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OVER ELECTION
S
Sheriff Slain Following
Defeat of His Wife
for HU Office.
MARGIN IS TWO VOTES
Retiring Officer Alleges
Illegal Destruction
of Ballots, Fatal
Fray Follows.
(Asnrlattd Pita Loued Win.)
HAZARD, Ky., Nov. 17. Leaving
here at 6 a. m. with 24 men, Cap
tain James W. Wooten, 14th in
fantry. Kentucky National Guard,
is expected to arrive late today at
HyUen, seat of Leslie county, in
the. mountain of hinterland of Ken
tuck? to which so roads lead, to
disperse a mob. reported to be
seeking the slayer of Sheriff Joe
Morgan, killed Saturday.
Dave Steel, accused of the slay
ing, is reported to be barricaded
In the Citizens Bank of Hyden,
while friends of ,the dead man
march up and down streets, equal
ly well armed, uttering threats of
vengeance it they capture Steel.
The slayer would surrender, it is
declared, if he felt he would be
gven protection, but fears he
would fall Into the hands of the
mob.
The slaying Is said to have been
the outcome of an election for the
successor of the man slain, Mor
gan's wife having been defeated by
two votes.
"Look me square in the eye."
Morgan is said to have greeted
Steel Saturday: the shooting fol
lowing Immediately. They had
tome to talk over differences in
regard to the election. Almost as
the sheriff fell, his feudist faction
began arming, Stell partisans im
mediately following suit.
Firing by the feudists into the
county court house and a wild ride
by County Judge Jason Combs to
this place to Inform Governor Wil
liam J. Fields of the disorder, were
immediate sequences.
Telephone wires be i rig down, no
further communication has reached
this place from the scene of trou
ble, where it is declared hundreds
of armed men are preparing for a
pitched battle.
' Ballot Juggling Charged.
Steel,. accused of the slaying. Is
an influential lumber man of east
ern Kentucky. Morgan's wife ran
to succeed him but was defeated by
her republican opponent, C. W.
Reevls, by two votes, and Steel, as
one of the precinct election officers
who refused to count a number of
votes for Mrs. Morgan on the
groond that the ballots were spoil
ed, was charged by the candidate's
husband with illegally causing her
defeat. He was preparing to con
test the election when he met
Steel and was killed.,
Morgan had Deen appointed
sheriff eight months ago to succeed
J. Maggard, who resigned after a
band of armed men rode into Hy
den and shot up the courthouse.
Morgan could not succeed him
self as sheriff under the Kentucky
law and his wife ran for office as
an Independent candidate.
So far as has been learned, there
has been no bloodshed since Mor
gan's death.
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LEAVE TO EXTEND
Tl
WASHINGTON, Nov. 17. An ex
tension of the experimental Joint
operation of passenger trains by
the railroads associated In the en
terprise wss sought today In an
application to the Interstate Com
merce commission. Home time ago
the Northern Pacific. Great North
ern and Oregon-Washington, Rail
road and Navigation company ob
tained from the commission permis
sion to cease operating competitive
passenger trains between Puget
Sound and Portland. Ore. They
substituted a Joint passenger serv
ice hich bas continued since.
The three railroads today asked
that such a scheme of operation
be extended between points of the
Olequa and Long-, lew junction, both
In Washington. Permission to con
solidate passenger train service
subject (o the commission's ap
proval, was given to the railroads
by the transportation act of 191
KENTUCKY
BRING
TROOPS
"iSV i nnwr' rrtorL
'JVING TORCH OF
BULGAR PRINCESS
Ati Pro. lut4 WIN
vBSWARDEN, Hungary.
Noyi7 Princess Ghlka, wife
of an adjutant of former King
Ferdinand of Bulgaria, was
burned to death today while
cleaning a pair of glovea. -
Using beniine, the stood
close to a fire and the gloves
Ignited. With her hand and
face and beautiful Ions hair
aflame,' she ran, a living torch,
to her husband's room, where
a blanket was thrown over
her. Aid was too late how-
ever, and she died in a few
minutes after intense suffer-
tag.
She was formerly the Rus-
slan princess Rowowa and
was 23 years old.
TO BE OFFERED TO
Spec Woods and Ernie
Woodward to Clash in
Headliner Dundee
to Battle Boles.
