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FORECAST
I'nsettlcd. Probably oc
casional mln and cooler.
rorty-ilxth Year.
a11y Eleventh ,7"p,arj.
INVOLVE MANY
I
LEAK RUMORS
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Congressman Wood Bases Charges
Solely Upon Hearsay and Letter
,-v Received Implicates Tumulty, a
Mr. Boiling, brother-in-Law of the
President, and Wall Street Leaders
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5. Smolder
ing rumors Hint somebody mnile
money in the stock market villi
"lenk" information about the sending
of President Wilson's pence' note,
blnzed up today at a notable session
of the house rules committee at its
first hearing on Representative
Wood's resolution for investigation.
Specifically declaring he made
chorees ngninst no ono and was pre
senting only information that had
eouie to him, Wood brought in the
names of Secretary Tumulty, "a Mr.
Hulling," a brother or President Wil
son's wife, whom he did not further
identify; Bernard llnrnch, n Xcw
York stock operator; Otto Kahn, of
Kuhn, l.oeb & Co.; Thompson & Jlc
Kinnon and Lamson Pros. & Co.,
Chicago brokers; K. V. Hut ton & Co.,,
, Xcw York brokers, and F. A. Con
nelly & Co., u local brokerage house
in which Wood said the "Mr. Polling"
he referred to was u partner.
Ilnsed Upon a Letter.
., Much of his information, Wood
said, enme in a letter from A. Curtis,
an independent New York stock bro
ker. Wood disclaimed intending to
(rive the impression that ho believed
that Mr. Tumulty or anyone else, for
(hat matter, profiled by the so-called
leak; that he was merely stating what
had conic to him; that he realized
dunger of milking such statements ir.
public and for that reason he had
preferred to make his statement in
secret session, which the committee
. denied.
At the conclusion of today's ses
sion, Chairman Henry announced that
.Secretary Tumulty would appear
without subpoena, and that subpoenas
had been ordered for Curtis and Har
well. Representative Gardner of
Massachusetts, who has joined in
Wood's agitation for investigation,
will be heard tomorrow, and Thomas
W. Lawson will be heard Monday.
Wood qualified his statement with
a declaration that what information
he had was only hearsay.
Representative Wood also declar
ed that n Washington brokerage
(inn, P. II. Connolly & Co., of which
"a Mr. Polling," n brother of Presi
dent Wilson's wife, is a member, had
profited by stock transactions dur
ing the market flurry. Their deals
were transacted by the New York
firm of K. V. Ilutton & Co., Wood
said.
Ilaiiicli Sulmocncri.
The rules committee, after a brief
exceutivo session, announced that
subpoenas had been ordered for the
appearance of Pcrnard Parucli and
A. Curtis, a Wall street broker, men
tioned by Representative Wood in his
testimony. They probably will up
pea r Monday.
''I nui informed.'' Representative
Wood testified, "that Harney Unriich
jliinl information about the note to the
' Kuropcan belligerents two or three
days before it was sent and that on
two or three occasions about that
time he was in consultation with Mr.
Tnmultv at the liiltmore hotel in New
York."
Representative Rennet of New
York, ii member of the committee,
.-iiiid on the floor Wedneduv tiiat
1'ariK'h was reported in New York to
have sold short 1.",WI0 shares of Steel
on n rising market shortly before the
note was made public.
To Question Lansing.
At the outset of the hearing Rep
resentative Campbell of Kansas mov-
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ALLIES' DEMANDS
LONDON, Jan. .V The Greek gov
ernment, icline in harmony with the
king, has decided to reject certain
clauses "I I ho entente note demand
ing reparation in consequence of the
recent fighting at Athens, Router'?-
orrc-ponceiil at Alhen? Ii-leiopli-
Medford
I
President's Secretary Flatly Denies
That He Ever Knew of President's
Peace Note, Had Not Been at Bi It
more Hotel in Year and Never
Talked With Baruch.
WASHINGTON, Jan. .". When
Secretary Tumulty learned that Rep
resentative Wood had mentioned his
name, he issued a formal statement
demanding a public apology and de
nying llutly that he even knew of the
president's peace note before it was
made public. Secretary Tumulty's
statement follows:
"I am very glad to say publicly
that 1 did not know of the existence
of the preidenl's note on peace until
the newspapers were informed,
lleninl is Absolute.
