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MMDjVOJtD, OlfcNUON, MONDAY, NOVKAIHIOIfc 13, 1011.
No. 202.
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48 LIVES ARE AT MERCY OF WAVES
HAND TO HAND FIGHT RAGES AT N ANKING
SCORE DEAD, PROPERTY LOSS ENORMOUS, RESULT STORM
midline price
PLACED ON HEAD
GENERAL HAUN
Rclifls Vow Vctifjcnucc (or Terrific
Slnuiihtcr Onlcrril hy Mnncliu
Lender ricvolutionlsts Take Cie
Foo Without Mcctlnu Resistance.
ANTI-FOREIGN SENTIMENT
IS SAID TO BE INCREASING
Drtcrjntcs From All South China Ex
pected to Attend the National
Assembly.
SHANGHAI. Nov. I3.-Klglilmg
Hintri pllwt of tlui ilwul who full In
HlO l'ttCONl Mmichu massacre, tobolH
nitil Imperialists todny mo In u lintul
to Itmnl buttle In tlu mihuilm of Nan
king, wlilltt burning IiiiIIUIiikn aru
crushing down In unison with thu
tliiiintnr of thu gnus.
Thu ruWtfl. after Hm.uI Iiik suppllo.
hogmi thv t'ltnck hy netting flro to
various parts of Nanking to covur
tholr iiiovHiiumtM. Tho bat tin In re
ported In dUpntchos tceolvod huro to
lutr hewn In progrett for hour, with
thu I win ii In ilouht. Tho iwo fortius
are nmIiI to bo fighting desperately
hnnil to Imud, from lruot to struct
through (ho hunting city.
JUO.OOO IttmiHll.
(Irlin determination to avengo tho
ntHMMcro of thousands at Nanking I
avowed In t'lupnteho front n domm
rob! chief, mill n reward of $200,
000 U offered for tho head of Gun
cnil Chung IIhiiii, tho Mitnrhtt com
niHiKlur, on wIionu ardors thu iiiiih
wicnt liWRnn.
lilhimtclu'H from Che Koo today say
tlii rebels httvo formally oeeiiplud
thHt city without resistance from tho
Imperialists.
Duluxutos from all Hottth China
aru expected to attend tho national
MmuMiitily huro and hoiiio of'lhu load
urn havu n I run dy arrlvud. Thu robots
nro nnwiHy over Russia's reported
nendliiK of a detachment of Cossacks
to Pokln ami tholr illtuiulotuilu Is
Kiently IncriHtHuil hy ropotts that, do
splto Washington denials, Antoilca Ih
luadliiK movement to "Intornntlou
nllxo" tho wholo of tho rluh and
piipiilmiH YutiKtuo KlitttK valley.
AiitLKorolgu Nolo Hounded.
Ah a ruHiilt of thuKu reports, and-
forulgn uuiitlinout Ih dally growing
anionic tho IoImiIh. Tho most onllght
(ined among tho foua of thu Mniichu
dynasty bulhivo that China la on tho
ovo of an awakonlni; which Hpeedlly
will place It among tlip groat powont
and thoy hlttorly oppono any move
munl of thu natlonn which would, In
tho vary hour of ItH birth, cripple tho
rupiihllii which thoy bollovo will at
no distant day dominate tho far cast.
Itopnrtu frnm I'd It In today aru Unit
Yiinn Hlil Kill Ih hIIU conferring with
tho advisors of tho omporor In thu
capital. It Ih understood that Yuan
Ih urging tltn omporor to abdicate If
tho rohulH wll gunrnntoo lil por
iiomtl imfoly and provldo him with a
llfu puiiHlon.
Prlcos Lower.
NMW YORK, Nov. III. At tho
opening of toda'H titoelc market
pi Iiuh wuro gonurally lowor than Sat
tirday'it uIohIuk. I.ohli;h Vnlloy and
Allien luau Tolophouo IohI a point,
Union Pacific, Howling, Southern l'n
clflo and United Btjilon Steol profurrud
droppud :pt mid Ht. l'uul wfl down
Vt. Huolc IhIuiuI profurrod Knlnod n
point, Later dodlluo wuh Htopped and
thu nmrkut wont nuarly to Sutunluyla
high flijuruB. P
Tho nimkot cloiuiil Jioavy tuul
Hloady,
JJoiidfj worq firm,
l BRUTALLY MISTREATED
SBSfezg
GIRL 01 TRIAL
i
All Kansas Excited hy Case Against
Fifteen Young Men Who Arc Said
to Have Grossly Mistreated Miss
Mary Chamberlain.
