Heppner gazette., January 28, 1909, Image 3

EXPRESS TRAINS
GRASH TOGETHER
Collision on Pennsylvania Railroad
Kills and Injures Many. .
Second Section Crashes Into First
While Running at Rate of 50 Miles
an Hour Trainload of Doctors
Sent to Scene on Special News
is Suppressed.
Johnstown, Pa., Jan. 23. Running
Bt a speed of nearly 50 miles an hour,
the second section of the St. Louis ex
press, on the Pennsylvania railroad,
westbound, which left Philadelphia at
4 :40 o'clock yesterday afternoon, crash
ed into the first section, which had
met with an accident at a point be
tween South Fork and Summer Hill,
known as "Running Ground," with
terrific force early this morning, kill
ing and injuring many persons.
The second section was a double
header with two large engines, and is
said to have plowed its way through
the first section. Immediately after
the wreck hurry calls were issued for
all available doctors and nurses at both
places and in less than an hour nearly
f)0 physicians were on their way to
the scene of the accident.
The wreck occurred between tele
graph stations and it is hard to gain
definite information. When the spe
cial train left this city, officers were
stationed at the depot to prevent news
papermen accompanying the phsi
eians. .
The latest information at this hour
is to the effect that five bodies have
been taken from the demolished cars
and that many injured have also been
rescued from the debris.
PACKERS' LAWYER LEAVES.
Lundberg Suddenly Departs for Port
land During Inquiry.
Chicago, Jan. 23. United States
district attorneys who are conducting
the investigation of the beef industry
manifested considerable interest today
in the discovery that Edward A. Lund
berg, an attorney who was associated
with the defense in the beef case in
vestigation of 1905, had suddenly sev
ered his connection with his employers
and had left Chicago.
For several years L'Jndberg had been
employed by packing concerns. From
19u5 until 19U7 he was associated with
A. II. Veeders, in the employ of Swift
& Co. From that time until last Sat
urday he was employed by Schwarz
child & Sulzberger, a large independent
packing concern. At the latter com
pany's offices it was said he had gone
to Portland, Or.
The disappearance of Lundberg, to
gether with the report that at least
one prominent packing concern had
been burning its records, which reach
ed the district attorney's office Thurs
day, has given a new turn to the beef
inquiry.
WILL DOUBLE WHEAT CROP.
Kansas Professor Breeds a Grain to
Add $50,000,000 to Wealth.
Manhattan, Kan., Jan. 23. Profes
sor II. F. Roberts, of the Kansas State
Agricultural college, has been experi
menting in the breeding of wheat since
1906. His experiments have now
reached the stage that warning has
gone out to Kansas farmers to increase
the size of their granaries and to buy
more threshing machines.
The result of Professor Roberts' re
searches is the probable propagation of
wheat that will increase the average
yield from 14 to 28 bushels an acre.
The wheat crop of Kansas for the last
five years has averaged approximately
SO, 000, 000 bushels.
"By next fall," declares Professor
Roberts, "I will have secured an ideal
wheat. Then watch Kansas Her
wheat yield will double, and the farm
ers of the state will have their annual
incomes increased to the extent of
nearly $50,000,000."
Longest Single Train Service.
Tacoma, Jan. 23. The longest sin
gle train service in the United States
is to be inaugurated by the Great
Northern railroad, which on June 1
will begin operating through trains be
tween Galveston, Texas, and Seattle,
according to advices just received here.
Trains will run via the Colorado South
ern and other Hill controlled lines from
the gulf to Denver, over the Burling
ton system to Billinus and Great Falls,
and thence over the main line of the
Great Northern to the Sound city.
Wool Men Plan Lobby.
Cheyenne, Wyo., Jan. 23. A perma
nent bureau at Washington for the pur
pose of opposing measures that may be
offered in congress to have the tariff
reduced on any Wyoming products,
particularly wool, will be maintained
by the National Woolgrowers' associa
tion. Announcement to this effect
was made today by the execcutive com
mittee. Sufficient money for the pur
pose has been raised among the mem
bership and others interested.
South Dakota Favors Women.
Pierre, S. D., Jan. 23. The equal
suffrage amendment passed the senate
today without debate and withirot two
dissenting votes. The proposed amend
ment is to the state constitution.
CARS JUMP TRACK.
Eighteen Injured on a Portland Sub
urban Street Car Line. -
Portland, Jan. 20. Eighteen per
sons were injured, one fatally, in an
accident at Williams avenue and Cher
ry street at 2 :30 o'clock yesterday af
ternoon when the trailer of car No.
