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OFFICERS
in
Sebastopol Scene of Carnival of
. HorrorVice Admiral Novit
ski and Three Admirals .Are
Among Sfain Another, Quits.
Turks Reported to Have ' Re
: sumed Offensive on Armenian
Front Twenty Thousand Said
to Have Landed at Trebizon'd.
DETROGRAD, Jan. 14. (U. , P.)
; Sixty-two Russian officers,
. Including Vice Admiral Novitski,
r three admirals and one army gen
eral were lynched In a carnival of
; horror at Sebastopol, according
to word received today.
Sailors , of the fleel Joined, la
i; the tasasslnations:, JrTht , officers '
: vvere aIl takento,Malakottower;"
, and shot, A majority -wer "mem-"
J bers of the Inoiulry committee;
.which, m' 1916, convicted 17 rre-
belllous Russian sailor and con
demned them to varying punish
ments, from death to life lmpris
; onment.
; Admiral Nemetz, commanding
' 'the Black sea fleet, has resigned
as a result of the.murderB.
London. Jan. 14. (I. u. S.) Tho
-Turks, -whoso terras wer rirA
; by the Bolshevik delegates, are reported
to have broken the armistice on the Ar-
menlan front and fighting: Is believed to
' (Concluded oa rate Hires. Colama Two)
Children's Mimic
War Becomes Real
Chicago, Jan. 14. (U.- P.) William
jjaKoiwaky, 82, who turned a children'a
.mimic warfare Into reality .yesterday,
was under arrest today, charged with
murder. He shot and killed Stella Koa
ulowskl, 8 years old. , r
Children -of the neighborhood, were
digging a trench" In .the enov in front
? of Dakolwsky' house.. Hakolwjiky.wh
la said to be a religious fanatic, sudden
ly appeared In his doorway with a re-
1 volver and began firing. The little Kox
ulowskl girl was Immediately killed.
Aided by his daughter", 'Helen,' 30, Dak
olwsky held off the poMca and Infur-
?, lated nelghbora until he was wounded In
; the right, arm. . .'
Railroad; Heads to .'
:Ask as: to Future
i "... ' i .
New York... Jan. .14. nj. P. AaMr.
v ing a right totoow definitely just what
l Is. In prospect. It railroad nr..M...
representing 177 lines. will ask the ad
- ministration how Ions it intends to con
tinue operation of the roads, it was'an-
netmced today.
The railroads want the government to
definitely promise to give up the lines
after the war.
You
orrow
When
Tom
LISSlOll
Salem, Or., Jan. 14. The state public
service commission today denied peti
tion of the City ;J6f Portland to, suspend
the six-cent street car fare order until
the city has opportunity to test Its val
idity In courts. Therefore the six-cent
fare will go Into effect tomorrow.
' Petition for suspension of the six-cent
far order was presented to the com
. mission last Saturday by City Attorney
La Roche of Portland, and at the same
time was opposed by oral argument by
Franklin T- Oritfitji, president of the
street car company. "
. ' "We have directed the utility company
. to attach printed receipts to all tickets
sold to Its patrons, such receipts: show
ing . amount . paid ;and. to be r redeemed
by company in amount of excess 'fare,
should the courts declare our order In
valld says, the -eojninlMtoii.-vr&'v-v
GOLDMAN AND
BERKMAN TO
SERVE TERMS
WASHIXGTOJr, Jan. li(V. T.)
Seven person vrfto tried to'
defeat -the draft plan by la
dnelng jonag men not to register
last Jane ranst serve the sentences
Imposed npon then,' the snprene
eonrt mled today In deriding ap
pealed cases of the antl-conserlp.
tlonlsts. i . ,
Emma Goldman and Alexander
Berkman, 3Tew Tork anarchists
Louis Kramer and Morris Becker,
also of JTew York, sad three Cleve
land Socialists, Charles . Knthen.
berg, Alfred Wagenknecht and
Charles Baker, are the persons af
fected. E IS
IN PART
Desperate Efforts to Clear Snow
From Tracks Still Keeps
UpScores Snowbound.
Chicago. Jan. J4. (I. N. S.) The
vast railway system of the west, dor
mant since Friday under an anaesthetic
or snow, began to throb with renewed
uro; today. Desnerate flrhttnar hv th
1 forces of the' great railroad organlxa-
tlons, is beginning to show results In
cleared tracks and moving trains.
