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Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-05-13

Amsterdam. May i3.---There Is a
shortage OF 10000 small dwellings
in Germany. according to Lieutenant
Paul Koehrc. socialist, speaking In
the reichstag on Friday, He said
that In most large towns there were
no more empty houses and that
young married couples had to live
In furnished rooms. rents having In
creased 80 per cent.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-05-13
OREGON MAN DIES OF
DISEASE IN-FRAN0E

Washington. May 13.-The casu.
atty list contains 90 names; 10 kill.
ed action;i nine died of wounds; two
from accident; Ave from disease;
missing in action. 3s. Most Of the
list were New Englanders.
Victor O'Rourke. OF Mountaindale,
Ore. a cook. died Of disease.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-05-13
INVESTIGATE PRICES
or FARM MACHINERY

Washington, May 13.--The SEN
ate this morning adopted resolu-
tIon by Senator Thompson Of Kan
sas authorizing the Investigation by
federal trade commissioners Of the
production and supply Of agrlcul-
tural implements and the prices
which farmers are compelled to pay
for machinery.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-05-13
ARTILLERY ACTIVE
!. ON FLANDERS FRONT

London. May 13.-Hostile artil-
lery was active during the night in
the Somme valley and the Albert
sectors. also between LOGON and the
forest Of Nieppe on the Flanders
front.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-05-13
GERMANS CAPTURE
RUSSIAN ROYALTY

Amsterdam. May l3.-Ukranian
press reports received from Odessa
declare that the former dowager OF
Russia and two grand dukes. who
have been living In Crimea. are in
the hands OF the Germans.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-05-13
EMERGENCy RATION is RICH

Washington. May IA new en-
ergency ration has been adopted by
the navy department. The ration Is
In the form Of compressed tablets,
each consisting OF eight ounces OF
powdered cooked wheat, five ounces
Of powdered lean beef and one ounce
Of salt.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-05-13
TRAM SERVICE WEST
ORDERED CURTA|LED

Washington. May 13.-Director
General McAdoo has ordered a cur
tailment of transcontinentai passen-
ger schedules from Chicago west.
becoming effective June 2. which will
save over 100000 train miles per
year by eliminating competition and
cutting down schedules.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-05-13

Salem, May 11.-Three squads Of
state police are coming to help hunt
for Convict Jef Baldwin. II is be-
lieved that Baldwin robbed a house
In Salem last night and secured an
overcoat and hat and 81 in money.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-05-13

Rome, May 13. 13.-Austro-Hungar-
ian troops yesterday attacked Mont
Corno, which the Italians recently
captured. The enemy was repulsed
with heavy losses.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-05-13
BAD MAN" WALKS
OUT OF PRISON
jesse baldwin Stages Another Dar.
ing Escape from the Penitentiary
AZ Salem Sunday

oaithif nh} ios--Jtbbt balu WIN,
one OF the states most desperate
convIcts and notorious as a bad
man" added another chapter to his
record at the state penItentiary when
he made a daring single-handed es-
cape from the penitentiary at 10
o'clock Sunday morning.
In broad daylight Baldwin pried
open the bars Of q window In the
commissary department Of the main
prison building and walked uncon-
cernedly out Of the big gates unmo-
Tested under the very eye, OF the
guards.
About seven months ago he staged
a spectacular escape on the same day
with some other convicts.
Baldwin was recaptured not far
from Albany by Linn county depu-
ty sheriff On the way 10 Albany
after the capture Baldwin filched the
officers revolver from his pocket.
fired at him. and nearly made his
escape In desperate fight on a
lonely road. Baldwin was finally
overpowered and stood trial at Al
bany for the assault Of an oficer.
He has IA years more servitude
at the prison hanging over his head.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-10
HOW this
NERVOUS WOMAN
GOT WELL
Told by Herself. Her Sim
eerity Should Con-
vince Others.

Christopher, Ill.-"For four years I
suffered from Irregularities, weakness,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-10

tous classes of food oils, of course,
differs materially in accordance with
quality of oil or its popularity. The
import price of soya bean oil enter
ing the United States averaged in
1917 cents per pound, sesame 1-2
cents; cotton seed cents; rapeseed,
peanut, and palm kernaI approx
mately 10 cents; cocoanut II ID cents
and edible olive oil is IL cents per
pound, these being in all cases the
prices in the countries from which
imported. The export price of our
cotton seed oils is about so per cent
higher than that imported, due to
quality and especially the more COM
plete refinement of that produced in
the United States.
World Importation of vegetable oils
and oil seeds aggregated before the
war about $500, 100000 a year; Ger
many leading with 800, 900, 900;
France $90,o00,000; United Kingdom
s60,O00,00o; Belgium $4,000, 900;
Netherlands $13,OOO,0 900; Denmark
s1,00O,00o. In the United States the
imports of vegetable oils and copra
for the production of cocoanut oil
aggregated in 1907 $17,0o0,0o0; in
1913 $45,000,000 and in 1917 over
$50, 100000. The total value of the
world production of oil seeds and
nuts is estimated at Approximately
$4,000, 100000 per annum
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-10

