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VOL. XI. NO. 202.
PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 12, 1913 EIGHTEEN PAGES.
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Intervention by United States Is Probable
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"Mexico City,' llu .rtb. ia. Formal
demand ' pon . President Madero that
fighting in sitxloo city eeaae t one
wn tttd this' aftcrnooB hy Ualttd
Btatti : AiahasMdor -WUioa and; th
ffnuananxbMiadot..'- Btbalf and fdi
rals -ar conf mng OTr th demand,
, hut it ! not axpaoted that Bias and
Madtro ' will ag-rst to t if ht oat thtlr
dllftrtnc lsvwhtrt. -
Mlo City, Max., Tab. la. Tlrlnr
1twB tht Slas and Kadwo foros
caaaad snddaaly for an hoar this af
tornoon. " Tho axaot roasoa could not
.ha ascertain A but it was ttporttd that
a eonftranoo btwen tha ltadars of
both sides is la prorrass.
Lj'tor two hoars today tha British la.
tary statlonad ' near" tha building draw
flra from Dlai' maohfno guns had ta
antbasiy ' was hit by shalls sararal
times. f ,
Mtxloo City, rah, W Two Amarican
woman, raportad as a Xrs. HOimas and
, a Mrs. Griffith, wara kiUat hara this
' afternoon whan a bursting shall struck
tha bona a where they were sheltered.
Tha house was demolished, catching tha
women ntiawares. '' i ' -
Hixlco City, Tab. 13. After a respite
of a Uttla mora than an how, flghUag
' was Teimd this afternoon between tha
Bias and Madaro forces.-
Ho accurate eetlnfate of tha loss of
Ufa la todays battle la yet obtainable.
' ifexlco City, Feb. 12. Three thousand
prisoners, we ro releases -from MJetem
prison hMdnring tlia. proBrees of. td-
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Governor SaysShe May ; Look
on- When; Me,; Puts. on His
Signature. ,,,v '
" ( Staff Corrmnobdenrfi
.Salem- Or., Keb. 12. With - Juat- 1
votes, the number needed, for passage,
the Lewelllng bill for aterill jatlon of
habitual V criminals, moral degenerates
and perverts went to victory In the sen.
ate this morning. ; 'i r v'.-v.--.- -
Dr. Owens Adair of Astoria,' who 6rig.
inated the bill and has lobbied for It at
succeeding' sessions of the legislature.
was a witness to its rinai success, ana
e.has been invited by Gorernor West
. te be present, in his office when, it, Is
signea.-' ' . : '. -v
: 'senator Day, .ho first voted against
tbe I bill, changed defeat to- victory . by
changing ; hM vote- at' tha end ' of tha
roll calk ft Whiles reconBideratlon c may
be moved .on ;the day after a bill has
passed; there Is believed to be - little
proipett of . reconsideration . In this case,
as thre senators Were absent today and
one or' morh -yt these -are r believed . to
favor', the (measure; ' w,:v:f -vv.t
The' 'deba.te - on the. bllt :.' was shpr.t
Fai'fetlOed off in Its favor. (Kellfther
said . ha" had : heard ' no : good "reasons
giyen fpr ' its passage, and i Butler; ex
pressed trio idea that the bill is uricon
stitttloh'al, .'because If .the. punlahment
Is not cruel it is unusual. . . '
Joseph supported-the bill, and Wood,
who has before opposed such legislation,
said h ibeiieved the present bill does
r.ot have the defects of Ite predecessor.
President Malarkey- declared agalnat it,
beeaUse.'he aaJd. It doesn't do the things
it Is supposed; to do, and doesn't deal
with thcviBBane. through wnom tne laws
of heredity may transmit Insanity to
their progeny The vote on the bill was
as follows: v . :- ' ' '
Aya-rPurgssiay, Dlmlck, Fa
II.awIey.t'flQlUa, .Joseph. Kiddle,, Lester,
. McColloch.i Perkins, Ragsdatv Smith of
, Coos, 8ml,th' of Josephine, JWewart jni
Wood lt. " . . -A
, Noes Barrett, Bean, Butler, Carson,
Kellaner. Jiiilar, uoser, weuner. rattoit
jfcPrsldent Malarkey il. . 1
Hellen 2.' '
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"American Town Is Burned by Rebels.