353, of the St. John line, jumped the
track in whirling around a curve, hurl
ing both the motor car and trailer a
distance of 100 feet.
There were 66 passengers on the
cars. A few jumped as the cars leaped
from the tracks in their wild flight;
others were hurled through windows
and still others were pinioned on the
sidewalk and in the street beneath the
mass of debris. Both motorman and
conductor stayed with the cars. They
were uninjured.
Accidental breaking of the air pipes
is said to have been the cause of the
disaster. The break occurred several
blockfTfrom the scene and .was discov
ered by the motorman, R. Gove, two
blocks away, as the cars approached
the down grade leading to the sharp
curve at Williams avenue and Cherry
street.
A telegraph pole and maple tree were
snapped by the impact. Fortunately
there is a wide space of street at the
intersection through which the cars
swept.
As the cars left the tracks some of
the passengers began to jump. How
so many of the 66 passengers escaped
with their lives is remarkable.
Most of the passengers were women,
few children being aboard..
EXCUSES ARE MANY.
New Panel for Calhoun Jury Melts
Away Very Fast.
San Francisco, Jan. 20. Yesterday's
proceedings, opening the second week
of the trial of Patrick Calhoun upon
an indictment charging the offer of a
bribe to a San Francisco supervisor,
resulted in no addition to the three men
who were temporarily passed last week
and it was evident that many days
would elapse before the taking of tes
timony was begun. Out of 150 citi
zens summoned all but 6 escaped ser
vice before the opposing attorneys were
given an opportunity to test them for
bias and prejudice.
The preliminary examination by
Judge William P. Lawlor was pro
longed until within an hour of adjourn
ment, and of the men whose names
were actually placed in the box, but
. , . i . j rr j? .t
tnree were quesuoneu. iwo oi. meat;
admitted bias, and the third, a former
streetcar conductor, who was discharg
ed by the United Railroads company
prior to the first strike, had not been
passed by the defense and was under
interrogation by Assistant District
Attorney Heney when the day's pro
ceedings ended.
Every variety of excuse covered by
the statutes was employed by citizens
who escaped service. Many depended
upon the representation that their bus
iness affairs would suffer irreparable
injury. Others presented physician's
certificates and half a dozen claimed
exemption because of previous service
in the National Guard. One talesman
created some amusement by unfolding
his certificate of service in the militia,
and he promptly availed himself of the
privilege it carried.
The police guard at the courtroom
was increased and few spectators
gained admittance.
ROCKEFELLER GIVES.
Adds $1,000,000 to Chicago Univer
sity Endowment Fund.
Chicago, Jan. ?0. John D. Rock
efeller today added $1,000,000 to the
endowment fund of the University of
Chicago. The university founder's
latest benefaction was announced to
night by Registrar Thomas W. Good
spead after the receipt of a telegram
from John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
The gift, which comes in the form
of the transfer of securities yielding
an annual income of $40,000, raises
the total amount of the oil king's do
nations to the university to $24,809,
666.98, of which $15,000,000 is for en
dowment purposes. Of this amount
more than $8,000,000 have been given
during the past three years.
For the first time on the occasion of
a large gift to the university, Mr.
Rockefeller did not add a sum for the
payment of an expected deficit. The
budget for the coming fiscal year be
ginning July, 1909, amounting to $1,
350,000, will be covered by the uni
versity income. For the first time in
the history of the Midway school the
institution is practically self support
ing. Asia Minor Feels Shock.
Smyrna, Jan. 20. So far as can be
ascertained, eight persons were killed
today by an earthquake at Fhocaea, 25
miles, northwest of this city, and at
other neighboring towns. Considera
ble damage was done to buildings at
Phocaea. The population at Chil be
came panic stricken, though no serious
damage resulted. The earthquake was
felt here, but there was no loss of life.
The American battleships Louisiana
and Virginia are here.
Mexican Volcano Active
Mexico City, Jan. 20. The volcano
near the city of Colima is in eruption.
It is throwing out a great quantity of
ashes and stones. No lava is flowing
and the people are not alramed. Seve
ral Blight earthquake shocks have been
reported, but there has been no dam
age. Iowa Chooses A. B. Cummins.
Dea Moines, la., Jan. 20. Albert
B. Cummins was yesterday elected to
a six-year term in the United States
senate. The two houses in joint ses
sion will today make formal announce
ment of the election.
A BRIEF DAILY REPORT ON
THE
Saturday, January ,23.
