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SECOND
EDITION
WEATHER
Fair tonight mill Sunday
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MBDFOUD. OKISOOX, KATl'ltDAY, J'MSHIU'AitY 1 J, 10M.
NO. 279
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SAVAGE
ATTACK
ON LAND BOARD
MAD BY WEST
Governor Criticizes Dilatory Tactics
of Desert Board anil Comments on
Unfitness of Members anil Qulb
blcs Resorted to to Delay Relief.
I'OHTI.ANI), Ore , IVI. 1 L Cniiv
tl attack by tlorernor West on tho
dentin Imiil lionnl and pnrtlculaity
three tnembern of It Statu Kngliioor
John II. Lewis. Attorney .(Jciiril
Crawford and Htnlo Treasurer Kny
rented n notiNntlon nt today's session
u( thu Oregon Irrigation CoiiKrem
Hero nru nomo of thn UiIiiks ho snld.
'If thero Is' anything thn all-wise
Creator should tako himself to ac-
rou tit for It In tin desnrt I nml lionrl.
A tli-rt ha n rcrtalu valuo becnuso It
nerve to keep some dogs amused nml
busy, hut I can't sen nuy such value
In tlm desert land honril.
I.I'M I IiOiik mi ltrMir)p
"Ktntn Kudtieer I.owIm run innko
inoro report than nuy olio on earth.
Hupnrls are oil" of thu causes for Iho
Koiriiiiiint'ii larking nctlon. When
mi) urn. has a proposal for notion
thu statu engineer I nlwn there
vk it tt some ian to defor nctlon.
"Tom Kny la statu treasurer nnd
r u tm a woolen mill what doc lio
know ahoni reclamation?
"Attorney General Crawford Go J
bl' him! Ho ran got on inoro
sldua of tlm im inn question at thn
sutno llmo than any onit I over saw '
Thn governor Han proposing help
for tlm settler of the Central Oregon
IrrlKntlon project ami ho declared
thn desert land board's melhoda of
hnmllliiK thn situation was to ilnUy
ami ilofeat Iho hopfa of actual siit
Hem while thu board quibbled,
(loiernor'i. l'niMN
Went protwscd thai mortgage,!
KiM'ii by settlers on Hut Tumalo pro
ject mono) having been advanced
to thnm on mortgage IhroiiKh nn np
proprlatlon o( thn taut legislature
bo discounted and thu proceed mod
In (lunnrlng, nay, thn taking mnr
thu north unit of thu Central Oregon
project. Ho nlto ndvnrntud tlio
lonulng of money from thu school
fund It nmounta to nbout IG.OOO
000 dcclnrlng that lands susceptible
of redii nint Ion by IrrlKntlon should
eonslltulo thu hunt kind of necurlty
"I Intend to uio nil my tlmn from
now until thu firm of thu ear tirln i?
Iiik about an arrangement t tint will
put water on thu arid laud and mako
produrtlvo Held of barren stretches,
until thn governor,
CHOICE ALFALFA LAND
NEAR TOLO BRINGS
j.i.
$200 CASH PER ACRE
f
Tlio Pago-Drcssler com-
puny thin week nolo" for tlm
iiccount of Iho DaiilMiii I-.
Into to George N. Davis of
Willows, Cnl.f twcnly-sl
noros best Rear crook liottiwu
nlfnlfii.
TIiIh is loonloil on tlio Pa-
olflo highway, about tlirco
iiiiR'H liolow Cuiitral Point.
Mr. iJnVirf phhl if'JOO cash per
aero aml'liliH Hvciiroil onu of
(lio olioloo jilcct'ri of laiul in
tlio viilloy. lio intouilrt lo "
linild anil innko IiIh homo
liOto. Many futuilioH from tlio
Hiiiuo lodality' oxpoot to lo-
'oiito in tlio lo(!tio Hivor vaN '"
Toy. f
NEW HAVEN DEALS
WAKIIINOTON, Fob. M. Thu In
loiHtutu coinmori'O oommiHuion today
onlincil Iho Now Ymk, Nuw Haven &
Hartford Unili'otiil oonipniiyV fhuiii
oiul IhiiiHilctioiiH with otluu' railronilt
invwne(l. Tlm ilillnwlnif. 'ill'P
roHilrt worn naiauil iih iupouUiittni
Uonton ci JlAino, Muino QVntral,
runtral Now Unjtlunil & Now Yotk,
Ontario & UVatorn.