Boxing fans, who have been
greatly pleased with the past cards
offered by the city boxing commis
sion, are eagerly awaiting the
gong for the next match which
will be staged on Friday night at
the armory. Promoter Clough bas
grouped some fast boxers for this
card, and the fans are assured of
some interesting battles.
The headllners. Spec Woods and
Ernie Woodward, are both well
known here.' Woods is considered
one of the fastest men of his class
on the coast, while Woodward,
who has been seen in action here
at the opening of the season. Is a
fast, clever, and hard-hitting bat
tler. These two are sure to put up
an exhibition. which will .'. be well
worth the price of admission.
The semi-final between Ace
Boles, colored Marshfleld boxer,
and Charlie Dundee of Roseburg,
Is attracting much attention. Dun
dee has been working out nightly
at the armory before a crowd of
fans, and Is getting Into perfect
shape for the match. He is recog
nising the fact that Boles Is an
antagonist to be taken seriously
and Is working hard to get Into the
pink of condition and from all ap
pearances will be physically fit on
the night of the match.
Dundee has shown a great deal
of ability, and although handicap
ped by the lack of a suitable spar
ring partner. Is putting a great deal
of steam behind his punches. He
Is exceedingly quick, fights with a
peculiar and baffling defense, and
swings a wicked wallop with eith
er hand.
Boles has a widespread reputa
tion for speed and for clever box
ing, and his punch is not to be con
sidered lightly. This match is cer
tain to give the fana a real thrill.
Two good preliminaries will also
be offered.
A decided improvement has been
made in the construction of the
ring for these bouts. A permanent
i structure, firmly bolted, with heavy
braces, has been built, permitting
greater speed. The ropes have al
so een made tighter which will
prevent the fighters from falling
out of the ring as occurred at the
lust card.
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TO DIE IN CHAIR
NEWARK. N. J., Nov. 17. Har
rison W. Noel, a youth who twice
escaped from Institutions for the
Insane and who capped his career
by the murder September 3 and 4
In Montclalr of a negro taxi driver
I and a little girl, faces death In the
electric chair.
A Jury which yesterday eonvlrt
ed hint of murder In the first de
gree spent an hour and ten minutes
In reaching a verdict. Sentence
will be pronounced next Monday.
The death penalty Is mandatory.
SW.G.T.D.HE
DETROIT. Mich.. Nor. 17 Mrs.
Ella A. Boole, of Brooklyn, N. Y.,
former vice president of the Na
tional Women's Christian Temper
ance Union, and permanent W. C.
T. U. woman and suffrsge worker,
was chosen president of the union
by unanimous vote of the Slst an
nual convention today.
COUNTY
1
CONFERENCE 10
THURSDAY
Group Reports to Be For
mulated During Early
Part of Meeting.
BASKET LUNCHFRID AY
Merchants and. Farmers to
Join in Dinner at Armory
on 20th 5urvey to Be
Wide in Scope.
PROGRAM
DOUGLAS COUNTY AGRICUL
. TURAL ECONOMIC CON.
FERENCE
Armory, Roseburg, 10 A. M.
November 19.
R. A. Busenbark, Gen. Chairman
Horticultural Group Chas. A.
Brand, Chairman.
Prune Group T. B. Busenbark,
Chairman.
Livestock Group B. F. Nichols,
Chairman.
Dairy Group L. A. Blackwell,
Chairman.
Farm Crops Group C. R. Dear,
Chairman.
Vegetable Crops Group D. N.
Busenbark. Chairman.
Poultry Group G. W. Burt,
Chairman.
Home Economics Groups-Mrs.
Henry Lander, Chairman.
Boys' and Girls' Club Work
Group, A. S. Wallace, Chair
man. Commercial Interests
Lumbering W. A. Bogard,
Chairman.
Commercial Fishing Edward
Kohlhagen. Chairman.
Mining Earl Vosburgh, Chair-
Ranchers from practically every
community In Douglaa county will
be In Roseburg Thursday to .par
ticipate in the agricultural econo
mic conference which convenes In
the Armory at 10 a. to. R. A.
Busenbark, chairman, will open
the two-day session with a general
statement concerning the confer
ence. F. L. Ballard, County Agent
leader of the O. A. C. Extension
Service, will deliver an address on
"Why an Agricultural Economic
Conference," after which the meet
ing will break up into groups on
horticulture, prunes, vegetable
crops, livestock, dairying, poultry,
and farm crops.