Washington, Jan. 23. A large num
ber of pension bills were passed by the
house today and by the decisive vote of
42 to 103 the house refused to increase
the pension of Julia B. Coghlan, widow
of Rear-Admiral Coghlan, U. S. N.,,
from $50 a month, as recommended by
the committee on pensions, to $100, a3
proposed in an amendment offered by
Olcott, of New York. Olcott made an
impassh ned appeal for the increase.
"It is," he said, "for the widow of
the man who fired the first shot at Ma-
n la, and that Is only one instance in
his life of his being prepared for every
emergency.
Stroner opposition to the increase
was made by Hull, of Iowa, Louden
slager, of New Jersey, Campbell, of
Kansas, and Sims, of lennessee, on
the ground that there was nothing un
usual in the case to demand this spe
cial consideration.
Consideration of a bill to prohibit
the importation of opium except for
medicinal purposes was prevented by
Payne, of New York, on the ground
that such action would reduce the na
tional revenue $1,000,000 a month and
would not lessen t!,e use of the drug.
Washington, Jan. 23. The confiden
tial information concerning expendi
tures from the $3,000,000 war deficien
cy fund, which was sent to the Senate
by President Roosevelt in response to
tre Foraker resolution, was obtained
by the Ohio senator today for examina
tion at his home. The report was con
voyed to the senator's house by a mes
senger from the office of the secretary
of state, whose messenger was in
structed to return the document to the
secret files of the senate when Mr.
Foraker had finished his examination.
Senator Gallingcr has undertaken to
provide a retirement roll in the navy
department for all the surviving offi
cers of the navy or marine corps of the
Civil war, with a provision that each
shall receive three-fourths of the pay
allowed him for the highest rank held
by him, and has introduced a bill to
that end.
Friday, January 22.
Washington, Jan. 22. February 12
was today declared to be a special holi
day, and a survey and plans foV a
highway from Washington to Gettys
burg, to be known as Ihe Lincoln
Way," as a memorial to Abraham
Lincoln, were provided for by a joint
resolution passed by the senate after
an extended debate. The resolution
did not commit congress to the con
struction of the highway when sur
veyed. Some time was also devote to consid
eration of the Japanese question.
Washington, Jan. 22. Exactly as
reported by the committee, the naval
program for the fiscal year 1910 was
today adopted by the house and the
naval appropriation bill was passed.
The opponents of the navy increase
feature of the bill found themselves
in a hopeless minority. The only al
teration made was the striking out of
provisions restoring marines to naval
vessels. The aggregate amount appro
priated is $135,u00,000.
Thursday, January 21.
Washington. Jan. 21. Debate on
the propriety of increasing salaries of
Federal, Circuit and District judges
consumed nearly the entire time of the
senate -today, with the result that the
compensation of the 29 Circuit judges
was increased from $7,000 to $9,000,
and that i f tn 1 84 District judges from
$6,000 to $8,000.
Senator Raynor thought the expenses
of the Roosevelt expedition to Airica
should be paid because "it will be con
ductive to the peace and general wel
fare of the nation, temporarily, at
least."
Washinfton. Jan. 21. Strictures
upon the efficiency of officers of the
navy in the care or machinery oi war
voaaola vaprf ntfprpH in the hnnsp to
day during the consideration of the
naval appropriation bill, with the re
sult that an amendment was adopted
requiring the secretary of the navy an
nually to report to congress tne in
stances where more than $2,000 is ex
pended for repairs.
Wednesday, January 20.
Washington, Jan. 20. The Browns
ville affray was taken up by the senate
today, Frazier, of Tennessee, speaking
in opposition to the passage of any
measure for the re-enlistment of the
discharged soldiers of the Twenty-fifth
regiment. He insisted that the guilt
of some men of the regiment had been
established beyond doubt, although the
individuals who had committed the
crime had not been determined. Fora
ker announced that he would move next
Monday to take up h s bill to reinstate
the soldiers unless an agreement on a
time to vote for the measure was made
sooner. The legislative, executive and
judicial appropriation bill was under
consideration today.
Washington, Jan. 20. After adopt
ing without opposition a resolution by
which Governor George F. Lilley, of
War Department Asks More.
Washington, Jan. 21. An increase
of nearly $10,000,000 is asked for in
the estimates of the War department
for the fortifications bill, which was
taken up by the subcommittee of the
house on appropriations today. Of
this amount $3,000,000 is wanted for
forticfiations in the Philippines and
the estimate for the armament of
fortifications is increased from $2,000,
000 last year to over $4,000,000 this
year.
