CITY EDITION ;
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CITY EDITION
It' All Here and It's All True
THE .WEATHER Tonight and Sunday.
fair ; winds southwesterly.
Minimum temperatures;
Tortland ....... 83 New Orleans ... SO
Havre, Mont-..: J New York ...... 38
Los Angeles ... it St. Paul ........ 10
PRICE TWO CENTS
on trains no wrws
STANDS F I V a CENTS
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HHSI 1M,RFk Snow and Kam W
I1IIUI ULUIILL
MURDER
LAD
TO J. POESCHL
Man Who Shot and Killed Charles
J. Schnabel Believed Insane
Over Fancied I Wrong; Denies
' He Fired With Murderous Intent
Formally establishing: the fact that
Charles J. Schnabel had come to his
death by a. bullet wound inflicted by
I Joseph G. Poescljrl, a Jury empan
elled by Coroner Earl Smith this
afternoon returned its verdict fol
; lowing a brief Inquest in the court
; house. i
The verdict was at once transmitted
; to the Multnomah county grand jury.
with the probability that an indictment
charging Poeschl ; with' murder - in the
first degree would be returned before
night.
The Jury was composed of Charles J.
Roswell, foreman;; T. C. Bowen, John
Ryan. D. W. Marsh, T. C. Relchle and
C. Van Bibber. Witnesses who told the
story of how Sclmabel was shot fn the
back Friday afternoon aa he stood at
an elevator entrance on the third floor
of the courthouse were Otto J. Kraemer,
Deputy Sheriff A. C. Schirmer and
Joseph J. Scheeland. The result of the
autopsy, announced at the inquest,
showed that death was due to hem
orrhage caused by the severing of the
large vein leading from the lungs to the
heart. '
EXA.HISED FOR SANITY
Charges of first degree murder were
filed against Poeschl this morning by
District Attorney Evans upon comple
tion of a survey of available records
which show that Poeschl was examined
as to his sanity by Dr. Sanford Whiting
October 17. 1914.
The test found Poeschl sane. He had
been arrested for peddling without
license. Coroner Earl Smith today , set
the coroner's inquest in the case for 1
o'clock this afternoon. ;
SHOT IX BACK
Schnabel was shot in the back while
P waiting for an elevator on the third floor
t of the courthouse, at J :35 Friday after
noon. His slayer, a former client, ap
parently was brooding over what, he be
lieved to be a mismanagement of a dam
age suit against HB8'SoTil3iera "Pacific
railroad.
Schnabel died 15 minutes later while
being taken to St. Vincents hospital.
1 Poeschl was captured Immediately
; after the shooting by Deputy Sheriff
Schirmer and is being held in the county
JalL
rOESCHL HAD BROODED
In explaining that he had not talked
to Schnabel for several years. Poeschl
said there had been no recent quarreL
He claimed that he shot at the attorney
"just to scare htm. His intention was
to shoot between, the legs, he said. .
T imut mv er T mtttr Virti , rl.ca
months in the hospital; I have great
agony, and all I get is a medal. I save
the lives of peoples: I keep, train from
ihaving big wreck, and I get no money.
; Schnabel did not treat me right. I have
thought of that for many year ; X think
it over and over. I should have lot of
imoney and I get a . medal. No. I did
jnot mean to kill him I Just want to
scare," moaned Poeschl in his cell.
irN MISSES FIRE
I Schnabel had entered the corridor from
(the office of District Judge Richard
j ( Concluded on I'aff TwIt, Column Oo)
U. S. SHUTS DOWN
ON ALLIES' CREDIT
. Washington, Feb. 5. (U. P.)
The tJnited States, through " the
treasury department, has decided to
discontinue further advances to the
allies on existing credits until a
new decision on American loan pol
icy is reached by the Harding ad
ministration. Senator JseLson, Min
nesota, chairman of the Judiciary
committee, said today.
Conductor Injured
In Switching Cars
Caught between ' two . cars being
switched at the Se 1,1 wood car barns at
6:30 o'clock this morning. A. Lr Shipley,
&8S Harney street, a conductor. -Is at
BL Vincents hospital in a critical con-
dition. A fractured pelvis and punc
tured "bladder have been ascertained by
jphyslcians attending the man. The
Arrow ambulance carried Shipley from
the Bcene of the accident.