their lines.
at pointed my machine at the clos
est one to me, and as 1 got right on
him, I opened up with my machine
gun and down he went. The rest of
them came at me and at the same
time I sure did some Scientific re-
treating Well, the Hun I killed is
official; that is I got credit for kill
ing him. He fell about seven kilo-
metres in his own lines, but the
French saw him hit the ground.
THE next morning, March IL, at
9:25 o'clock, L speared another Hun.
1t was in just about the same place
as the first one I killed. He was
about ten or eleven kilometres with
in his lines when he fell. I saw him
crash into the ground. He was one
of a patrol of five Bochs Again l
had to do some scientific retreating.
However, I got home. The second
one is not yet official I do not
know if it will be officially recorded,
but hope So.
II really have four Germans that
have bagged in the air, but credit for
only one so far. have had five
combats in the last five days, with
three bullets in my machine. But I
shot down two Germans and perhaps
another one not yet confirmed"
Lieutenant Baer has two brothers
in the service of their country. Ar
thur Baer is a quartermaster aboard
the cruiser Charleston and A w.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-10
CONSUMPTION OF FOOD OILS IN,
UNITED STATES AND REST OF The
WORLD IS INCREASING RAPIDLY

ate zone the meats and fats of do
nestle animals, and to the people of
the tropics the oil seeds and nuts;
ulation, and, therefore, the lack of
area with which to maintain the food
producing animals, man found that
he could produce a larger quantity of
upon. a, given area in the form of
seeds, whether those of grasses,
plants, shrubs, or the majestic palm.
Tropical man has long relied for his
requirement of ratty foods upon oil
seeds, and of late temperate zone man
finding his supply of food animals
running low, has turned to the trop-
ical world for material with which
to supplement his waning stock Of
animal food.
Germany with her trained chem
lists, and the food demands of a dense
population, was the first to develop
the use in the temperate zones of
vegetable fats from the tropics, i'm
porting quantities of various oil seeds
including the dried meat of the CO.
coanut, and utilizing the oil in con-
junction with milk for the produc-
ton of margarine; custom which ex-
tended to all arts of the temperate
zones, and calling into use many
vegetable oils formerly little used for
food. Cotton seed of which the
world now produces. 100000 tons;
one-half of it in the United States,
has been found to contain approx
mately Is per cent of oil, which when
properly treated is so well suited for
human food that a very large pro-
portion of the 350,000,000 gallons of
cotton seed oil produced in the world
is now used for food, chiefly dis
guised under such titles as com
pound lard" etc. etc. Soya beans, of
which China, Manchuria and Japan
are large producers, also contain
from 10 to Is per cent of oil; rape
seed, the product of a turnip-like
plant, 80 to 35 per cent; mustard
seed a like percentage; peanuts 40
to As per cent; sesame, the seed
of a tropical or sub-tropical plant
As to SO per cent; and the cocoanut
fully 70 per Get, while palm kernal
chiefly from Africa, and the kernal
from the cohune nut chiefly from
Honduras are also high in percentage
of edible oil
The cost to consumers OF the var
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-10

tenant Baer had been decorated with
the DISTINGUISHED Service Cross for
shooting down a Hun aviator in a
battle against great odds. At the
time he was attacked by seven Ger
man fliers. Describing that. fight
Lieutenant Baer wrote:
well, Dad, at last got my first
official German airplane. Day be-
fore yesterday March II, p. m.) I,
unacconpanied, was flying inside the
German lines. AS time drew near for
meto come home, as had been out
my full time, and while almost at our
lines, the French sent up a signal to
me which told me in what sector the
Bochs were. 1 turned around and
was greeted by seven German planes
Part Of the enemy machines were
above me and part of them below.
We'll, only had enough gasoline
for ten minutes more flight, and 1
was six or eight kilometres inside
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-10
MAY EXTEND
SESSIONS OF
The CONGRESS-