. 1 (t'nltvd rr leased Wire.)
h El' Pasov'.Tex., Feb. J 2. Devastating
and burning towns and destroying the
' oroperty Of both Mexicans and Amerl
. cans,' the rebe) General Kalazar today
moved r his forces out of Cases Grandee.
" Salaiar leff In ruins Colonla Dias7HH
Amerldan town of a normal population
of 700 nersons. Only one house was
aundlnar when his army bad passed.
' folonla Publan, another American town.
Is reported , to have been fired, and
other . American colonlea are in danger.
Rebel agents here assert that private
advices received by. them state . that
Madero was defeated'' V. In yesterday's
f ahtlits in Mexico City, and that Orn
,-4..tii-Jia,.iecuprocloin;eJ.:prQvl3:
onal president. This is unt'onfirmed.
All the federal troops at Cludad Chi
hualiua. 3000 men. today, declared Ior
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General Maderor Declaring That N6'Terms;But Uncondition
,;al Surrender Would Be Accepted, Orders General Htier
ta to Renews Cannonading, at 7:20 o'clock 'This" Mom
' jngTwo Americans Among Yesterday's Injured. , ;
(United Tres Lrsieil Wire.)
- Mexico City, Feb. 13. Tha battle be
tween the forces of v President Madero
and General Felix Dial- the 'invading
rebel commander, f of control of Mexico
CJty, was resumed at 7:40 o'cJUxlt this
morning. -A The government troops re,;
opened hostilities by attacking: Dim'
strongnoid at the arsenal, a brisk can
nonading is in progress. '
Spattered with tha blood of hundreds
wha fell Jn;j'csterday's battle,. the prin
cipal business streets of the city pre
sented a ghastly sight at dawn.. Torn
and dismembered bodies littered the
pavements. . Estimates of the. dead vary
from 200 to 1000. s . . .' -
Regardless of the incidental loss of
e proteata of .. Amejjca.n:-Axn-.
bassador Wilson and Senor Do ha. Barra,
former provisional presldent,thestrug.
gle Was continued today. President Ma
dero giving the order . which sent 1500
federals in a determined . assault on
Uiax' arsenal stronghold. ' ' ,
Madero WU1 Hot Quit.
"-"In the name of humanity and as a
Mexican citizen who is free front all po
litical: and revolutionary parties,"
pleaded De La Barra with Madero, 1
wish to offer my services in any way
possible to effect peace without further
bloodshed." - ' '
Madero thanked De La Barra but de
clared no terms ,oiWK tharu an ahconUI
tional aurrend.mWWmada- with
Diax.
.VI am not afraid to die" jfleclared Ma
dero. "and I propose to dle,!jj necessary,
fighting for the right to give Mexico a
constitutional government." . ;
Then he ordered General Huerti to
renew the battle, and it started with
a enarp cannonading at- 7:20 o'clock, y
- , SheU rtras BnUdlng. ' r
Almost the first shell fired .Vv th
government artillery btruck the Mutual
Ufa Jnsutance building; ndcxplodng,
aet fire to It. Total destruction of the
building Is feared. Another, building
to feel tha effects of the machine gun
fire was the loung Men's Christian
MEXICAN CAPITAL
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Association ; building, r which yesterday
was decorated In the red- flags of the
Dlas revolt. It was 'made tbe target
yesterday of a, training spray of bullets,
and it was again, the center of , attack
today, i Its demolition appears almost
certain. ' ; " . - . .
Americans . who r disregarded v the
warnings of Ambassador Wilson to keep
away .'frotiUr the danger sone were In
jured yesterday -by stray bullets. Dr.
R. M. McCrosson of. Lincoln; Neb:, was
shot' In the hsnd while-walking. along
a - street Mark Johnson, a negro, of
Madison,- 111., received a bullet In tbe
shoulder, .- ; . -T. . - 4 ;;
radarals'.' loss HeavlesV
' Artillery played the chief, part in yes
lerdayLhattle, and this was .continued
today, along with a raking rifle fire. As
automobile ride along the streets this
morning before - the conflict was re
sumed Indicated the federal losses yea
terday r were "greater than those sus
tained by the rebels. General Dlas as
serted that : only 20 of , his, men were
killed, but ; It, is believed that -100 ia
nearer the correct figure. , ;
.President Madero declared today that
he- has 4000 troops at his command,
while Diaa has only 1600. 'The rebel
commander, however, Is believed to have
a force of not less than 4000 men. - Both
'factions slept but little lat night, the
reDeis improving their entrenchments
and Tthe -federals increasing their artll-
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- 4 rood BuppUss Banning Short. . .