What Is Japan
Doing?
An Important contribution to
the Japanese question la made by
Lieutenant Frank V. Martinek of
Chicago, who served two years
as intelligence officer of the Asiatic-fleet.
,
His conclusions, together with
much detailed Information that
has been semi-secret in character,
are to be presented in a series
of articles in The Journal, c
Watch for the first article by
Lieutenant Martinek.
iV ext Tuesday
Come, but With
Tfcmjls Merry
Note of Birds
Bravely defying: the attempt of the
north wind to retain a winter grip
on Portland with a blanket of snow,
the southland sent its first organized
migration of song: birds into the city
this morning; to warble cheer to a
snow and slush covered landscape.
Rain, snow and slush arrived with the
north wind during the late night hours
Friday, and robins and meadow larks
pushed into the wind from the south this
morning.
At early dawn the north wind was tri
umphant. Over t the landscape was
spread several inches of clinging snow.
But as the sun swung up from the fog
bound horizon the robins and the meadow
lark Joined in a song of glee while the
snow vanished under the warm caress of
Old Sol.
SONGSTERS DEFY 83TOW
Portland was almost deserted by feath
ered songsters for the first winter in
many years. Many robins, bluebirds
and meadow larks remained in the Wil
lamette valley, but few stayed in this
city. An organized migration of the
birds seemed j to come in upon the city
this morning. ! Everybody wanted to talk
robins and early spring this morning.
On the highjer sections of Portland the
snowfall of Friday night was the heav
iest of the winter. About four Inches of
the snow lay pn the high ground. In the
lower sections of the city the snow melt
ed almost as it fell, making slush cov
ered streets ii the downtown sections.
weather Bureau surprised
To the weather bureau the storm came
as a surprise. It lasted until midnight,
when the wind shifted more to the west.
Today the storm is centering over Utah.
Portland had the heaviest precipitation
of Western Oregon, 1.01 inches being re
corded during the night. The weather
man says fair and warmer for today and
Sunday. ! : ' 5
BY LLOYD GEORGE
GERMAN GOLD .POTJRS IN
, Paris. Feb. 5.-IL N. S.) Twenty -four
tons of gold marks were re
ceived from Germany today to apply
off Germany's war Indemnity to the
allies. The gold was deposited in, the
Bank of France, and credited to the
reparation commission. 1
Birmingham, England, Feb. 5.
U. P.) Germany must pay the war
indemnity. She must disarm.
There can be no positive assurance
of permanent peace without disarm
ament.
These were the declarations of
Premier Lloyd George in a speech
here today.
1 advise Germany to accept the bill
(155.000,000,000 in war reparations) and
not allow herself to be misted by passion
and repeat the folly of 1914," he said.
GERMANY MUST FAY
"I laid- down the principle that Ger
many is bound to pay for the wanton
damage she inflicted, but you can only
get from a debtor, what he is capable of
paying. Futhermore. Germ
be allowed to pay in a way to do injury
to the, country receiving payment ; for
example, by exporting cheap goods."
Lloyd George said that whiln rci-man
bad made great progress toward dis
armament sne must go on and complete
the program outlined in the treaty.
"She must comnlv with i)ia tr..
especially regarding machinery for mak
ing- ai ma, ne saia. -jrrance has a right
to demand this." ;
The Dremier auwrt1 vimmnai.
Germany must respect the peace treaty
TOO MUCH WAR MATERIAL
The first condition of rwnra .hot
the treaty must be respected," he said.
a cnauengea treaty means merely that
the war is held in suspense.
"Germany must res-
the first of which Is disarmament.
ne added tha . Germany must abide
by the treaty to insure the restoration
of "nelghborliness" among nations.
"Germany still has too many armed
men and too much war material," the
premier declared. "The allies have de
cided that Germany must comply with
the treaty of Versailles, especially as
regards disarmament."
