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New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-05-30
KANSAS MAN LIVES ON CORN
II Was Ten Years Ago and the
Court Pronounced Him
Feeble Minded.

Burlington, Kan.-Several weeks ago
a complaint was filed In the probate
court alleging that f. A. Whitley was
feeble-minded and asking that a
guardian be appointed. This was done.
The guardian held a public sale to dis
pose Of the personal property Of the
estate which consisted largely of sew
eral hundred bushels Of corn which
had been cribbed from eight to eleven
years. 1t was fine grain when it WIS
cribbed. but the rats and weevil had
worked on 1t. 1t was sold at a big
discount.
This corn had been Whitley's prin-
cipal article of diet for a number Of
years; he lived alone and would grind
the corn in an old coffee mill and make
mush of 1t. He said there was no
food with as much nourishment. He
insisted that the planets" predicted
there would be no more crops for years.
He wanted to keep this grain.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-05-30
They Were Fishing In the Chimney.

They Were Fishing In the Chimney.
fishing for a pair of specs-and the
soo has put many Of them on our
faces"
Tuesday afternoon the Logan
Square lodge of the Eastern Star held
a meeting In the Rainier building, and
Mrs. Benjamin w. Scholton reported
that her purse had been stolen. The
janitor, Alex Raety, was suspected.
why should l stealT' he asked.
My wife and l get $3.50 for doing the
janitor work. We have no rem to
pay, no fuel or light bills"
The detectives took his word for 1t.
They went to the meeting room, and
saw a trap door, through which one
gained the roof. They asked the JAM
itor If he had ever seen any boys on
the roof. He had seen George Crotz-
man there.
The police arrested him. They found
a "talcum powder channels" and $9.5S
In his pockets, and after a time he
admitted he had stolen the purse. He
had thrown the pOcketbOok down the
chimney.
II had a pair of eyeglasses in that
purse" said Mrs. Scholton, "and they
cost me $50"
Which explains the fishing expedl-
ton. II took the detectives half an
hour to hook the pocketbook. And the
glasses hadn't been broken.
"Yep," says Lally, 1--WE hooked q
speckled purse"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-05-30
ONE HUNDRED INJURED
DOUGLAS STARCH WORKS AT
CEDAR RAPIDS, IA, BURNS.
EVERY WINDOW IN CENTRAL
PART OF CITY BROKEN BY
EXPLOSION.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, May pa
score of persons We're killed and a
hundred injured by AN explosion at
the Douglas Starch works. OF the 15o
men and boys who had just gone 10
work N the night shift, few escaped
injury or death. The entire plant was
burned by resultant fire, which was
confined to the Douglas plant. The
loss is S3,000,000.
The shock was felt all over Cedar
Rapids and for miles around the coun-
try. Fire broke out and consumed the
shattered plant.
Firemen eXtricated dead and wound
ed from the debris hastily to avoid
incarceration. The injured were rushed
to hospitals and homes as rapidly as
volunteers with automobiles could be
mustered.
So severe was the explosion that
persons were thrown from chairs a
mile away. The cause of the accident
could not be determined, but is thought
to have been due to either a defective
boiler or spontaneous combustion.
Many of the hundreds OF employees
were in or near the factory buildings
when the blast covered the ground for
blocks with ~wreckage. Some were
buried in the shattered buildings,
while others We're hit by flying rem
nantS.
Within half an hour twenty-five
bodies Were reported removed.
Broken glass flew in veritable
showers through the streets near the
plant, cutting the faces and hands of
many who were near the factory.
The blast blew in large windows
many blocks from the Douglas plant,
and persons within office buildings
also suffered from the shattered
glass.
With the fire raging, cries were
heard coming from the drying room
Of the plant, but firemen We're unable
To cut their way in.
Additional explosions from the oil
rooms scattered the burning wreckage,
and firemen were hard pressed TO pre-
vent the spreading of the flames 10
nearby industries.
Men covered with starch were taken
from the ruins by their comrades, and
many thrilling rescues were made.
Some of the victims were stark mad
and did not know what had happened.
Water mains were cut by the force
Of the explosions. making the work of
the firemen harder because of the
lack of water.
Every window in the central part
of the city was broken. Chimneys
caved in on families at the supper
table and guests in the dining rooms
of hotels were thrown from their
chairs.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-05-30
.PETROCRAD IS
NEARING FALL
ANARCHIST ARMY is GOING TO
PIECES BEFORE ALLIED
DRIVES.
REDS FLEE MOSCOW
TROOPS PRESSING ON RUSSIAN
CAPITAL WITH LITTLE
RESISTANCE.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