ELECTROCUTED
N 1
IX
Richard C. Curry, Formerly of Med
ford, Killed While Repalrlnu Elec
tric Water Heater at Ray Gold
Presumed to Havo Grasped Pipe.
Denth wuk dnnlt nltli triiKlc avrlft
iionh to Itlchnrd C, Curry, an im
plo) of thu Callforiila-OrvKon l'o
ur company, thin merultii: nbout nlun
o'rlock, when ho wan electrocuted In
tlio bath room of hl own homo nt Kny
Hold, IKfnrtH to rextmlculo thu
trlckuu man failed nftur two hoiim
of heroic method by Drn, Uow of
Central I'otut mid I'orter of Hit
city.
Curry na repnlrliiK nn idctr!j
water beater, rnrr lnp but n volta"
of I to. No one wn with him, but
thu nnpponltloti ndvnncod Hint ho
Krnnd n water plpu In bin wort:,
rniultiK a heavy ground circuit.
Member of bin family dUcovered tho
prontrnto form on tho floor, nnd tele
phoned to thn r.eimral offlcen of tho
power compnny In thla rlty, who
rimlmd inedlcnl aid to thn acenn.
The theory ndvaurcd la that a
wuak heart aupurlmlticcd donth froi'i
tho electricity, Curry wn of aplon
did phyilcal build, nod worked an
an operator at tho plant. Ho wna
well known In thla city, whom he re
filled until recently, lie wnn inlddlo
nKcd, nnd teate a ulfn nnd ioci
children, thu oldiit bultiB thirteen
year old
Coroner KoIIokc of Hold Hill was
railed lo thu ncotie. nnd with Huperln
leudutit II. C. Sloddnrd and othor
power ofllcl.il nrn uinklnR a tlmr
oufth Inrentli-'ntlon of tho nrctdent.
It linn not been definitely decided yet
whether a coroner' liuilictt'wlll bu
held or not.
CLOSES QUIET DAY
NKW YORK, Fib. II. -The mar
ket won iiiiiimiiiIK itiiet nt I lie okii
iui; today. The amount of business
IraiiNiieleil wax hiiiiiII ami prioen iliI
not vary more limn ', or ' i. except
In thn eiihcrt of Rubber nml Pressed.
Hlcel I'ar, which rose each. Now
.Southern Pacific CoinoitililoH sold
nt io:ivH.
Later in tho day prices rose from
n fraction to a point. IIoiiiIh wore
catty.
Thu market closed ipi'iet.
HALF MILLION LOSS
IN MINNEAPOLIS FIRE
MINNKAPOUS, Minn., IVh. M.
Thu ciitiro firo depnrlmeut was call
ed at noon today to utipprcMi a fire
which practically destroyed thu plant
of tlio Northern Maiiufactiirine; com
pany. Thu linn was estimated at
.f.'illO.OOO.
W. P. Howe, 72 years of ne, en
tered the blazing htiildiiu; to rescue
Rosa Schultx. Ho has not been seen
since. Tho e,irls ehcaucd unhurt.
HEAD OF SENATE FOREIGN
RELATIONS COMMITTEE DEAD
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BLIZZARD SWEPT OM JIB Fl ,
NEW YORK CITY IMiMH 0NMM
One of Worst Storms in City's His
toryMillion Dollars' Damage Is
Done Traffic Completely Tied Up
Trains Many Hours Late.
NI'AV YORK', Feb. 11 Fully a
score perished here today in one of
thu worst ItliKards In New York
City's exH'rience.