"Foreign Minister von Simons has a
right to present alternative proposals
to the reparations plan, but if they
represent a mere attempt at evasion
the allies will not tolerate them." he
said.., . .; .
BURDEN NOT EXTRAVAGANT
"The burden Imposed upon Germany
is not extravagant. The payments for
the first two years are not equal to the
pension bills written in France. It is
not a question of Imposing economic
slavery upon the German workers, but
somebody must pay. .
"The prospect of Germany, tempo
rarily bankrupt, presented a baffling
difficulty when it came to paying out
side her . frontiers. ; With these diffi
culties in mind, the allies reached an
agreement and. presented a bill framed
to the scale of German prosperity.
"If she is not prosperous she cannot
pay. If she is prosperous she can and
must,-- . . t i ' ,
"Once the German- people get their
mind off . the war? and onto peace, they
will soon prosperous again."
George Fi Peabody
Weds Trask's Widow
Glens Falls, N. Y.. Feb. 5. (I. X. S.)
George Foster Peabody, well known
financier, and Mr Spencer Trask.
widow or the late Spencer Trask. promi
nent Wall street broker, were married
in Saratoga Springs today.
GERMANY WARNED
BILL LOOMS
Kubli Measure ) Provides for
Guild's Lake Street Vacations,
Changes in Zeigler Rule Af
fecting City's Water Front.
State; House, Salem, Feb. 6. 'As
far-reaching in its importance to
the people of Portland as the port
consolidation bills, providing, as it
does, In effect, a modification of
the Zeigler amendment to the city
charter of Portland,' the so-called
"vacation bill" introduced in the
house by Kubli of Multnomah has
immediately taken its position as a
center of interest at the capitol.
f-
It has , in fact an indirect connection
with the port development program,
having been introduced for the purpose
of providing a method by which cer
tain North ; Portland streets could be
vacated t to make ay for the Guild's
lake union terminal plan.
TO RESTORE POWER
jThe bill in its effect replaces in the
hands of the city council the power by
ordinance to grant franchises i or to
vacate streets for the benefit of trans
portation companies in the construction
of terminals, within the 1000-foot strip
along the harbor front covered and set
apart as inalienable by the Zeigler
amendment to the Portland charter. It
also provides, that the council may, by
ordinance and in accordance with pre
scribed restrictions, trade streets now
open for equivalent strips of land
owned by the railroad company to be
used as public streets when such trans
fer would operate for the general bene
fit of the public.
TERMS OF MEASURE
Section 1 of the bill says: "To the
end that adequate facilities for terminal
trackage, structures and the instru
mentalities of commerce and transpor
tation may be provided' in cities and
towns located within or forming a part
of any port district ... the common
council ... may. upon application of
any such port, or corporation em
powered to Own or operate a railroad.
steamship or other transportation termin
al, or railroad company entering or oper
ating within said city or town or owner
of property abutting any such terminal,
authorize any common carrier, railroad
company, or terminal company to oc
cupy, ' by any structure, trackage or
machinery facilitating or, necessary to
travel, f transportation or distribution,
any street or public property, or parts
thereof,' within such city upon such
(Concluded on Paca Two. Column Two)
. PEETE'S FATE
IN HANDS OF JURY
Los An gees, Cal., Feb. 5. (TJ. P.)
Mrs, I Louise L. Peete 's life or lib
erty hung in the balance this after
noon.
Shortly after noon her1 fate was given
into the hands of 12 men who retired at
once to decide whether she is guilty of
the murder of Jacob C. Denton. ;
a verdict of murder in the first degree
may mean death on the gallows for her.
Possibility of an early verdict was a
matter of divided opinion and conjec
ture. jln his closing argument District Attor
ney Woolwine flayed Mrs. Peete and
branded her as the "most redhanded
murderess ever known In this country."
He termed the defense "sloppy absurd
ities" - and "spurious foolish, non
sensical." Throughout the prosecutor's arraign
ment, the comely defendant bad a faint,
half. contemptuous smile on her lips. She
showed no emotion. Her husband, Rich
ard C. Peete, sat at her side, haggard
and with blanched face, wincing at times
when his wife was bitterly denounced.