"Very frequently the president,
who knows that I am bombarded by
newspauer men and others for infor
mation, saves me embarrassment by
keeping such affairs absolutely se
cret. In fact, 1 have often suggested
that this be done.
"1 have not been at the Hiltmore
ill a year; never talked of pence with
Mr. Harnch before or after the peace
note was sent, and never lunched
with him in my life.
"I have met him, as 1 have a great
many good friends from time to time
in hotels, at the theater and else
where. "I think Mr. Wood owes me a pub
lic apology for mentioning my name
at all merely on hearsay and rumor."
Curtis Denies 1Ctter.
XKW YORK, Jan. .V The onlv "A
Curtis" known to Hie New Yolk slock
exchange as a broker is Allen Cui-tii
of the firm of Curtis & Sanger of
New York and Hoston, members of
the exchange. hen inqiurv was
made today us lo whether Mr. Curtis
was the broker referred to by Repre
sentative Wood, the film got in touch
by wire with Mr. Curtis in Huston,
who replied us follows:
"Mistaken identity. I never w rote
any one."
No other broker by that name
seemed to be known in the financial
community, although it was thought
possible he might be a curb broker, or
an independent operator.
Ilutton Ignoui-nt Also.
The financial community was
deeply interested in the testimony be
fore the rules committee. Officials
of the stock exchange said, however,
they saw no reason to take official
cognizance of the alleged operations
referred1 to. At the office of K. F.
Ilutton iSc Co. it was said by a rcpre
.entative of the linn that "nothing is
known of transactions."
Pcrnard Parucli was said to have
been at his hunting lodge in South
Carolina, and his associates ni his
office dociincd to make a statement.
McKinnon denies It.
CHICAGO. Jan. .. When inform
ed of the testimony of Representative
Wood before the congressional i-tini-inittee
relative to the telegram said
to have been sent by R. W. McKin
non, of Thomson & Mi-Kinnon, brok
ers, to their branch manager at Osh
kosh, Wis., -advising short selling, Mr.
McKinnou today declared positively
that no such telegram had been sent
by him or with his knowledge and that
lie had no information of the presi
dent's peace note until it was pub
lished. WASHINGTON", Jan. 5. Vina C.
M ii 1 1 1 ii I x . postmaster at Wilder,
Tenn., was the army's best individual
recruiting agent during December.
t'nder the section of the national
defense act, appointing postmaster
recruiting agents, she obtained six re
cruits for tiie regular service from a
town of 5U0 population. The gov
ernment pays K per man.
"If one twelfth of the number of
post masters avaiiaMe as recruiting
agents had done likewise.'- a war de
partment statement savs. "the reti
Inr army would now lie considerably
In ex,,- of the n it horizeil slnn.ifb.
UMULTY ASKS
PUBLIC -APOLOGY
FUR CALUMNY
MEDFOlvD.
LATEST PHOTOGRAPH SHOWING KAISER WILHELM INSPECTING TROOPS AT VERDUN $U C D
BlGill no siir mSFiFf Ifflf
HIU SEIZED n WJ ISDN'S EFFORT
BY MACKENSEN F!N1 S TOWARD PEACE
Russian Danube Port of Braila, Gran
ary and Oil Depot in Danger From
Attacks on Both Sides of Danube
Town of Galata Also Threatened
Russians Attack in Galicia.
BERLIN, Jan. 5. The Russian
bridgehead position ' before 'Braila
was captured yesterday by Teutonic
troops, the war office announces.
Four Rumanian towns, were captured
and 1,400 prisoners were brought in.
Russian troops began an attack
early this morning on German po
sitions on the northern part of the
Riisso-Gallelun front, north of Fried
rfchstadt, the war office announced
today. The battle is still In progress.
Four Russian attacks near Dvlnsk
were repulsed.
It nut a In Danger.
The Rumanian Danube port of
Braila, important as a granary und
oil storage depot, apparently Is in
imminent danger from the converg
ing attacks of Field Marchal Von
Mackensen's forces on both sides of
the Danube.
