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OK* «e STRIKE Many Workers Fail to Answer the Whistles; Unions' Walker out Is Planned. * v • I _ ' ' - j MEAT MASSMEETM6S HELD | >wpsr Into ndente of At K Mill* Plan to Ke«p Running and Guards Are on Duty--Say No Firee Will Be Drawn. FEACE TREATY Presented to Mission at the French Foreign Office Paris. ".V V '• *- HAVE 25 DAYS TO CONSIDER Thrace Excised, to Be Left Under Rule of AJIIee Until Decision Is Made-- eated Country to Have 8eaport. r-/' ? Oteago, Sept 28.--The great steel strike fell oo Chicago and Calumet districts when hundreds of workers refused to answer the steam blasts calling them to early night shifts. Officially the strike went into effect at midnight Sunday, but after the haranguing and cheering of large crowds gathered at meetings In the various -steel cities" south, east, and north of Chicago, hundreds of union men refH6ed to enter the plants. The situation at Gary, the vortex of the Iocs) strike whirlpool, was typical. More than 6,000 men answered the union call at the East Side park to hear the officials of the United States Steel corporation condemned for their refusal to treat with the workers. Union heads claimed that 5,000 men were already on strike and wtould not report for work. Local superintendents, however, dedared that the plants would continue to operate as long as the men came to work. There will be no fires drawn as long as there are faithful employees to watch them. They derided union claims that the plants would be shut down as mere exaggeration. They estimated the union strength as between 15 and 25 per cent of the workers' total and promised protection for the men who reported for work. In secret the management of the Illinois Steel company, a subsidary of the United States Steel corporation, SMde ready to protect its plants. City authorities and Sheriff Barnes, la whose territory clashes are expected. if any materialize, will throw hundreds of deputies into Gary. Fifty police will patrol the main street, Broadway, and prevent crowds from accumulating. The strikers drew considerable satisfaction from the fact that no one reported to Join the "Cltl- < pans' league," which was planned as ka bulwark against disorders in Gary. Another 6,000 met in Indiana Harbor, overflowing into the streets bfr cause the auditorium was too small to accommodate them. It wan claimed that 80 per cent of the 12,000 workers were unionized. Joliet saw n repetition of this. Only 2&00 men could find room Inside the Slavish school hall and 3,000 more stood about in the streets, unable to hear the messages brought by organizers from Chicago. E. H. dary, head of the Steel corperation, was the center of abuse. R. If. Glover of Chicago declared that Gary placed himself above Christ, who, he said, was a laborer, a carpenter and an organizer. .. This statement brought cries of ••Kaiser Gary" from the assembly of Mion sympathizers. In Hammond, where 1,500 employs ' ees of the Standard Steel Car company have been on strike for weeks, every man but one' In the 1,800 union electrical workers, voted to go out In sympathy with the steel workers. There are about 10,000 employees In , : the trade in Hammond. Nearly 2,000 met at Waukegan, the lM>me of the Mark plant of the Ameri can Steel and Wire company, which has seen considerable labor trouble daring the past year. Union leaders claimed that 200 recruits were obtained during the meeting. The city council turned down a request from tile unions that their pickets be depiptized as special police. It was planned to put 50 pickets on the Job curbed in their overseas uniforms. Pittsburgh, Pa., Sept. 23.--In the < entire district It Is estimated that #5.000 steel workers are idle. Some of these are strikers. Others Ae workmen willing to stay at their Jobs, but unafcle to do so because of -4he action of strikers in crippling de> ^Jpnrtments cf plants. Disorder marked several meetings Mt strikers. Sixteen men were arrested at a meeting In Clairton, seat of a I1* plant of the Carnegie Steel com* -jinny, and placed In the county JalL Paris, Sept. 22.