Washington, May 10-The need of
legislation, deemed imperative by the
treasury department, to meet the vast
expansion in the nations war pro
gram, put Congress face to face to-
day with the prospect Of an extended
session.
The Administrations belief that new
revenue measures must be enacted at
once to meet unexpected increases in
expenses was set forth by Secretary
McAdoo in a letter to Senator Sim
mons of North Carolina, chairman of
the Senate finance committee, and a
treasury department statement on
whic the amount of additional taxes
and bonds needed may be based prob
ably will go to Congress in the next
two or three days.
Leaders today indicated that an ex-
tension of the present session to deal
with the question of new revenues de-
pended on the impression the treas
ury departments statement made.
They admitted, however, that if it
demonstrated that it is essential to act
now instead of waiting until Decem-
Der as planned, hope for adjournment
on July 1 will be abandoned and Con-
gress will be here until fall.
The unexpectedly heavy estimates
fGY the. coming year include the $15,-
60, 100000 army program, about
$1,000, 100000 for the navy with addi-
tional estimates looked for and
$4,000, 100000 for the shipping board.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-10

Importation of vegetable oils and
material for their production has
trebled in value since the beginning of
the war, and the United States in
common with other parts of the world
has greatly increased its consumption
of food oils. With the demand for
animal fats for the men in the
trenches, people at home have turned
to vegetable fats to take the place of
the meats, butter, cheese and con-
densed milk which they are sending to
the battlefelds. In addition to this,
the war itself has made great de-
mands upon the vegetable oils of the
world, by reason of the fact that
they contain a large percentage of
glycerine, which is now required for
the manufacture of high explosives.
A comliation by The National City
Bank of New York shows that the
United States alone, although the
worlds largest producer of cotton
seed oil, imported in 1917 approx
mately $75,000,000 of food oils and
material for their production, about
one-fourth of this coming from our
Philippine Islands.
Cocoanut oil imported in 1917 was
1913, 100000 Ids, against 5S,00O,000
Ids. in 1914 and of -copra, the dried
meat of the cocoanut, intended for
use in manufacturing cocoanut oil,
367, 100000 lbs against 60, 900 lbs.
in 1914; the importation of the oil
having practically trebled while that
of copra was six times as much as
in 1914. The imports of soya bean
oil, much of which is used for food,
were in 1917 265, 100000 lbs. against
100000 lbs. in 1914 or twenty
times as much. Peanut oil imported
in 1917 was 27,O00,00o lbs. against
1000, 900 lbs. in 1914. In other prin-
cipa1 food oils such as olive, sesame,
rapeseed, mustard seed, palm kernal
and cohune, there has been little in
crease, chiefly by reason of the fact
that the European countries have
drawn largely upon the chief oil seed
areas of the world.
India, Ceylon, Dutch East Indies,
China and the Philippines are the
principal producers of oil seed and
nuts Nature in providing fats for
the food of man originally gave to
the inhabitants of the frigid zone the
blubber of the seal, whale and wal
rus; to the inhabitants of the temper
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-10
WIDENING STREET
RUINS PROPERTY

Claiming her property at Bank and
Water streets is practically eliminated
by the widening of Water street by
the Common Council, Pauline K.
Winter has filed an appeal in the
Superior Court from the award of
damages made by the Board of APP
praisal, and confirmed by the council.
Mrs. Winter asserts that the APP
praisaI Board allowed only S15,647 for
the property taken, while she will be
damageH to the extent of $25,O9O. She
asks the court to decide how much
shall be paid.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-10
LIEUT.. FRANK BAIR, DARING MEMBER
OF LAFAYETTE ESCADRILLE is MOST
TIMIO OF d CHILDREN SAYS FATHER

Mobile, Ala, May 10-Eeutenant
Frank Baer, member of the Lafayette
Escadrille, who has just won desig-
nation as an American lace" by Off
cial recognition that he has brought
down five German airplanes, is de-
CsriDed by his father az ~the most tim
i'd of our four children. But fight
ing has been Franks game for some
time" the parent continued.
How Lieutenant Baer achieved his
ambition was described by the lieu
tenant in a recent letter to his father,
A. e. Baer, an engineer of the Louis
Vile & Nashville railroad.
Lieutenant Baer told his father in
his letter dated March IS, that he had
had FIVE combats in the previous ten
days. Three bullets hit his machine
but he shot down two Germans" and
perhaps another one not yet confirm
ed" he said.
Previous winning this "ace" Lieu
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-10
Cen. MAHON TO
LEAVE IRELAND
He ANNOUN Noes

