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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.
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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..
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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
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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
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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
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