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MKOFOIU). OltJWON, KIM DA V, DKfMCMIHOR 12, 1913.
NO. 225
REBEL SHELLS
lira
SMASHING CITY
Frilrrals Hold Town, Despite Three
Rays Dntllo Non-Combatant
Population Flees Rebels Capture
Railroad Embankment.
Rlylit Dccomcs Artillery Duet Be
tween Warships stmt Rebel Guns
News From Front Meaner.
MCXICO CITV, Dee. 12. Rebel
hliull ui'io raliilm; upon Tmnplco
luilii). It was learned from a telegram
wlili It nuuhuw punned lint censor.
from hill it mile outside tho city
tin' nliit artillerymen had koI (Iiii
i-xnit ruiiKo inn) illil frightful uxecu
Hon. .Mini)' pcrnuim liml been killed.
lliilldliiK vteru tumbling.
I'rnrlltnlly tin) entire iiiiii-rotnlmt-nut
population liml fled In turrur.
follow Inc. tint MrHKiinrs, s lio huil
gone curlier, to tint water front.
Tim rebels were understood fin
nil) to Imvo raptured tint railroad
niilinnkiiiniit Into tlm rlty, to hnvn
iihiiiiiIihI Imttorlo In tint suburb nml
to In pourliiK n iniirituroiiH artillery
fire milling tlm fcdernU. Tim latter,
however. cro miIiI In bo puttltiK up
ii surprising resistance.
(.'iiiiIhuUm In A rt Ion
Opening with It big gnus, tlm
Mexican federal gunboat llrnvo
Joined toilny In tho fight with thn
rebels nt Tnmplco, neenrdlug to n
uii'DHnKo received from Admiral
KltitilnT toilny.
IliirliiK YVedniHUlny's mill Thun-
Iii)'h flKhtlfiK tlm two federal Rim
honlM In iimplrn hnrhor wont uunliln
to aid In the town's dcfoino because
tlm HtriiKKllHK forcon position wore
such tlmt tin-)' rouM not llro on tho
ndi. dn without sweeping tlm town
Itself.
Then wan nn airtight censorship
on telegraphic communication bo
' tvwen tint t'iipltol nml Vera Crux,
which Hindu accurate Information Im
possible to got. l.uiii tho cinban
mIim, lnKiitlou nml consulates wore
without muni.
Tlm liiipri'Mlon wiih. however, Hint
tho ri'hU nt Tnmplro wore not sue
cowling woll In llmlr (IkIU today with
tho f'dirnlH nn yesterday. It wns
Mated that all forolKiiors nt umptrn
spent InHt nlr.lit mi hhlpM In tlm liar
hiir. N'J.-.ll.ooil llniiMiui .Uel
At tlm demand of .Spanish Minis
tor CnllKtiu, War Minister llliinijuut
toilny ordered tho federal com
mander nt Torri'on, recently recap
tured from tho rebels, to send troop
to protect 100 Spanish refugees on
their way overland from Chihuahua
to Torrt'on,
('nllgnn mild tho party hud women
nml children with thorn; tlmt n body
of (lui)cral Vllln'n inon wore pursuing
mul ho fmirod tho fugitives would bu
overtaken nml massacred.
Tor I.uIh Torrnznu, Junior, tho
Mexican tiillllonulro'H don, captured
lit Chlhuiihuit City, tho rebels asked
flifio.OOO raiiHom.
HOUR IN JAIL
HAN FKANflfirO, Cnl., l)fi. IS. -Ouo
hour imiuiMiiiincut in lliu city
jnil wiih tho Hcnlenco impoHed heio
toilny by l'olieo .luilno Rullivnii upon
1'lnlil ineinlieiM of tlm crow of the
llritish lininp Hleniner Itonnlin, who
veeently worn put off tho vosmil ul
HiIh poll, eliium'il willi niullny.
Tho men mo nil llritish hiiIiJccIk
nml wihIumI to rot urn hfuni'. They
eoiilil not ho iti'pui Icil tiulenH eon
vleleil or'HOiuo ol'feiiMt, ho limy eleet
eil to plead guilty '" viiKinney, nml
(lio muliiiK chillies were tlroppetl. Al
noon lliey' were lurnoil over to Im
mi(i'uiou rommiwsiouor TIioiuiih
Cniul'iinl nml will lio lelurneil In
Kii(;liinil.