. r- .,
LINCOLN, Kmisan, Nov. 13. -Willi
every room in llm two hotels of
which Lincoln boasted engaged for
week in advance and hoarding
place filluil, Linuolii today prepared
lo go through niio of Ilia most treu
iioiih pcn'oili of it iwi'iuii tho trial
of fiflei'ii prominent cili.(iiM for .lit
InriiiiK ami feiitlieriiij; of n yottiiK
nuil licuiilil'iil girl, Minn Mnry CIiuiii
lierlnin. Tho pnnuinened of the men
chary I'd with thu InrriiiK lutt nroiufd
the eiiiintr.Hii!e (o a high pitch of t.
I'itcmunt. Coiiuly Allorney iMeCnndletw di
eltitux lie will ihiiiiunil tiiu full peunl-
ly -ono year in jail nuil a fine of $1,-
DIM) for each of the guilty parties.
On llio nilit of August 7 IiihI Minn
Chamberlain, with her escort, a liar-
her, Hlarlcii in n litiiru.v for n lanei
at (lie Mcliooi Iioiiko where she taught
wniio three milen nwuv. Sliortlv nfl
or puHNiiiK llm ouULirlM of thu town,
throe miiHlicil men appeared in front
of tho veitiulo, and rougliiy ordered
I lie gill (o gut out. Ilur OMoort did
not inlerfore.
The mun I hen Heircil tho gill nuil
earrieil lier to n lioiifiro nearby,
whoro hevenil oilier nmHknd men
lielped lo l rip her ami apply a oo.it
o fiur nuil feathers. Tito application
finished, they Vanished.
l-'ifleen young nien wore tiicii tr
restcil. They were of Shinty Hcinl,
tho (own where (he hcIioo Ikiiiho was
located. Kcconi, her eeorl, entered
it plea of fjtiilly nod wan Boulciido to
Hervo twoho months,
MAY JAIL BEEF
TRUST MAGNATES
Among tho Defendants Aro Louis F.
Swift, Edward F. Swift, J. Ogdcn
Armour and Edward Morris Ro
stralnt of Trade Charged.
CIUCAOO, ills., Nov. 1U. Ten
linroiis of tho "meal trust" tiro today
eaeli facing- u fiuo of .ffiQOO, ami a
year in jail for allowed monopoly mid
teslraiut of t rado as tho result of a
nine years' iiivostij,'utiou hy tho gov
ei'iiinent, wliieli enilod them to trial
kni'n Illulei the Kbni'innii niill-l I'nvl
M(Tv- Noveinhur 120.
Among llio dofoinlnntH nro Louis
l- Bwll't, Kilwnrtl 1 Swift, J. Og.leu
Atmoiir iiml Ktlwurd Morris,
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MEN 10
TARRED
AD
TEED
BlulLY COLD
WEATHER HOLDS
MIDDLE WEST
Zero Weather Grips Territory De
vested Saturday Nlojit hy Tornado
Reports Mcajjre Owlnu to Breaks
in Communication.
STORM WORST IN YEARS
IN GREAT LAKES REGION
Many Vessels Are Beached Hospit
als of Chlcnno Filled With
Victims.
CI MCA (SO, III.. Nov. 13. Scoruu
of puriMMiM aru dead mid t;reat Biiffur
ItiK provallH uiiioiik thu poor today as
a result of a violent. Dtorm which Iiuh
been KvvuupliiK thu mlddlo wot for
tho pant two days, leaving a train of
(levnHtatlon In Uk wake. Thu prop
city damiiKu already totaln millions.
Tho wtHtthur U hlttorly cold.
HuvUod raporta rocolveil huro Indi
cate that 12 Uvoh woru loot In Wis
CjOiihIh b n tornado. Today xuro
wcaliiur Krlp tho dovastated torrl-
tory. Commtiiilcatlou hau not yot
been rutitoroil and thu roporta aro
muitKru.
I'mfii to Death.
John Dudley of Grand Forks, N.
!)., and Jtwopli Kuppo of Htmh City,
Minn., were found fror.on to death
near their homes. Kuppo porinhed In
tryliiK to Mwlm anhoro after tho high
wind had Hwampod his hunting boat.
Thu Htoriu Ih tho worst In tho his
tory of tho urout lnko roglon for
)(HirH. Half a score of lako veasola
worn beached by tho vlolonco of tho
tomputit and Hovoral largo ahlpa wurd
driven entirely acroHH I'iko Michigan.
