THE MORNING OTtEGONIAX, MONDAY, JANUARY 5, 1920.
PROBLEMS GALORE
CONFRONT G0H6RESS
Foreign and Domestic Ques
tions Remain Unsolved.
POLITICS TO PLAY, PART
Senate Will Open Without Agree
ment on Treaty Berger Due to
Be Rejected Immediately.
"WASHINGTON, Jan. 4. Congress
will reconvene at noon tomorrow,
after a fortnight's holiday, with
months of hard work In sight' and
adjournment expected by few lead
ers before the presidential campaign
next fall. The only recess looked
for is a brief one in summer, when
the national party conventions are
In session.
Innumerable domestic and interna
tional problems await the attention
of congress, with partisan pontics of
the coming presidential election
prominently to the fore. . Political
speeches of presidential candidates
and members of congress up or re
election are expected to flood the
congressional records during the
coming months.
The senate will resume tomorrow
eonslderation of the sedition bill of
Senator Sterling, republican. North
Dakota, and later begin work on the
house water power development
measure. The Victor Berger election
case is the principle item of tomor
row's programme in the house, where
leaders plan to reject immediately
the re-election certificate of the Mil
waukee socialist, ousted in the last
session and promptly re-elected.
Treaty Sttll On Hand.
The senate returns tomorrow In
the hope of disposing of the German
peace treaty this month, but without
substantial results from compromise
negotiations during the holiday re
cess. Some immediate move, how
ever. Is expected. It may be launched
In debate tomorrow.
The motion of Senator Underwood,
democrat, Alabama, for appointment
of a conciliation committee Is await
ing consideration and on the calen
dar, as is the resolution of Senator
Knox, republican, Pennsylvania, pro
posing ratification of all peace terms
except the league of nations.
Other treaties to be considered are
the French, Austrian, Polish and the
Panama canal settlement with Co
lombia, and, possibly, the Turkish
peace treaty.
The railroad reorganization bills
and the oil, coal, gas and phosphate
land leasing bill, both in conference,
are scheduled for final action this
month.
I'nusual committee activity is on
the programme. Army reorganiza
tion plans of thewo military com
mittees are completed and dlffy only
in details except that the house bill
is to be silent on universal military
training projects. The senate com
mittee will take up next Friday the
bill drafted by a subcommittee.
Shipping Legislation Due.
Shipping legislation will be taken
up January 12 by the senate com
merce committee, with wooden ship
contract adjustments slated for Jan
uary 10. ' ; t
Many investigations will be prose
cuted. Senate committees will con
tinue the Mexican investigation here
- and on the border. Mrs. Sturgis.
whose husband was murdered at-Chia
pias. will be heard tomorrow.
Inquiry into naval awards of deco
rations will be begun soon at Joint
hearings of the senate and house
naval committees.
Investigation of bolshevik propa
ganda and activities of I.. C. A. K.
Martens, soviet "ambassador," is to
begin next Friday by a foreign rela
tions subcommittee, headed by Sen
ator Moses, republican. New Hamp
shire. Other senate Investigations planned
include the coal situation, the Ford
Newberry election contest from
Michigan, Investigation of the federal
trade commission and charges of
Senator Watson,- republican. Indiana,
that some of its employes are social
ist propagandists, and the . news
print paper situation.
Tariff to Be Paused By.
Ge.neral tariff or Internal revenue
tax revision legislation is not planned
during the present session. Repeal
of the war luxury taxes on soft
drinks Is planned before hot weather
cets in.
The Kenyon-Kendrlck bills for fed
eral regulation ef the meat Industry
are to be taken up tomorrow by the
senate agricultural committee. Next
Friday the committee will hold hear
ings on a bill to extend the maximum
limit of federal farm loans.
The senate plans to pass next week
the first of the remedial bills urged
ty the senate labor committee, pro
viding for Americanization of for
eigners, and committee work on pro
posed federal tribunals to consider
labor disputes also will be taken.
