Respond to President's Call
NEW YORK, Aug. 17.—Twelve railroad presidents will leave here at 4 o'clock this afternoon en route to Washington in response to President Wilson's urgent request for their immediate presence. The railway managers' headquarters announced this morning that presidents of other great railroads will leave Chicago tonight, arriving in Washington for a conference tomorrow.
MADE DESPERATE BY IDLENESS
Militiamen on Border Shoot Themselves so They May Come Home, Report Says
By the United Press Associations.
DALJAS, Tex., Aug. 17.—Roy Gambrel, in the militia hospital corps stationed here, declared today that the militiamen, driven to desperation by the idleness that attends their duty on the border, are shooting themselves in order that they may return to their homes. Twenty men in the Maria hospital, he alleges, are there for treatment of self-inflicted wounds in their legs, feet, and hands. Many have shot off their fingers. One man has deserted four times, according to Gambrel.
MAN KILLED IN LIND WRECK
By the United Press Associations.
SEATTLE, Aug. 17.—One man was killed and two injured when four Milwaukee freight cars were derailed at Lind, Wn., last night. G. J. Graham met death in the accident. He was a resident of Sprague, Wn.
Simpson and John Anderson were injured. The Milwaukee general office claims, the men were riding on a lumber car without permission.
SMOKE CAUSES ALARM
Smoke issuing from beneath wall paper near an overheated chimney caused.  An alarm to be turned in from the C. B. Green home on Washington Street about 3 o'clock this afternoon. 