Food In the city already Is at a prem
lum, and the residents are confronted
with a famine." -Wires to Vera Crus were
restored today, but the authorities re
fuse to allow their use for commercial
messages and there Is.no other possible
way to order food supplies, v -
. . The homes of many of Mexico City's
wealthiest residents, occupying etragetio
poin taJta v.Jbeea-AaiaoO- tyU)oU. . aides.
As scarcely k four blocks aeparate tha
heavy gune ofUhe opposing forces, the
(Continued on Tags Seventeen.).
TROOPS'REAOY TO
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lOiFJ AT OtlCB
First Force Would Seize Stra
tegic Points, to Be Followed
by" Army of 30,000 Within
a Week.
' Tu'JjwI Tr Leid VIm i '
J"ftsfffigtoa, Tab. 12. By special
dirtction of President Tsft, all. troops
stationed within tha department lim
its of the first tactical division, win
headquarters at Governor Island, Hew
York, oonatltutlag tha first brigade of
from 3500 to MOO men. -ware ordered
i specifically to held la ; readiness to
. embark on two transports from If aw
port Hews immediately on receipt of
craers. Ttte xoortft pngaaa of tha see;
end division, wimi headattartera ia Chi
cago; the fifth brigade at Omaha, and
a brigade at Tort D. A. BusieiL wyo-
wera also ordered to be la readiness to
move.' Their destination was not, spec
ified. Tha troops whloh will move flrat,
ahoold tha president decide on inter
vention ia Mexico would ba the flrat
Infantry, stationed at Tort Ontarla, H
H. Y.J the fifth Infantry, .at Tlatts
burgh, BY Ti and tha twenty -ninth la
faatry, at rorts Jay and Poster, at WU
agara, K..T.
- Orders to hold themselves in special
readiaess ware also issued to the twea-
ty-thlrd Infantry at Port Harrison, Zad,
tha .: tweaty-aixth infantry at Tort-i
Vayaa, Brady, Michigan, and tha tweav
ty-savaath Infantry, at Bhaildia, Hi. ,
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Washington, D. C, Feb. 12. The
United States has made . every prep
aration to Intervene in Merleo. Pres
ident Taffs word to cross the border
aldne Is lacking.
I, . Thls .adroisslon was made .In the
government ornces nere, iwaay.,
Transports have been prepared at
Galveston to take, troops to Vera
Cruz and-fotW points . Jn' eastern
Meili, andBhould the word be given
6000 men -.will ..be rushed Immedi
ately to strategic points to selte rail
toads and supplies. t ,
S It Isiestlmated it' would take two
months ' for X these troops tol teach
Mexico 'CltyVand' meanwhile troops
frora Ihe Teias .frontier would, also
larch on thecapltal. ' ','
" The American intervention plns con
template mobilising the main American
army at El Paso," Texas,- Eagle Pass,
Texas', Nogals,'! Art., tha Presidio of
San Francisco, tfortlX A. Russell, Wyo.;
Fort laven worth,' Kans., . and Fort
8am Houston.' Texas. The troops at
the latter post l.probably - will -; be tha
first to move when the order comes.
: It - Is estimated by the war depart
ment that 30.000 men can be mobilised
within a week. lOf these 10,000 Would
proceed south over the Mexican Inter
national railroad from Eagle- Pass,- n
equal number would ler.-e El Paso, and
about 6000 would - leave Nogales .ior
Sonora. . . . . '.
The American plans for Intervention
are ror the noruiern army to enter
Mexico City while the eastern; army Is
to prevent filibustering on the eastern
coast. ' . V" '" ' ' " '.'' . "
Should Intervention become a fact, It
Is expected here that the Mexicans
would forget-thetr. internecine war and
unitedly oppose the American invasion.
It Is estimated here that from One
to four years would be required to re
store order .in the republic, which
would mean American occupation for
at least that length of time.
Xo Movement at Fresedio. .