London, May 24.-The BOlsheviki
have begun the evacuation of Moscow,
according to reports brought from Pet
rograd to Copenhagen by travellers
and forwarded. Typhus is raging in
Moscow and the situation there is con-
sidered desperate.
The railway lines between "A num-
Der of places in central Russia have
been dismanlled, the reports say, in
order To improve main line service
out of Moscow.
The operations of non-Bolshevist
forces against PetrOgrad are having
great and rapid success, according 10
various reports received from Hell
s~ingforS.
The correspondent at the Finnish
capital says that the Bolsheyist re-
Sistance seems TO be broken and that
they have lost several thousand prls-
oners and thirty guns. A great num-
Der of machine guns and five armored
trains also were captured.
A north Russian corps cooperating
with the Esthonians successfully at
tackled the Bolsheyist position at the
Gatchina railway station (thirty miles
south of ~Petrograd).
Thousands of Bolshevist soldiers in
the Gatschina area and the coast re-
gion west of Petrograd who surren-
dered with their arms and ammuni-
ton, the correspondent adds, subse-
quently joined in the attacks on their
former comrades.
II is reported in HelsingfOrs from
P~cyrograd that the Bolsheviki are pre-
the workmen have been armed. The
defenders are said to number 100000
Esthonian forces are rapidly ap-
preaching Petrograd from the west,
according to an official statement is
sued at EsthOnian army headquarters
and received here. The text of the
statement reads:
The Esthonians are advancing
swiftly on Petrograd. Besides the
town of hamburg, the railway stations
at Weymarn and Moloskowizy, on the
Narva-Petrograd line, have been cap
tured, and the town of Koporje and
several villages ear K~ohganpia, on
the Finnish gulf, have been occupied.
This brings the Esthonians within
fifty miles of Petrograd."
ON the Murmansk front in Russia,
allied forces have captured Medyejya-
CORA, at the northwestern end Of Lake
Omega, after a series of actions in
which the Bolshevist rear guard suf-
fered severely, "A statement issued by
the British war office says:
The rapid retreat of the Bolsheviki,
IL is added, prevented them from seri-
ously damaging the port works. The
allies have occupied the heights sur
rounding the town.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-05-30
Altman Leaps to Death.

Observation-Disclosures of persons
saw Frank McCusker of New York
pilot of n mail airplane, leap 200 feet
TO his death from a burning machine
here. The cause of the accident is
not known. When the machine was at
a height of between 800 and 400 feet
McCusker was seen To climb to the
frame. Then the airplane plunged and
the pilot was @ o To leap. McCusker
was alive when picked up. He died in
"A police patrol while being taken TO a
hospital. His skull was fractured and
his neck broken.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-05-30
Doctor Uses AjrpIane-

Beaver City, Neb.-Employment of
an airplane as a means Of transporta-
ton for a physician who is called upon
t make long distance professional
calls was inaugurated here by DIR. F.
A Brewster. DIR. Brewster's initial
flight was made in a machine of the
biplane type with Wade Stevens of
Beaver City, a former lieutenant, act
ing as pilot. Approximately 5000 per-
sons from nearby towns were here to
witness the flight.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-05-30
Receive Only Two Bids.

Washington.-Only W. definite bids
were received by the Navy Department
for the construction of the remaining
two of the ten superdreadnoughts au-
thorized by Congress in 1915. The
Newport News S%hipbuilding and Dry
Dock Company offered to build one in
forty-five months for S21. 100000. and
the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corpora.
ton one in forty months for . $3.50
900.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-05-30
War TRANSPORTATION Costs.

