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MJ5DF0KD, OHFJCION, VIUDAY, MNl'AltY 3, 1013.
NO. 213.
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SOUTH SWEPT
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Financier and Sport Passes Away nllMflRrfl FAI I
JEFF DAVIS OF
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TRUST'S LETTERS
HbARS
SUBMITS
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FREED ON BONDS
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ARKANSAS M
(tciiurts That Norfolk, Va,, Destroy.
cil hy Tidal Wave Prove Erroneous
Three Great Storms Ranlii'j
Shliilii On Atlantic Emlanncrftl.
WASHINGTON, Jim. a. Reports
Unit Norfolk, Vu,, liml boon destroyed
It) a tldiil wave, which tin nw the
war department Into n u Iitrt of ex
cltt'inoul hero today, wore incur
talncd to tin groundless when tele
phono rnmniunlcutlnn with the sup
posedly destroyed city was iiiiidhimI.
Tim known fad that it hurricane
nu)it tlm entire smith tuility ulmost
liurutyUliiK ciiiiinmiilrittluii from horn
with Virginia at first lout color to
thn roportn ot Norfolk' destruction,
t'ommiinlentluu with Newport News
wan obtained tliU nlluriioou, how
vtur, and n brief dispatch from Hint
liolut lit thrcu o'olook sold ttmt Nor
folk was wife ii ml In no danger.
Thn original Norfolk wireless that
thn town wan tuuudntcd completely
doaclvcd (hi) n (ivy officials. Tin'
iiit'isugu ramu from omu cmoI ut
lion.
Tlnro .Stornii Raging
NIV .YOltK. Jan. 3 -Telegraph
mid telephone companies hero today
reported three turrlflc storms ruglng
tlirouKliuut lhn country.
Olio In lii tlm northwest, another
In tlm mlridtnwost nml tho third along
tho Atlantic seaboard.
Wires lit-twuun New York and Chi
rugn nro crippled.
Tho Atlantic fleet U gathering ut
lliiiniton Itoiulii which U a tmd hur
tinr for heavy blow, ft In feared
tluil destroyer nml torpedo boat nro
elidnngorod.
Tho lowest barometer In years are
reported.
(litln Along Atlantic
IIALTIOMHI', Mil., Jnn. 3. With
ii lld gale blowliiK and a low baro-
iiintnr giving promUo of tho worst
storm of tho winter tonight shipping
toil a y Is running for rufugo Into
lliiltluioro hurbor.
In thin elty tho roof ot the county
jnll wa blown off. At Norfolk n
iiunibiir of small harbor craft are
known to have sunk imd nil that part
of the coast U awept by the gulo
winch nl mine places had reached n
height of soventy iiiIIck hii hour.
I'nrt of Newport Now la Inundated
So far us l yet Known, there havn
boon no lutallties.
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NKW YCIIIK. Jim. :i. The Hiili-h
cruiser Nutul, healing tho lioily of the
lute Whllelaw Held, Aiuerieiin it in
lniMiitlor to (It out llriltilu, arrived
heie today In u dense fog, high wind
mid lieuvy ruin. Tho Nutul led u
pmccnsioii of Auierieim wurship,
noting (it escoils, pant the Ambrose
Chunuel lightship to the iiuviil nil
idimugn in tliu Km Hi river, below
(IniiiI'h toinli,
The IliitUli wurnliiii ennied Amor-
ieuii unit lll'ilUli Hugs lowered to half
must, I'olluwliiir the Natal were the
Amoileun brtllloshlps Florida and
Km tli Dakota unit tliu loipodu bout
iloslmyors I too, Drayton, MoCnll ituil
l'uuhliiig.
On tieeouut of llin lieuvy fK the
movements of the Nutul nml (he other
warships we io slow, Ts'o salutes weie
lireil, Admiral risk announced thai
thin iiimk of respect would he paid
lulei'. It Is planned to lake I lie body
of I In lute ilipltnuul from the Kulul
ut '1:1.1 o'clock IIi'ih ufleruooii, ourry
iuir It ashore In u launch.