J a'niteit Pre !Md Wlre.V I
" San Francisco; Feb. 12. Major Oen
eral Arthur . Murray, commanding the
western army division, so far has not
received any orders from Washington
regarding the movement of troops to
ward Mexico. '.
Washington dispatches aald that mob
ilization of troops would Include the
.(Continued on Page Seventeen.)
CALLS DOWN 2 WAYS
GOV
1ST
H!S PATIENCE EXHAUSTED
Appropriation Bills Involving $9,000,000 Are Kept Unreport
:ed in Committees so Certain Legislators May Secure;
Some Political Advantage, He, Says j Accusingly.
(Staff CorreiDondeoe.)
Salem, Or., Feb. 1J Governor "West
dropped a challenge and. an ultimatum
Into the camp of his foes lu the leg
islature this morning. . v -'
It was n ultimatum tv atop delay
lpg ' and' playing ...poll tics w ith ap'&ra
priations for the maintenance U)t..autfl
institutions; and a challenge that he is
ready 'to;.Xlght right back if his ene
mies choose for war.
Both challenge and ultimatum 'came
in r crisp., hot-from-the-ehoulder' mes
sage from the governor that he will
not approve any appropriation i bills,
unless absolutely necessarv to the af
fairs of tbe state, Until the legislature
makessome disposition of the general
appropriation bills for state lnstltu
tions. . . , , .
The .. governor ; bluntly 1 charged the
chairmen of the house and senate waya
and means committees with playing
RECEIVES SAD NEWS BY WIRELESS
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Mrs. Robert Falcon Scott, wife of
South
(Dulled Pre Utwd TVIre.). , ..
Honolulu, Feb. 12. That Mrs., Robert
f. Scott Is today ad vised of the death
of her explorer husband is the belief
of wireless offlclalk here.. The steamer
Aorangl, on which Mrs.; Scott embarked
Scott's Courage
Survivors Reach New Zealand
"Died in Action" Highest Official Tribute4 Will s Be Recorded
After 'Names i of Dead Heroes- Funds, fori Their
, 'Loved Ones Started.
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BIBB IB ACTXOV. 4
Captain Bobert Palooa : Scott, ' 4
Captain Z.. 8. O.'oatas.lB.
Ueutenant K. B. Bowers, B. B. a)
' Petty Officer X. Evans, B. K.
tr. Edward Wilson. - -
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" (Cultad Preaaitaaa 'Wire..-'
London. Feb.. 12. Sir . Edgar Speyer,
chairman of the North British Antarctic
aoclety,- said here 1 tonight - that .no at
tempt would be made at" present to re
cover the bodies, of 'Captain Scott and
his comoanions. : He said-it any such
attempt is made at all it will be deferred
until summer, as they, could not be re
covered, now. owing to th,e approaching
winter in the .Antarctic. 4
London, Febi'1 lii-Cables received
here today ; from Chrlstobureh. N. .
say tho Terra Nova arrived there with
the survivors of Captain Scott's South
Polar paf ty aboard. s ;
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London. Feb. 13.-Mjfficlal announce
ment was made here today by the .adr
mlralty that its highest badge of honor
"Died in action" would be attached
In Its records to the names of ;Captaln
Scott, explorer, and those who died with
him on his fatal, trip to the. South Pole.
- It also was announced- that -an-exl
peditlon to recover the bodies 6f . the
dead heroes will ba prepared ,ln the
AND MEANS COMMITTEES
f;
politics and delaying consideration
of
thee blils
Since th' bennlng of the session,
he declared, with characteristic empha
sis, these bills have been slumbering
in the committees, yet with only ntre
working days left to the sessioh. they
fire still in ro'ld' storage. U'itu. $9,0(nv,-
oce askeoyy ti4neans-$ 1.000,000. a.ilay.
he pointed out, to le 'i"pjsed of now.
In the house. J. V. Abbott, chairman
of the committee, ; supported an- effort
to slap back at the governor by' voting
to lay his mesas ge on the table. The
motion, made by Carktn .of Jackson,
prevailed by. only two .votes, the count
standing 25 to 23. ' ';' -
'. In the senate there wae a sudden
apuvter when I the Bovernor'a messaxe
was read. ; Senator Perkins, 'chairman of
his feet n an instant,
"What the governor says doesn't a it-
(Continued on Page Seventeen.)
