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orpfjon Hlirtnrlcnf SnoIeV m Second Street Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER KliumTN today Mini tomor row Mixx. (Iff Mill. 38, wmmmmmmmmmmmm -1. "oftr-thlrd Yr. Daily KlHlitli Yrar M1SPFOKD. OHWlQiV, MOMMV, .lAXTAIiV 0, f)U. NO. 244 SEVEN STEAMERS SEE TANKSHIP SINK AND CREW THIRTY-TWO PERISH AT SEA J y . T IN TWO; HALF E Strnmstilp Oklahoma Goes Down In Gale Sixty Miles Oft Sandy Hook Rescue Ships Unable to Render Assistance Eight Men Saved. Attrr Portion of Vessel Goes Down, Out Forepart Floats Worst Storm of Season RauiiiQ. ni:w yokk, .inn. r.. win. .-.-n li'Hmhii uliiniling hy, barely a chIiIc'b length iiuuy, but pnwerloioi In render aid, thuty-lwn Mien were iIiiihiii'iI nti lint Amcricuu tank htl'HIIIlllp OUhIiIIIIIII, .it llllll'H off Sanity limit, t'Mtlv today. Captain Alfred Uiieiitor mill mn rn member of hi crew, nut of tin ,.-' oolite company r forly, unri' Mixed. Hcfoio lliii i'iv vvn of llif lookout on llm emit liit'li Miiriniiiilril, llm ilnnmril ship broke in two. Tin- after portion Mink like ii'iiu, ami mi on imam u perisiieu My n ntiriii'li', tlii forepart of the shin limited. Clinging I'""! it wcii' eight men. They wi'Mi icsoucd. l'lor"l of Stonu Tim (Ikliilioinii, owned by llm .1. M (lilflcv I'etioleniil einyililiv, Milled fnmi lium Sulurdux lr Port. Ar thur. TV v. uiii'iiut fur (iiilniilii Siimly Hunk before It run into the llcrcest Htorm which Iuih swept the Alliuitie const in year. Ily tin hit ter tit rt of Sunday afternoon it- I'liinlitiiiii was ho ilepcnilo tluit Witch' enlU weic sent out fur liiil. A MS IK AN The Spanish liner Muiiuel (.iho,",l'"ry 'l, ' I.m WHO till' llll (0 IH'k llll'lll II". ,l t'liplliiu Itoili't'rl onler the Clllvo tieml ut once lowunl the ooiitiou MlMMl. Then other hhipo pieketl up the eull mill hteiilueil to the leeue, too. It wiik Hot leut: lifter the CiiltnV rehpoime to the htiiiiuioiiM for ulil hefore the Oklahoma liml uf feieil to hiteh mi extent us to tit iln wirele. out of enuiiuUinii, The CnhnV ciiIIh, liowexer, eoutmui'il to tiring umri' htiip-, llclple. Iii Vim in Ily H nVloek Siiuihty llm Oklu hniiiu lay wallowing lielpleHxIy in the trough of the wiim'n, while ahoiil it eili'leil Hie i aio, ine iiiiinniir Auieiiemi liner llnviirin, Cnptmii C (Irmilff.; the Itoyat .Mail liner f'auh heun, I lie White Star I'leuhlci (leoiia anil the leveutie eulteis Sou ecu, OniiuiliiKU ami (lrclium, The hex en nhipti all iniiile lepcuteil ullcmptrt t launch lifihoalH, hut in the violent utile thoy wcic Miiaxlu'il iiniiiht I he lilt; hhin'ri hide iih horn as the crew ntaiteil to lower (hem. Scm'iiiI hiiilorn woie Imdly iujuicl in (Continued rni jiuka 3,) E TO SETTLE TROUBLE CALUMET DISTRICT CHICAGO, Jan. r..- That offieials of the NVV'stiirii Federation of Min ciri will meet hero this eveniuu: to frame a 1110111111 for preHentalinii to Michigan lahor IciiiIuim with n view In 1'iiicini; a M'ttleinciit of the cup per iniiiii nliike, wim auuouiieed hy President Chailcri II. Moycr of the federation hero today. ''Wo hIiiiII iIIhi'iihh two plans," ha Hiiid, "O110 plan is u kciici'iiI Htiiko of nil iiiK'iuiizcd workmen hi Miehi (1111 iiiiliihtricK. Tim other in a htriko of all miners nfl'iliated with our ni'h'auixntioii lliioiiKliuiit tho en tire uoiintry," MuyiT, iiiimli improved, (left St. I.nko'n