On the westerly side of the stream,
where Braila lies, the bridgehead po
sition protecting it has been pierced
by the Austro-German forces, accord
ing to today's German army head
quarters statement.
To the east, across the river in
DohrudjH, the German and Bulgar
ian forces which captured the Mat
rhfn bridgehead are continuing their
advance toward the town.
(raht.t:i Threatened.
This forward movement, more
over, threatens not only Braila, but
the town of Galata, twelve miles to
the north, the capture of which
would deprive the Russians of vir
tually their last hold on the shores
of the Danube west of the Bessara
bian boundary.
Von Markensen's attacks on the
frontal line of the Sereth running
northwestward from Brila, to which
line the Russo-Itumanian forces
have retired, are progressing suc
cessfully, according to Berlin, which
reports the capture of two addition
al towns in the Rimnik Sarat sec
tor. On the northern end of the fron;
in Russia the German lines have
been subjeted to attacks in Dip
Riga-Dvinsk district. The Russian
offensive here, centering In thn vi
cinity of Friedrlt hstadt. Is appar
ently of an Important nature. Ber
lin reporting the fighting still In
progress.
WELSH MATCHED TO
BOX RICHIE MITCHELL
MII.WAIKKK. .Inn. .V-Krclilii-NVUh.
li'iitweiirht -liiiTnMnii Imxcr.
lut Ik'-h iniitclii'il In iiH-i-t Itirllie
Mil' liill. Miluniikrc, lif't'ori- Im-til
i-lnl) on .liimiiiry l(i. jn-i-ordiiiir lo
word n-iiviil innii N'i-v York tmliiy.
Tlip boy .4 nil- lo wi-jjjli :." pound- ni
'. o'-lock on tlir nt'li-nioon prpiTilinu
thr -ot!!1i.
Mail
OR Ml OX. FRIDAY. JAXI'A1Y ."). 1917
WASHINGTON. Jan. o. The slate
department lute tnday authorized the
statement that president Wilson was
not contemplating sending another
peace note.
Counsellor I'nlk t;ave out the fol
lowing Miitemen! :
"The report tliat the president is
preparing lo send a new note to the
belligerent power is false and with
out any foundation. The president
has no second mite in contempla
tion." .Following1 the cabinet meeting Sec
retary Lansing announced that Pres
ident Wilson hnd authorized him to
say that the American government
had no other note in contemplation
and that such information was hcing
cnt to all Am eric-ail diplomatic rep
resentatives abroad.
Secreta ry hnnsini; would not dis
cuss the (piestion further, but it was
understood the reason fur the an
nouncement was apprehension on the
part of the administration that the
reports that another note wntihl be
sent would affect the entente reply to
lhe president's f i r.-1 note expected
here in the near future.
rllK'AOO. Jan. .". The condition
of K. II. Snthcrn, the actor, who is
seriously ill at a local hotel with
stones in his kidneys, was slightly
improved today, according1 to attend
ing physicians. It was believed like
ly that an operation would be neces
sary. Local physicians, however,
were awaiting the arrival of Mr-.
Sot hern (Julia .Marlowe) ;inl Dr.
.In.-eph PiNsell, the Solhern family
physician, who were expected to ar
rive from New York today.
Dr. Ihsel performed an operation
on the actor twenty years av for the
same complaint.
Five Years Annual Tax Levies
T.-ixnt inn miller Mcdynski pl.-m conl raster I wit 1 1
taxat irn mirier the liansnii iian. per 'IDU valuation
on Medf'orrl rnjicrtv.
.Mills.
1917 I laiisnn )lan
.Merlmski lai:
1918 Hanson plan
.Merl-iskl plan r.l mBmmmmammmswmmmm
.1919 Hanson platl W mmmmmmm
.Merh nski Ian 8::! HHBHMMMmmn
19l'0 Hanson iilan mmmmmt
Mr-rh nskl !ail 8 1 : ' '4 mmmmmummnmmi
19121 Ilansnn lan Rrt';-, mmmmmm
Mr-rh nski )lan '
Total five years:
llaiisoii plan 19121.