The honorary- pull hcurors, it was
intimated IIiIh ufloriionn, will iueludu
llritish Ambassador JniaoH llryee,
Senator Itoui, Semitor I.oiIkc, Bccio
lury of Slate ICnox, ,1, l'lcipnnt Mor
Kan unit Chuiiueey Af. Depew.
EMBEZZLING SENATOR
OUSTED BY RECALL
KAN KHANCISl'O, .Inn. !!. Ah n
result of u recall election held hure
recently Statu Senator Muwliutl
lllaek, accused of embezzlement from
the I'ulo Alto htiildiuj; unit loan iihmi
(liation of more than '.'OIMIUO in to
day ousted iih a state official, Avail
able retiuiiH Indicate Hint Herbert (
Jones, vprmblli'iiu, will unvcoed IJlnvU,
ROD'S
REMAINS
Publisher flcails Missives from Arch
hold to Forakcr and Scott, Glvlnrj
Polllo Stiiiijcsllons nciinrdlnn
Pcndlnii Lcfjlslatlou,
WAHIIINO'IUK, Jan. 3. At u pe
elnlly lulled nieetliiK of the Clapp
commlttco thU nftemnuii, V. It.
lliiiiMt Hiibuiltlcd new Utnnilurd Oil
lottom.
One of tliu epistle, dated I'ehrunry
11)02, n ud purporting to Im fiom
John If Aruhbold to nx-Honutor I'or
nke'r. refers to n drnstlc truit bill
which then wus poudluir. It nays:
'H really souiiih ns thouxh this bill
Is uutiecesNiirlly sevent, even vicious.
Is It not better to test the Kheriunti
law before resorting to a measure ot
this kind? I should be pleased to
Imvo word from you on the subject."
Sibley to Arrlibolil
Another letter purported lo be
from Congressimiii Sibley of I'enn
ylv.inlu, to Archbold under dutu of
March 7, 1U0,",, It said: "I had h
rouuirsutlou yesti'rduy with an Im
portant official who (old me there
muh only one thing to do- that was
lo start n bnckflro. I. Ike myself he
Is ulnrmed but as an official member
of the reigning family his hands and
tongue nre tied, lie thinks tho work
should be done In the education of
public sentiment between now mid
when the mooting comes In October.
"It has been decided, I think, to
convene congress In extra session at
Hint time, though the speaker will
try to Imve It go otcr until Novem
ber If he cannot do better. I shall
know In a tiny or two how hu suc
ceeds. t'onlfiil of AfMtdittetl I 'rest
"All efficient lltornry bureau Is
needed, not for a day or a crisis,
but a permanent nml healthy con
trol of tho Associated I'ress and kin
dred ntcituo. It will cost money but
It will be the cheapest In the end mid
It can bo made self supporting.
BY
UNITED STATES
SAN I'ltANl'ISCO, Cal , Jim. 3. -Declaring
that h withheld S3:!2.K3
while acting as sperlal agetn and dis
bursing officer, the United States
government Is today suing I.ouls It
(llavlM. former sperlnl agent of tho
fulled Stntcit laud office and recent
ly resigned as secretary of the C'nll
forula coiiK'rvatlon ruuuultslou, to
gether with his bonds men.
The government alleges that (Davis
withheld the money Involved between
December IK, 1907 and January 31,
lUI'J.
(Iluvls gained prominence through
the Plnchot-llnlllngei' controversy by
alleging fraud on the part of llnlllu
ger. Hu resigned us secretary ot the
conservation commission, Dee. 3t,
follow lug charges made agnlust him
by Sunoyor-Ocuornl Kingsbury that
he was betraying tlm state for pri
vate Interests,
PLATE GLASS WINDOWS
When it passing uutoniobilirtt cut
out the muffler on his inuehiue, .1. T.