Laws to deport and exclude unde
sirable aliens are to be considered im
mediately. Including the Johnson de
portation bill, passed last month by
the house and administration measure
extending power to veto undesirable
Immigration by denial of passports.
Senate democrats will meet in cau
cus January 15 to elect a minority
leader to. succeed the late Senator
Martin of Virginia, with Senator
Hitchcock of Nebraska and Senator
Underwood of Alabama in contest for
the leadership.
DEMOCRATS ARE FIDGETY
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The largest banquet hall in Washing
ton seats only 700 guests and the na
tional committee has decided to have
an overflow banquet at another hotel.
The speakers are to be prepared to
speak in duplicate at the two meet
injrs. There will be one woman orator,
Mrs. Peter Olson of Cloquet, Minn.,
and 13 men will talk, a ratio that is
likely to be attacked as discrimina
tory by the feminist wing of the
party before the event is over.
Another storm has broken. Pro
moters of the Bryan candidacy charge
privately that the administration
forces are planning to pack the ban
quet against Mr. Bryan in order to
control the applause in favor of the
speakers more acceptable to the fed
eral machine crowd. Specifically their
charge is that Secretary Tumulty
holds 70 tickets, which Is admittedly
a large number for one person at a
banquet, to include only 1000 guests.
This, has been denied with the state
ment that Tumulty has only six
tickets. .
Kilt to Aid Poindexter.
Announcement by the Washington
Post this morning that Wade H. Kills,
former attorney-general of Ohio, and
manager of William Howard Taffs
successful campaign in 1908, is to
take the national command of Senator
Poindexter's campaign for the re
publican presidential nomination, at
tracted considerable attention. At
Poindexter headquarters'it was said
that the announcement was prema
ture. - . ;
. ' Over the? long-distance telephone
from Jfew York this afternoon Mr.
Kills said that plans for his taking
charge of the Poindexter campaign
"had been under discussion for several
days and that he had hoped to be able
to make the first announcement of
his decision himself. It was Intend
ed that the announcement should be
made about the middle of this week.
The Post announcement said:
War to Be Carried East.
"Senator Poindexter's campaign for
the republican presidential nomina
tion is to be carried aggressively into
the east. It. wlll Invade New York,
probably New England and some
other nearby states, which are with
out -favorite-son - candidates of their
own."-.: It . will be directed from now
on to convention time by Wade H.
Kills' of Ohio, whose unexpected alli
ance' with the forces of the Washing
ton, .senator has given new direction
and slsnlficane to the movement in
his behalf..
"No formal announcement that Mr.
Kills Is to become the manager of
Senator Poindexter's campaign has
yet been made, but negotiations in
this direction have been quietly in
progress for some time, and the un
derstanding In political circles Js, that
the former attorney-general of the
Buckeye state, who was so clbsely
identified with the campaign Of Mr.
Taft In 1908. will be the managing
director Jn 1920 of the candidacy of
Poindexter, the former progressive.
Elite Experienced Crusader. "'
"Mr. Ellis is an experienced poli
tician. Of progressive tendencies, he
waa the chief political manager of
Mr... Taft. In 1908. and practically
wrote his platform.
. "The alliance of an Ohio man with
the campaign to bring about the nom
ination of Senator Harding's col
league in the senate might at first
glance seem to indicate the existence
of anti-Harding elements in the lat
ter's own state. Doubtless it would be
both hasty and inaccurate to draw
any such conclusion, for the facts are
that Senator Poindexter is making no
effort to invade Ohio, and will make
none, and that Senator Harding will
not. 'be a candidate in Washington,
which will send to Chicago a delega
tion Instructed for Senator Polndex--ter."
Ellis has been inactive in politics
for several years, having devoted
himself to the practice of law since
retiring as attorney-general of Ohio.
He has offices In both New York and
this citiy.
TWIN BANQUETS AXXOIXCEU
Jackson Day pinner Develops Into
Two-Ring Affair.