WORK OF CONGRESS
Connecticut, ceases to be a member of
congress, the house today proceeded
with the naval appropriation bill.
Fo'ir amendments wjre offered to the
measure. Foss, chairman of the naval
affairs committee, had charge of the
bill on the floor and Tawney, Fitzger
ald, Gaines, Macon and others spoke.
Mann occupied . the chair during the
consideration of the bill, which prob
ably w ill have the, attention of the
house on Friday.
Tuesday, January 19.
Washington, Jan. 19. The salaries
of the president, vice president and
speaker of the house were again under
discussion in the senate today, when
the legislative, executive and judicial
appropriation bill was taken up.
Amendments were adopted increasing
the president's salary to $100,000, that
of the chief justice of the Supreme
court to $15,000, and those of associate
justices to $14,500. An amendment
was also adopted providing for an un
der secretary of state at a salary of
$10,000 a year.
Washington, Jan. 19. Disposing of
the speech of Willett, of New York,
yesterday, attacking the president, by
reftrring it to a special committee to
report what disposition should be made
of it, the house proceeded today to
take up the various appropriation bills.
Butler, of Pennsylvania, occupied
the chair during the debate on the
pension appropriation bill, which abol
ishes all but one of the 18 pension
agencies throughout the country. The
bill, which carries a total appropria
tion of $160,869,000, was passed vir
tually as reported by the committee on
pensions.
The urgent deficiency bill, which
carries appropriations amounting to
$1,062,402, was passed after a roll call
and several votes had been called for
on an amendment offered by Heflin, of
Alabama, providing for an appropria
tion of $300,00 for further distribution
of seeds by the department of agricul
ture. Monday, January 18.
Washington, Jan. 18. The provi
sions for an increase of the salary of
the president to $100,000 and of the
salaries of the vice president and
speaker of the house of representatives
to $20,000 each, contained in a' senaate
amednment to the legislative, execu
tive and judicial appropriation bill,
were taken up in the senate today and
the point of order made against them
by Borah was further considered, re
sulting in the adoption, by a vote of 34
to 32, of another amendment, fixing
the speaker's salary at $15,000.
Senator Fulton has offered an amend
ed rate bill, which provides that when
the Interstate Commerce commission
suspends a proposed higher rate the
rate then in force shall continue in
force until the complained of rates
have been settled by a hearing; also,
that several roads may enter into
agreements as to rates.
Senator Fulton's bill to create Sad
dle Mountain National park was favor
ably reported today. The lands includ
ed lie in townships 5 and 6 north,
range 8 west.
Senator Fulton has introduced a bill
to include in the Blue Mountain Na
tional forest, sections 17 to 24, town
ship 13 south, range 25 east of the
Willamette meridian.
Washington, Jan. 18. When Repre
sentative William Willett, Jr., of Far
Rockaway, N Y., representing the
Fourteenth New York district, was in
the midst of a bitter attack on the
president today, the house of repre
sentatives by a vote of 126 to 78 re
fused to allow him to proceed on the
ground that he was "villifying the
president." The question was raised
on a point of order.
Although Roosevelt's name wes not
mentioned by the speaker, innuendo
left no possible doubt as to the person
designated.
President Roosevelt today sent to
congress a special message requesting
that Lincoln's birthday, February 12,
be made a national holiday.
Among the measures passed by the
house today was that extending the
provisions of the Carey act to the
Territories of Arizona and New Mex
ico. Provide Enough Officers.
Washington, Jan. 20. "I am con
vinced that the only remedy for the ab
sentee evil is to provide enough officers
on the active list of the army to per
form all of the duties required of it."
This is the substance of the reply which
Secretary Wright today made to the
house, which recently passed a resolu
tion seeking information with a view
to having a number of retired officers
perform duties of active officers de
tached from the various commands.
Newberry Cuts All Red Tape.
Washington, Jan. 19. Secretary
Newberry was at his desk today com
pleting as fast as possible the general
administration program for sending to
Italy building material for the con
struction of a large number of small
houses to shelter earthquake sulTeres.
All red tape has been waived so that
vessels may be sent off at the earliest
possible moment with their loads of
material.
Big Fine Declared Legal.
Washington, Jan. 21. The Supreme
court of the United States today affirm
ed the decree of the state courts of
Texas imposing a fine of $1,623,000 on
the Waters-Pierce Oil company, of St.
Louis, ousting it from the state on the
charge of violating the Texas anti
trust law.