Trarno conditions in Chicago and
throughout the Middle West are not
normal, but they are no lonrer utterlv
paralysed. The Overland, limited, the
Los Angeles limited and train No. -10,
duo from San Francisco at 2 o'clock this
morning, were reported annulled, 1 4
v These trains left the Pacific eoant
"three -days ago. -'
A limited train service to eastern :
points was put Into effect this morning.-.
The- first train to leave- being the
Metropolitan Express for New York at
45 o'clock.; One train for Pittsburgh
was sent out by the Pennsylvania rail
road at 9 :36 o"clock last night.
The Chicago. Milwaukee - St. Paul,
which did not turn a wheel for 24 hours,
Is dispatching Its west-bound trains to
day to Omaha. Minneapolis and Pacific
coast points.
The Lakeshort ft Michigan Southern,
of the New YOrk Central lines, dispatch
ed the twentieth century limited and
other through trains as usual.
On the Monon, Illinois - Central and
Michigan Central lines no attempt -was
made yesterday to operate trains, but a
limited schedule was Inaugurated today.
The Pennsylvania has resumed its Pan
handle service, sending out Its Atlantic
trains to New, York. Pittsburg, Colum
bus and Washington.
Scores of trains bound to and from
Chicago, however, aro stHl snowbound
at outlying points. It Is estimated that
600 snowbound passengers are being fed
at the expense of the Pennsylvania rail
road at Fort Wayne, Ind.. while In other
sections trams and passengers have been
snowbound for many hours.
Passengers Killed
In Wreck in Texas
Houston, Texas, Jan. 14. (TJ. P.)
Sixteen persons were killed and many
Injured in the wreck of the Houston and
Texas Central passenger train, the Owl.
today, railroad officials here stated.
When the train hit the switch the steel
sleeper telescoped the chair car next
to It
C A'.' McCormick, a Dallas traveling
salesman; reported . that he counted 20
bodies in the wreck.
The Owl left Houston at 11 :30 p. m.
Sunday for Dallas. The wreck occurred
six miles from Hearne, the nearest tele
graph station, where the wires had been
torn down by the recent storm, causimr
Y delay in getting a relief train from here
to-the scene. The injured will be taken
to Waco, It was stated. -
ROLL OF HONOR
Ottawa, Onw Jan. 14. (U. P.) Today'
casualty list Includes amonf th wounded tin
or a. w. kawtat, Htnnswtck, wash. .
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TRAIN
RENEWED
Dig Up Six Cent Fare
Be Sure to Get a Receipt;
"These receipts are to be attached to
both . Ave ride ticket slips and 50 ride
books.."
Action ; 3Tot Hasty
jrCommisslon says ; Its ..order increasing
street car fares in Portland was not
Issued hastily, but only as result of
most exhaustive investigation and after
the commission Jhad .become satisfied by
Indubitable proof that, through causes
entirely-, beyond the control of the com
pany the cost of street car service had
risen to such a height that anything ap
proaching satisfactory , service could not
be given t fares .less: than those fixed
by"the commission's order. ' ; ' ? .
"We can see no , good and sufficient
reason for -setting aside our i order or
postponing the effective, date thereof,
nay the.eommlssioiuJSi--iris.Tf'
U.S.OPFIGIS BRITHST
General Salzman and Richard
Flint Howe of Aircraft Board
and Wood Beat, Representing
Fleet Corporation, Arrive.
Have Authority to Extend- Power
of Colonel Disque and to Es
tablish Lumber Order Clear
ing House.
Armed with the shears of authority to
snip red tape that hampers the North
west as it endeavors to respond to war's
demands for spruce, fir and cedar. Gen'
eral Salzman and Richard Flint Howe,
members of the aircraft board, and
Wood Beal, personal representative of
James O. Haworth, head of the Emer
gency Fleet corporation, arrived In Port
land at noon today.
Their presence Is the result of the rep
resentations made at Washington before
the war department by -former Governor
Oswald West that a larger grant of au
thority to Colonel Brice P. Disque, head
of the spruce production division of the
signal corps, and A clearing house of or
ders for lumber needed for military pur
poses by branches of the war department
and by the allies, are essential to the
Northwest program.