--The treaty of peace between the allied and associated powers and Bulgaria was presented to the Bulgarian mission at the French foreign office. After the delegates bad assembled Georges Clemenceau, president of the peace conference, spoke briefly In opening tlu session. He was followed by General Theodoroff, head of the Bulgarian mission. M. Theodoroff spoke for 15 minutes, pleading that the Bulgarian people were not responsible for the war, but that the Bulgarian government had thrown the country Into the struggle. He realized, however, he said, that the people must share the responsibility. "They are willing to do so," he said, "but they feel that in no way have they committed such a crime as will compel them to accept servitude." King Ferdinand and Vasell Radoslnvoff, Bulgarian foreign minister in 1914, were blamed for Bulgaria's entry into the war by M. Theodoroff. He said the Bulgarian people did not approve of the German alliance, which he declared, "came to them as a cataclysm," but they realized they must accept part of the responsibility. "We have committed faults." he said, "and we shall bear their consequences within the bounds of equity, but there is a punishment no crime can justify, and that Is servitude." Although the United States was not at war at any time with Bulgaria, it will be a signatory to the treaty for the purpose of adding Its Influence in securing observance by Bulgaria of the covenant of the League of Nations, which is an Integral part of the pact. Disposition of Thrace was a subject on which the peace conference was forced to pass the most time in the preparation of the treaty. As it develops, this question has not been finally adJr ted, but Thrace Is to be excised from Bulgarian territory and left under the supervision of the principal allied and associated powers, wblcb later will announce their decision as io the future status of the country. A plan by which the port of Dedeagatch, on the Aegean sea. would be given to Bulgaria with a corridor leading to It similar to that provided for In thf German treaty, by which Poland was given access to Danzig, on the Baltic, has been considered, but it has never been formally adopted. Bulgaria, under the treaty terras, however, is assured an economic outlet to the Aegean. am* W.fylh,. " TO START h. I POHKSt (7 CHICAGO TMSUNB. u ...tj AIR RECORD IS SET ROHLF8 SCORES ALTITUDE MARK OF 34,610 FEET. WILSON FELICITATES MEXICO President Sends Message to Carranza en'Mexican Independence Day. Washington, Sept. 22.--Text of a message sent by President Wilson un- Jer date of September 16 to President Carranza expressing congratulations to the Mexican people on their independence day, was made public by the state department. "I take pleasure," the president said, "In extending to your excellency on the anniversary of the independence of Mexico, my cordial felicitations and best wishes for the peace, prosperity and progress of the Mexican people." SIX SPARTACANS ARE SHOT Frits Seidl arid Associates Found Guilty and Executed on the Same Day. Munich, Sept. 22.--Frits Seidl. the former Spanacan leader, and five of his associates, who early Friday were sentenced to pay the death penalty, having been found guilty of the murder of hostages during the soviet regime, were executed at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. The others executed were Herren Slckerhofer, Widl. Purzel, and Fetuaer, Relieved to Be New Figure--Achieved ln 78 Minutes--Machine Balks • ; for TiaiMk • if N. Y„ Sept iiW world's altitude record is believed to have been made here when Roland RohLfs, test pilot for the Curtlss Airplane company, soared 34.610 feet above sea level, according to the official barograph, in 78 minutes* As Roosevelt field, his starting point, is 110 feet above sea level, Rohlfs actually climbed 34,500 feet, according to the barograph. His altimeter registered 34,400 feet. Rohlfs on landing was greeted by bis wife who ran to his side and said: "What did yon dor T think I have done It this tinge, all right," he replied, and then after a few minutes he said: "I believe all official and unofficial records have been shattered. I am satisfied this machine can't be made to go any higher with its present equipment. I am through with high flying for the present and I am glad to be able to be down here to say it. "At a height of about 31,000 feet my machine dropped about six hundred feet. The machine turned over on Its ear and kept going from side to side with an oscillating movement. It was terrible. After working with the mechanism for some time, I finally put on high speed and found the machine righted itself and began to climb again. "I began to use the oxygen tanks about 20,000 feet up. "I reached the greatest altitude after climbing 78 minutes, and maintained that altitude for about 20 minutes." Nothing unusual