Washington.-1t cost S35 to carry
each American soldier to France and
$50 to transport each ton of supplies
or war material sent them. according
to official estimates. Two million men
passage of about s70.OO0.9O0. A total
of 6.0O0.000 ton of food and equip
men was sent to France-6.OOO pounds
for every soldier-at a transportation
cost. of s36O,OOO.OO0. Foreign ships ar
ried 100000 tons of this material.
which mean a ~$36,0O0,OO0 freight bill.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-05-30
Get Nine Months Grace.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. who fail to
pay their premiums IN government in
surance after discharge will be given
Il nine months period in which the pol
icy may be r~einstated under a war risk
bureau ruling. Insurance on which
premiums r not paid will he classed
as lapsed after ninety days, hut at any
time during the six months following
the lapse may be reinstated by the in
sured if he furnishes a physicians GER
tificate and pays Up back premiums.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-05-30
SUFFRAGE Carried in House.

INSTRUMENTATION suffrage for
women was Endorsed by the House of
Representatives for the second time
when the Susan Ii. Anthony amend
ment was adopted by a vote of 304 to
50. Supporters of the asu imme-
diateIy arranged to carry their fight to
the Senate, where they are confident
of obtaining the necessary two-thirds
vote. The victory for the suffrage
forces was by f6rty-two. votes more
than the required two-thirds.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-05-30
Yanks Evacuate.

Observation-Disclosures of the
American forces from A~rchangel is ac-
tually under way, according to cable
advices TO the War Department which
stated that all members OF the 339th
The cablegram also said that the re-
turn of individual soldiers as casuals,
in accordance with a recent request of
the department, would not expedite
the discharge of such casuais, since
their units wruid arrive at home be-
fore these individuals.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-05-30

place in Berlin when hundreds of
thousands of people paraded the
streets demanding that the government
sign the peace terms at nee. About
100000 people were packed in the
I.ustgarten. i'm front Of the kaiser's pal
ace. where the Independent Socialists
held their principal meeting. Inter
den Linden and all the streets running
into the Lusfgarten were packed with
excited people. whose cry vas
"Sign the peace terms"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-05-30
Reply to German Note

Paris.-A ~categoric negative reply
TO the German note on the economic
effect on the peace terms was sent by
the allied council to the German dele
CATION. The reply charactefizes the
German note as exaggerated and says
that it indicates failure to appreciate
the enormity of the Germans respon-
sibility. The Germans are reminded
that lit is right that Germany. which
vas responsible for the origin Of these
calamities. should make them good to
the utmost of her capacity"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-05-30
Trial Still Distant.

Paris.-The world must wait several
months for the trial of Wilhelm Hohen-
zollern. providing he is brought into
court at all. The allies will not take
any steps until the treaty is ratified. il
was stated on good authority, and even
then there will doubtless be consider
able negotiations with Holland regard
ing e%xtradition. The Dutch delegation
here confirmed recent dispatches from
Holland that the question of the for
mer kaiser's e~xtradition has not been
officially considered so far
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-05-30
No Government interference.

New lork.-Uninterrupted produc-
tion Of war beer" until the courts
have passed upon the claim Of the
United States Brewers Association
that the beverage, containing ~ per
cent alcohol, is Misunderstanding, was
assured when Federal Judge Mayer
granted an injunction restraining gov
eminent interference with its manufac-
ture.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-05-30

Portland, ore.-In an opinion rem
dered. District Attorney Walter II. Ev-
ans of Multnomah county held that an
act of the last Legislature creating a
court "f domestic relations in Portland
and an additional department of the
Circuit Court for the exclusive hand
ling of probate matters are for the
greater part unconstitutional and void.
because, he holds. they are local laws
regulating the practice of justice and
SO violate the state constitution.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-05-30
Decorate American Graves.

Lyons, France.-The graves of 10000
American soldiers who died in France
will he decorated under the auspices
OF the forces of the United States still
in France. General PerShing has is
sued a bulletin stating that all Ameri-
can soldiers shall participate in the
Memorial day exercises. President
Wilson will speak M the services in
the American cemetery at Suresnes,
near Paris.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-05-30

Nashington.-opponentS of woman
suffrage succeeded in blocking efforts
70 expedite Senate consideration of the
constitutional amendment resolution
passed last week 10y the House, hut
supporters plan Ia renew the fight
with the hope of bringing the measure
To a vote soon.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-05-30
CAlcago Live Stock.