lioHpilul today and look a 100m at tint (limit house, wheru to jiljjlit'ii oonfuu'iii'o will bo held. GENERAL I LOCATION OF Jffi RESERVE BANKS NLW YOHIC. .Inn. fi. The fust healing of tin I'ovelli' incut's icscnc hunk commit -lee wih In-Ill hete toilny. ill teuileil liv Seeiclarv of (hi) TieiiMiirv MeAiloii mill Scerc tiirv of Agilculluie Houston. .Mi'Ailon uuiioiiiieeil Ihnt the eiiuiuiiltei', in dividing the eonutrv into district, in. tended to lie governed liV Mate lilies, lie suggested Hint regional liniikn lie eslah li.luil in the most iiiioitnut eitii'H. PlMii'lll llm" of Ihe New Voik denting limine urK'il Unit New York Ihi Riven one of tlii'M' hunk, its dUtnet to iueliuh' New Yolk, Coiiuocti fill uiiil Hit t of New Jersey. Picidenl Wigviii of the Chiine National hunk Miggost u Unit hank he loeuteil in New York, Chicago, St. I.iiiim, one on the I'ueitie roust, one in the northwest ! "" I 4. mill miother in the southwest. WON FACES E llAKIJIt. Ore, Jan. C Proceed ings for routeiiiit nf court against Colonel I.nxvson wrro Instituted bore tinlii) hy Atorney NIcIioIh In behalf of the Copperfleld nulounuiuu, whose re- Kiiritlcm of an order of Injunction tu nned hy Circuit JiiiIku Anilcmon. l)eiut .Sheriff (JcorKo Herbert loft today for Cuiipurfleld. uiiiircoiutn tiled, to Kerwt the cllutlou 011 Colonel l.nwHou. Wild MtorlfH Hint a poHno won tieliiK orKnulied hero to renin! Colonel I.iiwioii'h authority, and would k) to Coiierfleld with Herbert, lire without foundation, MIm Fern ilohliH, tho Kovernor'a emlHHiiry. left hero Innl nlKhf but said ho would return next Hnturdny to repremuit (Jovernor Wet In a hear Iiik of rharpeM lookltiK toward tho teiupornry HupplanlltiK of Sheriff Itniul for alU'Kod fulluro to enforce the law In Copperfleld, 10 BE CHIEF JUSTICE SAfltAMGNTO, Cal., Jan. R. Tluit (lovenior .lohiihou Iuih been in duced hy eliiM' fiiciuts to heeomo a eaudidato for ehief justiei' of the state Mipremo eourt to hiieeeed V. II. Ilcutty, whoso t'eriu expires this year, is u well-founded minor which hwept over the eupltol today. To those who hiivo liccii expecting the t,'ocrnor to nuiiouiieo hiiuself as a candidate for re-eleeliou or for the Ihiiled Slules hcimte, tho lepoit wot. received with much Mirpuso. Tho Kiivernnr'ri secretaries hinted Hint tho Kovciunr had mado no an nouueemeut ickiu'iIIii his ulaiis to day, mid Dial they weto hlill in Ihe (lurk as to tho com mi ho would take. FEDERAL PROBE OF I E (lllANI) HAPIDS, Jlieh.. Jim. fi. Aothu United States District Attor ney llowuimi was instructed today hy Attorney (lonorul MoKoynohlrt to useoilaiu whether tho federal laws were being violated in tho copper riiiuiug iliHtriet of this Btate. lluw maii will mako u personal iuvcHtigu lion of the slttmliuu. CONT MPT CHARGES JERSEY COAST SUFFERS WORST i STORM IN YEARS Million Dollars' Damaije at Seahrlnjit Alone Piers, Wharves, Cottages' for Miles Washed Out hy Moun tainous Waves Resorts Ruined. One Death Reported When Lone Cot tager on Island Is Entjulfctl by Monster Wave Schools Closed. SlIAItltKSHT. N. J., Jan. .r.