The purpose of the conference
Is to develop a program for Doug
las county agriculture that will
consider problems now confront
ing producers, take Into consider
ation possibilities Of profitably
producing and marketing the ma
jor crops and harmonize local pro
duction with that in competing
1 sections of the state and nation.
Every essential phase of agricul
ture In the county will be consld
jered and In addition the Chamber
of Commerce has committees
j working on lumbering, mining and
'fishing. One of the needs of local
agriculture Is expanded local mar
kets. It Is pointed out, and the de
velopment of lumbering, milling
and fishing industries would pro
vide purchasing power for people
gainfully employed In these Indus
tries. "This Is not a soeerh making
conference." says Wm. L. Teutsch
of th O. A. C, who has been assist
ing the committeemen In gathering
data. "It Is an occasion for pro
ducers of Douglas county to con
sider their problems and arrive at
conclusions after a careful studv
!of the facts." Towards this end
the specialists of the O. A. C. Ex
tension Service will lend all assist
ance possible.
Featuring the second day's pro
gram will he a Joint basket lunch
eon at noon which will be a get
together of country and town folks.
Entertainment features are being
supplied by the Chamber of Com
merce and two or three short talka
wl'l be made.
The work of the conference may
he Illustrated by plans made for
the dairy section. Facts have been
secured to Indicate the present sta-
itua of the Industry the number of
rows In the county, amount of bnt
terfat consumed and shipped out.
prices paid for hutterfat here as
compared with other sections, the
javerage annual production of but?
iterfat per cow. With these fscts
j In hand the dairy group will be
able to work out a definite program
as a guide for the dairy Industry.
After such a program has been
-worked out It will be submitted to
the general conference on Friday
fay adoption. In similar manner
.each committee will work and to
igether the reports will make op a
I (Continued oa page I)
Al Denies Alice, Putting
Humorous Punch Into the
Rhinelander Divorce Case
r . '
(AaQctotat Fiw LmmI ..) 1
WHITE PLAINS, N. Y., Nov. 17.
Al Jolson, black fared comedla-i.
took the witness aland today at the
trial of Leonard Kip Rhtnelander'a
annulment suit against bla wife.
Alice Beatrice Rhinelander, part
nearest ana aeniea inai no iwu
ever seen her at a summer resort
In 1922. as she had represented ia
a letter to Rhinelander.
Jolson took the stand In the
midst of cross-examination of young
Rhinelander at the request of
Isaac N. Mills, the plaintiff's attor
ney. Jolson denied that he had been
In Paul Smith's, New York. In the
Adirondak mountains, at the time
that Alice wrote Leonard she had
met him and found him "some flirt
with the girls."
"I never in my life even saw
either the defendant or the plain
tiff," said Jolson. "I was In At
lantic City at the time she wrote
she saw me. "I've had enough
trouble about thla already. My wife
doesn't talk to me, Now maybe I'll
be able to. eat breakfast at home
i tomorrow.
As the crowded court room Durst
Into laughter. Lee Parsons Davis.
Mrs. Rhinelander's attorney, arose
i and explained that Alice's reference
to Jolson waa really to anomer
man who had been nicknamed "Al
Jolson" became of his wit.
Jolson then left the stand to per
mit resumption of young Rhine
lander's cross examination.
"Every time 1 walk from my
my dressing room." he said with a
SEATTLE, Nov. 17.-The Uni
versity of Washington, foremost
on the Pacific coast In rootoali,
and Dartmouth College, out in
: front In the east, were under con
jsideration today for a game In
'the Rose Bowl at Pasadena New
'Year's Day. -,
No invitation had been extend
ed to any team. It was stated
here. This matter is being hand
ed for the Pacific Coast Intercol
legiate conference by Jack Hene-
Iflel, graduate manager at the
University of Oregon.
If Washington Is Invited the
invitation will not be considered.
It was learned, untl after a game
with the University of Oregon
here Thanksgiving Day that ends
the Husky season. The decision
rests with the players, but they
were reported practically a unit
In feeling that If they completed
their claim to the Pacific coast
championship by defeating Ore
gon, It would be incumbent upon
them to represent the const
against the east If called upon to
do so.
