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POKtOll, 8 ft. lit. 1 I J lOik " ,, i " C:iar1i8tn 14 , . i i M Wanliinyton u ., t .m iun. " Ctolcaoro, 7 , m.,34 . ir,r " Kan. City , .is l 1 on " St. Ianl ii i i- . -i ' L .7ijJ o cold tonight. , V V ; . j : v -Jh5 J . Southerly.,'.. J . ; ;.1Z KJ , w ftgvlr ' ' ' .'."::'",: .. I I . . Cr' wl n dn. . . ' ' . ' ' - rxrrjrr ' ' l Portlandjhnmlilify, 3 a. in PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 6, 1913.-S1XTEEN PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS VOL. XI. NO. 2C0. EIANLi iii- C. U. S. COURT KILLS Miranw FOR RAILROADERS Oregon .Statute Held to Be in Conflict' With Federal Laws and Interstate Commerce v Commission Rulings. " O.-W. R. & 1)1. IS GIVEN .PERMANENT INJUNCTION Judges Gilbert and Bean Con cur in, Opinion by Judge r Wolverton. '. 7W 'tat leglslatlv act making 14 eonseeutlyv hour a maximum day for railroad employes waa given ji i fleath blow in the United States district court this morning, when Judge Wolverton handed down . a decree making perma nent the temporary injunction against the enforcement of the act by statel of. flclals and the state railroad commis sion.1 '--:.rf;J::;: Ai: .4T -: ; The decision was concurred in by judge Bean and Judge Gilbert, and was based on the contention' tnat the legis lative act provisions conflict with' the fMiM-ai statute covering the case, and '-with the rulings of the Interstate Com- F ' ....MAMA IIAI1.I mere commission, i t"i' of the United States, Judge Wolverton said,: bas recently passed on the Ques tion In cases of a similar nature. -The 14 hour day law was enacted by the state legislature of 111, and was backed by the state railroad commission. On August 4,mi.: ths O.-W. R. A N. company , filed a bill of . com plaint ( In the United ; States dis trict -. court, against Attorney General Crawford, other state officials and the members of the railroad commission, and prayed for a temporary, restraining order. This restraining order-' was granted and the case bas been . In the courts alnce -that; -Um. ;-;'vf;-,:.i- -...:'raderal taw, It Honrs. , ". -9 In their bllj of complaint, W. W. Cot ton and Arthur C, Spencer, at attorneys for the- O.-W. K. & N. company, said that the Company-, was operating Its anil -nniitlnr tta fimnlova un- der the provisions of ad act of eon- greet on, Aiarcn , vi. m ov yiw ..1,1.- ha Id rnnaaplltlva tlOura work . ... h railroad ahftITc'oBiltute the maximum ' work : day - for employes other than dispatchers and telegraph op erators. . For sucn employes, nine noure constitutes a day for day and night work, and U hours a 4ay for. day work only. , ---- ,v-.-Vi',;s..?,'- vf, ' The Oregon legislative-act made 14 hours of consecutive" work a. day for employes of common carriers, except dispatchers and f' telegraph operators. Nine consecutive -hours in any 24 was declared : to constitute a day, for such employes; - The Oregon law Imposed-a penalty of E0O for each violation of -the act. , .. . Oeolaloa Z .rinaL Mounser for the railroad contended that the provisions of the act were un reasonable, and-that while operating its lines under the provisions , of the federal statutes it could not conform to the new state law. ' - , The temporary restraining order was asked for on the grounds that If the law were enforced It -would subject 4he railroad company to dally penalties of thousands of dollars. ; "Today's decision of th court is final so far as. the 4-hour day for railroad employes is concerned," said Clyde B. Altcblson, state railroad commissioner, this morning. ; "The work of the state legislature has been-set-aside, and in 'view or tne ract tnat xn supreme court ?x the junitea states nas recently passea ion the proposition, we feel that we have no chance for appeal.' The injunction protecta - all ' other roads of the state, as well as the O.-W. R. & N., against the enforcement of the act. . . ' U. S. OFFICIALS WHO TAW 11 I Men Supposed to Be Drowned - When Launch Is Wrecked Picked Up by. Cruiser, (United Pru Laaiul W!r , ... an Diego, Cal., Jan. .