The case might have gone to the Jury
last night, but the Jury preferred to be
gin its deliberations ' today. This was
regarded a9 signifying that the members
expect a session of considerable dura
tion. It was believed that if the Jurors
thought only a few hours' deliberation
were necessary, they would have at
tempted to reach a verdict last night,
sq that they might be discharged before
the week-end.- .
Driver Accused of
(Failure to Report
Automobile Mishap
, George Andros, restaurant proprietor
on Yamhill between Second and Third
streets, was arrested this morning by
Traffic Investigator T. C. Frieberg, on
a j charge of failing to report an acci
dent, after a report made to the police
that he was the ; driver of the truck
which struck P. L. Cox. breaking a col
lar bone and dislocating his shoulder.
Cox was picked up by the driver of the
machine and taken to No. 2 Union ave
nue, where he ias deposited in the hall
way and left without assistance until
neighbors found him there. Androa
was released on $150 bail.
Outdoor Walks
HelpChamberlain
.!.. ,
Washington, Feb. i. (WASHING
TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL.)
Stimulated by outdoor walks In favoring
weather. enator Chamberlain la re
gaining strength rapidly. It is believed
he will be able to return to. his seat next
if he does not Buffer a setback.
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"Regret I'm Not Able to See in
Condition of World or Needs
of U. S. Such Changes as Jus
tify Reduction," Says Message.
Washington. Feb. 5. (I. N. S.)
President Wilson today vetoed a res
olution passed by congress, reduc
ing the strength of the United States
army to 175,000 men.
"I regret that I am not able to see In
the condition of. the world at large or in
the needs of the United States any such
changes as would justify the restriction
upon that minimum which Is proposed by
the house joint resolution," the presi
dent declared in his veto message.
TEXT OF FULL MESSAGE
The text of the president's veto mes
sage was as follows:
To the House of Representatives :
I return herewith, without my ap
proval, house joint resolution No.
440. directing the secretary of war to
cease enlisting men in the regular
army of the United States, except in
cases of those men who have already
served ojie or more : enlistments
therein.
' The text of the joint resolution
discloses that its purpose is to cause
a discontinuance of enlistments in
the regular army until the number
of enlisted men shall not exceed
175,000. No provision Is made in the
resolution for the preservation of any
proportionate strength in the com
batant corps of the army and a mere
discontinuance of enlistments would,
for a long time, preserve the staff
corps disproportionately enlisted
' and the combatant corps insufflcientx
ly manned to maintain the instruc
tion and training which ought to be
assumed If any army of 75,000 men
is to be efficient in proportion to its
aggregate number.
WORLD CONDITIONS DISTURBED
On the fourth day of June, 1920. I
find a bill passed by the present con-
( Concluded os Pas Tnree, Column Four.)
I) .S. TERMED OPEN
TO AERiAL ATTACK
Washington. Feb, 5. (U. P.)
The United States would be unable
today to prevent an aerial attack
on this country by England, Briga
dier General William Mitchell, as
sistant chief army air service, toll
the house naval committee today.
He used this as an argument for
need of offensive aerial control.
Mitchell advocated construction of na
val plane-carrying ships by which every
sea fleet will control the air wher
ever it goes. '
BRITISH ADMIRALTY TIOLDS
FAITH IX CITIZENSHIP
London," Feb. 5. U. P.) It can be
stated authoritatively today that the
British admiralty regards the capital
ship as the backbone of the navy.
In interview with the United Press
today, an official of the admiralty office
declared the "British had long believed
the big ship cannot be displaced now
by air or undersea craft."
The admiralty, in announcing its
budget, is expected to ask for appropria
tions for capital ships, although the
building program Is a carefully guarded
secret.
Rains lBeckon Smelt
Back to Columbia;
Salmon to Follow
By Hymaa H. Cohen'
The rains have brought the smelt back
Into the Columbia river and liberal sup
plies are again being caught in the
CowliU,
This caused a break in the wholesale
price to 5 cents a pound during the day
and resulted in the retailers putting
their prices back to 10 cents for a single
pound or three pounds for 25 cents.