OREGON GROWERS
OF BULBS OPPOSE
FOREIGN PRODUCT
(Aranrlatori tnm le4 Win.)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 17. Amer
ican bulb growers today began pre
senting arguments before the de
partment of agriculture on the
quarantine against foreign bulbs
scheduled to become effective Jan
uary 1. They sought to show that
I the American bulb growing Indus
try within a short time will be
able to supply the domestic de
'mand for the narcissus and other
groups which would be shut out by
:the embargo.
I The growers weie almost unani
mous In declaring the kinds of
bulbs Involved can be successfully
grown In many parts of the United
States and that there haa been suf
ficient plantings to assure an al
most adequate, supply for next
K. J. Adams, of Eugene, Ore., re
presenting Senator Stanfleld of
that state, expressed the senator's
j opposition tb withdrawal of the
quarantine order.
Frank C. Rlggs, a bulh grower
'of Portland, Ore., and chairman of
.the Portland Rose Festival, point
led to the spread In his state of the
earwig, the plant pest, which has
reached a menacing stage since It
.first vas noticed several years ago.
jllr. declared thla was Indicative of
iwh.it might occur as a result of
.lmporlage of bulh pests.
KAIJK It I MOIl OK 'THiKlf
tilVVM MMM'K A m-.Mtl.
f Aanrla'tnl Prns Wire)
TAIIIM Nnr 17 Th. .imnr
that Georges Clemenceau. France's
wsr time premier, wss seriously
III and near death, spresd rapidly
through the corridor of the Cham
ber of Deputies this aftenroon and
wss received with shoi-ked horror.
Thl feeling, however, gsve way
to relief when It was learner! that
the former premier hsd only a
slight attack of grippe and that
at the very moment he was re
ported to be dying he was ac
tually at bla desk at work.
PASADENA LIKELY ELKS LODGES MUST
TO GET DARTMOUTH- OBEY LAW OR LOSE
WASHINGTON GAME
smile, 'the orchestra plays 'Alice,
Where Art Thou?'"
Ime Novice Not Ilwkwanl.
WHITE PLAINS. N. Y., Nov.
17. Leonard Kip Rhinelander
was infatuated with Alice Bea
trice Jones, his part negro bride,
pursued her within a few weeks
of meeting her and took the Ini
tiative in their relations, although
at first he hsd no intention of
marrying her.
These admissions ware made to
day by the wealthy scion of an
aristocratic Huguenot family in
the course of a long series of
contradictory answers under
cross-examination by Lee Parsons
Dsvls, counsel for Mrs. Rhinelan
der, in Rhinelander's annulment
suit. '
A terles of questions on a letter
sent by Leonard to his future
wife In September. 1921, brought
out the story of his Infatuation.
Ills letter was the first of a mass
of mlsrtves that Mr. Davla has
threstened to introduce. It told
of young Rhinelander's loneliness
sod was filled with msuy endear
ing terms.
"Are these the terms a man
would use if he were not in love
with a woman?" asked Davis.
"I was infatuated with her and
enjoyed ber association. Rhine
lander responded.
Young Rhinelander admitted
that he hsd lived with his wife
several days after the newspspers
hsd called her a negress. Several
times before their marriage he
testified, "Alice told him she was
white.' '
CHARTER ATWELL
J WICHITA FALLS, Nov. 17.
Violation of any law Will prevent
an. Elks Lodge In tbe United Sta
tes having a charter. Judge Wil
liam H. Atwell of the North Texas
United States district court and
grand exalted ruler of the lodge,
said today. Judge Atwell was
commenting- about a report that
a movement was on foot demsnd
Ing that every member of the or
der sign a pledge to refrain from
taking liquor onto lodge property
or drop membership.
NEW YORK. Nov. 17. Offi
cials of. the New York mother
lodge of Elks today refused to
place a construction upon the an
nouncement made by Grand Ex
alted Ruler Atwell prior to the
receipt of a formal communication
from him. The lodge . yesterdsy
accepted a padlock order which
will close Its restaurant and grill
for six months.
The authority of Judge Atwell
to withdraw a lodge charter was
said here to be Indisputable. The
members of the club declared,
however, there was no movement
on foot among their associates to
sign the pledge referred to by the
hesd of the order.
BILL WOULD MAKE
THE BIBLE PART OF
I DAILY CURRICULA
OLYMPIA, Wa-i'.i.. Nov. 17. A
measure requiring all private and
: parochial schorls In Washington,
iwhereln children between 7 and 1
are taught ihu tight grammar
I grades, to us- onl text books and
follow courses of Instruction used
In grammar puhlla schools, was
; Introduced today by Represent
i tlve Egbert, of PLn: county.