--The cruiser nver today sent word by wireless to , iiie j local immigration; office that She had picked up United States Immigra tion Inspectors Gus T. Jones and Dan Kuykendall and Engineer O. Gerolaml, who were supposed ' to have drowned When the immigration launch Elisabeth .was wrecked off the Lower California coast ' in Saturday night's atorm. The men - were rescued from the Coronado Islands, where they had suffered terri ble privations, and Win, be brought to Sari Diego. by the Denver - Few particulars are contained in the .wireless message, but . Andrea Baslle, 'assistant engineer, Who vleft the Coro nado Islands on the disabled launch Jn the hope of reaching this harbor to pro cure aid for his marooned companions, la thought to have drowned when the craft went to pieces near Point of Rocks, five miles below the Mexican line. i Portions of thelaunch washed ashore ihls morning, but no trace of Basile , was ,iouudJlie-.powot.bot.'oid -Nk?k and an unknown schooner also went to fleces In the storm but several of the crew were rescued. .'Othera are supposed to be doad. (Scores ot m are today combing the shore 26 miles south of here for t.odles. . WERE CA5 lVMlO Uil SLAND ARE R ESCUED SUPT. HALE GOES 0!lf;Sfflll TO GO THERE. TOtt Governor Tries to F6rce Hand of, State Treasurer Kay. jn ,'Refprm School. Controversy, Lively Session Resulting. OFFICIAL INVESTIGATION JO BE HELD NEXT FRIDAY Governor, Friend of Hale, .In : eludes Dr.- Frank Smith, Friend of Kay. 1 ; : ' (Salem Boreas of The Journal)""... Salem, Or,, ; Jan. (.Affairs at the state training school,' which have been in the limelight lately, due to allega tions that Superintendent. Will S. Hale had purchased a bad lot of 14 dairy cows at 10 each without authority from the state board, and that; condi tions were generally bad at the Insti tution,' took a sensational turn today when Governor West staged an investi gation and then called in State Treas urer Kay, who refused to participate on the ground It was not official r Kay objected because of the absence of Sec retary of State Ben w. Olcott, who Is In Pendleton. - ; - i Then it was decided to hold an offi cial investigation next Friday and Gov ernor West sprung another sensation by Including in this 'investigation the conduct of Dr. Frank Smith, superin tendent of the. Institution for feeble minded. - "Bota at Once," Says West ' When Kay asked the governor wheth er ha-Intended to hold both Investiga tions at the same time, the governor re plied that it would be better to hold them "all together so as to make com parisons." v; It was through Kay's recommenda tion that the board appointed Dr. Smith. Governor West would not say what the charges were that bad come to him against Superintendent Smith," but in the motion be made to have the legisla ture make an investigation of both in stitutions,' he mentioned "conduct." So it may be presumed that-the allegations will deal with Dr. Smith's personal con duct: Kay refused to support a motion to nave tne legislature investigate. -At the hearing today were Superin tendent Hale, Dr. Comack, veterinarian. wno was cauecr wnen one or the cows died; Father Moore, Catholio priest, who holds services at tha institution, and Ralph ' Watson, the governor s secre tary. .., . - v " v r . Governor West said he considered the matter, of great importance and that charges should - be substantiated or cleared un without delay. .. : - - - He said -toi considered At a personal matter and. that reflections had been cast on Hale. "If 1 was superintendent of the state training school and in view of the circumstances if I was not back ed up by this board in the purohase of these cattle. I would put on my hat and tell them tot go straight to hell," ve hemently declared Governor West at one . (Continued on Page Four.l Fl TOWCML CALIFORNIA TRACTION v',r - - , .... ; 1 ' 4 Paul - Shoup Confers -With the ' Owners of Stockton, Sac - ramento and Lodi Systems. (Cnltrd Preit leased Wire.) 8an Francisco, Jan. S.- "As a fore runner of possible absorption of many electrlo lines in northern and central California, the purchase by the South ern Pacific company of the Central Cal ifornia Traction company Is foreshad owed today, following a conference In Stockton' between Paul Shoup, head of the Southern Paciflo electrlo lines, and the owners, of - the Central California corporation. '' - In southern California the Southern raciflo . put an . endta-competitloa.by buying out the Paciflo Electrlo and the Los Angeles Paciflo lines, and it is believed the same -policy will be fol lowed in central : and northern Calif or lan, where the Harriman lines' interesta are in conflict with thos of the Stockton-Sacramento Interurban, the Stock-ton-Lodi Interurban and other t.'actlon systems. : . J RE Proposal to. Distribute South ern Pacific Stock to' Union , Pacific Owners Not 0, K'd, (United Prws Leased Wire.) v f .Washington, Jan. 6.