SHARPLY
British v explorer who ' perished near
role.
tlh'H-m . .:..V. T.:-.--" i-tt a
to meet her husband. ... has a wlrelesp
range of but .30 miles; but this, in the
opinion of experts, should not have pre
Vented her from nicking up messages of
fceott's death from wireless outfits cov
ering a much longer range. . The Aoran
go' reaches New "Zealand. February 27.
Thrills Britain
i ,
T
near, future. It possibly will be pri
vately financed, but It is more probable
that an admiralty vessel will be util
ised) to bring back the . bodies :with
honrtr. .
..' Hero's Courage Thrills Britain.
Wh King George, Queen Mary. the
entire cabinet and thousands of the no
bility of Britain in attendance, gigan
tle memorial service 'will be held on
Friday in ' St. Paul s " cathedral here.
Throughout all the British empire flags
will be at half mast, and no effort
be spared to do honor to the gallai
explorer-who,. with, his men, "went to
his God like a soldier." . . : . .
' Today, although already the story la
old, all Britain is still thrilling with
admiration for the coot, 'calm courage
of 4he man who looked Into the eyes of
death and wrote simply and fearlessly
the story of his fight for honbr. .
. .. A- great response has already come
to Scott's last -request that -his loved
ones and the,. loved ones of those who;
died, with "him be! provided for. The
lord mayor of London' ljas taken charge
of, a, public subscriptorifor the . fami
lies at - the victims,, two newspapers
have .also opened- lists and thousands
of pounds are pouring in. Resides this
the admiralty undoubtedly, will pension
the widows and orphans of Scott and
his, companions. ,
Additional' details of the fate of the
Scott, party were received from Wel
lington,, N.' 55.,- to which "port they were
sent by wireless f rem Commander B.
R. d K, Evans of' the Terra Nova. "
- x . '".Bock Cains O vaz Graves. , .. .
.These dispatches make It certain that
Scott, Wilson and; Bowers perished to
gether after Evans had been burled. The
three bodies were found close together
In Scott's, tent and, were burled under
huge cairns.. Oat es' body was uot found
(Continued on Page Seventeen.)
BROTHErOFANTARCTIC
f HERO, AT WHITE SALMON,
, ' LOTH TO TRUST, REPORT
S (Special to Tbe Journal. -
e , White Salmon, Wash., Feb, 12.
When told of the report of the
e perishing of his brother, Robert,
e 'in the Antarctic. Bruce Scott.;
e who pccuples a ranch In the
'' White Salmon valley, was loth
e to believe it. saying:
a ""Bob lias knocked around In .
:"the polar - regions for a good
e 'many years, has always been one
rnf-thcmoslisiauttouf ol Scotch-
,n .nrf I cannot think that ll.
-w
aster has come to him. He was
intntniit nrl lnrin- hAv ,
but at the same time careful
at
"When he went on Ms last ex
pedition ho told us that he would
reach the -' pole, and - we never
doubted it for a minute. It has
been many months since I heard
anything direct as to the expedi
tion, but we have been always
: bis return,' . . . .
mmm 10
nrr nuor nr 1
be iiMlotur ID
. CENTS PES Da.
Women Strikers in Bag Mill of
' Crown Columbia Paper Co.,
a $2,500,000 Concern,
Promised Better Conditions,
WIDOW. HAD :T0 SUPPORT
SELF, 2 BABES, ON $1.10
New' Plant of Company
" Improve Chances of tha
Women for Health
. . , " (Staff Corrrtpbndt'tK-e.t .
Camas. Wash., Feb. 1 2. Twenty days
of striking on the part of the girl em
ployes of , the paper bag mill of the
Crown- Columbia Paper company have
gained, them an advance from .11.10 a
day, to $1,5$ a day and the girls wjll
go back tomorrow with the assurance
that the Coveted raise will . be given
them the tirst of March.