The reentrance of the smelt into the
river, following the rains of the last day
or so, is taken by fishing interests to
mean that the salmon will follow up.
Fishermen say that salmon can "smell"
the rainy waters of the Columbia river
for many miles at sea.
Other fish are likewise becoming
plentiful. Halibut is now arriving in
large quantities for the first time in
many weeks and the retail price is off
cents a pound for the day
Chickens are also lower In price, but
cneese is up about 5 cents at retail.
LondonExpects
Visit From Wilson
. ,
London. Feb. 5. (I. . N. S.) The Eve
ning Standard this afternoon printed
report that President Wilson will visit
London within a month aftef leaving
office. ..
Paderewski Leaves
Havre for New York
Havre. France, Feb. 5. tU. PO Jg
race Jan Paderewski, famous ftianist
and former Polish pfremier, sailed
lyrom j
here, today for New Yorlc ,
PORTLAND-BOUND STEAMER GOES ASHORE
KLAMATH of the Charles R. McCormick line which is ashore just south of Point Arena,
Cal., in a heavy storm. She carried 53 persons, of . whom 19 were passengers bound for
Portland. The Klamath has been a familiar craft in Columbia river harbors since. her cpn
struction in 1909. Below is a map of the Northern California coast showing Point Arena.
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MAN OF MYSTERY
KEEPS HIS SECRET
Oakland, Cal.. Feb. 5. U. P.)
"H. K.," the mystery . man held for
10 days at the Oakland emergency
hospital, suffering " from amnesia,
was believed to be In San Francisco
today, entirely cured. ';
Dut his identity is as much a mystery
to most folks as it ever was.
He obtained discharge from the hospi
tal late yesterday by signing a formal
request.
'John Ryan, Spokane, Wash.." was the
name. he signed, and as soon as he was
outside the hospital he announced that
wasn't his name.
"H. K." Is said to have revealed his
true identity to Miss Louise Meyer,
University of California psychologist,
but .if he did the world is none the
wiser, for Miss Meyer will say nothing.
Alleged Agitator
Sentenced to 360
Days in County Jail
After being found guilty by a jury In
the municipal court, Thomas R. S peak
man, alleged t . W. W. agitator, was
sentenced to 360 days in jail by Judge
Rossman on two counts charging vag-r
rancy. Kach charge brought a sentence
of 180 days. .
Radical literature said to have been
found in his possession was Introduced
at the trial. Among other papers were
circulars which the police say con
demned Mayor Baker for his recent acts
in prohibiting radical meetings.
Speakman was indicted by the grand
jury for alleged criminal syndicalism,
but his case was postponed until a su
preme court decision on the constitu
tionality of the law. Bail for appeal
was set at $2000.
Ruth Gordon's Legs
'Perfectly Straight';
Casts Are Removed
Chicago, Feb. 5. (U. P.) Ruth Gor
don's legs are straight. The actress, who
had her legs broken in two places be
cause they were bowed. - rested happily
at the Presbyteriai hospital today. The
casts were removed by Dr., Edwin Ryers
and the legs were pronounced "perfectly
straight' -
Miss Gordon believed bowed legs In
terfered with her work on -the stage.
She has now been in the hospital nearly
two months, but hopes to be able to'
work during February.
American, Shot by
Mexicans, Is Dead
Washington, Feb. 5. L N. S.) R. B.
Case,: an American citizen., died late In
January at the Pllonesi mines, district
of Topia, state of Durango. Mexico, as
the result of gunshot wounds received
on January 23 at the hands of revolu
tionists, said to be under the leadership
of the Arleta brothers, the state depart
ment was advised today. Mrs. Case, a
native Mexican, was wounded in the arm.
'Gym' Stand Falls;
. Several Injured
Denver. Feb.5. L N. & Twelve
persons were injured, two probally fa
tally, this afternoon when a section of
the stands at the North Denver! high
school gymnasium 'fell during a bisket
ball game, i :i , f '
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DEATH IN PLUNGE
Albany, Or., Feb. 6. Fate dealt
kindly with two Corvallis young men
and two Albany girls at 11 o'clock
Friday' evehlng when the four es
caped serious injury as the automo
bile In which they" vrere driving
dropped from the Benton-Linn coun
ty bridge to the ground, 20 feet be
low, overturning as It fell. The ac
cident occurred at the northern ap
proach to the bridge..