happened to him, he said, except that his teeth ached. "Another peculiar thing that I noticed this time was a sort of nervous twitching on my body," he added, "where I have scars as a result of burns I received several years ago. These began to pull and twitch and It lasted for quite a while." MARINES LAND NEAR FIUME U. S. Force Put Ashore at Buecari, Ten Miles From Invested City. RoOM, Sept. 22. American marines have been landed at Buccarl, a small town on an arm of the Gulf of Quarnero, about ten miles southeast of Flume, says a dispatch to the Messaggero. One American ship Is In Flume harbor, according to advices, but the anchorage~ls a considerable' distance from the city. General Badogllos' ultimatum to the d'Annunzio soldiers, giving them 24 hours to leave Flume, Is said to have been modified so that the time limit would expire last night, an additional 48 hours being given. Flume is closely invested, but in spite of this fact numbertT*of volunteers have managed to tJude the vigilance of the guards and have joined the forces of Captain d'Annunzio in the beleaguered city, according to .reports received here. THANKS GEN. PERSHING COMMANDER RECEIVES GRATITUDE OF CONGRESS. First Division Cheered By Half Mil- ,, Hon People as It Parades Up Pennsylvania A venae. Washington, Sept. 20.-^Standlri£ th the chamber of the house of representatives, with both the senate and house present and the galleries crowded with admirers. General Pershing received the formal thanks of congress for the services he and the officers and men he commanded In France rendered during the great war. There was an air of solemnity about the scene more eloquent than words to tell its full meaning. Senator Cummins, as president pro tempore of the senate, sat with Speaker Gillett, and when General Pershing had been escorted to the floor before the speaker's desk, facing a 'great American flag draped on the wall, extended the first greeting. Speaker Gillett followed with a tribute to the general and his army. The formal resolution of thanks was then presented to the general by former Speaker Clark. Washington, Sept. 19.--Tears and cheers greeted the returned First division, led by General Pershing, when It marched down Pennsylvania avenue over the American Way of Victory., laid out more than 50 years ago. TROOPS OUT AT CAMDEN, N. J. Militiamen Summoned When 8treet Car Passengers Riot Over Zone Fare 6ystem. Camden, N. J., Sept. 19.--With 800 state militiamen mobilized for emergency duty in connection with the disorders resulting from the establishment of a zone system of fares and with the entire force of policemen end firemen, in addition to a number of special sheriff's deputies doing guard duty, the New Jersey Public Service company promised at least a partial resumption of the trolley service In this city and points throughout the county. Fearing mob violence, the motormen and conductors refused to take their cars from the barns and the service on all except one line was suspended. 1 STRIKE RIOTING ftards- Raid Mill Pickets at New Castle (Pa,) Carnegie wm Mills. • #1 STRIKE FAILS IN BIG PLANTS Union Leaders Claim 284,000 Men Are All Over Country, but Many ^ ' v of the Large Plants Continue Operations. " • Pittsburgh, Pa., Sept. 24.--William Z. Foster, secretary of the national committee for organizing iron and steel workers, gave out the following figures as indicating the number of men on striker /' Chicago district .............. 00,000 Cleveland v • 80,000 Youngstown proper.,.. 15,000 Youngstown district, including Sharon, Farrell, New Castle, Strowthers, Butler Canton and Massillon ... Buffalo •.. Homestead' i •»- Braddock .....t.'.'...~.fty Rankin ... C l a i r t o n . . . - . v . - . v . . . « Monessenand Donora ...... Wheeling ...... • • • •"•'4 "*»• Steubenvllle . Pueblo McKeesport and Duquesne..... Pittsburgh city Vandergrift Leecliburg ... Brackenridge Johnstown .. Doatesvllle .. 50,000 12,000 9,000 5,000 8,000 4,000 12,000 15,000 6,000 6,000 12,000 15.000 4,000 . 2.000 . ...p........«. 5,000 . ...**£ lO,000 ............. 4,000 President's Special Experiences Blistering Sun on Run From •. Saoramento. ' COUNCIL TO DEMAND KAISER CEDAR RAPIDS PUPILS STRIKE Pf Will Not Talk Peace With Reds. ' Paris, Sept. 23.--The Lithuanian delegation here has issued u formal denial that Its government had agreed |o discuss peace with the Russian no- Viet, as stated in a wireless message received from M. Tchltcherln, bolshevist foreign minister. American Steamship 8unk. London. Sept. 22.