Many Meetings' te Be Held
1 The officials will meet spruce, fir and
cedar producers. They will confsr with
locrrers and mill men: They wlU meet
shipbuilders and manufacturers."
: Colonel Disque announced that be had
made no plans In advanee of the arrival
of the' visitors, as he wished to make -a
schedule entirely; consistent with their
own desires. . , ' ' 1 .
' The war department (depends- on the
Northwest for the spruce to be used In
military airplanes. ' From 10,000,000 :- to
14,000,000 feet -a- month is essential. Gen
eral Salzman. and , Mr. Howe have - au
thority to grant to the Jtocal spruce pro
duction division such' additional - pow
ers as it needs to meet the government
requirements for spruce.
; Mr. Beal will not, it is understood, in-
(Concluded oa Page Foot. Cotama Tlireel
Former French Premier 'and Min
ister of Justice Held as Re
sult of Bolo Pasha Case.
Paris. v Jan. 14 U. P. Joseoh Ca.il-
laux, former premier and ' minister . of
Justice for France, was formally impria
oned today as the outgrowth of charges
of treason lodged against him In con
nection with the Bolo Pasha case.
- CaUlaux is a member of the chamber
of deputies, and until that body recently
voted formally to- suspend the Immunl
ties from prosecution granted all mem
bers, he could not be formally haled be
fore a tribunal on the charges.
The chamber of deputies and a Special
commission heard the charges against
the former premier. It , was alleged he
aided Bolo Pasha in the Levantine's ef
forts to deceive France Into a German-
made peace ; ' that he sought to. create
discord between. France and Italy and
that he was constantly, opposing -the na
tion'a war efforts.
Madame CaUlaux, wife of the' accused.
was the center of one of Europe's most
sensational murder trials a. few years
ago- whew she. was- acquitted of the mur
der of Gaston Calmett. editor of the
Figaro.
. Our Investigation of affairs of the
t-ortiand KaU way; Light Power com
pany discloses that need foe -additional
revenue on its street raUwayUines Is im
perative and cannot be delayed without
serious consequences. . yfk .
,"ln discharge of our duUes. we have
also Investigated other branches of this
utUlty's business and i have found that
revenues from operation, of Interurban
railways barely suffice toover expenses
of operation, and .that the earnings of
the light and power department are in
sufficient to enable that department to
aid In making tip any of the deficits In
operation of -the railway department- - .
i qAside from the fact that each depart
ment of utility operation must stand on
Its own feet, the practical situation Is
Concluded on Paw Serca. ,(Unu
Thivs)
JOSEPH CAILM
PLACED IN PRISON
Minister of National Service
Geddes Tells Commons Rus
sian Withdrawal Will Give
Germans Many More Men.
Decision Has Been Made, He
Says, Notto i Introduce Com
pulsory Service in Ireland
Irish Question Looms. Ahead.
Londan, Jan. 14. (U. P.) The Rus
sian withdrawal from the war leaves
1,600,000 Germans for use on the west
ern front, according to Brigadier Gen
eral Sir A. C Geddes, minister of -national
service, in a "man-power" state
ment to the house of commons this aft
ernoon. ."It Is necessary for Britain to recruit
forthwith 450.000 men from civil life."
the minister added. "It has been de
cided not to Introduce compulsory serv
ice Into Ireland.
London. . Jan. 14. (I. N. a) The
house of commons reconvened todav
after, a recess lasting over the holiday
season.
The calendar ' of business called for
the first reading of a bUl dealing with
British man power.
The Irish redistribution bin a meas
ure which threaten to precipitate stormy
debate on the Irish Question will ahort
IX h m tor debate. . .; , w j-, - i .a
FOR EAST
Weather : Bureau Says Pacific
Northwest .Will Add to Trou
. bles of Snowbound.
Chicago, Jan. 14. (TJ. P. Slowly re
covering from the demoralisation caused
by the worst blizzard in a decade, the
middlewest today was threatened by an
other storm which centered over eastern
Texas. And, following on its neels. ac
cording td the weather bureau, is still
another storm, which was brewing today
over the Pacific northwest.
The Texas storm la so .extensive that
Its effects already, were felt as far east
and north as southern Illinois. This
storm, it is said, apparently will not be
serious as the one Just passed.
Its course has not yet been determined.
but its center probably will turn north
ward along the western slope of the
Appalachians, with Its influence extend
ing westward to the Great Lakes re
gion and eastward to the Atlantic.