WASHINGTON, D. C. Jan. 4. (Spe
cial.) The Jackson day dinner next
Thursday, at which democratic lead
ers will "point with pride or view
with alarm," and maybe both, is to be
a sort of two-ring circus. There will
be two separate and distinct stage
settings, but with the same set of
performers.
It may be rough on the speakers to
recite their little pieces twice, but
it will be more pleasant for" the
listeners who are seeking to lay In
a square meal.
Evil-minded ones are hinting at an
unseen motive In the holding of a
double banquet, and darkly intimate
that there is a split somewhere which
bodes no good to the democratic party.
xiere, nowever. is the reason in part,
given by Chairman-Cummings of the
democratic national committee for the
division of dinners:
"The committee on arrangements
decided to bold the banquet in two
groups, one meeting at the New WI1
lard and the other at the Washington
hotel. The dinner will be served
promptly at S o'clock at both hotels,
and .as soon as possible thereafter
the speaking programme will begin.
The same speakers will be asked to
attend and address both groups.
"This arrangement was found im
perative owing to the great demand
for tickets from leading democrats
throughout the country, who have
been deluging the national committee
wun requests during the last few
days. There will be representatives
from every state, including cabinet
officers, democratic senators, con
gressmen, governors and others
prominent In official and business
life."
BOCUS LIQUOR IS DEADLY
DETROITERS FACE POISONING
FROM ILLICIT STILL.
Use of Lead Coil Instead of Copper
Pronounced Dangerous by Health
Department Official.
DETROIT, Mich.. Jan. 4. (Special.)
Death by lead poisoning confronts
those who have imbibed the liquor,
brewed in a still discovered, in the
Hotel Pontchartrain- bakery her Fri
day. " - '.'. ." ".
When the officers discovered the
still, which was located through the
sceSt of raisins, it was unattended
and hence no arrests have been made.
Examination of the apparatus by Po
lice Surgeon C. M. Turrell disclosed
that the coil is of ordinary lead pip
ing instead of copper, which means
that the liquor 'which had been manu
factured therein is as deadly, though
not as swift in action, as that which
resulted in at least 90 deaths in the
east.
How many gallons of this deadly
fluid were disposed of in Detroit be
fore the still's discovery is unknown,
but Police Commissioner -Inches has
issued a bulletin advising those who
have bought liquor known to have
been made in it to place themselves
under a doctor's care at once.
According to Dr. Turrell, who states
that the use of lead piping in the
making of raisin whisky would In
evitably result in lead acetate poison,
the chemical action of the acetic acid'
combining with the metal forms a
salt of lead, which is taken into the
body and slowly permeates the sys
tem, causing a malady similar in
character to painters' colic, as lead
poisoning is known in the commercial
HOOVER REFUSES TO RUN
(Continued From Klrrt Pars.)
possibility of Mr. Hoover's appear
ance at the Jackson club dinner, the
secretary of the former food admin
istrator yesterday directed a telegram
to The Oregonian ' which read as
follows:
"WouJd you kindly correct the
statement that Mr. Hoover is attend
ing the Jackson dinner in Portland.
He is in fact en route direct to Wash
ington to attend industrial con
ference.1' Umatilla Sheriff Here.
Sheriff "Til" Taylor of Umatilla"
county, spent a few hours in Port
land yesterday, en route to his home
in Pendleton from Salem, where he
delivered several men convicted of
horse thievery to the state peniten
tiary. Sheriff Taylor was registered
at the Imperial.
S. & H. Green - stamps for cash.
Holman Fuel Co.' Main S53. 460-il.
Adv. ...
NAVY VALOR AWARDS
UPHELD BY DANIELS
Heroism Even in Loss of Ship
v Is Emphasized.