Thu police said the number of tic-
thus might prove to be considerably
larger than tho one pven. Traffic
and communication ucro fo com
pletely tied up that it was almost
impossible to got from ono end of
thu eity to the other or to transmit
messages, so news traxeled slowly.
Soino of those who died actually
froze to death, hut tlm majority suc
cumbed to accidents incidental to the
storm.
The damage done was estimated
at morn than $1,000,000.
Urban traffic wns completely tied
up. IIimucss in nil lines fell off hy
nt least 7.ri per cent. Trains were
hours Into, Many wero cancelled
entirely. Automobiles could not pen
etrate the snowdrifts, Horses re
fused to fncu the wind. Thu streets
were nearly descried..
During the worst of the gale there
wero times when thu wind reached a
velocity of eighty-four miles an hour.
At sou the storm wns worse than
on land. Off Sandy Hook lay a
dozen vessels, hoiiio of them groat
trans Atlantic liners, hove lo with
some '1000 homeward-bound Ameri
can tourists on board.
Lewis Postmaster at Holland.
WASIIIXUTOX, IVh. II. Irvln K.
Lewis was today appointed postmns
ter at Holland, Josephine county.
SCHOOL CHILDREN
Tho children of tho fiftli and sixth
grades of tho Roosevelt school held
an election on Thursday afternoon,
clouting, a mayor, nix couucilmcu, a
recorder and i judge. Tho mayor
then appointed n firo chief, a health
officer and a chief of police.
Tho council and tho mayor will
meet on Monday afternoons, holding
session!! until 4 o'clock. At thoso
meetings regular ordinances will ho
road and approved. All school laws
will bo passed and tho chief given
authority to enforce them. Tlio prin
cipal will act as sheriff and as the
Hupremu court, so that. all thu laws
shall ho subjected to propur super
union, mid lo sou that they aro en
forced. Ho will havo tho power to
declare lawa null and void if contrary
to school law,
Tho uhlhUcn will ho tnught how to
vole, to lunik bulloU, to patsa lawn,
m?zMszsm&3szzmmz
THE TURKISH SOVENOR- GEKi&FfcAl- .
AMD THE
Scenen nttendlna; the oprnlni; of tho Hilla cnnal and the dlrcrfifOn nt
water throuRh Iho lllndla barrlago. which utilizes the waters cf tho, Eu
phrates to Irrlgnto Arabian deserts. Arab shleks from all parts of' tho
deturt wero In attendance
POLICE PATROL
STREETS OF T
TOKIO. Feb 1 1 StronR forces of
police patrolled tho streets hero with
drnwu swords today. Hepoatcd it
tempts were made to hold meetings
which bud been called to protest
ngalnst tho po eminent' big unvy
program nnd the present rato of taxa
tion, but tho authorities broko them
up beforo any great crowds gath
ered. Parliament houto and othor publl:
buildings wore under heavy military
guards, as wero tho offices of news
papers friendly to Um government.
Sovural more of thoso which bnvo
taken tho contrary sldo wero sup
pressed and their editors locked up.
Thu elaborato precautious takon
gavo color to reports that revolu
tionary ceuttuient was widespread,
that tho government realized It and
that officialdom was prepared to go to
nny extremes, In Its alarm, to prevent
tho people from getting farther out
of hand.
Thero continued to bo rumors of
serious troublo In othor cities but tho
authorities succeeded In keeping tho
WHDR110
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ELECT MAYOR AND CITY OFFICERS
to feel responsibility and to obey
laws of their own making. To learn,
concretely, what city government
means, so that they will ho belter
propnrod for citizenship.
At slato elections, all laws pro
posed will he road and discussed and
sample ballots will bo scoured, so
that they may loam to vote on a real
ballot. Robett's, Law of Procedmc
will ho used.