--The American Irteamshlp VVesiarvada, en route to an English port from Fuschelling, Holland, has been sunk. The cause has not yet been determined. Efforts are being made to salvage the vessel. { Germany Keeps Up Centorehip. Berlin. Sept. 22.--An announcement has been made by the minister of finance that censorship of letters and telegrams destined for ouislde countries will be maintained. This prevent sending of nionev out. Many Poles Near Starvation. Paris. Sept. 20.--Henry Morgenthau. .head of the American commission , which has been at work in Poland since late in July, says hundreds of thousands are hungry and hnlf clad and fears they will die by thousands. Kill One; Loot Bank. Grand Rapids, Mich., Sept. 22.-- Shooting and killing one man who attempted to give warning, automobile bandits held up a branch of the Grand Rapids Savings bank and escaped with several thousand dollars. The exact amount secured by the bandits has not been determined. Five Hundred High School Girle and Boya Walk Out for Shorter Houre. Cedar Rapids, Sept. 19.--Three hundred high school pupils left their class rooms at ten o'clock In the morning, announcing a strike for shorter class periods. They paraded the downtown streets and went to Grant Vocational school, where they were joined by about 200 pupils. Bank Robbers Are Caught Petrolt. Mich., Sept. 28.--'Three of the four thieves who looted a branch of the Grand Rapids Savings bank Friday morning, killing a customer, are In the hands of the Detroit police. All three are said to have confessed. Miss Harrison a Lawyer. Indianapolis. Sept. 23.--Miss Elizabeth Harrison, daughter of the late President Benjamin Harrison, was admitted to the Marion county bar as a practicing attorney by Judge Lovls Eubank of the circuit court. Back Gary 8tand. New York. Sept. 20 --The Steel Fabricators of the United States, comprising nearly 100 of the leading producers, adopted resolutions at a meeting here approving the stand taken by E.-H. pju? of. the Steel corporat'on. Esthonians Seek Peace. Copenhagen. Sept. 20.--Esthonlan parllnmentalres have crossed the bol shevlst lines, according to word from Helslngfors, and peace negotiations with the Russian bolsheviki are now in progress. Irish Fairs Forbidden, Dublin, Sept. 22.--Fairs, markets and processions have been forbidden in Counties Tipperary and Gal way. London Pall Mall Gazette Learns i Request Already Has Been ' . Made on Holland. . \ __ London. Sept. 19.--The allied war council, the Pall Mall Gazette learns, has decided %o ask Holland for the axtradltlon of ex-Kalser Wllhelm. "The Dutch will receive--If they have 'not already received--n formal demand," says the paper, "and ' although a protest from her is possible, officials are confident Holland will accede." NEW YORK BISHOP ELECTED Episoepalians Choose the Rt'Rev. Charles L. Burch on the Third Ballot New York, Sept. 19.--The Rt.-Rey. Charles S. Burch, suffragan bishop of the Protestant Episcopal dlo<vse of New York, was elected bishop to succeed the lale Bishop Greer on the third ballot at a special diocesan convention here. Book Many Americana. London, Sept. 28.--Transatlantic steamship lines expect a great rush of Americans to Europe next spring, the Dally Express learns. Three hundred thousand passages to England already have been booked. JULIA HEINRICH I. S >»K ILLED Metropolitan Grand Opera Singer la Crushed en Station Platform at Hammond, La. Hammond, La., Sept* 19.--Miss Julia Helnrich of Philadelphia, a Metropolitan opera singer, was Instantly killed here when she was struck by a baggage truck which was knocked from the minols Central tracks by a locomotive. Gets Big German Liner. New York. Sept. 23.--Announcement is made that the Hamburg-American line steamship Imperator, one of the largest ships in the world, has been acquired by the Cunard Steamship company, limited. Kills Wife, Stepson, Self. Mystic, la., Sept. 20.--Robert Kelly shot and killed his stepson, Jacob Cross, eighteen, and his wife, after Train Robbers Get $28,000. Seattle, Wash., Sept. 22.--At least $25,000 was obtained by a robber or robbers who bound and gagged a mail clerk on an east-bound Northern Pacific passenger train between Seattle and Kanasket. Wash. Poet le Master of Flume. Rome, Sept. 28.--"We build at Flume a new Italy," says Gabrlele d'Annunzio in a message he sent to Venice. "1 am absolute master of Flume. Triumphing, 1 remain In thf face of all." Grape Growers Case Fatle. . .: San Francisco, Sept. 22.