I Egbert also introduced, a meas
ure providing tht no person shall
be qualified as a 'eaiher who do"i
not hold a teacher's certificate or
diploma.
i Another Mil hy Wert would re
quire resdlnr of it least ten ver
ses of the Illhle In public schools
each day. Pupils above the
fourth grade would be required to
learn the Ten Commandments.
j J. H. Hanson, of Madison, Wis
consin, who has been visiting S. J.
Jones here for some lime, h-ft to
day for his home.
!
OLENOALE MAN
CRUSHED UNDER LOO
Marlon Smith, a logger em-
Ployed near Cilendale. was
brought to Merry hospital this
morning suffering from serl-
oua Injuries sustained early
today when a log rolled nimn
him. The young man waa'rn-
gaged in his usual duties when
a huge log on the slotie above
him, rolled over upon Mini,
crushing his chest and abdo-
men. Dr. Shoemaker wss ml-
led to attend the case, but It
will be some time before the
full extent of the Injuries are
known, as there are possibly
Internal Injuries which may
not show up for two or three
days.
CITY ILL LEVY
TAX TO CREATE
SINKING
FUND
Sum of $3,000 to Be In
cluded to Retire Library
and Fire Bonds.
WILL ADD . ONE MILL
City Levy Will Be Approxi
, mately One Mill More
Than Last Year Is
Indications.
An additional tax In the sura of
13000 to create a sinking fund for
the retirement of fire truck and
library bonds, was authorised by
the city council last night in Its
regular meeting. These bonds,
amounting to the principal sum of
S27.IXH) were voted by the people
and the council was given author
ity to create a sinking fund to pay
them off when the" should come
due.
In the tax ordinance Introduced
and passed at last night's meeting.
It Is provided that the sum of 137.
438.29 he raised to meet the ex
penses as outlined In the budget,
while an additional $3,000 over and
above the amount which can be
raised Inside the per cent limita
tion, be provided to pay off the
latest bond issues.
The council passed the ordinance
and the city recorder will now cer- .
tiry tne amount to tne county as
sessor who will levy the amounts
set forth In th ordinance.
The tax will be slightly higher
than last year, probably about one
mill more. The levy last. year was
S.5 mills while this year If will be-
In the neighborhood of 10.5 mills.
The exact rale cannot be ascer
tained until the stale tax commis
sion certifies to the county asses
sor the valuation of public utility
properties so that the city's valua
tion may be determined.
Last night's council meeting was
short, as there waa little business
to consider. Terrace Park resi
dents appeared with a petition for
a new light near Spring and Sec
ond streets, and a aldewslk repair
In front of the Stoddard property
on Spring street. The walk was or
dered rebuilt, nnd the matter of a
light waa referred to the electric
light committee.
Cobb street residents requested
Ithe council to have dirt removed
from the sidewalk In front of prop
ierty belonging to the city.
The engineer was Instructed to
! prepare plana for the repslr of the
street and sidewalk en the north
side of the Umpqua Hotel, whnrs
la defective sewer drain has allow
ed the pavement and sidewalk to
settles
The committee on health and h
llce reported that it did not con
sider It advltiahle to take over a
privately owned sewer between
Mosher and Lane streets near the
river, as requested by proerty
owners.
Mmm-In'"! I'rt IMvl W.rr.)
PORTLANfj. Ore., Nov. 17.
More than 11.000,000 feet of gov
ernment timber waa sold to the
highest bidders yesterday at the
lUnited States Land Office here,
,fnr a total of fl2.472.32. The buy
ers, locations of the timber and
amounts paid follow: J. E. Keith,
Marlon county. H.3rHJ0: k. J.
I Sherman, Washington county. $3.
Ifi14 70; J. II. Vols. Multnomah coun
ty. I2.71I.'. r,8, and L. Adams, Clack-
amas county, $1,673.34. (
DAMAGES"OFM500
FOR POISON POLISH
UPHELD ON APPEAL
flnliM Pm. Iflr4 Wlr
8AI.KM. Ore., Nov. 17. The su-
ipreme court today. In an opinion
i written by Justice Kelt, affirmed
Imp. ar,ll. In lil.lv. Ilt.lw.rt
NORTHERN OREGON: !
