yukon territory. Do
minion Of Canuda, comes news OF the
migration Of caribou, says the Chris
tian Science Monitor. Great hordes
are In the vicinity OF Forty Mile river
and ut various other points. The to-
tai number Of animals moving south
ward In search Of food Is estimated
Mt 100000 head. II Is characteristic
Of the time that the migration would
hardly have been known outside OF
Yukon territory hnd 1t not been neces-
sary to explain officially thnt occu.
pancy Of the roads by the caribou In
terfered with the carriage Of tho
malls.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-01-09
Lsopard shIp Of the sea.

Fooling the enemy Is remunera.
tive and interesting pastime with the
allies, says Popular Science Monthly.
They have their camoutlage on land /;
now comes the cnmouflage Of the sen.
A ship is painted with spots which
fade out into u glittering and shin.
mering haze In the sunlight. A sub.
marine commander one or two miles
distant might look straight at the ship
and never see her. N
The spots are Of light gray and navy
blue. which, even on a sunless day,
blend with the waves OF the ocean.
The indistinct outline which this gives
makes the ship poor target.