Improved sanitary conditions In the
mill, which were demanded by the 3X
girls ? who went on strike, are also
promised by the company as soon as
the new bag, ml It is completed wliicii
the management hopes will be in a
short, time. It is hoped that tht? ab-,
sence of ventilation, the dampness, tln
foul smells, and the clouds of paper
dust fthlch -the giiia complained of aivi
which resulted, they say. In tubercu
losis 'and other diseases, will be cor
rected when the new mill is com
pleted. Balae Will Be Helpful. ,
While 15 cents a day-..more isn't a
large increase, say the mill girls, they
think it will epeil the difference be
tween the. poBSiotuty and the abuoluie
impoaslt,lltt of malting ends moct tor
those A'lrls who hare tried to suppoit
themselves, pay, board, laundry au i
buy clothes on $6.60 a week. . .
.. Even the friends of the mill company
in the bitter fight that has divided tn
city since the girls struck do not claim
that they could live on the money paKl
by the big corporation, i '
"They, do' not have to work, for t!ie
mill company," isald one of these men
today.1 ii "Private families and bwi
here are trying to get girls for goo,l
wages and cannot get them. But t!u
mill Job is easy work and gives sjlr's
who live at home a little epcndlru,
money, There are 40 girls in the fin
ishing rbom who 80 not kick, npd tnev
are getting only $1.10 a day. The 10m
nanv, .has , been - too eaay wlthi thtm.
Had I tny way 1 would cut the wages
of these strikers 10 cents dy &nl
let them come back at that rate or stay
away." . . k
Strikers Have Sympathizers.
- But the storekeepers and many others
iff Camaa feel that , the girls have tho
right Ho a chance to make living wagai
and' that the -company has been sur
prisingly small in bickering with them
over, the difference between: $6.60 and
$7.60! per week. - '-.'.'
1 Of the, li girls wh struck, six hav
no family here and have; to pay thei.
entire living expenses themselves. Tna
others work,c they say, because their
husband.4 or fathers, who are employe:
by the Wg paper company, make such
small wages . that it is impossible t-i
support a family on them and therefore
the women have to enter the mills v
help.
There are about 2300 people la Catuai.
The town Is supported almost -entirely
by the mills wnlch are capitalized at
$2,5Q0,00O and the officers of which ar
will President, Sigmund Schwabacher of Pan
WI "Francisco: vice presidents, F. .W. LeaJ
, '' better, of Portland. Louis Bloch and
Mortimer Flelshhacker of san rranciv.
co; secretary , and treasurer " Iank
Schwabacher of Sart Francisco: directors
Herbert Flelschhacker, Jules Levy, Ste
phen P. Lunt, '. James 1L, Schwabacher.
(Continued on Page Eleven.)
AT PEN
ii
Lloyd Hall Hands Cocked Gun
to Sister and Is Killed; Ethel
..Grubb.Cut : to" Pieces.
' ' (Special to The Journal )
' Pendleton... Or., Feb.. 12. Two liatic
accidental deaths occurred In this city
within an hour of each other this morn
ing and two school pupils-were victims.
Lloyd Hall, a 16-year-old high school
bov, and youngest son of Mr. and M r.
James Hall of Gurdane. died from a bul
let wound Inflicted . by the accl.lcniii
discharge of a rifle,' and Ethel (irui : ,
, ...n..vi.i nlrl and nnlv laiiL-ht(r i.
i ti-j"1 "
! t -a r.....l,h n thin i ltv wn 7 roil n I t .
Z; death beneath the f heels of a pa! ru ,
Zi train while on her'way to sciioo!.
Z !founa Hall, wpos family had nt"- '
J'to Pendleton for the winter, wa.- kr.
ItshortlV before 8 o'clock. He !nul t
a ruie i bhw
seen in the .yard, and hud left the ;
a 1 cocKeu wnvii iic i.wi'w '- - -TAa
he-was Tossing it to bin fi nt.1.
T. iiiarharacd and the bullet -,,:
was discharged and the
a bli' breast, atnaing tne pim"""
j being deflected to the heart, l- ;
a. i almost fntantaneous.'
L,llVie Mtai9 v,.ut, " " "
within
.!, 'Al.l. h
, 1 t
A a block of the Catholic ( ho.
i. tii attending, when trn !
'.coming train from Wall V.'al!
engineer does not know h t'
rdent happened, but tlilufe tr... t
A her wool-n tp MtIlet duwn
! tars and dM not
i engine hi
j hpr. It v
SCHOOLBU
SCHOOLGIR
KILLED BY
TRAIN
DLETO
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