Ilroiiille'H eliihsie white nteed prick-'
ed iln ent, oM'eutod a netvoui hide
step and, boiled pell moll over the
eiiib nml thropgh a luro plate gluss
window In the Medford I'urnitiiiu &
llurdwiiro store, Hy tliu lime a half
hundred innocent bystander hud
di'iiKcd the Htruliu imd blcedtuf,'
animal back to the Hlrcct an iuveit
lory of the daniiiKO uliowed (hut three
plates of k'liUM hud been bhatlered.
The horse si nick the coiner window
near the doorway, broke (wo panes,
then wan Hhuuteil toward the door
where it broke the third uluss.
The employes of the M. l' cc II. Co,
lire hi'uuiniui; accustomed to utio.x
p(cted onlraucc!) of horsen nml auto
mobiloH and declare that hereafter
nothing short of a rampant Htreet
ear will onutc ihem to look up from
their work, Tliu horso, uuide from
it few bcrulohoH and the Hlmelc lo its
uervmiH teinpcranient, is ns fit us
oyer.
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Thirty-two Iron Workers Officials
Convicted at Indianapolis Ordered
Released hy Circuit Court of Ap
peals on Writ of Supersedeas.
CIIICAdO, .Jan. :i.-Release on
bonds of the thirty -two labor IcmiIci
convicted Inst week III Indianapolis
mi conspiracy to illegally lninioit
dynamite fnuu the iederal prison at
l.cuu'iiuorth, Kims., was onleied
here Ituliiy bv .liistiees Maker, Sea
man and KoIiImiiiI, niltiuu as the
t'liiled Stales uil'uuit couit of ap
peals. The coin t (.'runted u writ of super
sedeas upplioil for by AllnnieyM for
the convicted men after a louc battle
in which the atlciiipl' lo free Ihem
was bitterly opHiscd by United .Slates
Attornev t'hnrles Miller, who declar
ed thai, if freed from Leavenworth,
the union men would Hie the eouutrv
nml could net or be extradited back.
The euiirt ordered, despite MillurV
ohjeelious, that a writ of supersed
eas Umic ami that the convicted men
be released iaimedialelv on the pres
entation of the bonds reipiiied.
The government ii"ked hoiuN for
I'niilent Ryan of the Ironworker
of "U.000 or lU.Odtl for eaeh ear
of his sentence. The bonds asked
for eneh mini M'lilenoed to six v-onr
would he .li().(lliO with the same ra
tio extendi i' throiiuhoul (lie entile
list of convicted men down to the one
Veer men ut 10,00(1 eaeh.
At
SKATTl.i:. Jan. I. KuteniiK Hie
editnrial rooms of the Post lntelli
t'oneer at . o'clock Inst evening, C l.
Kruiik, a firemaii, pulled a revolver
fnuu his iMioket ami levelling the gun
al Joe (lilbert, eily editor, demanded
f 1,000 iii five minute'., (lilbert kept
up a conveixitiou with the man while
one of the stuff slipped away and
telephoned the police. When the of
ficers urrhfil they hud no difficulty
in iirrosting the man.
At the (silice Hlatinii he gave his
age an 27. Frank made his way into
the editorial room unobserved and it
was not until he walked up to the city
desk ami pulled the gun, that any
members of the staff were aware of
his proM'iioo. During the conversa
tion he kept (lilbert covered, l'rank
is believed to be insane.
WEST'S DAUGHTER IS
Bf A FALL
KAI..'..M, Ore., Jan. il.-Little Hel
en West, daughter of Hie governor is
today recovering from a fall of 1A
feet through a trap door in Hie quar
tern of the janitor in tliu capilol
building. The gill wus reaching out
lo grasp the skirts of her aunt, Mrs.
Hen Oleott, who with Mr. West, was
walking about the capil'ol building,
when she stepped on the trap anil
was precipitated to the concrete floor
below. Shu suffered a piuiuetl an
kle nml minor bruises.
STOCKS LOWER, BUT
RALLY DURING DAY
NKW YORK", .liiu. a,-With (ho
exception of Rending loading blocks
were lower than yesterday when tliu
slock market opened hero today.
Rubber and Heel Suggnr dropped I
l-'J, Canadian ,1'acifio 1 11-8 and
heavy selling wus noticeable in Wes
tern Maryland which caused a lo.is
of !l l-'J points.