-In a decision handed down today the 'United States supreme court refuspa to sanction the prepwed TlRit-of tlHtrtbtrMon '6T South ern Pacific stock to the atockhoiders of the Union Pacific railway.-; The plan was proposed by the Harriman lines In compliance with the recent supreme court deolflton " declaring illegal the merger between the two corporations. ORESEE PE PUN PR ME COURT TURNS N HARRIMAN PLAN ORGANIZATION ZERO W STRIKES mm CITIES EAST OE CASCADES Lowest Reported Temperature in Oregon Is at Kamela, Where Altitude Sends Mer cury to 40 Below. , . ENTERPRISE HAS 20, ' ' LA GRANDE 9, BELOW Palouse, Walla Walla,' Eastern Oregon Wheat Districts' . Say No Damage. J . . - mmmmmmmmm .V. .''.i 1 Morning temperatures at Pacific j ; . Xorthwest Tolnts. ' ; Enterprise, Or.;-20 below aero. ; . ; La Grande, Or., S below.- - ', Pendleton, Or., Vi above. , Albany, Or., 17 above. Roseburg, Op., 17 above. h : Medford, Or., 10 above. , r , Salem, Or., 2 above. . ' , t ; Tacoma,' Wash., sa abova. - Kamela, Or., 40 below. ' Colfax, Wash., 3 below. Astoria, Or., 28 above. Eugene. Or 20 above. - Walla Walla, Wash., 15 above. . Boise, Idaho, 8 below. - Other southern Idaho points, sero to Zy DelOW. !V'-t;:ik Grants Pass, Or., 13 above Frineville, Or., I below. (nceiiil to Tha Journal La Grande, Or., Jan. . - From Very moderate weather . Saturday afternoon the mercury has been dropped rapidly In Union county until this morning just before daylight the mark of 9 degrees neiowc sero was set It was 9 o'clock hefore the government weather observer reported above sero weather and it Is doubtftul If tha mercury will get up to IS abova i today. Indications tor the hardest freezing weather In sevaral years prevail. . Already hundreds of water pipes are burst and plumbers are entirely unable to cope with the situa tion precipitated in a night Absolute lack of wind, , however, relieves, the situation immensely locally. Forty be low a Kamela, the highest O.-W. sta tion, was reported this morning. 6utoft Helvetia' Grading Stops, -' (f pedal to The Journal.) Orenco, Or., Jan. Cold weather las put a stopto gradlng,n the.:!ght of wajF TolTtBe new electrlo line to connect the Oregon Electrlo and United Railways betwef) here and Helvetia. The grad ing gaig, east, or, town, nas.. been dis charged till," the weather moderates. 'i here are two . fills to : be' made, one a (Continued on Pate Seven) nnu T. T TO Arizona Solon Criticises Cab inet Officer; "An Insult," Replies the Secretary, ' Washington." D. C. Jan. .-lfinator Ashurst of Arizona called on Secretary or the Interior Fisher to nroteat arainat a ruling that overturned previous rul ings -ei - ins department - of 80 years' standing.. After asking Secretary Fish, er a number of questions, Senator Ashurst, smiling blandly V and In a-on.1 humor, told him plainly he certainly was incompetent for his position. "Why." exclaimed Secretary Plsher after he got his breath.v" that fa an insult to a cabinet officer.", ; iNOi at ail." retorted tho Arlsona senator "I am .only v apeaking . .the truth. Tou admit by what you have told me that you know nothing of the con ditlons In tha mining states; that you know no thin Of mtnlnr ia ,m tb.i yo never tried a mining case. I have yu you Know ine meaning jof a half doten terms used in mining and you say you do noL. nnun't ttm ' Z I..-.r ----- - vv The secretary used iom fnfrnfni guage but Senator-Aahurst maintained his good nature and miv mnhi.i..j hiS'origlnai statements . s secretary FUher had ruled that there could be no prospecting for valuable minerals as Practical for century; that the miner must discover n on tne surrace and not sink anv shafts. - . Fiaher'a rulinar alan ..,.,..t against by Senator Smoot of Utah. TO PARCEL STAMPS DAILY - Washington, Jan .