Chicago.-Hogs-Top. s21.25; bulk,
SAL 90 q 2l.2o; heavy weight. $1,000
21.2s; medium weight s200o02l.2t;
1885 q 2o:ss; heavy packing sows,
rough, s1s.75920.10; pigs. $3.50
900.
Cattle-Choice and prime. S16.5O0
1900; medium n good, s13753l6.75
common S11.75 1900; light weight,
good and choice. ;ds:o5gis0s; com
er cattle heifers. Ss.25Q15.25; cows,
$s.15@14.S5; amer n cutters, $3.50
@s.15; veal calves, light and handy
weight, sl3.75 Q14.75; feeder steers,
slo.25qls.so; stocker steers, $500
1875.
Sheep-Lambs, "a pounds down.
Sl3.25G14.75; IS pounds up s12.750
1854; culls and common. ~ss.O06l250:
springs, S16.50Q1S.75; yearling weth-
ers. s11.50Q 1900: ewes. medium. good
and choice, $1,000 G11.5O: culIs and
common, 34.50Q9.75.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-05-30
Steals Mans Home;
Rebuilt While Away

One year ago Almon Eaton
bought a house near Toledo. o.,
and figured If he bought keys
for the doors 1t would be per-
fectly safe. Eaton went to his
cottage a few days ago. after an
absence Of a year. only to dis
cover nothing but an empty lot.
Thieves had taken everything
from the woodshed to the brick
chimney.
The police state Eaton located
his house rebuilt a mile from its
original resting place.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-05-30
Mob Marches on Parliament

London.-Dischnrged soldiers and
sailors out of employment, armed with
stones, marched toward the House of
Commons. They came into conflict
with the police and were scattered.
Later the procession was reformed
and marched toward Buckingham pal
ace. The demonstration followed a
meeting in Hyde park. where the dis
charged soldiers and sailors demanded
work and "A minimum wage scale. Sim
liar demonstrations were held through
put the country.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-05-30
Aviator 10 Acquitted.

London.-It is unofficialiy reported
that the court-martial, which has been
trying Capt. Edmond G. Chamberlain
Of San Antonio, Texas, the aviator who
claimed TO have performed many thrill
ing exploits over the German lines, has
acquitted him of the first charge of
perjury and forgery.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-05-30
MAY 18TH IS LIMIT
LATEST PROTEST is BASED ON
ALSACE QUESTION.
ALLIES GRANT HUNS ADD
TlONAl TIME TO EXCHANGE
NOTES.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Paris, May 1.-THE notes which
the German peace delegation will sub
nit to the peace conference before
May 30 will apparently be so volum-
will require a week for consideration
before they can make a rejoinder. II
is expected that there will be a new
time adjustment for the Germans TO
sign the treaty.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-05-30
FISH IN Chimney;
PURSE is HOOKED
Detectives Guido Ike Walton
Get a $50 Bite and Solve
a Theft.

Chicago.-There could be no ques-
zion about it. The men on top of the
Rainier building were fishing. Yessir.
they were fishing in the chimney.
See how quiet and intent they are"
said a spectator; probably afraid to
disturb the smoked salmon or whatever
1t is they are fishing for"
A closer view would show the spec
tatOr that the fishermen were. none
other than Detectives Finn and Lally
and hat they were using three pounds
of fishing tackle.
"What are we fishing for?" Finn
asked, repeating a question. Were
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-05-30
Permit Prisoners to Escape.

Saloniki.-The military governor of
Saloniki has made a statement to the
Athens agency that the Italian troops
who were guarding Bulgarian prison
ers in Macedonia and Bulgaria have
permitted 5000 Of the 5000 Bulgarians
in their charge TO escape.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-05-30
Steamer Strikes Iceberg.

st. Johns-The Donaldson liner
Cassandra, which struck an iceberg
100 miles off Cape Race, has arrived
here. Her forefoot was stove in BY
a lowlying berg. The 400 passengers
aboard are all safe.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-05-30
He Was Real Rouoh.

