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r IMlvWBitf If OlTHO" Dhrrii'V FORECAST Tonight and Toinoi-rov, Kiiir. WEATHER Maximum yesterday, 2(1; Minimum I'mIji.v, hi. m ,o. Forty-alith Year. MKUKOUD. OI.'WJOW SATIM.'DA V. .JANl'Al'Y l:t. 1917 NO. MEDFORD "tn irr Will II I red IU' i.YJLCJLl JLvVii.U 11 JO WIFE MURDERS LEAK PROBERS CRUISER GOES HUSBAND 10 GIVEN POWER TO HARD ASHORE FORCED DRINK s FORCE EVIDENCE SALVING DIVERi After Five Hour Struggle, Denver Woman Kills Chauffeur With Whom She Eloped and Marriei, to Pre sent Him From Forcing Liquor Upon Her Of Prominent Family. DENVER, Colo., Jan. 13. A.ter five hour struggle with her hus band, to prevent him from forcing her to drink liquor, Mrs. John Law rence) Smith today drew a revolver from a dresser drawer in their home In the fashionable residence district and shot Smith to death. KIoiiimI With t'liuffoui-. Mrs. Smith is 41! years old, her husband was 3.1. Mrs. Smith Is the divorced wife of William A. Moore, a prominent attorney of Denver und brother of David Hastings Moore, for mer bishop of the Methodist church at Kansas City, Mo., now dead. Smith formerly was a chauffeur in the .Moore household. The Smiths had 'been separated some timfe. The home where Mrs. Smith was living was owned by Mil dred Moore, 12 years old, Mrs. Smith's daughter by her former mar riage. At two o'clock Smith rang the door bell. Tried to Foiw Drink. Smith immediately went to his wife's rooms. There, according to Mrs. Smith, he tried to force her to drink from a bottle of liquor. A struggle dining which the liquor was thrown over Mrs. Smith, followed, but subsided.. Periodically, until the time of the shooting, the struggle was resumed. At three o'clock a servant tele phoned io William A. Moore, Mrs. Smith's divorced husband, saying she feared for the safety of Mildred, who was asleep in another part of the house. Moore went to the house, re maining outside. He called a ser vant and drove away with Mildred. At that time Moore told the police he could hear Mr. and Mrs. Smith talking upstairs. (iave ller Itevolver. According to Mrs. Smith, Smith gave her his largo revolver. .1 "If you don't kill me with the first shot, I'll kill :cu with my hands," Smith is ailc-ileil to have told his wlfo. About 7 o'clock Smith again at tacked 'inr. r-cei ldlng to Mrs. Smith. She drew a small revolver and shot him. As he lay struggling on the floor. Bhe took the large weapon, which he had given her earlier in the night and ended his life. Mrs. Smith's stepfather Is Alfred Ui tton, a wealthy oil operator, who formerly lived In Chicago and Beau mont and Fort Worth, Texas. He made a fortune in Texas oil. V. A. Moore, former husband of Mrs. Smith, was at the police station today while Mrs. Smith was being examined. "I will stand by her and do every thing possible for her," he said. l'p to recently, the Smiths had been living In Oakland, Cal. They were married In Eureka, Cal., in One of the causes immediately re sponsible for Jlrs. Smith's act, ac cording to her statement to the po lice, was a threat which her husband made against Mildred Moore. When officers arrived at the Smith home, overturned furniture In the hallway and rooms told the story of the struggle. HOME, Jan. 13 The following of ficial communication has been issued by the war office: "Our seaplanes bombarded Prose cco and the fortifications of Trieste on January 11. Damage was done to the enemy's works and the machines returned safely In the face of a fierce fire from the enemy's anti-aircraft batteries. On the same night two enemy seaplanes made a fruitless ex cursion agaihit Orado Cervinano. One of them was hit by our aircraft puna and obliged to land. The avia tors were