Tho judge will havo couit sessions
to try offciidois, a prosecuting at
torney and defense, with a jury ot
twelvo to try all cases. Tho plan
will teach a know lodge of law, civil
government and personal responsi
bility. Tho election was spirited and fol?
lowed a thrco days' campaign,
For mayor Mytlo Morrunan, 20
votes; Loreuo Hauliers, 15; James
Medloy, 12.
lleuorder Catlo Dennett, 10 Vcr-
BARRAGE IRKS
KADI
AVIATOR PLANS
AIRSHIP ATTACK
ON MEXICO CITY
NKW ORLKANS, La., Feb. 14.
That lie will direct an aeroplane at
tack on Mexico City when Generals
Carraiizn and Villa finally close in
on Picsideiit Huertn's capital was
announced today by (InuivUle. Pol
lock, the axiator. f
Pollock said he held' .Cnrranza's
cnmmissin.il as an neriaV admiral.
I'udcr him ho will Itavo a licet of
twelve monoplanes nnd two biplnnes.
Tho monoplanes, ho explained, will
bo used for scouting' and to drop
bombs; tho biplanes will carry n
light rapid-fire gun each., '
Among tlio Mexican ndfcloff icons
who iiavu bad experience as aviators
and wcie expected to servo under the
American admiral are Paseual Or
tega, Manuel Rojas and P.milio
Ojeda.
It was understood that Pollock's
contract with Carranza provided for
a salary of .f'J.'OOO gold semi-nnnu-ally.
nws bottled up, so that details or ovo.n
confirmation wero unobtainable
gie Meadows, 1.V, Oris Daily, 0.
Judge Walter Whisoimnl, It".
Firt ward (two members elected)
Hruoo Putnam, 7; F.dward Kelly,
f; Joephino Lindley, .
Second ward Perry Gregg, 12;
Teddy Leonard, IS; Rachel Robin
son, S.
Third ward Reatrico McDonald,
12; Will Colemau, 13; Francos Med
ley, 10.
Tho recall has already been invok
ed against a councilman who walked
across Iho lavn, breaking an ordi
nance of tho school, and who defied
tho chief of police when told ho was
arrested, Thu children havo tho neo.
cssnry names to thu petition and
they declare he will ho defeated nt
tho coming election. Tlio defense
claims that ho has not been In office
long enough to bo lccallod, hut thu
prosecution says. Hint a lawbreaker
forfeits the office.
ON THE EUPHRATES
Huerta Reported to Be Getting Ten
Thousand Rifles Frcm Russian
' Government Vlflorous Defense Is
Prepared for Uprising at Capital.
MEXICO CITY, F?b. 14.- Rebels
began n fierce attack on Mazatlau
today. They were boveral thousand
strong. General Felipo Angeles led
them.
It was reported that President
Huerta was getting 10,000 rifles and
10,000,000 rounds of ammunition
from Ode.-sa, the Russian govern
ment helping him.
The foreign defense committee
here today was preparing' for n vig
orous resistance iu the event of an
uprising in the capital. Anns were
provided, provisions laid in and all
foreigners were notified just where
to come at the first sign of danger.
Reports that tho British cruiser
Suffolk had lauded machine gtm
proved true. They had arrived nml
wero mounted at the entrance lo thu
Kngtish embassy.
AM unconfirmed rumor was cur
rent that Foreign Minister Mohena
was, nbout to resign to become min
ister to Itelcinni nnd that Joso Or-
tillo Rojas was slated to succeed him
American Charge d'Affaires
0'Si:iuglinesy was much depressed
by news of the critical illness of his
father, Colonel James O'Shaughuessy,
iu New York.
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rOUTLAN'D. Ore, Fob. U. Tho
International Monoy Machine com
pany today resumed tho work of re
moving to Indianapolis tbo shop fix
tures, raw material, unassembled
imrta ot monoy changing niachlma
and othor property purchased from
tho United States Cashier company,
ns tho Tcsult of Judgo Qatona' dis
solving an Injunction grantod a weik
ngo following tho filing of a suit tor
an accounting against tho United
States Cashier company by J. S, Dlr-
roll, a stockholder. Tho cashier com
pany will bo required to execute n
surety bond for S10.000 to protect
Dlrrell In tho suit.