London, May 1o-Lieut. Gen. Sir
Bryan Mahon, commander in chief
of the forces in Ireland announced
publicly last night that he was to
leave Ireland. He said he did not
know who his successor would be.
This confirms rumors current for
several days that important changes
in the military command in Ireland
are pending. The departure of Gen.
Mahon, it is believed, will be regard
ed in Ireland as an indication that
the government has decided to pro-
coed boldly with Irish CONSUMPTION.
No Irish Nationalist member par
ticipated in the division in the house
of commons last night on the Asquitk
motion.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-10
STOCK BROKER
KILLS HIMSELF

Greenwich, May 10-Clarence Nc
Even, a stock broker of 1855 Broad
way, New York city, was killed, and
George A. Finn of Greenwich, was
probably fatally hurt last night when
the car in which they were riding
collided with one driven by William
Graham, swerved from the road,
crashed through a stone wall and
overturning, brought up against a
tree. McEwen died within a few
minutes. Finn was taken to a local
hospital.
Graham and members of his fam
lily with him escaped with shaking
up.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-10
BURSTING FLUE
DELAYS TRAIN

Waterbury, May 1O-The bursting
of a f1ue in the engine on the regular
morning train from Danbury to this
city over the Highland division of the
New Haven road, due here at 500,
delayed the arrival of the train As
minutes today. Reports that had pre-
ceded the train led to a quick in
quiry by both the railroad officials
and. the police. They reported that
no one was hurt and the mishap was
of such character as is frequent in
the operation of trains. The point of
the accident was in Oxford.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-10

health. I believe the Compound will
cure any female trouble. Mrs. ALICE
HELLER, Christopher, Ill.
Nervousness is often symptom of
weakness or some functional derange-
ment, which may be overcome by this
famous root and herb rer>dy, Lydia
p. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, as
thousands of women have found by
experience.
If complications exist, write Lydia p.
Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass, for
suggestions in regard to your allment.
The result of its long experience Is
at your service.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-10

nervousness, a n q
was in a run down
condition. Two of
our best doctors
failed to do me any
good. l heard SO
much about what
Lydia E. Pinkham's
V e G e t a BILE Com
pound had done for
others, l tried it
and was cured. I
am no longer ner-.
,vous, am regular,
and in excellent
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-10
NEW PARLIAMENT
CONVENES JUNE II

Amsterdam, May 10-The Ruma-
man parliament has been dissolved
by royal decree, according to a dis
patch from Bucharest. New cleo
tons have been ordered and the new
parliament will convene on June It.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-10
NOTICE.

All EIks are urged to attend rehear-
sal of Elks' Victory Chorus at club
tonight, at o'clock Please be on
hand promptly. Per order committee.
LESTER BURDICK,
as Chairman
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-10

(Bud) Baer is in the Gun Sighting
Department, Navy Yard, Washington
A. w. Baer served two years on one
of Uncle Sans submarines.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-10

At the annual meeting of the Inter
national Harvester Co. of New Jersey,
all retiring officers were reelected. .
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-03-27
Los aliados van a enprender
una contra -offensiva
ESTAN RESLSTIENDO BRLLANTEMENTEE
LOS ATA0UES DEL ENEMIG0

LONDRES. Mario 26.-Habiendo
contenidp materialmente ell avance
a!eman las tropas inglesas Y france
sas. Sc italian a punto estas de en-
premier un ataque de gran magnitude,
q juzgar por III significativo infor-
ne .Qu Sc recibi0 hoy an esta CAPT
tai, procedente de! Quartet General
BRITANNICA. V en- Ell cual Sc dice que
muy lm]portantes acontecimientos que
ouiza meioren grandemente la po-
scion de los aliados. Sc espera que
Sc desarrollen dentro de pocas no.
ras.
Ia! imforme Sc considera como
una indication de que ell Mariscal
Haig ha decidido que ha llegado Ia
oportunidad para e%mprender I'm
gclpe de gran magnitude contra las
fuer2as cnemigas va may diezmadas
por la intensidad de la lEcha que ha
tenido lugar, para acabar de una vez
con ell sueno aleman De domination
Gel mundo.
No obstante que los ingleses Y
frarceses han tenido que ceder to-
reno en- varios lugares al enemigo,
!os triunfos alcmaneS han sido me-
nos Senalados y las lineas aliadas en-
ambos lados de Ia cuna metida en- cl
tcrritorio aliado por los t%eUtoneS,
st encuentran intactaS.
En- el extreme septcntrional Y en-
81 centric, los avances de los alcma-
neS han sido muy bajos. En- los al
~reicdoreS de H2paume y al 2r;entc
Y nortc dc NoyCn. q enem!&o ha
Il chO tAmrlcn vance pcro $40 o
costa de un considerable p-ecio Que
ha tenido que pagan.
Al sureste de Arras, Ia Inca in
S!esa la tenido que retirarse pcro
solo por tres miIiaS. en- la parte ma
yor de e;a retiraia, dcSde e. sabadO,
FL informe del Mariscal Haig re-
yela cue mas de 20 d]ivi:iones, o sea
ur numero de tropas en- migas Gem
prendido entire 500 a 900 mil hon.
bras, nan tornado va parte m Ell COM
bate, solamente por parte de. los
alemanes.
Ell mismo injorme del C~omandantc
nSics expresa que la nueva Inca in
c!esa pasa por un punto Situado al
c~rieNtc lie Albert Y Roye, mIentras
que ell informe frances ind:ca que
II !inea alemaNa Sc ha eXtendido ha-
cha 81 sur de Chaulnes Y pasa por
Noyon, plaza que ha sido evacuada
por los franceses, corriendo !uego
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-03-27
los ~franCeses
Ia caida de NoyOn