AI.SKA, Or., Dee. I 'J.- "1 cun't
Imvo privileges oilier K'''rt luive, ho
pioil-hyt'," wan I ho lneHHiino wrilltm
lo Iter puivuU by Mnrvt'l dowry, uj,"'tl
ITi, wlm ilieil loiltiv us Hie lenult of
riiiuMutf enilmlie ueiil.
Tin )iil wiih despondent beeaiine
lior i'ulher luul ro)imveil her for
vulkinj; witli u boy beliuoluuite,
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SCHMIDT'S ACTS .Him r-
PROVE INSANITY VlBMfcXrC
Physician Consulted by Miss Aumul
Icr Before Her Death Asserted
That Priest Was Wholly Crazy and
She Feared Him.
Despite Dlsuustlnu Testimony, Wom
en Greedily Devour It Schmidt
Kept Death Certificate on Desk.
NKW VOIUC, Dec. 12, TeHlmony
HO lIlHKUHtllli: tlllll llttll Of It W'UK
prlutiihlo wn devoured Krecdlly to
day by n rrowtlrd courtroom In whlrh
w onion wont porhnpit In the mnjorlty,
nt tho trial hero of Mann Hclnnldt,
for tlm inurilor of IiIm hw cut heart,
Anna Aiiinuller.
Dr. Arnold l.co, wIioho Rtory, ro
IntltiK mnlnly to Hclnnldt' mental
rondltlou, wnn the Inniit MhockliiK of
tlm m'fttdnn, recited Hint tho prlionor
broiiKht Mlx Aiiinuller to him for
medical ntteutlnnco no mo tlmu before
(ho iiiunler nml tolil how, hvIzIiik mi
opportunity when Hchmldt wan not
llntt'iiliiK, tlm Klrl nnlil to htm:
"rather Hrhmldl In wholly crnzy.
I nm afraid of him. I think ho will
harm mo."
Tlilukn Hiliinldt Craiy
Later, jtut before tho murder. Dr.
l.eo mild Hchmldt called on hltn to
have it cut flnKcr drcKncd. lio wnn
pale nml looked worried, tho doctor
irnlil, ,
On lnlt ho paid to Schmldt'it
room, Im coiitlnued, ho noticed that
tho latter luul blank death certifi
cate on bin denk. Ho told the Jury
that ho rounlderi'd tlm ox-prltM ec
centric nml Irmtlounl. Onco when
ho wnn lnltliiK blm, ho nnld,
Schmidt nelied n zither nnd began
mIiikIiik wildly.
Tho hulk of tho dny'n teHtlmony re
Inted to mi Incurable tllMeniio from
which U wiih fald Schmidt wim anf
ferliiK. At tho afternoon Reunion limpcc
tor l'uurot of tho pollen department
described how ho trnceil Schmlili to
bin flat, whero hIkiik that n munlcr
had beou committed wore Htlll plain
ly llble.
SIoi4 Self !)("! met Ion
VIkIHiik Schmidt nt tlm rector)
whero ho lived, 1'aurot xnld ho tolA
tho youu man who ho wnn, mid then,
art ho nnw him tremble and clnnp bin
liauilH uervotinly, drew from hl
pocket Anun Aumullur'H pbotOKraph.
held It up mid nuked twice: "Did
you kill horT"
Finally Schmidt seld: "Yes; 1
lovod licr."
With tlm words ho Htnrtcd for
tho bathroom, nml Fnurot wna sure
Im would Imvo killed hlmnelf had not
tho Innpector stopped him and tnkon
away a razor ho had.
WASH l KOTOS', Dec. 12.--A
movement by rcpublicniiH lo bar, un
der an umeiiilmeut to the immigration
luwH, militant Biifl'ni(;etkn, iiuurch
ist mul olhern convicted of or be
lievliif in Iho iloxlriu'lion of property
nml hiiIioIuko (o rilit polilienl
wix)iiJh, tlcvclopeil toilny in n niceliiiK
of tho Iioiiho imminnition committee.