Alerlynski ,lan
lVir L'l years, excess tax of Merlynski plan per
$100 valuation, annually. :!IU7 mills.
City opr-rat inn, school, state ami county levies
constant at :il mills and valuation $ l.DlKI.Odn.'
Ml'SKOGKK, Okla., Jan. r. The
second tornado to visit this section
of the country within two weeks
swept an intermittent path across
Oklahoma and Arkansas yesterday,
clainiin total of eleven lives, nil
school children, and so injuring many
more that it was believed today that
(lie death list would mount much
higher.
All live loss of life and the bulk of
the property dnmnire was effected in
the valley town of Yircton, Okla.
thirteen mile.- northeast of McAlas
tcr. Preparations were being" made
for the noon dismissal at the country
school there when the tornado entered
the valley and swooped down upon
the village. The school house was
dashed off its foundation and
screaming- children and timbers were
hurled through the air by the fury
of the blast. Bodies were picked up
a hundred yards from where the
school hou-e stood, being- blown
across a ravine and well up on the
opposite hillside.
The dead scholars runted from (i
to IS years old. Four are believed to
be so badly injured that their death
is momentarily expected.
The Choctaw Indian mission al
Yirelnn Was de-t roved.
Yireton, Riehviilc and Ouintun,
i Okla,. the latter twenty miles north
east of Yircton, also suffered from
the tornado.
What is believed to be the same
tornado can-ed damage e-timalcd at
.frill. DO I) jit Su-ces, forty miles north
of Little Rock, Ark., ami caused se
vere loss of property at both Dar-
1 daneMc and Duimlfc. Ark.
I WASHINGTON. Jan. - P.iemcr
i ton navy yard, near Seattle, prnhiiblv
! will be de-tgnalcil In si ruel the
.:;,IMiO,ni)U aiiiiniinilii.n ship for which
jpriviile builders have made no offer,
j The yard recently received apprupri
;atioiis of nearly a million dollar- for
lite installation of shipbuilding equip
' merit.
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une:
Senator Jones' Substitute for Hitch
cock Resolution, Approving Re
quest for Peace Terms Without In
dorsiny Note Itself, Passc-J by Sen
ate by Vote of 47 to 17.
VASlllNdTOX. Jan. SenaCe
Jones suh-'titute lor the llitchcocl
resolution imlnrsinv: I 'resident Wil
son's peace note, which approves (he
request for peace terms without
dorsin-r t he note itself, was passed
late today hy the senate.
The vole Wits 17 to 17, progressive
rcpnhlicau senators Votiuu; solidly
with the democrats for the suhsti
tide.
A- anicmled hy Senator Jones, re
puhlican of Washington, if would he
tnade to read :
''That the senate approves and
strongly indorse- the request liy lhe
prc-iilcut ,in the diplomatic notes id'
tleeemher 18 to the nations now en
uajicd in war that the nations state
the terms upon whh-h peace mitit lie
fliseiissed.''
Speiikin: in the senate totlny in
support of (lie Hitchcock resolution
to indorse Pi evident YVil-ons peace
mite. Senator Lewis, democrat, de
clared the Kuropcan war could not
continue without the laitcd Stales
hemming involv ed in it.
Senator (lalliiier, minority leader,
al ter eon fereiice with rcpuhlicnu sen
ators, siihmiltcd 11 substitute resolu
tion In sny :
"That the senate of the I'nilcd
Slate-, in I lie in I crest of humanity
and civilization, expresses the sincere
hope that ju-t and permanent peace
between the wairinu nations of Kur
ope ;o:iy be eoiisinnniiitcd at an earlv
lal'' and appi'oves iHI proper efforts
to secure that end."
Itv a vote of '27 to .'l"i, the senate
rjer-d Sena tor (Jjilliimei 's sub-li-tulc
for tin IMlchcock i'c-.iiliition.
H I '( ) K A N !: , W ash . f Jan. 7, . A n -drew
Jackson of .Miiineaiolis, Minn.,
died In a hospital here today from
a rihock l)i- suffered when he whf
advised that Ids brother hud died in
Portland. Mr, Jackmin was hurry
ing from .Minnc;ipo( to Portland to
the bedside of his d Iiir In other when
he wan notified on a train approach
ing Spokane that his brother had
died. Wh-n Mr. Jackson arrived here
las-t niKht he was Buffering from a
shocti and wan tKen to a hospital.