PARIS, Mario 26.-El M;niStcrio
&c Ia Guerra que Sc do d 10 publ
cidad hoy en eSta capital. anuncia
que Ia lucha continUa con ia mayor
violcncia en- TODD el frentc de batalIa
Y cue los alemanes estan hacienda
v~igoroSo; cSfucrzos entire NoyGn V
Chaulnes.
Noyon ha sido cvacuado Por las
tropas francesas durante ia nochc,
dice cl communicate de r~eferenc!a;
pero sus posiciones sobre Ia margen
izuuierda del Ooise, siguen firmcs en-
poder de los soldados del general
Petain.
Fl informe agroGa que la ar,i!leria
~francesa, ben cmpIazada en- Ia re-
gi0n de Noyon Y sostenida eficaz-
mente ipor Ia infanteria, cStd re-
tardando el avancc del cnemigo. Ere
cuentes contra ataQues Sc han hecho
por los franceses, infligi6ndoie al
cnemigo considerables baias.
La evacuation de Noyon por los
franceseS Sc efectu0 en- perfectO
orden durante la noche de aver.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-03-27
DarcOS amerzCanOS
Elundidos

LONDRES. Mario 26. FL Minis
terio dc Marina anunci0 hoy que cI
vapor americana "ChattahQochee","
as 5.G6S tone!adas de capaciiad ha
s:do cchaGo a pique por un subma-
riro aicman frentc a la costa ingle-
81.
Ia tripuiaci6n del 'Chattahoochee,
comPuesta de setenta Y ocho MEM
bros. fuG deSembarcado sin novcdaG
E. patron del barco manifesto que el
submarine lanzo contra ell vapor va
rios torpedos, dc los cuales cuatro
kicieron blanco.
WASHINGTON, Mario 2G.-Un
harco de los que hacen el scrvicio
de patrullas. encallo anochc en- las
rocas de Scituatc, en- la costa de
Massachusetts Y Sc considcra como
perdido del TODD, segun anunci0 hoy
la S~ecretaria de Marina del gobier-
10 americana,
Ell barco encallado cs el "Almi-
rantc,' pcrO todos los miembros de
su tripulaci5n fucron salvados.
Del material del barco So!amente
mi parte conSiderablemente peque-
ma pudo ser rcscatada.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-03-27
ReCesitandO mas
refuerzos los a|emaneS

LONDRES. Mario 26.-Durante
Il ncche de aver, Ia lucha tuvo una
diminaci6n en- su intensiiad. segun
dice el informe Official que Sc di6 a
Ia puhiicidad hoy en- esta capital, Y
el cual So agrega que la Inca hri-
tinica SO ma cStablecido ahora al
oriente dc Roye Y Albert. Fl comu-
nicado de refercucaa expresa ademas:
al norte del Soma Sc eSpera una
continuation dc Ia lucha, pero haSt&
ahora no 50 ia d~eSarrollado. Segun
- sabe. los ataques esyaban libran-
dose por al enemigD eSta manana al
Il del Soma. contra nuestras tropas
Y las franceSaS en- los alrededores de
Roye Y Chaulnes.
Las perdjdaS del enemigo cont
nuan Siendo SeveraS. Ha sido obi
gado 4 reforzar 81 frente de batal'a
er todos los sectores del frente occi-
dental, Sobre Setenta divisiones ENG
migas Sc sabe que han sido emolea-
das en- Ia lucha Y Sufrido tales baias
cue Sc ha hecho ne~cesario Su refor-
Zsmiento.