Tho government llfo twvora wuro
fun oil to keep n :tG-hotir vigil.
Throo porsotiH porlRhod In Chicago
as n result of tho lntutiBO cold, and
tho ItoHpltalH nro filled with other
victim. Tho known dond nro W-lll
lam .tohntmn, Theodoro LlmiOHon and
Harry Ureon.
Tornado Sweeps Illinois.
Iteports ft otii Virginia, 111., nro
that $200,000 datuago wuh douo hy n
tornado which awopt that uuctlon
Saturday nlcht mid that several hun
dred persona nro homeless.
Tho Indications nro that as n ro
ault of thu Biiddoii cold, lako shipping
will bo tied up for woolen. Along tho
Canadlnn hordor wheat traffic Ih con
gested. Tho elovntora nro Janimod
with grain mid tho railroads nro un
able to handle It rapidly enough.
SECOND TRIAL
REFUSED BEATTIE
Only tho Governor Now Stands Be
tween Convicted Young Wlfo Slay
er and Doath Powerful Influence
to Bo Brought to Bear.
HICIIMOND, Ya., Nov. 13. Tho
supremo court of appuals today ro
fused to Rrant another trial to Hen
ry Clay lU'ittlio, Jr., oonvieted of thu
murder of his wife ami Kunleuced to
death in tho oleotriq chair. As a re
btilt only (ho governor now stands ho
twoon tho wealthy young wifo-slayoi'
ami dentil.
Tho attorneys who havo arrangc-il
themselves behind Hoattio nro plan
ning to. Iiring powerful influence) to
hoar with thu governor to sootiro a
commutatioii of thu death sentence
or at least a postponoinont of tho ex
ecution, wliieli in set for Novomlier
01
PALACE AT PEKIN THREATENED YOUNG EMPEROR AND 5UITE FLEE. I
' . " '
LIVES MILOOIS
INIMKARE
City Recking Wltlijnith as Result cf
Strike-Cold Weather Alone Is
Prcvcntlnn Epidemic New York
Militia In Readiness.
. - JL
- NKW Y0UK.??6T-33. Sew York"!
Ih today recking with putrid garbago
and thu situation Is menacing tho
live of millions. Streets aro piled
high In filth and In nil tho city but
tun, almost tnwlow, garbago wagons
aro operating, mid those nccompnnlod
by 60 foot, 10 mounted nnd two pa
trol whkouk loaded with policemen.
ConilllkniH nro worao than they
havu over btwu In tho city's history,
but thu striking city garKngo collect
ors aro In complete control of tho
situation nnd are as obdurnto as May-!
or GH)nor, uho dealares thoy will
either return to work under thu con
ditions ho offers or remain out. Thoy
say thoy will not go back to work
until they win their point and that
thoy will not bo compelled to remain
out Ions. Public opinion, topped by
Indignation and general foar of nn
epidemic of some sort resulting from
tho filth, Is running high nnd tho
sympathies of tho public nro with
tho strikers.
City offlriMlt) admit that 710 tons
of garbago remain uncollected and
that only tho cold wonthor provonts
an epidemic. Three thousand pounds
of carbolic powder has boon sea tie rod
throuxh the district suffering most
and more Is belus: distributed today.
It Is roported that sovoral New
York stnto mllttla regiments havo
boon ordered to hold thomsulvos In
roudliiess for sttiko duty, nnd thoy
will bo cmIIoiI should tho situation
warrant Interferons) upon tho part
of Governor DIx.
NEW WITNESS
Venireman Says Ho Was Near Otis'
Home Morning Bomb Exploded and
That He Belelvcs Dynamlto Was
Used to Destroy tho Times.
LOS AKG1CLKS, Nov. 13. Tho not
result of this morning's session of
the JloNnmiira murder trial was tho
dovelopinonl of a m w state's vitllos,
Fred r. W'ohh, and Uiq passing for
oauso hy thu delVtiso of T. J. (.Jreen,
a atook raiser.
Webh deolnreil that lie was so
firmly convinced that dynamilo was
used to destroy llio Times that it
would ho ahnofct imnosibo to get
enough ovideueo to prove the con
trary to hi, sulinfaution.