Heprortonlulives Moore of l'dinsyl-
viinia anil Ourtlner of MiiHsaeliuseltK
favored the plan. Itcpresoulutivo
Mnuuhim of Minucsotii ileuouuccil
tho propoHiil us "an iniouitous
Hi'lieino to prevent America from
continuing iih ii lefiiKu for liberly
loving people,"
WASHINGTON WANTS
WASHINflTON, Dee. 12.-A bill
proviiliui,' a tlrydook 3000 foci lout;
for l'ujjet Soiiiiit ut a t'ont of .;i,000,
000 wiih introiluceil toilny in the sen
ate by .Suuulor .loucri of WuHhiuKlou.
ItcproHciitulivo Uumphrey of
WuHhiuKtou iulroiluecil u mmilur
nii'iisiiro in the house,
RANK SUFFRAGETTES
WITH ANARCHISTS
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IlUtk iih'ii controlled liy iiCJlu
tliuinllntii. Wlilto area ftsli'rnl tcr
rllory. Klinilcl nrcit, parlljr con
frollisl by coiislltutloiifillstH.
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EOR SIX MONTHS
WASHISOTON', Dec 12. That
Colonel (Ivorce W. OoelhnlH wunlh to
run tin I'miiiuiii ennui for tin firxt
xix luoullm of iti. oHimtioit nml ulo
would liko lo be the hem! of tin
rone's permanent pivcrnmeut wui
learned today from n reliable source
here.
Under tho AdaiiKon law, there in'
no limit to the positions which tbe
governor of the r.mie may cicate. I
I'nliticiuiiM believe that if (olonel,
(loctlials is appoinlcil, n iniuimiim ofi
pitnitioiw will be created, If a prae-
tieal Hililieiuu is named as oeruor,
it was believed hero that tbe hxiiU
h.vnlem would reijrn.
Colonel (IocIIiiiIm filed today his
views reardini: a permaiieul roue
government with Secretary of War
(larrihon, ami the latter will ilNciif
(Joetlials reeoiniiicndatioiw soon with
President Wilson.
It was also reported that Colincl
OooIIiiiIh may go to Alaska. Con
gress expects to aulhorie the con
nt ruction (hero of a gov eminent -owned
railroad, ami administration
officials believe Ooclbals is the ideal
man to superintend the work.
NKW YOHK, Dee. 12. IMitor Mux
KuHtmnu ami Cartoonist Arthur
Young of the Riitiricnl weekly, The
Masses, were arraigned today before
Judge Swaiiu on a criminal libel
charge, wiih the Associated Press as
complainant.
Last July Tho Masses published a
cartoon captioned ''Poisoned at tho
Source," in which Iho Associated
Press was portrayed as pouring
what was labelled "poison of lies, '
"suppressed facts" and "hatred of
labor organizations," into a reservoir
marked "tho news."
Kastmnn nnd Young entered pleas
of not guilty and wero vcleubcd on
bail of $1000 each,
T
PORTSMOUTH, N. II., Dec. 12. -Frederick
lleiehardt, aged 22, of San
Francisco, n discharged naval pris
oner, today shot at Major (leorgo
Thorpe, commnuilaut of the naval
prison here, us ho drovo across Mar
ket square in his automobile. Tho
bullet penolraled tho car door, but
Major Thorpe escaped injury. Iteich
ardt was arrested. Ho said ho hud
buen laying for the major for suv-
urul days,
OEMS
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WASHINGTON', Dec 12. A crisis
in the eiirrcncy fight m the senate
was e.M'eed today with n nte on
the Hitchcock amendment to the ml
miuMnilion bill. ,
The nmendiiKMit 3ll- for four ri.
gionnl reserve hanks mid for sale of
their stock by public subscription.
Unamended, tho ndniinitnitiun meas
ure provides for from eight to twelve
regional banks controlled bv mem
ber banks and for side of stock to
the public only in ease Hie regional
banks nro not financially strong
cnoip'h to meet requirements after
the member banks have dune their
stock buying.
It was hoped to get a ballot mi the
amendment by tonight or tomorrow.