--A petition by the California Grape Protective association asking that government ofllwhich he killed himself. Young Cross cers be enjoined from enforcing the had Just returned from service In the war prohibition act was denied by 1 savy. Judge Vun Fleet Influensa in London. London, Sept. 23.--Influenza hat made its appearance again here, fl has not yet taken on the character oi an epidemic, but doctors are prepar Ing for an outbreak in the later wistit. f, . Louisiana Bank Loses $10,000. Shreveport, La., Sept. 22.--Shortlj before noon three unmnsked men robbed the bank at Giltiam, about twenty miles north of here, of $10,001 and escaped in a motorcar toward the Arkansas line. Total 284,000 Pittsburgh, Pa., Sept. 24--The great steel strike, less' than twenty-four hours old, saw its first tragedy when guards at mills at the Carnegie Steel company in New Castle engaged in a shooting duel with strikers and their sympathizers. Seven persons were struck by bullets, two of them women. Six of the Injured were seriously hurt. All were removed to the New Castle hospital. The shooting, preceded by the throwing of bricks and other heavy missiles during the afternoon, lasted half an hour. According to eye-wltnesses, more than 100 shots were fired. The strikers had taken a stand on Moravia street, opposite the plant buildings. Deputy sheriffs and mill guards were stationed Just In front of the property of the Pittsburgh St Lake Erie railroad. The first shot came while the strikers were "booing" the mill guards. Suddenly an automatic pistol sounded. Riot guns leaped to the shoulders of deputies and mill guards and fired Into the crowd. The strikers returned the fire from automatic pistols and re-. volvers which jumped from scores of pockets and waist lines. One of the women was struck in the neck and leg and seriously hurt. Indications are that the strike so far has failed to cause any serious trouble to most of the big plants in Pittsburgh proper and Its Immediate environs. In Homestead, Braddock, Duquesne, and, on the south side of the city, wht-re the largest corporation and Independent mills are located, a very small proportion of men have joined the ranks of the strikers. At the big Homestead plant of the <*negle Steel company, it is said ut 20 per cent of the workers reed to report for work. The management of the Edgar Thomson works in Braddock stated thet less than 300 men were out there, and at the Duquesne plant it was stated that they were operating In full. Less than 100 men are reported to have struck at the big plants df the Jones & Laughlln company, which line, borli sides of the Monongahela river foi miles. Chicago, Sept. 24.--The leaders of the strike claim that from 75,000 to So.OOC men had quit work In the Chicago district; that all plants In Gary, Ir.olona Harbor, East Chicago, Joliet. South Chicago, Evanston, Milwaukee. Waukegan, Dekalb and Sterling were shut down. In Gary, they said, 97 per cent of the men were out. The employers reduced the figures of the strike bosses, but admitted- inability to operate.* There was no violence. The men walked off when the night shift was done, carrying their empty dinner pails, and the day shift did not enter the plants. In some plants a minority of employees came to work as usual. But the strikers say these were mainly men over fifty-five years old. who are nearing the time when they can retire on a pension. ^ Asks for Allied Force. London, Sept. 24--The Italian government has appealed to the allied powers to send an allied force, exclusive of Italians, to drive D'Annunzio out of Flume, according to a report here, which Is considered reliable. To Cloee Coal Minee. Pueblo, Colo.. Sept. 24.--All mines In the southern coal field, supplying coal to the Colorado Fuel and Iron company's plantsv here, have been ordered closed. This does not affect the commercial mines of the company. Chicago's Big Strike Ende. Chicago, Sept. 22.--The carpenter's strike and consequent building lockout in Chicago were settled finally last Frldny. The carpenters get $1 an hour tlie wage for which they have contended during ten weeks' test of strength. Enter Jugo-Slavia. Paris, Sept. 24.--Troops under Gabrlele d'Annunzio, the insurgent Italian commander at Flume, have penetrated seven miles Into Jugo-SlavIS occupying the heights at Pienlak, dominating the surrounding country. SPEAKS TO URGE AUDIENCE < Call Home Czecho-Slovaka. Paris, Sept. 24.