When Harrow a-ked him how ho
M IN DANGER
DEVELOPED
RDDGERS FALLS
SIX MILES
FRDMJIIS GOAL
Birdman Suffers Slight Concussion
of the Brain Following Plunge to
Earth Plowed Ground Alone
'Saves Him From Death.
l'ASADKNA. Cnl.f Nov. IRSSSf
ntor C. 1 Rodgcrs is today sttffof-
ing from a slight concussion of the
bruin following a plunge to earth i:
Ins aeroplane when but six miles
from his long sought goal, tho Pn
eifio ocean, late yesterday afternoon.
Dr. P. C. K. MnttUou, wlio is in con
stant ntendaanee on the birdman at
the Hotel .Murylmid, said that none of
his injuries arc serious, nnd tlm'. lie
will bo up ami about ngaaiti in a
few das.
Iiovu'd CiroutuI Saved Him.
No oao is ponnittod to sco him.
When friends saaw the machine drop
like a plummet thoy oxpootod to find
the aviator dead. Thoy found his
head buried in the plowed field. Ho
was quiely reloased from his pre
dicament nnd taken to Pasadena 5u
a special train.
odgers is still unablo to voolleot
how tho accident hnppoued. lie is
in a dazed condition and at tulorvnL
rofers iuoohorontly to his flight, ask
ing his nttoudnuts if ho made n good
lauding and whether the machine was
damaged. When ids liend mechanic
ian, who was permitted to see him
this morning, told that tho plane was
nearly intact ami that he made a
good landing, considering tho dark
ness, odgers, stoical birdiua.m that
ho is, broke into tears and after a
few minutes again rolnpsud into semi
consciousness. Later, following a
few lucid momoats,, he wanted to
know how near lie had gotten to
Long Reach and the Pnoifiu Ocean
and how big thu crowd was that
awuited liim.
Itepaliiug Machine.
At G a. m. Rodgers' inuoJiauioiaus
left for tho scene of tho wrecked
aeroplane to seo if it can bo repuiied
for tho remaining six miles wliieli
will complete tuatrameoutiuontni
flight. If it is beyond icpuir the
big H model Wright wliieli odgeis
brought with him on the special tr.iiu
from New York, will ho nssomblod
and the last lap reeled off as s-ooa i
Uodgers is sufficiently voeovorod.
formed that opinion ho stated that
lio was driving along tho road near
General Otis' tho Saturday of tho
explosion nnd heard and felt tho con
cussion when a bomb, the doteotivos
allego thoy found near tho Olis home,
was dotonatod. It badly frightened
him, ho said, nudproved to his satis
faction that a bomb of similar kittd
had demolished the Times.
EVKRKTT, Wu.-Qn.nt Northern
trains havo been suriously delayed by
snow that is lying botweon throo nnd
six feet deep bolweoni Leavon worth
and Indej,
i
.
IIIOUSILL HITS
E: THREE
MBLJMIIJIIRED
Eva Rushford, Aged 14, Suffers Se
vere Injury Gladys Hlnman Bad
ly Bruised Jacksonville Auto
Stage Running Without Lights.
"ATtlfc result of an automobile ac
cident on West Main street Sunday
night, Eva Rushford, aged 14, lies
at her home today with a fractured
leg, Gladys J. Hlnman, aged 16, Is
badly bruised nnd sufforlng from a
serious shock, and Laurln E. Hlnman,
aged IS, Is soverely bruised, tho car
rl.igo In which thoy wore driving Is
demolished and tho horso so badly
bruised that It can hardly stand. Tho
young peoplo wero struck by a mn
chln? driven by Chauffeur Plorce
and owned by Manager Gorst of tho
Jacksonville stage line. Tho machine
Is sId to havo beon running prac
tically without lights, whllo young
Iliniunn makes the serious charge
that IJIerco was drunk at tho time of
tho accident.
Young Hlnman and tho two girls
wero driving home on West Main
aoout 9:30 o'clock Sunday evening.
Tlu-y noticed a car coming rapidly
down tho street, with an Intermittent
light showing in front. Thoy drovo
to tho curb on tholr sldo of tho street
but in splto of this tho machine
struck them and draggod them down
tho road for nearly 100 feet.
At this Instant ono of W. II. Bar
naul's ears nrrlvod on tho scoae, and
conveyed the Injured young puoplo to
tholr homo, got a doctor and then
wont to Jacksonville, whoro Mr.
Gorst was called and brought to
Medford.
Constablo Slnglor showed up on
tho scene onrly and stated today that
tho tracks of tho automobilo were
within nine- feet of tho curb on tho
wrong sldo of the street. The car
was without lights excepting for a
pockot flash which was held by a
man riding well forward on tho fon
der. No arrosts havo boen niRdo but
thoy nro expected to follow. It Is
roported that they will bo issued this
aftornoou.