-One lllilhoii dollar' iIiiiiiiikc had hcell ilone here alone today by the worst nIoiiii Hie Jerxev eoant has known in t hilly jciiih. Pieis, whurMv, hrenkwaterM, cut. tapes innl otlmr impiovvmeutH for filly iiiileM up and down the bench were Miinhhcd I'V Hie iiioiinlaiuoiih waxes. The hands were littered with wreckage, broken luniiliiic, hrie-u-brae and ruined deeorations. Mayor Klhott called a city council j uu'cthic for this ufteruoou to dis-. cuss rehnhilitatiou, but the i-onscn-' hiis of opinion was that tho seetioii would never ieeoer fiom the blow I anil Hint few of the x reeked col ludes would ever be rebuilt. I ('olliiKrr I iron noil Wiitchtni'ii iiat rolled tho boauli all liilit, but with daxhreuk tho sale Mibsided houifwhat nnil"'nie "mrtrii- niK's luuli tide, from which still wimm1 duuinue had been feared, did little further harm. Tho New York hotel at I.eiis: Hraueli, iiuoeeupied, burned earlv today, white Ihe stonn was still rnir ins', nud the Kiiest of the Amerieau hoti-e, near hy, to which it was fear ed the flames would spread, weie driven out in si'itut attire. The American linuxo was mixed, liowexer, after a haid fiejil. One death wa reported- that of I'llsworth Cottrell, who lives alon 011 Plutu i-liiinl, where his cottmjc was eiijjulfed by 11 monster xvave, and it- lone occupant drowned. It was feaied, too, 'that the schooner ltuperta had uoue down off Ocean Citv with Cmilniu C. 1). -Mathews mid his orew, KcIiooIk Closed Today The hehools heie xxero closed to day and the children aided in clcar iiiK up the debris. Timbers weie piled hieji alon the water front. In deed, e.xpciieueed surfiuen were of the opinion that only tho wreckage of the Octagon hold and the suiiish i'il eotlnnos prevented the town's de struction. The-e, piled iiIeuk: the beach, broke tho foreo of the sea and prevented the waved from sweeping inward. Secretary of War narrihon's sum mer home ut Normandie,' N. J., xvns ainoui; tho-e which sut'l'cicd heavv diimap'. Numbers of collages xWiioh xvere not actually destroyed weie under mined nud will ho mho to topple into the sea if the waves-riso again he fore rcimirs can ho made. Thousands of hlrnngern were heie toduY looking ut the ruins. N13W YOUK, Jan. D. Fractional guliis xvero numorous at tho opening of tho Block market today. The only deiiluo of nolo was n 0110 point loss In, Amorlean Aru nud Foundry. Dealings xvoro Binall. Strongth xvns shown In California l'ctroloum In tho first hour, nud Mexican l'etroloum also advnucod sharply, l'ooploa' Gas Jumped !l, California Petroleum rose 4 uud tho preferred 1) points. Mexican I'otroleum xvns un 3. West- cm Union lead tho advance among tho usually active Hut. llomls were firm, Tho market closed strong, if HOW "V ' WRECKAGE DiimuBe latlruattd at uioro than Jl.OOO.O'jO was done re eutly by n northeast sale whUli sweiit tlie New Jewe coast. Sea Urlgir, V J , w here tho gale attained a maximum vc'octty of ninety c'slit mile, xvn almost Uevantateit by the wind ami ti liiliet tide er known there. Handsome coPnges were swept Into the sea, uillei of board walk and buik 1 .-!i destroyed and the streets torn up for jards Inliiad. MILITIA DEPORTS MTU ON ROM COAL MINE ZONE nr.NVm?, Colo., .Inn. Ti.