ADMIRAL SIMS QUOTED
Commander , Bagley's Honor Made
Equal to That in Similar
...Cases Is Declaration.
i WASHING TON, Jan. 4 Secretary
Daniels., replied today to attacks on
hfs awards, of navy decorations in a
letter to Chairman Page of the senate j
naval committee, which with the
house naval committee probably will
investigate the whole row precipitated
by the refusal of Rear-Admiral Sims
and other officers to accept the deco
rations awarded to them.
The complaint of the officers was
that in some instances Secretary Dan-,
iels had changed the recommendations
of the official board which sat on -the
cases, bestowing higher decorations
than officers thought merited in some
cases and lower ones in others.
Secretary Daniels explained at length
the theory on which he disagreed with
some of the awards as finally recom
mended to him and also how he dif
ferentiated between awards for offi
cers who served at sea and those who
served 'on land.
Theory for Awards Explained.
"Mr. Daniels referred to his first
communication to Chairman Page as
he set forth the principle that the
highffst distinction should ' be con
ferred upon officers and men who had
come In contact with the enemy and
had by courage and judgment under
attack exemplified the highest tra
ditions of the service and that the
distinguished medal should also be
awarded only. to those officers on
Bhbre.duty who in the language of the
aet of congress had distinguished
themselves "by exceptionally meritori
ous service to the government in a
duty of great responsibility."
"In thus following the act of con
gress authorizing three classes of
medal," wrote the secretary, "honors
less, than the distinguished service
medal should be awarded to officers
whose shore duty was meritorious but
not 'of great responsibility.'
Daalela Cltea Precedent.
"I stated that 'the service worthy
of the highest distinction is that
rendered afloat in the presence of the
enemy' and that the distinguished
service medal should be awarded to
the captain of every ship struck by
the mines or torpedoes of the enemy
if his conduct was meritorious in the
hour that tests courage and leader
ship. "I do not think the American people
can be persuaded to accept the idea
that the distinguished service medal
should not be given to the captain
of a shfp who bears himself coura
ageously In the supreme hour for
which all other hours in his naval
career were but preparatory, if his
ship - is lost by submarine or mine
attacks.
"If this theory had been accepted
In former yeara Lawrence and Porter
and other naval heroes would not
have received some of the early hon
ors which their countrymen gladly
gave them. Each of them know what
it was to lose his ship without loss
of prestige and with the satisfaction
of receiving expressions of high ap
preciation of their countrymen.
Valor Seen in Loss of Ship.
"It is, of course, the victory In
battle which gives-glory, but medals
of distinction are awarded for 'ex
ceptionally meritorious service', and
Lawrence was no less deserving of a
nation's gratitude when his ship was
lost to his country than was Perry,
who, leaving his sinking ahip, won
victory after transferring his flag
from the Lawrence to the Niagara.
Indeed, Perry and all his gallant and
victorious crew were Inspired to win
victory by the immortal words of
Lawrence, for Perry had adapted Law
rence's dying words as the shibboleth
on his flag: 'Don't give up the ship."
"Ten commanding officers of ships
torpedoed and sunk or put out of
action -were selected as worthy of receiving-
the -!1 distinguished service
medal. These awards, as I stated in
my previous letter, were made with
out exception to every commanding
officer whose ship felt the blow of
the enemy except one who was ccurt
martlaled. and, who though fully ac
quitted, had ho recommendation from
auy superior officer for recognition
pt afty character.
toward to HMbreaek Diacvned.
'"."Admiral WJlson stated officially
that -'the-f a-Hure oi Captain Hasbrouck
to return to his ship at daylight with
a salvage party was an offense more
serious than an error of judgment,'
and Admiral Gleaves stated officially
that "though the court fully acquitted
him.- my own opinion is such that I
cannot recommend him for the award,
either for a medal or a cross.' How
ever, because of his previous service
in tie transportation of troops and
without reference to his action after
his ship was torpedoed Captain Has
brouck was selected by my direction
for a naval cross, the same as was
awarded to commanding officers of
other transports. Captain Hasbrouck
has written that he does not desire
to accept the medal.