.Traffic Is Improved
Railroad traffic' in the middle west Is
being restored today. Officials expressed
confidence that normal conditions would
prevail before night. Mails and im
portant freight shipments will be given
preference over passenger traffic
The serious fuel and food situation in
Chicago and other cities caused by tie
up of local deliveries had been relieved
by armies of volunteer shovelers who
spent SMhday digging paths -through the
snow-blocked streets.
- Chicago Schools Closed
The Chicago school board has closed
all public schools for the week as a fuel
conservation measure, and 60000 school
boys were added to the forces combat
ing the snow. ;
All coal m Chicago yards has been
commandeered' by the fuel administra
tion and deliveries will be made only ti
case of absolute necessity.
Storm - Kills Physician
Chicago, jam7 14. (I. N. a) Dr.
George Schmauch , is dead today,
martyr to his profession.,
Although' already overworked. Dr.
Schmauch responded to a call rom g
patient several miles away from hie
home. He f eli In a snowdrift,' and whes
snowshovelers reached htm he was dead.
Exertion, due to overwork during; the
blizzard of the last three days, caused
his deathf.f . ' .
.' Packing .. Plants Close
- Chicago. , Jan.. . 14 (TJ. P.) The
Armour, Swift and Wilson packing
plants at the "Union stockyards, were
closed - this afternoon . because - of , the
coal shortage. Others are expected to
follow. More than 10.000 packinghouse
employes" were put to -work elearinar the
mow mm us railroad tracks sq coal
could be brought In. The plants were
expected to open tonight or tomorrow.
Trial of German
Niirse Postponed
San .Antonio, Texas, Jan. 14. TJ. 'P.
The trial of Miss Emma Hudda Bur
gemeister. German nurse, charged with
the murder. of Otto Koehler, multi-millionaire
San Antonio brewer, scheduled
to begin here today, was postponed until
tomorrow; on motion . of. the state's at-
tecneys-- ;-.y
DO G FAITHFUL
TO OLD MUFF J
ON ROADSIDE
o
UT oa the Ktver road roate te
Oregon City a Scotch Collie. Is
gaardlng an old mmff, and
thereby haags a tale bat not the
dog's.
Sometime Friday - U mvff was
loit from an amtomobOe patiiag
&oge sUUon, and the dog. chasing
along behind the, machine, stopped
when the maff did, and hat been
gaardlng It - ever since, notwith
standing - the rain and efforts to
lare It away.
. To . get the animal off the road,
where it was In constant danger
from traffic, Mr. Boge tneeeeded
la beating it away long eaongh to
throw the maff into the yard. Col
lie went after It, and there It sticks,
howltg Its fangs to any who at
tempt' to get near It.
So a perfectly good dog and a
more or lets worn mmff await a
claim of ownership.
Chairman Hurley of Shipping
Board Sends Out Call
for Volunteers.
- Washington. Jan. 14. (U. P.) A call
for -250,000 volunteers, a reserv army
of skilled workers in shipyards, was is
sued this morning by Chairman Hurley i
of the shipping board'.
. Men of draft age called Into the ahfp
ysdA-rUluante4kiftxmpUon
from military service. V v; "T
Colnclden tally. Hurley announced fee
will - need 100,000 additional -workers
"within four .or fUe months
State Councils of Defense were asked
immediately to give publicity to the ap
peal and urge employers to release skilled
labor.' Workers will receive standard
Legislation is under consideray-
tlon to provide necessary railroad fare
- -1.1 ki.w i
250,000 WORKERS
WANTED IN YARDS
,. , w WJi"lwirlea operator flashed
UiO 1UAJ 19 OMillVU.
Will Use Sailing Vessels
Washington. Jan. 14. (L N. L The
shipping board Is planning to make im
mediate, use of the vast United States
emergency tonnage of sailing vessels pf
tne American mercnant marine, it
announced this afternoon. At the sug
gestion of Chairman Hurley, Secretary of
Commerce Redfield turned over to the
shipping board a complete report cover
ing all those vessels. They number 600
ah Inn of 1000 tons and iwnr mnA of this
rAm
"
planned to use them more extensively in
the coastwise trade, and in southern
American and Pacific trade.
Chamberlain Put on
Coast Defense Body
' '
Wajihtnrtnn. .T.n 11 it nj a -rn..