-Deported hy the htute militia from the Col orado coal inii.e stiiko xoiic, ".Mother" .Mnry Jones diflared v teday: "I am going hack l Trinidad n hoon tin I euu get ready. I am go ing hack lo aseit my constitutional rights. Ocncial Chufcc may put nit in jail, hut 1 do not intend to he lobbed of my rights meekly. "When, nfter a iit theie, I was leaving dm Lost Slefoo, President .Mudero, since maitvred, Uhkod me to reluiii. Hut in Colorado, because I ilaio to htuud up lor the down-trodden, I am deported, It scciiih to me Hint the national government ought to put un end to Mich ouimgos," ''.Mother" Jones arrived in Trim dud from Kl Paso xoslerday. Adju tant (Icncrul J0I111 Cliu-e, eoiu maiidiug Hie militia in Ihe strike dis iiiet, sent u dctml of stale tioops to meet her at the railroad station. Ak she stepped from her train Cap tain Smith, in ehaigo of tho detail, stopped from her train, Captain Smith, in ehaigo of the detail, stop ped her, accompanied her to the ticket window, wheie she purchased 11 ticket to Denver, tool; her hack mid put her on hoard the train mid OM'oitod her us fur as Wnlcenhuig, beyond wliVh point military rule does, not exlend. NKW YOltlx', Jan. fi. Tho head less body of a man oit&t up h" the sea near here yohlerduy is not that of Koheit Jewell, the niis.iug nvi ntor. The cotpso was viewed at (he morgue today hv Mrs,' Jtnvcll. She deelaied it was not that of her husband, HUGE WAVES BATTERED THE - LaMmm." ,S5 'j,.. L2 UJ&A OCTAGON HOTEL BATTERED BY WAVES. wj v JypWT1" " tfffKm?BBuBCSBM -i- bbbbmI - r , , -, l.. .i -- . . .1 .. .J OP FISHERMAN'S HOMES AT OENTIFIES FARISS AS BURGLAR 10 SAN FKAXCISCO, Cal., Jan. 5. Itnlph Fariss, tho "Kl Monto bandit, ' was Identified here today as tho mur derer of sovonteou-year-oUl KdxvnrJ Driscull, a outh shot down on the ox oiling of December -0 hy a burglar w horn ho had surprised in the act of rifling his aunt's home. Only one person saw tho murderer fleo from tho house. That person was Mrs. George Duvall, a neighbor. She was at tho Ferry building today wheu FarUs arrived from I.os An geles, lu custody of officers, en route lo San Quentln prison, whero ho Is to bo hanged March 0 for tho murder of Traveling Passenger Agent Mou tuguo, of tho Southern Pacific com pany, whom he Killed during tho Et Monto train robbery. Furls was btnndlag between two doput sheriffs wheu Mrs. Duvall en tered, "There stands tho man who killed little Kddlu DrUcolll" blto said with out a moment's hesitation. "I saw him as ho ran from tho houso. Ho knows I speak tho truth." Pnrit-s paled but lemaluod silent. Farlsa left for San Quentln, ac companied by Sheriff llauuuel of I.oa Angeles, As tho ferryboat entered Its slip FarUs turned to tho newspaper jaen. "I guess thero Is nothing I caro to say," ho said with a nervous twitch. "Thoy aru going to send mo Into Ktorulty pretty soon, and besides no oao would bellcxo nu) thing 1 might say." Nell Kenyou Is to begin un Ameri can tour boon under tho Keith man-ugomunt. SHOT YOUTH DEAD JERSEY COAST 7 wr-uri liUUF StEPBf2lGHT. M.O. FORD TO DIVIDE i PROFITS IN AUTOS L DETROIT, Mich.. Jan. 5. A profit-sharing scheme by which $10,000,000 wiH i,o distributed nn mially iimoujj its employes was an nounced here today hy the Ford Mo tor company, which also announced that the workday would he reduced ono hour without any decrease in pay. It iiNo xvas announced that 1000 additional men would be put to work immediately, bringim: the company's total number of employes here up to 'J'J.OOO. This menus that tho men will work eight hours n day, tluee shifts being employed. The distiibution of the Ford eom-pan.x'-s surplus will start ono week i com (oituy. i inter the lUau, no emploxo oxer '2'2 years of age will iceeixe less than iffi for mi cighl hour day, even though he he imwolv u floor sweeper. The minimum now i.s $2.;il u day of nine hours. 