-Zah postmasters nava been instructed by Postmaster General Hitchcock to forward to the de partment on January 7 a report of the amount of parcel post business done In their respective offices during the first week's business. , . . t At the request of the postmaster gen. eral tha bureau of engraving and print lng has increased its facilities so as to turn out 13.000,000 stamps dally in order that none of . the denominations may become exhausted. .J?p toihe pres. Cnt"t1ne a" little more than 6,000,099 stamps have been dally printed. There Is sucn a demand for parcel post stamps that Director Ralph of the bureau of enKravInar and nrlntlno- tial the stamp department work all day Sun- usv.. nr NCOMPETEN IUUKL A SECRETARY HSHER PRINT 10,000.000 ' ....... i' . 1 " ' " ' ' " , ' , . . ' '., ',, , , , ' , ' - - CHiuonEM " ' r y 1 . , I ' J v THAT' fA SHAHff, kwtrjj SORRY" " ' AfeO AV3 BUNTED MY ' T" pi -AMHV AM ft . , ', ' , . , " ' - ' J",-! i " j '"("" ' ' ', ' ' ,. i . ' ' 11 V-i j . 'V, - , f i;-?''.-''.V-- t !: -:-M.r. VJ '':-'U'---s-., . .vl 'X.-. vf '.V, . '-j ,?, ..( . .y.'- . ;:7--.,iiut;;, ,...;. wi. '-TF'.'i CALIFORNIA IS COLDEST Smudges Avert - Danger In Some Districts; Colder Is Prediction for Tomorrow. - rCalted Press teaseS wire.! ' ' Los Angeles,. Jam, The coldest weather and heaviest frost of the cold est and frostiest week known tn nni. ern California in two .decades is the preaicuon for tonight by Weather Fore castor Carpenter of the government bu reau here. Frost warnings were sent today throughout the, citrus belts. ' Car penter fears the , frost' of tonight will be mora destructive than' any that has VE Jls-Utd. Mb section. .-: Los Angeles, Jan.. 6.--A11 southern California 'is shivering 'today In the coldest weather of many years.9 Below freeaing temperature prevails in sev eral southern California cities, while ice in gutters afforded an unusual spectacle in Los Angeles. Orange crops have been damaged In many localities, although. ' many grow ers, warned bf prospective killing frosts, protected their groves by smudge fires throughout the night Tha danger was increased by the absence of wind. Reports. gathered here today Indicate that the greater part of the oitrua crop, however, is safe. ' ; Temperatures ranging from II at Santa Barbara to 35 in ,tbaciinta-bert to theeastof 'jjn lAnjgeles.lacraued Toward morning. The ' 1912-1 J orange crop Is Valued at approximately 150. 000,444. . ( , ; ' ; ' Rediands, Cal.. Jan." I, Heaviest frost damage in more than a decade Is re ported in the Rediands orange district today. Many estimates place the crop loss at 60 per cent, but this cannot be determined definltelyruntll:the affects of the smudge fires that- burned throughout the night are more closely noted; 1 Frost at San Francisco, - San Francisco, Jan. With a killing frost predicted for tomorrow, San Fran cisco today is shivering from a? bitter cold wind and the thermometer regis tered 33 1 S-10 a degrees, the coldest snap experienced for a number of years. The United State forecast predicts a les sening ef tha high north- winds. - The frosts, however, will be general through out the state, particularly in tha San Joaquin valley and southern California. Yesterday's temperature here was 35 degrees, . ;' , ,-.,. , Today's cold snap was declared by many to be a record breaker, but ref erence lb weather bureau files disclosed tha fact that In January, 1888, the ther mometer dropped to 28 degrees. - Lemon Crop. Damaged. " .Eanta .BarbarasU-JauaWlIeavy damage to the lemon crop in and around Santa Barbara la reported today as the jcsult of the Intense cold. The mer cury stood at 24 degrees at sunrise. Ac cording; to old residents, last night was the coldest Santa Iiarbara has experi enced In more than 2S years. IN YFARS mi non nnn III I M II IV vvu CITRUS CROP HARD HIT IViVIPATHV! NEW COUNTY OFFICERS ASSUME THEIR DUTIES DAVIS TAKES BENCH Old Administration Steps Out as Noon Whistles "Blow; Deputies Busy, . .. , As the noon whistles blew today, a new set of officials ' in Multnomah county went into the office and the old administration went, out At that hour every retirtog ; official who had not made the transfer earlier in the morning formally , turned over his desk and keys to tha man elected to succeed him .last November, and' a- new organization ' of deputies took up ' the work, of tha .offices..,. It was installation day at the court house. Tbere were t no , formal ceremonies connected with any of the transfers. Everybody was too busy for ceremony. All the new county officials had al ready taken their oaths of office before County Clerk Fields prior to todays and all that remained for -them to do Was to take charge. Upwards of a hundred dep uties, however, most of them new ap pointees, with a considerable smatter ing of old deputies reappointed, crowded the halls In the county clerk's office from 11 o'clock on, waiting to be a worn in.?