Democrauc steering committee of the
senate- todav named Rnn.tnr v. r
senate today named Senator H -D
Smith of South Carolina to be chairman
of the senate interstate commerce com
mittee to succeed the late Senator New-
lands. Senator Ollie James of Kentucky
was named as a member of the com
mittee. Senator Hardwlek of Georgia
was named to succeed Senator Smith as
chairman of the Immigration committee
senator wnamoeriain or Oregon was
named as a member of the committee
on coast defenses, and Senator Johnson
of South Dakota to be a member of the
Committee on public lands.
Murder Trial Put Off;
Wlf TIPQC! Ta 1TI AttYiTT
Kansas City. Jan. 14. (I. V.
Mrs. Mary Krelser. Who shot and klllei
her husband, t oward Krelser. Indepen-
oence uouicviru tnniuu cnurcn or
ganist, wept this morning in the crimi
nal court when Judge Porterfleld con
tinued her trial until the April term
of court.
' xne continuance was granted over
protest of Mrs. Krelser, who wanted
the court ordeal over as soon as pos
sible.
- The continuance - was granted be
cause of the absence of T. V. Wisely.
a witness expected : to prove that he
sold the gun to Mrs. Krelsler. showing
that the slaying was premeditated. Be
Is in the army in . France.
President Inspects
ShiDDinff Proffram
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' .
Washington. Jan. 14. (I. N. 8.) Pre.
Went Wilson again this afternoon ner -
sonany lnspectea , tne shipnina - board
program. Unheralded he dropped in on
Chairman Hurley and went over with
nim uie reports or . progress from tbefstltutes the greatest element of necee-
various ( varus, xne president is in -
tensely Interested In seeing that, tonnage
promises maae o ue. entente are- kept,
Mr. Hurley laid before him all available
figures.-- .
' The president was closeted with Hur-
ley for an hour butt bad nothing to say
soout ma wnz. . . . ' -
SHIP IS HIT
"'-"- '
AID, THEI
IS SILEE1T
Steamer Texan in Collision
Somewhere in Atlantic- So
Far as Is Known There Has
Been No Loss of Life.
Efforts to Get Into Touch With
Steamer Afte Operator Sends
"Goodbye" Are Futile j Other
Ships Ordered to Assistance.
AN ATLANTJG PORT, Jan. 14.
(U. P.) "We were struck
amidships. We are sinking. Low
ering ' lifeboats starboard side.
Have lost aft boat - Spilling oil
on water. We have 43 men. Now
lowering forward boats. ' Good
bye... No 'nwre--Texari.w r . .
- ,This was the dramatio- message 4
ieZM&ftlKortcue : ovti he lea -
In "S. O. S.", wireless calls early
todar by the Amerlcan-Hawsllan
tank steamship Texan. The ines
sage,4 which was picked up here,
did not give the location of the
Texan, which is believed to have
been in a collision.
Efforts to answer the easel after her
good by, no
Omchided ea Page foar. Colama rise)
STATE FEDERATION
MEETS AT ASTORIA
i
Commissioner Hoff Tells
Convention He Will Not Be
Candidate for Reelection.
Astoria. Or.. Jan. 14 -rranlaatlon
details occupied considerable part of the
opening session of the fourteen annual
convention of thV at... v...
I T.a Ka Iiam VI a
. . - -
I " " " , ""1 " . : . . " "
iaoor nere this morning. Delegates ar-
the number who arrived Saturday night
I n.. - J
rn r .V-, . . . .
athat oVP fwf "fS toaT
Z.SiJ;0":?'
miss loner, a feature of whose talk was
the statement that he win not be a can
didate to succeed himself at the - next
election.
r Attended AD Sessions
"This is the fifteenth annual conven-
tlon of the State Federation of .Labor
that It has been my privilege - to at
tend." said Mr. Hoff. "As commissioner
j of labor I come In close touch with your
(work. .To have a better understanding
of your ideas, alms and Intentions, it is
necessary that the commissioner should
attend your meetings.
I am. therefore.
to some extent present In
an official
cPclty. This, however will be the last'
I shall appear before you as such.
I as I
shall not be a candidate to succeed
myself.