--The peace council decided upon the repatriation of the 50.000 Czecho-Slovak troops remain ing in Siberlp. The necessary tonnage will be furnished by the United States^ Great Britain and France gfit TO ESCAPE DRA Slacker Endured Semi-Starvattofi Rather Than Endure Perils of % Wlleeh le Met by Denee Crowds at All the Towns the P»seed Through--Makes Another Hit With the Children. Reno, Nev^ Sept 23.--A blistering sun slzled President Wilson over the California boundary line Into thltp city late last night. It made the all-steel cars of the "White House Special" resemble bake ovens, but with all its heat It did not exceed in temperature th warmth of the welcomes given the president at every little town, cross roads and village through which the train passed. The president had only one set speech for the day. It was given to a large and enthusiastic audience here. Shortly after noon, however, when the train pulled Into Sacramento, the president appeared on the observation platform of the Mayflower and addressed a crowd of 5,000 persons. His speech did not exceed 500 words. He touched briefly on the Shantung, matter, and closed with these words: "The heart of America Is right and her purpose is Irresistible." People Out En Masee. It took the president's train nearly one-half hour to go through Sacramento and the California capital was out en masse to see him. Thousands of school chjpdren and grown folk, too, lined the tracks and cheered him as the train went slowly. The same outpouring of people occurred, moreover, at Stockton, Lodl and other towns and cities in the San Joaquin and Sacramento vaHeys. Both these portions of California presented large numbers of Japanese men and women, and hordes of Japanese children to the view of the president, and many of the most fertile farms of both valleys were being worked by Oriental laborers, who stared in ifilence at the special as it sped along. The president made a great hit with Ihe children of Sacramento. In common with the children of every other city that he has visited the Sacramento youngsters started on a mad dash after the "Mayflower" once they spied the president, but here their elders started running also. Some email boys In the foreground of }he pursuers grasped hands to restrain the crowds from pushing forward too rapidly. Then the president stepped to the railing of the car. President Drills Children. 'I'm going to drill you," he called out to the boys. "Shoot," was the reply he received. Thereupon the president, In unmistakable schoolmaster fashion, raised his hand and. began this chant: "Four four, four feet back. Four, four, four feet back." The children caught the wbrds instantly, -took up the tune, and thereafter th© cfrowd was always "four feet back" from the "Mayflower," and there was no danger of anyone being Injured. It was a comparatively restful day for the president, but he was keenly concerned with all deffelopmeuts in the steel strike. The president believes that In sending the telegram to Samuel Gompers last week, wherein he expressed the hope of a postpone ment of the strike untif the industrial conference had met In Washington and finished its work, he did all that was possible for him to do at the time. He Is keeping in close touch with the situation, however, through Secretary gf Labor Wilson. i The president It was learned, will probably be in New York on October 3 to meet the king and queen of Belglum, who are expected to arrive In this country October 4. He will return to Washington Immediately, bowever, to open the sessions of the Industrial conference October 6. Itinerary for Week, The presidential train left Reno Immediately after the address. On Tuesday there will be a brief stop at Ogden, Utah, but no address is on the official schedule. He will speak Tuesday night In the tabernacle at Salt Lake City and Wednesday afternoon at Cheyenne, Wyo. During the remainder of the week there will be two stops a day, the president speaking at Denver Thursday morning, at Pueblo, Colo., Thursday afternoon; at Wichita. Kan., Friday morning; Oklahoma City, Friday night: Little Rock, Ark., Saturday afternoon, and Memphis, Teon., Saturday night Ancient Honduran City. Copan is an ancient ruined city of northwestern Honduras, on the Copan river. The remain* are of unknown antiquity and very extensive, stretching for about two miles along the river. The buildings are of stone, embracing a temple over 000 feet long, with many sculptured figures. The Copan ruins take their name from a modern town to tlv east of them. This was an Indian stronghold, and was taken after a fierce struggle by the Spaniards nnder Herinando de Chaves In 158a Have Wrong Ides, People are often more concerned about creating a favorable Impression than about the kind of person they wish to be considered. It is like demanding a beautiful photograph without regard to the features of the original., Miner's Ineh. A miner's inch Is a unit of measurement of water used In Irrigation, and vnrles considerably in different state*. In Arizona the miner's Inch Is equal to one-fortieth of a cubic toot per second. - Army Service. i St Johnsbury, Vt!