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SECOND
EDITION
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NO. 244
SEVEN STEAMERS SEE TANKSHIP SINK
AND CREW THIRTY-TWO PERISH AT SEA
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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,)
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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
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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
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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
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OCTAGON HOTEL BATTERED BY WAVES.
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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,
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OYE
IWEST TO USE
MtLiTIA GLEANING
I BAKER COUNTY
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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