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IE SOLVES
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Circumstantial Evidence Convinced
Police That Bernard W, Lewis j
Who Killed Himseff to Avert Arj!
rest, Was Murderer of Maizie Col-:
bert, Artists' Model. ;'
PHILADELPHIA, ,lun. 5 Clrcum.-
Hliiuthtl evidence which tho police
sav convinrea luem that Hernard W.
Lewis. Hon of a wealthy retired PlttP-i
hui'K coal operator, who ended hla
life In an Atlantic City hotel last
night was the slayer of Maizie Col
bert, the artists' model, was revealed
curly today hy an examination of the
young man's body.
Lewis was identified hy Elwood
Powell, the chauffeur, who drove
hhn and the Misses Kthel and Mahel
Kyle to their home in Germantown
lust Thursday night, ns the man ha
Inter took to Miss Colbet's apart-!
ment. Philadelphia detectives, who
wont to Atlantic City last night, feuyi
that Lewis' hair matches that found;
clutched in the dead girl's hand and;.
that Lewis was found to he wearing"
a woman's undershirt, which corres
ponds to garment worn hy Miss,
Colbert. A bloodstained hnndker-j
chief was found In his pocketbook..
Lewis left no written statement. -however,
as far as could be learned.-,
-Mystery Solved. 'j
lu view of these developments, ,
the authorities say, they feel that j
tho mystery virtually has been solv--
ed. At the same time. It was de-i
elared. several men who wero
Jo
friends of Miss Colbert and were
suspected of having knowledge qf '
the crime, will he kept under sur-j
volllanco until there Is no doubt re-f
garding their connection with tho
case. '.
Tho Misses Kyle, school teachors,;
through whom tho police loarned of
or
18 )
lit
Lewis' identity, maintain that he
innocent of the murder and that ho
committed suicide ibecauso ho be- ',
lieved his reputation ha'd been :
ruined.
"Mr. Lewis was tho victim of a ;
ghastly blunder," one of the teach
ers said.
"lie called upon us three times 1
yesterday and at four o'clock, tho ,
hour of his last call, he seemed ex
cited, but protested his Innocence. I
'Isn't this horrible ' he said, 'f '
don't know what to do to stop this
notoriety. lie said that he had
placed the matter in the hands of a.
lawyer and that everything would bo
all right."
Prepared for Oentli.
Less than five hours after this con- -versatlnn
Lewis had shot himself an
ho was about to he arrested. That ho .
had anticipated arrest and had made
preparations to pud his life was Indl- j
rated by the fact that tho 21!-caliber t
rifle that he used for the deed wa '
now. lie had pinned a towel over tn
transom of his bedroom door and on
the bureau was a box of cartridges
;hi( an extra cartridge lay on the win
dow ledge wilhiu his reach In the
bathroom.
Several newspapers containing ac
counts of the Colbert murder wore
found in his room. He had little lus
gae and only about $0 in cash was
found In his pockets.
Tho police declared today that they
had built up a remarkable circum
stantial case against Lewis. They
hnd issued a warrant ugatust him,
charging htm with defrauding Powell,
the taicab chaffeur, who waited
eight hours outside of the Colbert
itpartments, nut of $10 fare and had
planned when they located him to
accuse htm of being the owner of tho
wilted and bloodstained collar found
In the girl's room. They believed they
(Continued on Page Throe.)
li'n.MK. Jim. .-). )linlu Aniati,
Iwii-i- ri jjciit nl' lu- ri-piililii- ol Sun
.Miirinii, liuv Worn nrri-slnl nn u
i-iinr---i- nl' i-nilH'z.liiiir tun million lit'i-
ill' till' l'i'illlilir' IlllliU. liri'lil'ilill tn
ii il!-)mli'li liiiin liiniiiii, tin- i-npitiil of
Sun Miirinii. Hi- is ri-..Mti'il to linvi-
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