- " ' , ' '...v . Officials Take Oaths. : Each official, whether newly elected or jaelectedT-ad-ls-deputles had to take a solemn oath t eupport the con. stltution of the United States, the con stitution of the state of Oregon, and to obey and support the laws of the same. Deputy county clerks administered these oaths. In the general . confusion resulting from the moving out of one set of deputies and the moving- in of another, not very much public , business was transacted at the courthouse today,' out side of the regular business of the courts. That went on as usual. The halls of the I big building much, re sembled a country-side meeting at the (Continued on Page Four.) DANCE HALL IT BURNS (United Press leased Wire.) Los Angeles, Jan. Members of the pnns-rRiratlnii : of the First T.hHt church are discussing; ; the coincidence or tne numing; oi ine Airorome oance nail, almost aajommg- me cnurcn, wnue the Rev. Charles Edward Locke stood in tha tnulnit . and anathematlr.Ad itinn halls in general. "ii.iM-lni " ia harmful ih th. nnl. patftlTOiarly'Tpromlgpuc'r-qanclng-"- in PUQUC iiaiiff, uttmieu m, iiocne, just as the glare from the lair of the, "bunny nnt -Ilir'lifV trot1 lirhtr. nr. tv. stained church windows and the. clang or- nro engine gonsrs interrupted the minister' charge. The fire was extin guished with trifling loss AS PASTOR DENOUNCES TEAL HAS MADE MANY FRIENDS BY V ORK FOR P L President - of: San Francisco Commerce "Chamber Prom ises Heartiest. Support,, " "-" (Special to The Inarsil.) San Francisco, Jan. 6. A campaign to secure the a ppolntment ; of Joseph ; N, Teal secretary of the Interior was or ganised here today by Captain William Matson,. president of the Chamber of Commerce, whp believes the appoint ment of Mr. Teal to the department of the interior even more i important to the west than that of Franklin K. Lane to the. eemmerce commission., . "I will move heaven and earth to sej cure Teal's appointment," said Matson, "I will go to bat for him and all the Influence.I have will, be used for, him. Teal would have. been-Indorsed by the San Francisco chamber of commerce ex cept for the rigid rule preventing such action, but the busfness men'of this city as individuals will use influence not less valuable than the formal indorse ment We will write to President-elect Wilson and to our congressmen urging appointment We have not ; forgotten Teal's work for the Pahamacanal free tolls bill, , . " ''One of 'the things X4m' most proud ef is 11ielpedsend Teal back, to Wash-1 lngton to help fight the battle of the west for the biggest commerce, devel opment when the Panama canal is com pleted. .We also know that Teal takes a broad and correct view of the question of conservation. We ; have confidence in him. We know hla great record for public service. ' , . . . - . "To my mind. Teal f is one of the hardest most effective workers tn , the United States. Above alL we must have a western man. In the secretary of the Interior's office. It never was so im portant as now to get a man of Teal's size appointed to .the interior depart ment ' "San Francisco has been strongly urged to support Governor Norris for secretary of the Interior. There has been no concentration on a San Fran cisco man and no visible' movement to secure the appointment of James P. Phelan, - former San Francisco mayor. Norris is popular, .'but Teal . will, get first support. ' ... - ' "'He is closer to us; we know him better,' said Captain Matson, explaining local feeling toward the Oregon man, ' Denver Has It 31 Below. '. ; (United rreaa lasted Wire.) 1 Denver, Colo., Jan. 6. At 3 a. m. here today the street thermometers In some sections bf the city , registered 31 be low sero-and Sft-above at 1 o'clock. Out side of Denver the coldest spot in the int. waa Gillette, where tha ther mometer remained practically stationary Mb - v s. .. .. , . .. ail! tlttaA nnil Ina-ni In hnth -i!nra(ln and Wyoming averaredlO degrees be- low wuii. v v.iyciMiD jt was lit below. - The . cold weather, which was