"The thought that In the future, after
this year Is finished, I shall be lees
prominent in your affairs stirs In me
the feeling that presses hard on the hu
man heart when separating even In a
small degree from an association' that
has grown to be a part of one's life. I
shaU always recall many pleasant mem
ories of helpful aid given
me tn the
performance of my duties.
Commissioner Hoff also urred CM
tin nance of labor's cooperation In every
acuviry concernea wita the winning of
the war.- - -
FredaefJea : It Essential '
"In the tremendous conflict at arms In
which we, as a nation, are engaged to
perpetual o ue gioneua princlnle of de
mocracy, he said. otjr great duty Ileal
along; the line of production. Ouna, Kearney Wornail, only surviving wit
ships, munitions, clothing and. ereateat ness of the hatchet murders and robberv
xniTwaV
aii iooo are ue prime neceasitlef of
bu vi uia maruiK OX arms,
j the manning of oar battle and merchant
tshlDS and. of directinar the fir f k.
I ponderous guns ' ef war on . the hti
1 front, we will have a plentv.
I - t la, men. up to ail to sa tiui
I the machinery of production Is not idle
j for a single moment, and; as food con-
1 sity. ootn at noma ana abroad. we
must not only conserve but ' bend our
every erxort to see-that not a crumb
of bread or kernel of grain Is wasted
by reason of a shortage of labor- la
the' factory., field or orchard.-- '
' Consideration of war work will be an
l Important xhase of conservaUon wm-v
Report of U-Boat '
Off Texas Coast
Sends Artillery
Guards to Forts
Wireless Message Brings Word
That Patrol Boats Saw
. ; Diver in Gulf.
Galveston. Jan. 14. il. J.
Guards have been stationed at all coast
artillery batteries here today and a
close watch Is being kept on all ship
ping, following wireless reports that a
submarine had been sighted by two
American patrol boats 100 miles south
of Galveston bar. Military authori
ties declined to discuss the report far
ther thin to admit such a report had
been received.
Ail coast artillery troops on leave
were Immediately summoned to man
batteries.
xne report said the submarine
mounted two guns, and that It sub
merged and was not seen again when
the American patrolboats gave chase.
Patrol boats Hurry to Sea
Galveston. Jan. 14 U. P.) Although
omcers ac ran CTockett declined to
comment, on the report, they admitted
troops of the coast artillery away for
the evening on leave had been hastily
summoned last night to man the shore
batteries, and that all passes have been
temporarily suspended.
All available patrol boats In the nar-
oor were sent to sea last nla-ht- Ac
cording to the report, two patrol ves
sels attempted to chase the submarine,
but the U-boat quickly submerged and
nosppHns. a souinwesT gal is now
sweeping -the . gulf and on account of
this patrol work: Is difflcnlt-
steadily increasing activity of
Germans ia Mexico, a large number of
whom went to that country Immediate!
Upon, 4sInaUon .by" the TJnttecW
states, give color to the theory that
any sunmartne activity on this side will
be directed against the oil commerce
of the Julf. ; where supplies', might be
obtained through cooperation with Ger
man agents on shore.
Nsvy Ssys Nothing .
Washington. Jan. 14. (I. N.
xne navy department was without in
formation -today of the hostile subma
rine ' reported seen In the Gulf of
Mexico.
Streams onTVlt. Hood
On Wildest Rampage
'Xsmeroa Bridges Over Zlg Zag, Clear
Creek and Saady Carried Ost or Das.
ages vsrisg seeest Heavy Floods,
i wi iiun imtm, r m m i i-n. i
William Deveny has received a letter
JZ
i . - imj
J rivers 46 miles from Portland. She says
tne nooa was "the worst we ever wit
nessed up here, and such a noise all the
time, you would think the world was
coming to an end."
' .M.rlMrt?D "T?6 flo?d"nH1
7' 7 th-XrTt:
Slurt Is toe SS, VJIt
cmu4TT11 11 ?un ,n time, so heavy travel
I. an II m nr Avt It
is still going over it. Sandy bridge is
O. K. It took part of Mrs. Plerces foot.
i hrfd it tlLw' Z2a Cl
Creek bridge. It took the bridge at
Rhododendron and also one of the Twin
bridges. It took two foot bridges at
Welch's, damaged the wagon bridge.
swept off the bridge at Arra Wahna and
damaged the Mclntyre bridge over
Sandy.