Hotter resistance was bliown hy
railroad stocks than in tho indus
trials. Prices in the London market
were not up to the close here yester
day. International stocks, however,
showed loss weakness Hum other is
sues, The important issues pulled up la
tor by the covering of operations,
Uhe market closed firm,
JJomls were Htviuly.
ONLY
UNATIC
WOLD
H
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fwf JAMES R
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R. KEENE
NK WYOUK, Jan.(a -Many promi
nent financiers nndf noted horsemen
are expected to bo 'in attendance at
the funeral of James Itf Keeno, noted
horse breeder nnd fjtianrlyr whq died
here folfowlug unatTdoinlnal opera
tion. Kecne hud been practically an In
valid for two years. Shortly nftur
midnight today hu began to sink ami
pasted uway ut 2:13. Ills weakened
condition, physicians said, prevented
hlui from rallying.
OIL KING STILL
E
WASHINGTON Jan. 3. Telegra
phic Instruction to House Sorgeaut-ul-Arms
ltlddoll, to continue his
search for William Rockefeller,
Standard Oil mngmito, wanted hero
us n witness beforo tho house com
mittee Investigating tho "money
trust," were sent from here todny by
Representative Pujo, chairman of tho
committee.
Leaders In the house nre admit
tedly baffled over the Rockefeller
case, all efforts to reach tho mil
lionaire with a subpoena having
fnlled, despite the vlglluuco of ltld
doll and a small army'of deputies.
Later In the day It was an
nounced that the money trust com
mittee would not muut until tomor
row. At that time. It was said, plans
would bo outlined to get Rockefeller
before tho committee.
Tho members of tho committee are
considering asking for an attachment
against tho millionaire for contempt
of the house.
Many of tho houso parliamentary
experts believe It will require Joint
action by tho senate and tho hoaso
before a warrant for Rockefeller's
arrest can bo Issued.
INCREASE IN TINPLATE
RATES ARE SUSPENDED
WASHINGTON, Jim. . Tho in
lei'stute commerce commission today
suspended until .May V, the (imposed
increased freight rate mi liuplnte
ami sheet metal from eastern points
to Oregon nml Washington.
BLAME GAS COMPANY
FOR SMALL PAPER
Pour service hy the Gas
company, luck of gas, U
vcspuiisililo for the small U
Mio today, it being iiuposiblu
to sot any type until Hie
eiuorgonoy gasoline plant was
installed just before noon.
f -r -r t i t t -r -r i
AMES
NOTED
FINANCIER
HORSEMAN
DEAD
A
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KliENE- t ' t
CONGRESSMAN
LEAPS TO DEATH
WASHINGTON. Jan. 3 Repre
sentative William Wedemeyer of the
second Michigan district Jumped
overboard from tho liner Panama last
i.l6ffittl3fa!frSrS?.iy Tngyc'.' He
was drowned.
Tho news was received hero today
by the war department via wireless
from the liner. Simultaneously with
the uiMtedge telling of his sulcldo,
colloagues received a messagu that
Wedemeyer was on route here from
Panama In charge of an attendant,
and that he was obsessed with a
Milcldul mania. Wedemeyer sailed
yesterday from Colon. No details of
tho sulcldo have been received hero.
Wedemeyor's defeat for re-election
comber as a member of tho congres
sional Inspection party. Hu devel
oped a hallucination and attempted
sulcldo but was restrained. After
being taken to the hospital at Ancon
he Improved and started for home.
Weilumyor's defout for re-election
at tho last election Is believed to
have brought on brooding which
weakened his mind.
TAFT WITHDRAWS
E
WASHINGTON, Jan. :t. Defeated
in his plan to iioiiiiuuto Colonel
Goethnls, civil governor of the l'an
ama ennui by the certain opKitiou
of the ilomoerntA, President Tuft
eoufessed today that ho had been
worMed when he told his friends that
he would not nominate tho canal
huildvr, but would leave thu matter to
ProMileut-elei't Wil-on.