accompanied by. a record breaking Mil liard, has downed te.lerranh sn.i tele phone Wires. FE ANAMA N nnTni nrin n : IMIiai llLLU f( ,. iocbeik; United States Supreme Court Decides "Corners" in Com ? moditics Constitute Viola tion of Sherman Lav. RAIDS "OF 1910 RESULT IN CONSPIRACY CHARGE Federal Court Quashed In dictment but Its. Decision Is Reversed. . (United Prcas Leased Wire.) . Washington, Jan. . Declaring thnt "corners' in commodities constitutes a violation of the Sherman anti-trust act, the supreme court of the. United States today held James A. Patten, the Chi cago grain and cotton speculator and his associates for trial In the United States district court of New York. Jt Is charged that the Patten' crowd "corner ed" the cotton market in 1910. ' The New York federal Court quashed the in Junctionagalnst" Patten, ; declar ing that the private ownership of large quantities of cotton did not create a, monopoly in . that commodity. . From this decision the federal . government appealed to. the United States supreme court. With the result that Patten and his associates must now stand trial in New York on the original Indictment. ; Fatten and others pleaded that cor nering the market, cannot be considered . .!.! . It ., CI. . , T I .. a violation oi inJ oiicinmu ui, u n decision today the supreme court' de nied this, eaylngt...f;. -:-..-''- '' "It has been shown that there was a conspiracy to corner the marKet, ana this Is a subject ot interstate commerce. If a 'corner is effective there could be no trading in that commodity except as the conspirator elected.; The Sherman law does embrace the offense charged. Chief Justice White and Justices Lur ton and Holmes dissented from the ma jority opinion of the court . CONFERENCE! ADiiEDrSlliE; DIE; MAY BE ABANDONEE Daneff. Announces Allies Will . Not Accept Terms of Turks; Cash Indemnity Not Allowed ' v (United Press teased Wire V Tjtnrtnn. Jan R.wWhn th pAnfnrana of representatives of Turkey and tha Balkan states adjourned here this after noon . it was uncertain 4 whether" the plenipotentiaries would meet again. Nothing - was -accomplished at today's meeting. ...j :.-, One of the Turkish envoys said the delegates might meet again, but no def 1 nlte date waa agreed upon. . This is be lieved to mean . that a resumption of hostilities- between Turkey and the Balkan allies la certain. 1 ,- Beschld Pasha, one of the Turk en voys; said . that they ' had received no orders to make further concessions and Premier Daneff of Bulgaria said that the terms advanced by Turkey were far from acceBtabl&'Ll-.- i '.s,. :: ;.,.'rtt - After the meeting it waa officially an nounced that no date for a resumption of negotiations was mentioned at to day's meeting. Over Sunday the Turkish envoys were instructed by the porte to concede a large part of Thrace, including' Kirk Kilesseh. . It was seml-offlcialiy report ed that the powers have told the Turli.i that they must yield to alt the Balkan demands . except that for a cash in demnlty.v . ' " . . It la said the ' Balkan envoys may wait a few days and give Turkey a chance to make further concessions, but the outlook is, admittedly gloomy. Premier Daneff alfd the Servian en voys emerged from, today's meatlt! laughing. Danjsfl satd there would be n. session tomorrow, as It was the Oreelt Christmas. , Negotiations, he said, were ftot exactly ended, the allies merely d clarlng that they would not accept the terms of the Turks.. . SUFFRAGETTES AFTER In! (United Pre Iaaed Wire.) London, Jan. 6. That the : suffra gettes are plotting to kidnap some mem ber of the BFltlsh cabinet was leame.t here today following the announcement that Scotland Yard w-as In possession of reliable information bearing on tho ila. It Is not known what memher has ! r selected. . , Kriday. however.' tha Mii't r it. gettes Invaded the office of Horn Sn--retary McKenna, tore open the dosm and ransacked the place untirejoctea. t v the police. The party included t'-x ai'i letio yyomcn. : Detectives are guarding alt cnt in. t members. .;..- , ..- r - CLERK'S CIGARETTE -- COSTS HIM HIS LIFE Sulsun, Ual,, Jan. t. i dropped by William I-ttytt;.-. the Arlington hof'-l h'-ie, -i. t i life anil starte.l a f'.v t!.,i' I' (lestrut-tl(!l if lice t-H r:. ! .. . Is estimated at .' '..: j. I by the fif-nv i t ;.- . ; ,: siiltg a muni '. CABINET Dies n-