"Instructions have been given for
the fullest investigation with the
view of further awards to other of
ficers and men on these and any other
ships who rendered meritorious serv
ice by reason of attack by enemy
ships. Some of these would have
been" announced before now except
for the reconvening of the board of
awards to consider all meritorious
service and make further recom
mendations. Delayed Action Explained.
"Late and Incomplete reports have
necessarily delayed full justice to
all who deserve recognition. But,
though postponed, it. will be given
and the highest honors should go to
those who felt the shock of the ene
my successfully or otherwise when
courage and good judgment were
shown rather than to those who ren
dered service ashore in places of less
responsibility.
"I am appending a brief statement
of the cases where the distinguished
service medals were announced where
ships were torpedoed or came In con
tact with mines and were either sunk
or put out of action. A mere reading
of the plain recital in each of these
ten-attacks and the demeanor of the
commanding officer will leave no
room for doubt that if awards are
' to be given for coolness and Judg
ment In danger, disregard of personal
safety and ship lend courage to any
men who gave glory to the navy in
the world war, they should go to all
ten of these commanding officers, and
distinct honors should likewise go to
other brave officers and men under
attack.
Bravery In Defeat Honored.
"We cannot give too much honor
to the commanding officers of sur
face ships which were able- to sink
or destroy a submarine. The truth
must also be recognized, however,
that the courage, skill, determination,
resourcefulness, -foresight and Judg
ment of officers whose ships were
torpedoed-and suddenly sunk are put
to quite as severe a test as in the
cases of commanding officers of sur
face ships which see and sink the
enemy. '
"Nobody has suggested that an of
ficer should be honored because his
ship was sunk by a submarine. But
it Is clear that when a ship is sunk
the commanding officer should be re
warded if he meets this supreme crisis
with poise, utter fearlessness, with
thought of his men above himself,
with the utilization of all those at
tributes that show a man a hero
when the hour strikes for his supreme
trial.
"To deny this principle is to deny
one of the bases of the moral law.
The greatest thing that a man ever
does in this world Is to turn a stum
bling block into a stepping stone. If
medals are not given for this sort of
thing what on earth are they designed
for?"
. Records of Officers Inclosed.
Incorporated in the letter were the
records of all of the officers who lost
their vessels. Including Commander
D. W. BagloV, brother of Mrs. Dan
iels, and Commander Percy W. Foote.
the secretary's aide, about, whom
much of the controversy has centered:
In Commander Bagley's case Mr.
Daniels quoted from a letter by Rear
Admtral Sims in connection with his
approval of the findings of the court
of Inquiry convened to investigate
the loss of Bagley's ship?
"Bagley's handling of the situation
after his ship was torpedoed was
everything that I expected in the way
of efficiency, good judgment, courage
and chivalrous action.'' Admiral Sims
wrote. :
"The findings of the court of In
quiry were that 'the commanding of
ficer, officers and men of the U. S. S.
Jacob Jones bore themselves In ac
cordance with the best traditions of
the service, and no blame for respon
sibility for the loss of the vesftel at
taches to them." "
Admiral Slraa la Quoted.
Secretary Daniels said that Admiral
Sims recommended Commander Bag
ley for a navy cross, the Knight
board on naval awards approved the
award and the secretary changed It
In common with the awards of all
other commanding officers of torpe
doed ships except Captain Hasbrouck
to a distinguished service medal-.
Reviewing the case of Comamnder
Foote. whose ship. . the President
Lincoln, was struck by three torpe
does simultaneously and sunk in 0
minutes, the secretary quoted Admiral-Sims'
report as follows:
"The email loss of life Is due to
thorough discipline of the ship's com
pany and excellent seamanship of
Commander Foote."
Admiral Gleaves' report on the case,
the letter said, contained the state
ment that "the small loss of life was
due to the splendid discipline of the
ship's company and their fine sea
manship under the gallant leadership
of Commander Foote." .