The regional proposition was tho
main point in dispute. Tlmt be
disposed of, it was believed the rest
of the hill would pass without dis
cussion after u few roll calls.
Answering Senator Hitchcock's
denunciation of the caucus handling
of the currency bill, Senator New
lands declared on tho floor today
Hint it is only through parly caucuses
that campaign pledges can be made
good.
LEAKY VALVE CAUSE
OF
CKNTHAI.1A, Wash., Dee. 12.
Duo to a leaky valve, the engine
drawing Great Xortehrn passenger
train No. 45."), ran away here early
today while the crew was lunching
in tho depot, and wns entering Che
halis yards, five miles nway, before
a baggageman discovering that the
engineer nnd fiiemnn were not
aboard, went forward over the len
der and applied the emergency
brakes. The train ran slowly and
no dnuinge wns done.
E
OF
WASHINGTON, Dee. 12. The
sonata passed a bill today, already
approved by the house, providing for
appointment of the murine corps
coiumundant for n four-yenv term
instead of for life, as nt present.
MORE RIFLES SEIZED
BY BRITISH AUTHORITIES
HKLFAST, Ireland, Dec. 12. Un
tier the order prohibiting further im
porlutious of arms into Ireland, lest
they figure in the threatened home
rule fight, the authorities hero today
seized 200 rifles, just in on a Ger
man boat, ,
CRISIS
REACHED
N CURRENCY FIGHT
MORROW
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NKW YOHK', Dec. 12. -A bomb
delivered to the O. K. Hottliug com
pany here exploded in the firm's of
fice today nnd instantly killed Miss
Ida AniHowitz, aged 20 years, a
stenographer. The girl's face wa
blown in and her body badly man
gled.
Just where the bomb came from
was not kuowu, hut picsumubly it
wns delivcrell by mi express com
pany. Thomas McCahc was standing
near Miss Anusowitz when the bomb
exploded. His left car was nearly
severed. Thomas It van, u stable
man, sustained cuts about the face.
Kvery window in the office was shat
tered mul the furniture wrecked.
MeCabe thought nn expressman
delivered the package, but could not
remember whether the man wore a
uniform. On one corner of the
package was written, "23 State
street, Xcw York."
SLUMP AT BOSTON
HOSTON, Mass., Dec. 12. New
I'nglund securities continued to
slump today in the stock market
here. Hostonvnud Maine dropped
nearly 7 jwints, opening at 42 and
selling down to 35V, a new low ree
oid. New 1 raven dropped 24, touch
ing CO. Fitchburg lost 7 points,
dropping to 08.
SCOUR SANTA CRUZ
HILLS FOR MURDERER
SANTA CItUZ, Cal Dee. 12.
Santa Cruz county wns being combed
today for James Denton of San
Francisco, who last night shot and
killed Lot Morell at Houlder Creek,
near here. Denton used a shotgun,
tearing off the right side of Mor
rell's head.
FOR NEXT PRESIDENT
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12. Andrew
Carnegie, in town today, gave out an
inlerviow booming F.lihu Root for tho
next republican presidential nomina
tion. He called also at the executive
offices and said he intended to see
Secretary of Stato Uryan for u talk
on universal pcuue,
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MEXICO AO IT 13 TO-DAY
TRIPLE TRAGEDY
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 12. As
tho rciull of what la believed to have
been a double murder and suicide,
the bodies of Mrs. Mary lllrnle, her
niece, Miss Agnes Ravlncau of Van
couver, It. C, and Mrs. Dtrnlo's son,
f Frank Simmons, were found In the
homo of Richard Ulrnlo, a lumber
mill employe this afternoon. All
I three had been shot to death.
The shooting is believed to have
been done by Simmons, who after
killing tho two women, turned the
revolver on himself.
Tho trlplo tragedy was discovered
by tho twelve year old daughter of
the family who came homo from
school and was uaablo to got into
the house. Opening a bedroom win
dow, sho crawled directly over tho
body of Simmons.
The mother's body was found lying
in a pantry off the kitchen, while
tho body of Miss Ravlneau was In a
bcdioom. A 3S caliber revolver with
three discharged chambers was found
on tho bed.