According jto David Foster, son of Dr.
W. A. Foster of Corvallis, owner of the
car, a slippery bridge roadway was to
blame for the mishap. Skidding of the
car' when he applied the brakes as be
neared the end of the approach was re
sponsible for his losing control, he said.
The machine carried away more than 50
feet of the railing. The two girls were
In the rear seat. -
Jane Christy was uninjured, but Vio
let Ed wards sustained painful bruises.
As far as could be learned this morning
she is in no danger, although she re
mains at the hospital.
Melville Frost of Corvallis, who was
in the front seat with . young-, Foster,
also escaped with slight injuries. Foster
suffered a painful bruise on the shoulder.
Foster said, that he did not know until
Just before the accident that the girls
wereJn the car, and he was unable to ac
count for their presence there. The ma
chine was demolished. ' '
Jam in Senate Is
Broken; Sundry Civil
Bill Is Taken Up
By J. Bart Campbell
Washington. Feb. 6. L N. S.) The
legislative jam in the senate was broken
today when- Republican leaders suc
ceeded ; In having , the sundry civil ap
propriations bill called up.
' No objection was raised when Senator
Warren, Wyoming, la accordance! with
a plan agreed upoh by the Republican
leaders, called the bill up.
; The emergency tariff bill, which a num
ber of Republican senators predict will
be passed by-' the senate next week,
was temporarily laid aside.
The sundry ; civil bill as reported to
the senate carries appropriations total
ing $410,921,000.
One of the first senate amendments
tothe sundry civil bill , adopted was
that providing for $60,000 for the pur
chase of property adjoining the federal
building at Salt Lake City.
An appropriation for $496,000 for a
national archives building here was also
agreed to. '
Unidentified Man
. Falls From Bluff
From a bluff 200 feet high an uniden
tified man fell to the O-W. Hi A N.
tracks 85 miles east of The Dalles early
this morning and was taken to .that city
for medical attention by C W. Caca of
The Dalles. The man's arms, legs and
shoulders were broken, several rtba were
fractured' and he was suffering from in
ternal injuries, according to a report re
ceived by the local offices of the O-W.
Burroughs Moves
To Pasadena Glen
Pasadena. CaL, Feb. 5. L N. 8-
John Burroughs, noted American natur
alist, today established himself in a
cabin In Pasadena Glen, one of the syl
van groves adjacent to thi city, where
he will pas .- rst ' his winter
vacation. .
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St.. Louis, Mo.. Feb. 5. (U. P.)
Mail robbers held up Willis II.
ThornhllL united States mail mes
senger, at the M, IC & T. depot In
St. Charles. Mo, and escaped with a
mall sack containing t $100, 000, last
night.
Naval Prograni-f or
Italy Is Announced
By Rome Ministry
Home, Feb. .U. P. -Italy's naval
program, for which contracts were placed
daring the war, was announced today by
the ministry of the . navy.
The program calls tor three 2200-ton
scouts of the Leone class, five 806-ton
destroyers, eight 900-ton destroyers, six
250-ton gunboats, one river gunboat and
several auxiliaries. : i. -'..:..-
Keels to be laid this year will Include
eight 800-ton mine layers, one 7000-ton
naphtha tank steamer, ; it submarines
averaging S00 tons, two 900-ton scouts
and four 900-ton destroyers.
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Policeman Is Shot
v As He Drinks Beer
Dublin. Feb.. 5-l. N. S.) Three
armed men entered a Dublin saloon to
day and shot to death Polioeman Ryan
of the Black and Tans as he was lifting
a glass of beer to his mouth.