Action to Laat Commended. (
Captain Madison, convoy comman
der, wrote that "It was an inspiring
sight to see the ship, her stern awash
and on the point of sinking, with her
officers aboard and guns still firing."'
Admiral Gleaves recommended Com
mander Foote for a distinguished
service medal, the letter said, and the
recommendation was approved by Ad
miral Mayo, commander-in-chief of
the United States fleet, and by the
knight aboard.
In concluding his letter to Senator
Page, Secretary Daniels said:
"When we shall have forgotten the
distinguished and honorable service
of able and devoted officers ashore,
who will worthily wear the distin
guished service medal, the splendid
courage of the men who met the
shock of the submarine stilettoes un
afraid and .demonstrated initiative,
valor and wisdom under such circum
stances as landsmen never know
these brave men and their deeds will
remain as a living glory and an hon
orable incsntive to future naval
heroes."
FEW REDS ESCAPE MET
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nancial institutions. All power to the
workers!
"The communist labor party has as
Its ultimate aim: The abolition of the
present system of production In which
the working class Is mercilessly ex
ploited, and the creation of an indus
trial republic wherein the machinery
of production shall be socialized so as
to guarantee to the workers the full
social value of the product of their
toil.
"To this end we ask the workers to
unite with the communist labor party
for the conquest of political power to
establish a government adapted to
the communist transformation."
Brief Prepared by Hoover. .
The brief on the communist labor
party as prepared by Assistant Attorney-General
Hoover, and on which
the government's present drive
against the reds is being conducted
on the ground that the party is seek
ing the overthrow of the United
States government and the establish
ment of a soviet form of government,
reads, in part:
"The act of congress, approved Oc
tober 16, 1918, amending the immi
grati6n laws of the United States,
provides, among other things that:
'Aliens who disbelieve in or advocate
or teach the overthrow by force or
violence of the government of the
United States shall be deported;
aliens who are members of or af
filiated with any organization that
entertains a belief in, teaches or ad
vocates the overthrow by force or
violence of the government of the
United States shall be deported.'
Communist Party Included.
"The communist labor party is an
organization advocating and teaching
the overthrow, by force or violence,
of the government of the United
States and members thereof believe
In and advocate and 'teach the. over
throw by force and violence of the
government of the United States.
"It. will be noted that the pro
gramme of this organization de
clares itself In full harmony with the
revolutionary working claBs of all
countries and stands by the principles
of the third Internationale at Moscow.
It states that it realizes that the time
for 'parleying' is past and the ques
tion is now whether all power If
to remain In the hands of the capi
talists or shall be taken by the workT
ers. The communist labor party, to
use Its own words, has as its aim,
'the abolition of the present- system
of production In which the working
clasa Is mercilessly exploited' and the
creation of an Industrial republic'
Revolutionary Stand Taken.
"In order to accomplish its end the
communist labor party unites with
the revolutionary workers of . the
world for 'conquest of political power
to establish a government adapted to
the communist transformation.'
"Both the communist party and
the communist labor party advocate
and teach the principle of -the over
throw of the Btate, establishing a dic
tatorship of the proletariat and event
ually bringing about a 'communist
commonwealth,' the ultimate aim of
which is that both parties pledge
themselves to the principles and tac
tics of the third Internationale."
Government officials, it is said, have
a vast amount of damaging evidence
against the leaders of this party
which was obtained at the time the
organization meeting was . held at
Chicago, but this is being withheld
untU the actual deportation proceed-
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It is significant that every worth-while accomplishment in the
talking-machine art, every improvement of value in talking-machine
construction, is the result of Victor skill and progressiveness.
The Victor Company is not a mere manufacturer of talking
machines. It is a creative organization. It developed the talking
machine to its present high state of perfection, and the years of
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and experiment all have a direct bearing on the superiority of
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- The mammoth Victor plant is devoted exclusively to the manu
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the entire talking-machine industry which makes every part of
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ings against all alien members of the
organization have been started.