Judgo patens held, howovor, that
thero will bo sufficient property lott
In Portland to wurrant tho contin
uance of Hecolvor Hunt, who was np
pointed lust Saturday.
PRESIDENT'S COLD BETTER,
BUT HE IS KEPT INDOORS
WASHINGTON, Feb, 14, J'resl-
dent Wilson's cold wnn belt today,
hut he was not permitted, by "Dr.
Grayson to leave thu white bouse.
SENATORBACON
GEORGIA LEADER
PASSES AWAY
Chairman of Foreign Relations and
Members of Other Important Sen
ate Committees, Dead After Irlef
Iflress Fell and Broke Ribs.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14. Senator
Augusts O. Bacon nt Georgia died
hero today after an Illness ot two
weeks. Ho was chairman of the sen
ate forulgn rotations committed snd
a member ot other Important com
Ittccs. Senator llacon fell a month aco and
broke two of his ribs. Serious In
flammation followod and later It
was found that ho was suffering from
kidney disease.
Senate at Once Adjourn
Senator Overman announced Sena
tor Dacon's death on tho floor of tna
senate and that body immediately
adjourned. If the family Is willlae.
the funeral will be hctd from the
scnato chamber Tuesday.
Senator Bacon was born In Bryan
county, Georgia, October 20. 183?.
Ho was tho son of Iter. Augustus 6.
Bacon and Mary Louisa Bacon.
He graduated frqm the literacy
and classical departments' ottho Dnl-.
verslty of Georgia In 1859 a! the
law department In I860. HeWterti ,
tho confederate army at the 'begin
ning of the civil war and serVed dur
ing tlii campaigns ot 1861 and rlt62
as1 adjutant of the Ninth Georgia regi
ment in tne army ot Northern Vir
ginia. Later he was assigned to, sta,f
duty and was commlsdtoned'captaln n
tho provisional arny of tho confed
erate states;
Senator Four Terms ,
At tho close of tho war he ..?
sunied the study of law and began to
practice bis chosen profession at
Macon, Ga., In I860. From that
date until his election to the sena'to
he actively continued to practice hi
both tho state and fedorat courts. In
1871 Bacon was elected to the Geor
gia house ot representatives, of
which body he served as a member
for fourteen years. Ho was elected
to the United States senate In No
vember, 1S34, re-elected In 1000,
and again In 1907. Iu 1913 he was
unanimously re-elected In a general
popular stato election, being tho first
senator elected to tho fedorat Benato
by popular vote. His term would
havo expired March 3, 1919.
OF
POLITICAL PLOT
SAY WITNESSES
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okln., Feb. 14.
Testimony intended to support the
contention of the defense that United
States Senator Thomas P. Gore of
Oklahoma, who is being sued hy Mrs.
Minnie K. Pond for $.10,000 damages,
is tho victim of a political conspiracy
was offered when tho trial wrts re
sumed today.
Deputy Sheriff Ezell was recalled
by tho defenso as tho day's first
witness. Hu snid ho talked to Thud
dens Robertson, ap important, wit
ness for Mrs. Uond, just before tho
suit wns filed.
''Robertson told me," quid Ezell,
'that Senutor Gore had double,
crossed him, but ho said his revengo
would be nwfnl sweet,"
llobertsou also was recalled, but
denied making nuy such assertion to
Kzell
t'nited Stutcs Marshal J. O. Newell
testified that Dr. J. II. Enrp, presi
ilpnt of tho Jncksoninn club, nnd one
of Mrs. Bend's witnesses, showed
bun a clipping of thu Goro case last
April.
"That is nil n dumn lie," Newett
alleged Earp told him. "1 never talk
ed witli Goro about this. That hi
some of Jim Jacobs' work. He eook
od that case up."
Dr. Earp was the next witness. Ilia t
swore that on the Tlmrtnky fttr
the ullvgod assault Gore told )tJ
tht ,b "had loved Mrs. lUmd m,
little,' b,u that she "fwmUt W"fA
hyena." r
VICTIM
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