TIBER IS SOLD!
Tucker's court In Multnomah enun-j't'oin Beirut to the Lyening News
ty. where a Judgment of 2r.no wasl"V "'at all automobile in the
awarded Clifford Vohall ngalnat rlly have been enmmandered for
ithe Northern Pacific Terminal
ieompanv
i Voshsl' allfin-d thsl while he was
employed by the enmpsny to polish
brass trimmings In Pullman and
observation rsrs the company fur -
nlahed him a prepsratlnn to use on
the trlmmages which was poison,
ous but did not Inform him of lis
poisonous nature. As a result he
alleges that he breathed Its fumes
and absorbed the preparation Into
hla system with the result that he
waa permanently Injured.
TAX TO HALT HIGH
POWERED BEER TO
GO INTO NEW BILL
WASHINGTON. Nov. 17.
A new tax of one tenth of
a cent a gallon on cereal he-
verages was approved today
by the House Ways and
Means Committee in its pre-
paratlon of a revenue bill.
Such a tax was asked for
by prohibition enforcement
officials to give them power
of Inspection of breweries 0)
manufacturing near beer and
to check the "flood of high
powered beer."
The committee turned
down an alternative suggest-
ion from Prohibition Dlrec-
tor Andrews that an occupa-
tlonal tax of 1100 annually
be Imposed on browers.
It. was also decided by tbe
committee today to Insert no
provision In the proposed bill
which would allow ret rose- e
tlve refunds of taxes, on the
ground that such action
would open the door to In
estimable losses in govern
ment revenue.
French Arouse Christians,
Druses Enlist Aid of
Moslems, Is Report
From Beirut
(AMK-htrd t'rM Lnual Win.)
BEIR'JT, Syria, Nov. 17. A def
inite revolutionary movement ap
pt to be devk.op(ng from - the
hitherto sporadic outbreaka against
the Frendh. The Druse leaders ac
cuse the French authorities of try
ing to foment a religious war.
Europeana bore condemn tbe al
leged action of tbe French In arm
ing christian civilians lnng the
MentternrnWRn 'coast- smt- eeniHng
them Inland In oppose the Druse
advance, as tending to Inflsme old
religious prejudices.
(The Druses as a religious sect
are neither Christian nor Moham
medan, but acknowledge only the
name Muahidln, or Unitarians.
They are very warlike and have
engaged In bloody conlllcts, with
their ('Irlntlannielghbora. the Mar-
onltes. There have been reports
recently that they were being poln-
ed by the Moslems In their revolt
against the French.)
Moslem leaders say. they have
given strict orders for their peo
ple not to molest Christiana but
Insist that they are unable to guar
antee such protection unless the
French discontinue their practice
of arming volunteers
The Imanma or Moslem priests
were hooted In the mosques when
thf) urged the worshippers to re
main loysl to t!ie French.
Sect Against Sect.
Messages from Sldon say that a
high French official Is touring the
Hinterland urging the Christians,
who are mostly Msroniles and of
the Oreek orthodox faith, to march
against the Druses, whose strength
Is growing dally. This resistance,
the messsges say. Is believed to be
responsible for the raiding and
jburnlng of Christian villages.
The Druse methrd Is said to per
mit towns or villages to remain
neutral, provided they py tribute
In cssh or rifles; If I hey resist the
orrh Is applied. This Is ssld to
have been Hie fain of Kawaba, Jo
deldeh. and Nebetlnli.
The Insurgents whose strength
Is estimated at from 20.000 to 25.
000 have estshllshed hesdquarters
at Hashelya, 3$ miles west of Da
mascus. The French have received only
J.OtKI troops In relnlorcemenls In
the Isst fortnight .and there Is con
siderable nervousness In the for
eign colonies, especially among the
Italians, who are anxlnna to have
their warships, now at Rhodes,
come here.
People continue to arrive In
Beirut from Damascus, where an
other uprlnlng Is feared. The
Amerlcsn consul has notified na
turalized Americana that owing to
the unsettled conditions In the In
terior It will be best for them to
leave for Hie coast towns.
Americans have been counselled
to remain Indoora In case of an
uprising, until bluejsrkets can es
cort them to the Amur Iran college.
Ptace Overture Rumor.