Tho position of tho bodies Indi
cated that Simmons shot Mrs. Dlrnle,
then the nleco, Miss Ravlneau as sho
attempted to leave the kitchen, and
then going Into tho bedroom killed
himself. Doth women had been shot
In the breast. No cause for tho
tragedy has been learned by tho po
lice. T
DISABLED AT SEA
WASHINGTON, Dee. 12.- The
battleship Vermont was crawling to
ward Hampton Roads this afternoon
under convoy of the battleship Del
aware, with her starboard uiaiushaft
broken nnd several of her compart
ments Hooded. Tho Vermont was
en route to Hampton Roads from the
Mediterranean cruise when the acci
dent occurred early yesterday morn
ing. At 8 o'clock lust night the dis
abled warship wus 1200 miles from
Hampton Roads and 000 miles from
Dermudn,
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IN HANDS OF JURY
PORTLAND, Or,, Dec. 12. Clos
ing arguments were being heard in
tho federal court this afternoon in
tho trial of J. T. Couwav and Frank
Richer, officers of the Oregon In
land Development company, charged
with misuse of the mails in connec
tion with the sale of Oregon lauds.
It wns believed the case, which hns
been on trial for three weoks, would
be in tho hands of the jury before
night.
PORTLAND
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CHILD
DISCOVERS
RECALL PETITION
FORCOUNCILMEN
LARGELY SIGNED
Object Is Complete New Deal in City
Affairs, So That Council Will Be
Unhampered by Affiliations of the
Present Administration.
Many Signatures Also on Initiative
Bill Amendinrj City Charter to Take
Off Salaries from City Officials.
The initiative petition amending
the charter of the city of Mfdford
so as to lake the salaries off mayor
find councilmcii and restore the chnr
tcr to its original form, first step in
the campaign of municipal economy
planned bv husincsi men, is being
Inrgely signed wherever presented.
Few hnvo refused signatures, indi
cating the move n popular one. Tlm
petition will be presented the city re
corder in the next dav or two nnd
will he acted upon at the next coun
cil meeting nnd submitted to the peo
ple nt the January election.
Recall petitions are in circulation
in tbe throe wards for the holdover
councilmcn, Porter in the first ward,
Miller in the third and Stewart in
tho second. Over 200 signatures
have been secured for tho recnll in
the second ward, nnd nearly as many
in the third, while the petition in tho
first as lieing largely siinied, Jdc
spito influence brought to bear unon
the circulators, who allege that the
administration is working hnrd
against the petitions nnd iwddling
promise of jobs nnd stories of re
cnll failuro without foundation in
fact.
Tin idea of the recnll, as explained
bv ono of those pushing it, is lo en
able the election of a complete new
council, not affiliate! in nny wny with
the present council, which can put
into effect a program of economy un
hampered by acts of the previous ad
ministration. There is no recnll petition tint for
Mayor Piirdin, as has been roorted,
ns the law requires that an officer
must hold offico for six months he
fore the recall ean be invoked.
HENEY CANDIDATE
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SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Dec. 12
Francis J. Heney. Issued a statomont
hero today, declaring his Intention
of seoklng cither tho progressiva
nomination for govornor or that for
tho United States senato to succeed
Senator George W. Perkins. It all
depends the statement said, upon tho
position taken by Governor Johnson.
it the governor docldes to be it
candidate for re-election Honoy will
fight for tho progressive nomination
to succeed Perkins. If Johnson fin
ally decides to make the senatorial
race, Ileney will withdraw and mako
a fight for tho progressive guberna
torial nomination.
TO
HELP. GOOD ROADS
PHILADELPHIA, Dee. 12. Tho
American good roads congress ap
pealed today to President Wilson to
appoint n commission to consider u
federal appropriation for tho im
provement of stato highways. Reso
lutions urging such action were
unanimously adopted, us well us n
recommendation favoring the amal
gamation t all organizations Reek
ing better roads. If tho amalgama
tiou plan is carried out tiie Ameri
can Automobile association, tho Au
tomobile Club of America, tho Amer
ican Highway association, tho United
States Highway association and thu
American Rondhuilders' association
will mergo and hold a single conven
tion, Efforts are being mado to organize
tho school tcachors of liostpn into a
unlou.
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