Mr. Bryon said yesterday that hit
department will have completed Its
Investigations within the next few
days and will have all data-in readi
ness for presentation to Immigration
authorities Just as soon as that de.
partment desires to take up its de
portation hearings.
No effort has yet been made to pro
cure the release of any of the alien
"reds" now held Incommunicado at the
city jail, but a movement of some
kind Is expected to be made early this
week. If such Is done federal author
ities will insist that a heavy bail be
fixed to insure the presence of all
aliens at any time they are wanted
for deportation hearings. In the east
recently, the bonds In such cases were
not lower than $10.000.
RAID MADE AT MARSHFIKJL.D
Officers Fall to Find Radicals In
Lodging Houses.
MARSHFIELD, Or., Jan. 4. (Spe
cial.) A government raid, calculated
to have been made on Friday night
last simultaneously with others
throughout the nation, was made here
last night on lodging houses and ho
tels. Two government officers called
tipon Chief of Police Carter and Night
Officer Bailey for help, and while the
federal men were looking for com
munist, I. W. W. and other radical
literature, the police delved for liquor.
Nothing was found warranting an ar
rest. Chief Carter declared they found
no liquor and it Is said the federal
officers failed to find any Incriminat
ing propaganda or radical literature
QUAKE KILLS MEXICANS
(Continued Pram First Page.)'
Slight damage was done to homes.
Panic reigned in various cities and
villages in the state of Vera Cruz,
where the people left their homes
and spent the night in the streets.
The damage in Mexico City was
limited to cracks in the larger build
ings. No one was injured.
While the government observatory
has not decided what caused the
shocks, reports received from Cor
doba, state of Vera Cruz, assert that
they were due to the volcano Orizaba
The two bust voica&oee near Mex
v mm
it.',. il-4 .-. t.s- w'.'''t" -
ico City have shown, no signs of dis
turbances. The shocks were 'felt heavily
among the towns along the ridge val
ley of Mexico City, while -the capital,
which is in' the center of the valley,
was not affected severely.
Late reports received here say that
the death list In San Juan Coscomate
pec was augmented as a result of the
collapse of the church tower, which
crashed In upon crowds gathered in
side the edifice to pray following the
first shock.
Vera Cruz city is without water,
while the lighting systems of Orizaba
and Jalapa are out of commission.
A report from Orizaba says it is
believed two trains, one bound for
Mexico City and the other for Vera
Cruz, were derailed by the shock.
SHOCK LASTS NEARLY HOUR
Disturbance Is Recorded on' In
struments at Washington.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 4. A pro
nounced earthquake, lasting almost
an hour and believed to have been
centered in South America, approxi
mately 1900 miles from Washington,
was recorded during the night by the
Georgetown university seismological
observatory.
The disturbance began at 11:21
o'clock and continued until 12:21
o'clock.
Victoria, B. C, Has Record.
VICTORIA. B. C. Jan. i. The in
struments at the Gonzales observa
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tory last night recorded a well-defined
earthquake, distant about 2300 miles
from this point, according to K. Na
pier Denlson, superintendent. The
disturbance probably occurred in the
western Aleutian islands or in Mexico,
Mr. Denlson said.
The first wave of the temblor was
recorded at 8:29:30 P. M. and lasted
for more than half an hour.
J. R. Clark.' Condition Serious.
J. R. Clark. S76 Salmon street, who
received Injuries through elipplng un
der his automobile when it was ac
cidentally started while he was work
ing on it at his home Saturday, was
reported to be in a serious condition
at St. Vincent's hospital yesterday.
His back was hurt and it is feared
paralysis may develop. Mr. Clark had
the machine blocked up and was run
ning the engine. when the blocks
slipped out and the car started for
ward. In trying to stop the car Mr.
Clark fell under it.
Lewiston Farm Is Sold.
LEWISTON. Idaho. Jan. 4. (Spe-
cial.) The old Indian agency prop- j
erty at Spn'ding changed hands to-1
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