--Arrested ma ^ t .Blacker a year ago at his home herat after he hid for several days In mountainous regions about the city»,'" placed in the service at Camp DevenS ^ ^ through the selective draft operation* only to desert from there after tw(| weeks, and since that time living hermit's life on Victory mountain, if ^ the history of Elmer H. Cox, who hatlj.- given himself up to the authorities an# is now In a hospital under observation as to his sanity. ' Cox says he ate bark, berries, leavesi Vli; nuts and anything that he could ge$ > - his hands on. He slept In high trees^: * Looking Half-Starved. for fear somebody would capture titn* while he was'Sleeping, and walked la his bare feet so as not to leave any tracks. From the first Cox took a great dislike to the war and had queer Ideas concerning the army and the draft. His number was called for examination by the draft board and he did not appear, nor could he be found. Several days later he was seen in the town and an officer trailed him to a rudely constructed shelter on Victory mountain overlolking a swamp netif,..^ the city, and he was arrested. Hi . > passed the physical examination anf was sent with several other rookiejji to Camp Devens early In June, 191q| . and was accepted and placed in thf. , Infantry. About two weeks after hf* arrived thette he was reported as mlsa>.~, ing at roll call and, as time drew ojpt and nothing was heard of his wher«|> abouts, he was listed as a deserter an*?..' the government offered a reward or* $100 for him dead or alive. While driving along oh a highway that leads to about the foot of Victor mountain, Charles H. Howe of Sj Johnsbury noticed a man, wrecke physically, covered with dirt and looi ing half-starved; half-walking anf half-crawling along through the wooda He investigated, discovered the identity of the man and took him to town, where he was placed in the couatjr Jafl and later taken to a hospital. ' Slew Pet Parrot to Save Its Reputation i • San Francisco. -- Testimony that she killed her parrot "to save Its reputation" because it had formed a habit of cursing at her was offered here by Mrs. Sara E. Matheson, thirty-two, in an Action brought by a relative to have her declared Incompetent. "At one time the bird used to say 'Good night, ma,' but then people started cursing tiround the house. After that it used to say, 'Good night, you blankety, blank blank.' Then I killed It," Mrs. Matheson testified. ! iWWWWWliMWMHIWtMlitlWWgWI FINDS HAT AN UNSAFE BAN| Traveler in Kaneae City Puta Rail to Band of Lid and le Out $174. city.--H. H. Haynor, who says he is a representative of the DS" Pont Powder company, left his room at the Hotel Baltimore the other nlgtK and entered a motor car that stoppe* In front of a rooming house on Walnq§ street, the former residence of Agn«{| Keller. i "I have $174 with me," Raynor sail to the chauffeur, "1 might be robbe# in there." "Oh, no, this Is a first-class place now," Interrupted the chauffeur. "BtJt put your money In the band of yoqf hat." f . "Good Idea," Raynor declared, placing the money In his hat. A few mi^ utes later Raynor was Introduced • Lillian Fox, keeper of the rooming house, he told the police. She took h la hat and hung It on a hall rack. Tfc|t chauffeur departed. jyj-r, When Raynor returned to his hot#1, the $174 was gone. Lillian Fj^ worn arrested, but denied the theft. Hot Meals Thieves' Specially. Dallas, Tex.--While Mrs. El|t Brooks was chatting with her nex|h 1 door neighbor a thief entered her ' kitchen and stole her red-hot cookstove and sizzling Sunday dinner.Thi following day another hot stove and tasty dinner were reported stolen. Trust Makes Friends. Hanger, Tex.--When city street* needed paving the Texas Oil and Co|| company did the job and paid the blV. "Hoorah for the trusts"--city aide* we* voted. $ •"X