Urbana, m.-When william Barn.
hart, returned doughboy, decided to
treat 'em rough" II took two police
men and half q dozen passers-by to
check him. Il needed excitement" he
e~xplained.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-05-30

wholesale Prices by u. 5. Bureau of
Markets.)
Wheat flour Tin quarters,
halves and l00-lb. sacks),
per cwt. .S5.6 so Sos
per cwt. ................. 4.2OQ4.sO
Sugar, g~ranulated Der cwt.. 1905
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-05-30
up Remains,

Columbus, 0s-"You went over only
because you had to-" remarked. a big
husky who didn't go over to a dis
charged Thirty-seventh doughbey dur
ing the parade. A police officer gath
cred up the remains.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-05-30

Paris, May 2l.-The German peace
delegation has been granted an eX-
tension of seven days, or until May
-, in which to reply IN full to the
peace terms. according to an official
announcement. Count von ~Brockdorti-
Rantzau, head of the German peace
delegation, asked the extension of time
for Germany to present her reply. The
count stated that further notes were
being prepared and that it would be
impossible to complete them by | p. IN.
Thursday, when the time limit is up.
Count Won Brockdorff- iiantzau has
asked permission for Il special train
to bring Ia Versailles printing presses
and Il force of workmen in order to
hasten the preparation of the German
reply for presentation to the allies.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-05-30
Cash Grain In Chicago.

Chicago.-Corn-No. 3 yellow, s1.sl0
1872: No. 4 yellow. $50; No. 5 yellow,
nominal.
Osts-No. 8 white. 7oa7rc: standard.
71G71%c.
Rye-No. 2, s1.5s1k.
Barley-s1.2 20 Q1.29.
Timothy-ss.0 90 Q12.OO.
Clover-Nominal.
Pork-Nominal.
Lard-s33. 30.
Ribs-s2S. 90 q rs. rs.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-05-30
Texas Votes Dry.

Dallas, Tex-Returns from 2Ss
towns in the state from the general
election give: For prohibition, 52,994
against, 1890. For mi suffrage
51,75i ; against, 4S,513.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-05-30

A pool of. 1900 pounds of mohair
was sold at Lebanon, Ore, for "a cents
a pound, the highest price paid this
season for Oregon mohair.~ The fig
ure' is 3A cents above last seasons
price.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-05-30
Chicago Produce.
60 - Butter Creamery, $40

57hc-
Eggs-Ffrsts. 42h@45c; ordinary
firsts, 41d4zhc; at mark cases in
cluded. i3Qt4Mc; storage packed
firsts, 45+ use: extra. 46L q 46kc.
Poultry-Alive. fowls. 35c.
Pptatoes-Old. bulk and sacked
S2.0 o a 2 20. carloads. New: jobbing
sales. Florida Spaulding Rose. No. i
ss-25Q6.75 barrel; No. 2. S6.OOd6.5o.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-05-30
Miscellaneous Markets.


MNaI Markets.
Colorado settlement prices:
Bar silver. eI.05h.
Copper, per pound. 16@16kc.
Lead, 1925.
Spelter, 5000.
Tungsten, per unit, $500 1000.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-05-30
Needed Tabulator.

Columbus.-Burglary here is so brisk
the operatives evidently needed a tabu-
lator. They stole an adding machine
from a local business office.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-05-30

Paris.-The French government has
received from the German peace dele
CATION the assurance that il will ask
no further extension of time for con
sideration of the peace terms.
one OF the notes sent to the sec
retariat of the peace conference by the
German delegates, n Semi-official Ger
man dispatch from Spa says, demand
ed the convocation of "A conference OF
labor leaders to decide upon interna.
tional labor legislation. The other
note, which related Ia German prop
erty in allied countries, declared that
the decisions Of the allied govern
ments in deciding upon the fate Of the
property could not be accepted.
The German peace delegation sent
three new notes TO the Srcretariat OF
the peace conference. The notes deal
respectively with PREPARATIONS and re-
sponsibillty German property in al
lied countries, and German religious
missions abroad.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-05-30

prices paid farmers, t. .. b. Denver.
BY u. S. Bureau of Markets.)
Wheat, hard winter, cwt. .S3.SOu3.S3h
Oats, white Neb. No. 3, cwt. 2.45
Yellow corn, No. 3, cwt... $50
Mixed corn. No. 3. cwt..... 800 q 3.22h
Barley, No. 3, cwt......... go
Feed harley. cwt ESQ
south Park hay, No. 2, ton $500 q $500
Alfalfa. No. i, ton, mostly. $500
Straw. ton 500