LONDON. Nov. 17 A dispatch
conveying sevcrsi inmiasnu rrrorn
.troops lo South I-ebaui'u, the re-
'n south weal of Immaacm.
where sn Important situation Is de-
veloplng.
1 At the same lime It Is reported
that Hultan Allrash. the leader of
the rebel Druses, has made peace
overtures to tne rrencn a no inai
fleneral Duport, the acting high
commissioner. Is sending a French
colonel and French delegates and
Interpreters to meet the Saltan's
representative.
EIGHT fill OF.
COAST PATROL
PERISH AT SEA
Boat Carrying: Sailor or)
Return From Leave of
Abaencc Capsizes.. ,
ICYj SWIM SAVES ONE
Cast Into Water as Craft
' Overturns, Men Battle
v ' for Lives to Last "
Bit of Strength. .
. . (AaneWxl fnm Immt Wtra.) -8HKLBURNE,
N. S., Nor. 17.
Eight men of the crew of the
United States Coast Guard cutter
Morrill were drowned In the har
bor here early last night when a
sailboat In which they were re
turning to the cutter after leave
on shore, capalaed during a heavy
blow and In turbulent water. '
. Only one man In the boat was
wved. He Is C. Taylor, engineer. .
second clasa, who swam ashore
through the Icy waters - after the '
boat had drifted close In to the :
rocks. '.'
Those known Jio have perished -
arei
Warrant Paymaster Kingsbury. ;
Warrant Boatswain Lungen. .,
Coxwain I. J. BracketL .
Chief Yeoman H. McMordo.
Chief Boatswain' Mate J. R.
Bhea.
Cabin 8teward 1L K. Wilson.
Seaman Baullsak.
Seaman Diver.
Survivor's Story.
Taylor waa exhausted and near
ly erased by bla experience and the
loss rf bla akipmaj.ee. He gave the
names of the men who, one by one.
he had seen lose their hold on the
upturned craft and drop to their
deaths Into the cold water amid
the darkness of night. The Jast
man to take his death plunge slip
ped off the 2-foot craft lust as
, Taylor started his swim from the
hulk to the shore-
The Morrill, which Is bound
from Detroit for Boston, where
! she Is to take up a post In the pro
ihlhltlon enforcement fleet, waa at
'anchor off 8andy Point, five mile
! distant from Shelburne. After a
day ashore, the sailors went .
aboard the ssllboat
' All went well until about - two
and one-half miles had been ' cov
ered. Then a squall aent the boat
on ber beams end. Later shav top
pled over aidewlse. The seamen
worked strenuously to cut the rig
ging and right the boat, but, the
craft capsixed. , . -
It was (:30 o'clock when the ac
cident occurred and It waa t
o'clock when the drifting craft had
i reached a point fifty yards .off
i shore from which Taylor made hla
swim- to aafety. After attracting
aid and receiving-' medical atten
tion, he revealed the disaster.
1 When the men had been thrown
Into I ho water, five reached1 the
'slippery keel on the upturned craft
and. elnng to It. Others held on
to thd 'edges of the boat. Wavea
jconstsntly swept the boat. One by
lone, Taylor's mates lost their holds
,and .disappeared In the dsrknees.
,No "bodies had been recovered to
day. .
SUIT FOR ESTATE
r AovlaUH l-nsa Uad WHe.t
ASTORIA. Ore.. Nov. 17 Injunc
tion lulls alined to prevent the dia
'trlbutlnn of thu-$250,000 estste ot
Ithe late Mrs. Asmus Brig to her
natural mother will be filed within
I a few day by the atate of Oregon
and K. Rhodue of Salem, who are
'contesting the mother's heirship In
'a Ihree-sldcd legal battle. This waa
Indicated by attorneys here today.
I Frau Margarita Fralerson of
Hamburg, (lermany, mother of the
ilate Mrs. Brlx, was designated a
solo heir to the Brlx estate In an
order filed In the probate court by
Judge T. S. Cornelius.
The petitions fur injunctions will
be filed In the circuit court asking
that Frau Fralerson be restrained -from
securing the estate. One of
these will be filed on behalf of the
atate of Oregon, which contends
lhat the estste should be escheat
ed to the atate on the grounds thst
Fran Fralerson has no right to the
estate.
The second Injunction petition
will be filed hy Russell Sewell,
Portland attorney, who represent
Ihe Rhodue family of Salem, who
reared Mrs. Brlx.