JAP AFFAIR IMPORTANT.
Outweighs All Others, is View Taken
by Roosevelt.
Washington, Jan. 22. In conversa
tion with some of his visitors, particu
larly Senators' Flint, of Colorado, and
Fulton, of Oregon, President Roosevelt
today went so far as to say he thought
nothing pending in congress or any of
the differences between himself and
congress were of half the importance''
of the Japanese-California question.'
He urged the necessity of California's
congressional delegation using its influ
ence as freely &p possible against what
might be resented by Japan.
Mr. Flint and other Californians
have told the president plainly that,
while they are willing to help him,
they do not place much confidence in
the figures of the governnu nt as to the
decreasing number of Japanese in this
country. The facts dispute the figures,
they declare, and add that the Japanese
are taking posses-ion of whole towns.
The president advised his California
visitors that he would like to see a fair
trial given to the promise of the Jap
anese to decrease the number of their
citizens in this country and, if this
trial shows that there is no decrease,
then he will no longer use his influ
ence, even after he goes out of office,
to prevent hostile legislation.
Mr. Fulton, after h;s talk at the
White house, said that the feeling as
to the Japanese in his state was not as
acute as in California. .
WISELY REVEALS PLAN.
Studied Bank's System and Then Jug
gled Books and Checks.
St. Louis, Mo., Jan. 22. Don Carlos
Wisely, after telling of having "plant
ed" over $8,000 in the safety vaults
of the Portland Trust company, dictat-
td a confession of how he robbed the
Old National bank, of Spokane, to raise
money to learn the plumbing trade.
"In Aguust, 1908, I obtained a posi
tion at the bank as blotter clerk for the
navine' teller." said Wiselv in his
L ml O ' v
statement. "I worked overtime at
night to svudy the bank's system of
handling money. It took me just six
weeks to find out there was a loophole
in the bank's dealings with the clear
ing house through which 1 could obtain
a large amount of money.
"First of all I stole $1,000 in silver
from the vault and covered up the
shortage by making a fictitious entry
in fine of the books. Then, when a
check for $10,000 had passed through
my hands and from the bookkeeper to
the cashier and then to the statement
clerk, I got it again and made another
entry of it. After it passed through
the various hands a second time I stop
ped it again. Later, when another
$10,000 reached the bank from another
institution, I took the first one to the
clearing house and got gold certificates
for it.
"I left Spokane immediately after
getting the money and went to Port
land, where I opened an account under
the assumed name of Harry Moore."
PACKERS BURN EVIDENCE.
Chicago Meat Men Destroy Papers
Sought by Government.
Chicago, Jan. 22. Smoke and ashes
have put an unexpected limitation
upon the government's investigation
of the beef industry. Though the gov
ernment's attorneys had been expect
ing to spring a new sensation in the
near future by turning their batteries
of investigation upon other promin
ent packing concerns than Morris &
Co,., the news reached the district at
torney's office today that thousands of
documents, claim files and letters had
been burned at the stock yards by the
packers, who did not relish the idea of
a Federal investigation.
There was quick action on the part
of the Federal authorities when they
learned that valuable evidence had been
burned. Secret service men who work
under the supervision of the depart
ment of justice were hurried to the
stockyards to learn what employes had
sorted the claims and burned the unde
sirable ones found on in the files. It
is proposed to subpoena witnesses be
fore the grand jury to investigate the
burning.
Recall Mayor Harper.
Los Angeles, Jan. 22. Two hundred
and fifty prominent citizens of Los
Angeles, at a meeting today at the in
stance of the Municipal league, voted
to prepare and circulate petitions de
manding an election for the recall from
office of Mayor A. C. Harper. It will
require the signatures of about 8,000
voters to call the election. The allega
tions of misconduct in office made
aeainst Hart er are based principally
upon his recent appointment of Chief
of Police Kern as member of the board
of public works- and upon allegations
of vice protection.
More Lights for Pacific.
Washington, Jan 22. For the light
house establishment throughout the
United States, Secretary Straus today
sent to congress estimates amounting
to $406,000. He asked among other
things $150,000 for a first-class steam
light vessel to mark Orford reef, Ore
gon, a group of rocks extending two
and a half miles north and south and
one and a half miles east and west, and
$41,600 for six light and fog signals
in Puget sound.
Only One Passes Muster.
San Francisco, Jan. 22. A sinple
tale-man ran the gauntlet of inquiry
yesterday in the trial of Patrick Cal
houn upon an indictment for bribery,
and 11 others, whose examination occu
pied the entire day, were challenged or
excused. The proceedings were almost
monotonous and there was not a single
clash between opposing attorneys.