Canadians Capture
Prisoners in Raid
London. Jan. 14. CI. N. - Canadian
troops carried out a raid against a Ger-
I r" trTVCh Position north of Lena dur-
' wpiunng some prisoners.
? W.T ottic announced at noon. The
Canadians returned te their lines witn-
i n1?- snrrerea a single casualty.
J J5x or sdeneourt there was aktrntish-
,n D?lwPll01?. WMcn " la
l voraoiy iot ue untisn.
I X "
Victii
tn Identifies Dead
Army CaDtain as
blbbgd aded
; Camp Funston. Karu Jan. 14. ftT. P.
ln armory oana nere Friday .night.
. win m uvauea Bleep m me t ort
nuey noepiuu ana starea into the lace
of the man 'who -had hacked four ef
Woman's companions to- death and bat
tered Wornail into unconsciousneaas. The
uuwnr, omaisa us nis army captara s
. uniform, sat In a wheel chair at Wor
nail's bedside, horribly rigid of attitude.
sna gasea -at the wounded man- with
vSignuees eyes.
Wornail. paralysed memantsTiiv with
porrwr, nneuy . louna but voice.
IlasOfVatioa Is PesJUve '
-That's -the man Captain Whlsler,
he cried, and fainted. : - ,.."
I Military officers, jn their seal to es
tablish the Identity of the murderer and
n n r 7 -.in i i
I MIL UU I U
BI6 ill
Giant Quartermaster's Building
in Washington Breaks - Into
Flames Twice This Morning,
With Disastrous Effect : -
Guard About Grounds Doubled
vas Soon as Blaze Is Discov
ered Private Soldier Held in
Con nection With Fire. Y '
NORFOLK. Vs.. Jan. 14-L N.
&) A German lieutenant,"
who came to this country on the
German ybmarine U-53, was ar
rested here this afternoon as he
was trying to set a match to the :
magazine at .the aviation station
here. He wore the uniform of an
America! army eafttaln when ar
; restd, W; rT ".-TT- '
' Letters "from former German
Ambassador von Bernstorff and "
Captain Boy-Ed were - foand In
his possession. A receipt' show- ;
Ing that he had received I90AX)
for. distribution among , eight
confederates, including a wealthy
cltixen of Baltimore, was also
found.
Washington. Jan. 14. CD". P.) A
newly enlisted private. Vie nee no Ferrio,
Is held by military authorities hers for
accidentally starting the fire which
gutted the giant quartermaster's store
house and poet commlsaarT building at
Washington barracks today. . -
Ferrio Is charged wttn gi use care
lessness. Inquiry having developed that
the conflagration was probably started
by a cigarette he dropped la the
building. ;
It was the fourth of a aeries of mys
terious fires to break out In the building
during the last 10 days, and the loss
may reach f 200.000.
An Immediate Investigation was or
dered by Secretary of War Baker, who
personally went to the scene and re-
(Ctooctaded ea Fsge roar. Cases
Os
Ex-Congressman HI '
In Army Hospital
Macon, Oa.. Jan. 14-(L N. 8.) Major
M. P. Gardner. former- Congressman
from Massachusetts - and now-a major
In the One Hundred and Twenty-first
Infantry, is 111 with pneumonia at the
base hospital. Bis condition 4a regarded
s grave. , r . '
Gas Explosion Caiise
Of Wire Works Fire
San Francisco, Jan. 14.: TJ.. T.yAn'
explosion of gas was the cause of a
1250.000 fire at the plant of -the E. R.
Edwards Wire Works- in South Pan
Francisco, it was declared today. ' The
fire, which started about 10 o'clock last
night, destroyed the plant and factory,
established IS months ago, which .was
making wire for Alaskan fisheries. -
robber, had staged
a Foe.
a scene worthy of
...After testing Woman's eyes by' read
tag, they had permitted the bank cash
ier to sink Into a sleep. Then they had
dressed the body of Captain Lewis H.
Whlsler. who -shot himself late Satur
day when - Confronted with exposure,
placed it In a wheel chair and trundled
U to Woman's bedside Sunday.;
The shock' to "Use wounded roan, on
arousing, was severe, but physicians said
It would not affect his recovery..
Whlsler Had Aide, Is Tlew -'
Military authorities were proceeding
today that the robber and murderer had
an accomplice. , ? . .
A suitcase Is misstng from the- quar
ters of Captain Whlsler. Investigators
Man
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