LA F0LLETTE AND
COL. BRYAN FAVORED
SEATTLE, Wn., Nov. 13. Robort
M, Ii Follotto loads ia favor for tho
presidency among Soattlo ropubllcan.,
and William Jonnings Bryan londs
among tho domocrats, according to a
straw vote takoa by tho Soattlo Star.
President Tuft Is last among tho list
of sovoii candidates voted for.
Federation Meets.
ATLANTA, (In., Nov. 13. With ad
dresses of welcome by Mayor Swauu
of Atlanta, Governor Hoko Smith of 1
Goorgia, nnd a niunbor of labor of
ficials of tho Atlanta oouuoll, thu
convonlioii of tho Anioriuaii Federa
tion of Labor, opouod her today.
Twelve hundred delegate aro in at-
tonduui'O.
SCHOONER LIES
HELPLESS NFAR
NORTH HEAD1
Two Members of Crew Swept Into
Sea All Efforts to Put a Life
Line Aboard Are Unavailing Bar
Tugs Unable to Get Near Wreck.
WIND TODAY RAGES
AT 30 MILES AN HOUR
With Engines Dead Ship Is Absolute
ly Unable to Help Herself
Spectators Line Beach.
NORTH HEAD, Wn., Nov. 13.
Before sundown today tho lives of a
largo number, perhaps all, of tho -48
passengers and crew aboard tho
wrecked steam schooner "Washington
probably will bo lost. Tho schooner
went ashore last night.
Two members of tno crow; alroady
havo beon drowned. Thoy woro
clinging, to Umbers on tho dccklond
Of lumber aad" tho titnb'crs""wcrb
swept overboard, tho sailors with
them, .this morning.
Tho Point Adams and Capo Disap
pointment llfo sav'.ig crows nro
( standing by; so aro throo bar tugs,
but at noon no lino has beon put
aboard, and tho doomed schooner
whoso fires have been put out, may
be driven upon tho bunch at any
moment.
May Savo Some.
Some of the passengers and crow
may get nBhoro without drowning,
but the vosaol will bo a total loss.
Tho wind at North Head last night
was 48 mltofl an hour and at 8 o'clock
this morning it was 30 miles an hour.
Tho'ruBsel, which left Portland for
San Francisco Saturday, was driven
on Peace Rock Spit yostorday whan
Captain WInklo attompted to cross i
the bar la tho faco of a rising galo.
I.lfo Saera Helpless.
Several attomptti to roach tho ship
woro made by tho Point Adams llfo
saving erow, but tho hugs comburs
drovo their Uttlo boat back to shelter
sud those on shoro woro compelled to
stand helplessly by aad wtitoh. tho
peoplo on the stranded ship mako
their puny fight against tho oluinoiits
until darkaeas hid the ship.
Cuptala Stuart and his valiant band
of life savors nro patrolling thu bunah
this aftornoou, awaiting a favorable
opportunity to launch their llfoboats
and attempt to aid tho Imperiled
wreck v'ctlmo. Captain Stuart said
ho would make the attempt this attor-t
noon with tho turn of tho tide and
expressed the hopo that tho llfo sup
ers might be ablo to get a lino
aboard the doomed ship.
Weather Moderating.
The woather Is moderating. If tho
surf continue us rough, howovar, as
It was all forenoon, tho only rOQOursu
loft Is tho honvy Lyo gun,
Not tor years has tho outooino of a
shipwreck In tho vlulnlty of tho Co
lumbia rlvor been so much In doubt.
Many porsous beeldos tho llfo snvlui;
crows woro on the bonoh this aftor
noou In a fronzy of anxloty, nbnoluta
ly helpless to aid, and comnollud to
stand by and watch tho gallant atrug
glos of the ship against tho galo, tho
driving rains and liugu combers' that
outiod and crashed down upon hor
ttnprotoctod decks.
The ship lies almost in tho trough
of tho soa and the billows hurled
toward shoro by tho BQutlieagtorn
galo strlko on 'hor qunrtor and ' fre
quently obliterate hor from tho eight
of tho watcher's on shoro.
BIBRL1N. Plana for a gigantic
trans-isthmian watorvay, rivalling
tho Panama Canal, aro approved hro
by Kaiser Wllholm. according to cur
rant reports in Reriln today.