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BIG GALE
Nineteen Portland-Bound Passen- j
gers Reported Rescued 73 j
. Miles North of Golden Gate,
"Where Ship Pounding in Sea. j
San Francisco, Feb. 5. Carrying
19 passengers bound for Portland
and a crew Of 34, the steam schooner
Klamath, caught in an 85-nillc-an-hour
gale blowing off the California
coast, was swept ashore early this
mornings two miles south of Fish
Rock, about 73 miles north of San
Francisco and j 12 miles south "vof
Point Arena. All "lives havo been
saved, according to the latest wire
less message from the steamer Car
acas, which is standing by 'about a
half mile off shore. . '
CAPTAlX FLASHES MESSAiJE
'While she was being pounded by the
mountainous waves that ' were lashing
her and weeping", her shoreward, Capt
T. A. Jamleson flashed a.-wireless call
for help at 2 :15 o'clock. This "S. O. S."
was -picked up by the steamship Cura
cao 'of the Admiral line.'' northbound,
which finally found the helpless ship in
the high surf at Jielmar, Mendocino
county! .
Captain Charles Hall' of the Curacao
sent the following message here shortly
after 9. o'clock this-morning ;
"Klamath ashore at pejmar, clos in.
Passengers and crew apparently ashore
on bluff. Lifeboats In davits. Curacao
laying half mile off wreck.. Hull appar
ently Intact, but being punished by
heavy seas.":
REPORTS PA88E GEES. SAFE
Further assurance, that those on board
the Klamath were safe ashore came
shortly, before noon in a message from
Captain Hall to the Admiral line of
fices In this message he stated be was pro
ceeding Id Eureka as 'everybody ap
parently was ashore from Klamath and
unable render further assistance."
jL-WteWwireaprtnr'iob n ' vm t
of the McCormick line steamer Everett
this afternoon announced that he had
reached the scene of the wreck, but. be
cause of the high seas and strong wind,
was prevented from going close enough
to the wreck to render any assistance.
Captain Foldat reported It would be
dangerous for his vessel t - oattempt to
work in to the Klamath.
' Instructions were forwarded by offi
cials of the McCormick llnefor Captain
Foldat to survey the situation and re
port at the earliest possible moment.
At the same time efforts were bt-ing
made to dispatch relief to the crew and
passengers from i Inland points by auto
mobile, i 1 ' c
. The Klamath is owned by the Charles
R. McCormick Steamship company.
An earlier messare from, the Curasao
Concluded on face TUre, Olumn Thr);
JAPANESE SECTION
Pendleton, Or., Feb. o.--Crashing
a handax into the head of Oka Moto,
44y?ar-old! railroad ; section hafid.
who works ;Out of this city, a miir-,
derer, alleged to be S. Shibata, 28,
killed his victim as he lay asleep in
a pool hall in broad . daylight this '
morning, and threatened T. Shirakt
If he told of the happening.'
"You talk. I kill you, too," were the
parting words of the murderer, who,
after slashing the throat of the murdered
man, took $400 from Moto's purse and
walked out on the street..
The police were, on the scfne within
half an hour and secured hot evidence.
Statements of "Shorty" Aklmoto. pro
prietor of the Japanese pool hall. Jin
which the robbery and murder occurred,
are that all the participant are well
known and there-had been no ill feeling
reported in the local Japanese colony.
Moto was reported to be wealthy.
Indians Threaten
JTo Taka Warpath in
Feud of 40 Years
TSureka. Cal.. Feb. 5. (U. P.) Su
perintendent Jesse Mortsolf of the
Hoopa Valley Indian reservation in
Northern Humboldt county today ap
pealed to the district attorney here for
help In preserving order among the
Klamath Indians. '
He said the Indiana were ready to take
the warpath as5 a result of a renewed
outbreak of a 40-year-old feud, follow
ing the killing of a half breed named
Shanks a short time ago.
Communication
Between Belfast
And Dublin Cut
. - (
London. Feb. -6. (U. P.) Communi
caoion between Dublin and Belfast has
been cut off. according to advices re
ceived here today. The message slated
that the reason was not known.
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I . . . i . . k . .1 l iHa lu!in ra-
g ion have been current for several days.
GOES
ASHOR
IN
HAND SLAIN, ROBBED
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