President Tuft will not isuo tho
executive order establishing civil
government at Panama. That he will
also leave to Wilson.
T
L1:AYI:N WORTH. Kims.. Jan. '.r
No pormnnonl job, uro yet assigned
to the tlurty-threo labor leaders re
cently convicted in Indianapolis of
violation of the federal statute
against transporting explosives, who
nro now contiuod in the fodurnl peni
tentiary here. It is exnoeted that
tasks will be assigned (hem this uf-
teriioon.
Kaeh prisoner was permitted to
write two letters today.
The first visitor to see the dvninni-
torn was K. V. Parker of Kansas City
who conferred briefly with W. J, Mo
Cain nml W. JK'it Drown,
EM
STEAMER
GETHL'S
NAM
Reports Current on Bourse at Paris
Turks Surrender Isle of Chios
to Greeks Sailing Vessel Hits a
Mine Ultimatum from Balkans.
J'ARIM, Jan. n. Uneornrboralcd
icxirt that Adrintioplc has fallen
and others that the city is in immin
ent danger of falling are in circula
tion on the ltourse here today. So
far no official confirmation has been
obtained.
.SMYRNA, Jan. .'I. Sinking a
floating mine at the entrance of this
hurbor today the Turkish suiting ves
sel Tlieodoree, (iOO tons vvn blown
U'i and part of the crew were killed.
ATHKNS, Jan. a. Official nn
iiouneement was mudc here that the
Turki-h garrixm on the Mnud of
rliiiift, 'J.000 strong, has surrendered
unconditionally to the Greek force of
o.cupafion.
CYOu .iitrlaiioptc or l-'lglit
LONDON. Jan. n. "Cede Adrian
ople within twenty-four litnin- or
fit-lit."
This ultimatum, it was M-mi-tifnc-mlly
lated here today, ha been
agreed tioii by the llalkau envoy-.
to be presented to the TurkMi pleni
Kteutiarie at toduy's session of the
IHNife conferenec.
The Hnlkau representatives, at tl-e
expiration of the twenty-four hour
will leave the conference if no an
swer i rortluoming nml will at once
advise their governments to resume
hostilities.
The Tiirk, pleading that they were
unable to decipher their additional
code or instructions from Constan
tinople, delayed the oH.'iiiug of tho
conference today , for inoni Hmn an
liourr '''' '-- "-.,. -
Occupation of Albania
VIKNNA. Jnn. 3. Joint oeeupa
lioii of Albania by Austria nml Italy
immediately ufter the conclusion of
tho louden puiivv etiufercnees i
prvdieted here today by uu article
in a local newpacr.
The article declares that the step
ii to be taken by the two powers to
pacity the country and to "etablih
there u new condition of affairs."
It has been impossible to obtain
any official confimiution of the re
ooit hen.
TO
MEND BROKEN LEG
NKW YORK, Jan. 3. Repair of a
broken leg within four day and the
healing of a cutaneous wound in less
than one day is the Hrt great scien
tific discovery of 1013, as announced
today iu the current Nmio of the Jour
nal of Kxperimentiil Medicine by Dr.
Alexis Carrel, who received tho Nobel
prize for medicine in 101'.'. Although
Dr. Carrel does not go into details,
he says tho discovery i the result
of n series of e.xpenmouts begun in
1007, uud wonderful results already
have been accomplished.
'Thyroid extract and liiueerutoil
portions of other organ of the body
applied to leg iructure.-. and cutan
eous wounds accomplishes tliu above
results," Miys, Dr. Carrel.
SALEM'S COUNTY CLERK
DID NOT COMMIT SUICIDE
SAI.K.M. Ore., Jan. II There seems
to be no ground for the rumor that
County Clerk Allen whoso body was
found in a swimming tank here yes
terday, committed Mticido. Ilia books
bariing n few slight errors aro cor
rect, and ho hail plenty of money
in the bunk at Silvertou to make good
any discrepancies. He was intend
in. to go to Silvertou ycMurduy mor
ning with his boys and was in the
best of spirits. Kxpert Drager has
about completed the cxumimitiou of
his books,
BRUCE ISMAY RESIGNS
FROM STEAMER LINE
LONDON', Jim. 3. The resigna
tion of J. llrueo Isiuay as president
of the liiteriiatioual Mercantile Mar
ino company, is accepted today by
the board of directors of that con
cern, It will take effect Junu 30,
1013.