MANY WORKMEN
BURNED IN TRAP
Sixty Men Meet Death on Lake Mich
igan Tunnel Crib.
Many of Survivors Freeze to Ice, Clad
Only in Night Clothes, and Are
Badly Injured Remains of Vic
tims Gathered Up in Sacks Mary
Suffocate in Tunnel.
Chicago, Jan. 21. Sixty men weie
killed and 48 terribly injured in an ex
plosion at the crib, one mile out in
Lake Michigan yesterday. The men
were isolated on a narrow ledge with
out boats, and the survivors had the
choice of remaining and burning to
death, leaping into the lake, which
was thickly filled with ice hummocks,
or smothering in the tunnel leading to
shore and which was immediately tinea
with deadly gas.
Those who were not too badly stun
ned sprang into the lake and fought
with the ice until tugs arrived. Some
were saved but others perished. Many
mpn were thrown out of bed by the
explosion and clung to blocks of ice,
their only clothing being thin night
shirts. The rescuers found them be
numbed and insane and some of them
fought their res?uers in their delirium.
Some of the escapes were marvelous.
Those who could not swim swung by
ropes over the sides of the crib, but the
flames ate through the ropes and they
dropped to death. Many were maue
unconscious bv the force of the explo
sion and burned to death inside the
crib.
The horror was increased 15 minutes
after the fire broke out by an explosion
of dynamite used in blasting the intake
tunnel. The result was seen when the
bodies were brought in. Many of them
were but chunks of charred flesh and
bones. One gunnysack contained five
human heads, while another contained
many arms and leg3. Identification of
these pitiful remnants was utterly oui
of the question.
Of the injured who were rescuea
many will die, as their burns and ex
posure were so severe that they cannot
rallv. Tonie-ht fullv half of the res
cued men suffered amputation of arms
or legs.
Until the rescuers are able to enter
the water tunnel, it will not be known
how many persons perished below the
surface of the lake. Air pressure was
kept in this portion of the work and,
as the air generating plant became dis
abled soon after the fire started, those
in the tunnel must have perished.
DELAY ANTI-JAP BILLS.
Governor of California Asks Legisla
ture to Wait.
Sacramento, Cal., Jan. 21. Consid
eration of the bills denying to Japan
ese the right to own American land or
to be directors of corporations, was de
layed for one week by the assembly
yesterday at the request of President
Roosevelt and Governor Gillett.
When these measures came up on a
special order, Preston, of Mendocino
county, offerel a resolution requesting
the president to furnish the legislature
with all documents an 1 data in posses
sion of the Federal authorities bearing
upon the Japanese situation. This was
declared to be out of order. Then
Drew moved that his bill denying Jap
anese the rght to own land be made a
special order for the same day next
week.
Grove L. Johnson, author of the di
rectors' bill, opposed postponement in
an impassioned speech, declaring that
the request of the president for delay
meant nothing to the legislature, a
the governor had not seen fit to trans
mit it to the assembly through a spe
cial message and no such request was
before the house. He said t at the
Japanese were increasing in numbers,
instead of decreasing, as stated by the
president, and there was urgent de
mand all over the state for action at
once. He, for one, would not give up
the fight against Washington's inter
vention. Three Hundred Houses Go.
Smyrna, Jan. 21. Another earth
quake was experienced here at ten
minutes past 2 o'clock this morning,
but no damape was done. The Ameri
can battleships Louisiana and Virginia
are still in thehaibor. News of the
effect of the shoek of yesterday comes
in slowly. Over 300 dwellings were
destroyed in villages in the Phocacea
district, but only a few persons lost
their lives.
Quietus for Affinity Craze.
Topeka, Kan., Jan. 21. The "affin
ity" business will not be popular in
Kansas hereafter. It is certain that
the law making it a felony will pass
the legislature, and Governor Stubbs
has promised to sign it, if it comes to
him. Senates Travis, of Iola, intro
duced the bill. It makes it a felony
for a married woman to run away with
another man, and vice versa. Even a
temporary "affinity" is punishable by
jail sentence.
Prohibition Bill Stands.
Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 21. Over the
veto of Governor Fatterson this after
noon both houses of the legislature
r,Mr.1 th senate bill which prohibits
i the sale of intoxicating liquor within
four miles of a school house in Tennes
see, and is in effect a statewide pro
hibition act. It is effective July 1,
1 1909.
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