7 LIKE ROCK PILE PORTLAND, -Or., Jan. fi.-IM dentlv tho unemployed of Portland do not fancy eiaeking rock at .LoO per cubic, yard, when liio municipal rockpile, established by the city to lelieve the unemployed situation be gun operations today only fifty men applied for woik ut the city hail. Of this number twelve repotted at the rockpile. Seven of these threw up their jobs before noon, 1 EM OYE IWEST TO USE MtLiTIA GLEANING I BAKER COUNTY I 1 I Martial Law at Copocrfietd to Bo I Discontinued When Civil Autherl i ties Agree to Enforce Law j Troops Sent to Huntington Next. 1 Whitney, Haines and Baker Slated ' fcr Housetleaning, Intimates Gov- error Court Orders Ignored. I SAL.KM, Ore, Jan. C. That mar tial law In Copperfleld will not bo discontinued until tho civil authori ties fully amirn him that tho lawn will be enforced was tho statement of Governor Went today. j Ten militiamen under command of Lieutenant Colonel Holamnn of Iortland ordered to Copperfleld yci tcrday by tho governor, will arrive 'there thhf afternoon to do pollco t duty. If the town Is quiet upon their arrival and no Indications of an out 1 break, the govornor plans to move Colonel Lawson and his men to Huntington later In tho day, and el tend his enforcement of law activi ties to that town. In fact, ho Inti mated that before ho got ' through with Iiakor county, ho, was going to clean up Huntington. Whitney J Haines, .and .thc.clty of Iiakor and any other placo where ho found tho 1 laws wore not being enforced by I Sheriff Itand. Governor West- today sent tho fol- I lowing to Colonel Lawson at Copper Cepper fleld: "Understand Deputy Sheriff Herbert will be In CopperHeld today, j He auro and extend him every court esy but pay no attention to any papers ho might serve." COIM'EUFIKl.D. Ore, Jan. 5. The situation hero xvas unchanged this morning. Tho town Is still un der martial law with Colonel Lawson and his men In absoluto control. All of tho liquor and bar fixtures have been confiscated and prepared for shipment to Daker at four o'clock this afternoon. Thus far Colonel I.awbon has not heeded the Injunction Issued by Circuit Judge Anderson to restrain him from disposing or tho selxed liquor and fixtures. City Councllmen Wlegand nnd Warner at tempted to floo from tho town on a gasoline railroad speeder yesterday but were prevented from doing so by tho militiamen. ItiOO Cusc to Ship Something more than 1200 case containing everything from anlesPe to beer overflow tho dismantled box car that Is Copportteld'a frolght waro houso. and testify to tho most re mnrkablo Sunday this city has known In its six lively years of existence. Lieutenant Colonol Lawsoti and his army were up early and while Ho (Conttnued on pa?o 2.) "S AT NF.W YORK, Jan. u. An autopsy ut the Coney Isluud niorguu proven positively today that Miss Jenio K. MeCaiiu, the youiu; settlement xvorker whoso body xviuj found on the bench Sunday, a month nfter her disiippea ranee, died by drowning. Members of her family iifceptcil the theory that hho committed fili cide, "Shu was stibiect to attack of depression," Mild her father, Robert MeCaiiu. "uud 1 believe her last one was. mure than she could endure." Tjio young womiiuV, ',o,i.,. wns taken today to her father' home , ill Flutbush. ESSE M' BOD FN CONEY SLEBEAGH