AS
Picturesque Senator With Red Hot
Vocabulary Passes Away Sudden
ly at His Home of Apoplexy
Senaje Adjourns Out of Respect.
LITTLK ROCK, Ark., Jr.n. II.Tho
funeral of United States Senator Jef
ferson Davis of Arkansas, who died
suddenly here enrly todny of apo
plexy, probably will bo held Sunday
afternoon. Tho funeral arrangements
have not been completed.
WASHINGTON, Jan.. .1- Out of
respect to the memory of United
States Senator Jefferson f)ai of
Arkansas, who died suddenly nl his
home in Little Roek, shortfy after
midnight, the cnntc adjourned todny
immediately after convening. This
notion prevented the rssiiinpj(loH of
the inieaclimeut trial of Judge Rob
ert W. Arehbald of thu commerce
court, charged with misconduct ,in
office.
.Picturesque figure
Senator Davis undoubtedly was
the must pictiiresqtto figure in thu
seunte. He wus elected n member in
1007 and made himself known from
the first day. Smashing till prece
dents, throughout his membership he
roasted the "criminal rich" and ig
uoretl all efforts of his colleagues to
snub hiiq.
Duvis most recent exploit was the
introduction of n rcniliition removing
the tariff duties from ''New Hng
Innd's sacred codfish." In mipporftdf
his re.-olution, he poked fun nt Sena
tor Lodge of MusHnrhusells.
Itlggrst Voice In Senate
Davis boasted that ho hail never
used nn automobile and would never
pay to ride in one. He had the big
gest voice and the rnost lurid voeal'ii
Iary o'f'nny inwnber ofWnr Venntc.
Davis et hobliies were the south, the
negro question, trusts nml thu crim
inal rich.
In 1DUS, when Senntors Gore, Lu
Follette n ud Stouu conducted n fili
buster nguiiwt the Aldrieh currency
bill, D.wis wired from Arkansas .ns
follows :
ing."
"Hold the fort. I am coui-
He nrrived too lute, however, to bo
of nsittnnee.
GIRL BEAUTY
IS
I.OS ANGKLKS. Cal., Jan. 3
Warrants nre out here today charg
ing .Mrs. Violet Ake, of Seattle, and
C. C. lioxloy of l.os Angelc's, -with
abductfon. following the disappear
ance of Reatha Watson, tho beauti
ful 10-year-old half-sister ot Mrs.
Ake. Tho girl left tho homo of her
father. W. W. Watson, two days ago. '
Watson swore to the warrants last
evening after receiving a letter, pur
porting to have come from his daugh
ter, saying that she was "going east"
and would write when sho reached
her destination.
Mrs. Ake nud Uoxlcy, who Is mar
ried, dropped from sight bore about
the same time, Ooxluy previously
provisioning his automobile for u
trip to San Francisco,
Watson believes tho man and 'wo
man havo taken thu girl to Seattle,
where Mrs. Ako's small daughter la
In school.
Reatha Watson Is said to bo ouu
of tho most beautiful girls of Los
Angeled. Sho has frequently posed
tor photographlo art work. .
WILD CAHERS FATE .
IN HANDS OF JURY
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 3. Tho
government caso is today reatod and
a motion for tho dismissal of the. In
dictment denied In tho trial of A, J.
Dohl, accused ot abetting a fraudu
lent stock Issuo orchard lauds In thu
statu of Washington. It Is expected
tho caso will go to tho Jury tomor
row. Iu an Instructed verdict of acquit
tal, dutouso uttorney Hume declared
the ovlduiice contributed did not sus
tain tho points In the Indictment.
Federal Judge Oonn took u contrary
view,
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