made prisoners." Rules Committee Auhtcrized to Com pel Witnesses to Answer All Ques tions Lawson to be First Witness Called Other Brokers Subpoenaed for Monday Hearing. WASHINGTON', Jan. LI. A rc-o-lutinn to empower Ihc rules commit tee lo coinirl witnesses in the "u-al;" inquiry lo answer nil questions in relation lo the investigation was adopted without objections today by tiie house. The resolution applies in both ol' lioproscntiitive Wood's resolutions, so thai no person whose mime Inn lii-on-connected with the investigation will e-onpe lc-til' ing. Lnwson probably wiil be the fir-1 witness called. James If. Ki-illy. managing- editor of the Wall Street Journal, wiil be asked I'or more de tails about how his reporicr learned that brokers' private wires had ad vised Wall si reel of the cumin;; ol' the president's note on December lill. .Members of l.ockwood and com pany, New York brokers, will be among early witnesses. Oilier brok ers to be called are l- W. McKin non ol' Chicago, whose I'inn, Thomp son and MoKiunon, was aliened by liopro.-ontulive Wood in his first up pcarance lu-fore the committee, to have sent advance notices ol' the com ing of tbe lode lo one id" its branch offices and Donald McDonald, a Cos ton broker, who is said to have con ferred with Lawson about the "leak." Lawson, in a telegram to t'hairman Henry, sonified his intention to be here .Monday. Ii'epreseiitalive Hcnnet said lodn.v that lie would insist on rci-nlling -Ticr-nai'd liuruch "with his book.-" am! also upon a thorough investigation of the messages sent through Ihc local Western Vnion and Postal Telegraph companies' offices on December 2(1. WIRE FOR HELP SAN KHANTISCO, Jiin. Lieu tenant Colonel II. (.!. Hi-hop and Lieutenant William A. Robertson, C S. A. have been located in Mexico 10 miles south of Ihc border where they made a forced landing, accord ing to n niesa.uc to western head quarters ol' liie army here 1'roni Washington today. The message to Major General Franklin Hell, commander of the western department, was signed by Brigadier (ieneral Henry I. McCain, adjutant general of the army. It read in part : "Informal ion received here indi cates tlnil I'.i-htip and h'obertson made a forced landini; in Lower Cal ifornia, lull miles onth of the bor der. 'Take every step necessary to res cue.'' (.iencrnl Ttell immediately tele graphed Colonel W. K. Wilder, in charge of the southern California -Mexican border with headquarters nt Calexico. to leave nothing undone to ioentc the lost aviator ;md succor them. Cerro Pricto is 22 miles ea-t by south of Calexico and 40 miles south west of Yuma, and 'tO miles north of the (iidf of California. 3 RAIDS TANATOLIA LONDON, Jan. 13. A raid on the Anatolian roa.t by a Kusfdan squad ron is reported in a Central News rtis patchfrom I'etroprad. The Russians sank 4" Turkl-h foiling vessels, which were carrinK food to Constan tinople. VICE PRESIDENT LEAVES ARIZONA FOR CAPITAL I'IKiKXIX. Ariz.. .Inn. 1:1. Viee. President unci Mr-. Miir-liall, wlm luive belli i-llill'' here. let I tlli- uiornin'j lor Wn-hiiiuton. I United States Warship Milwaukee Beached in Effort to Salvage Sub marine H-3 Near Eureka Tug Lets Hawser Go, and Recoil Sends Cruiser Ashcre. WASHINGTON. .Ian. X Admiinl Caperton, commander of the Pacific fleet, was late today ordered to lake chatc of the relief of the cruiser Milwaukee, lie will 1:0 on his fhiL'ship San Diep, from San hieo, Cal. ' KCIiKKA, Cal., Jan. IX-The Cniled States cruiser 'Milwaukee went on the shore near this point today. The Milwaukee was aiding in an at tempt to salvage the .submarine Il-il which went ashore several weeks The Milwaukee t-rounilod inside the l'ir-t line of breakers at 1 :2" a. in. in a dense 'ivs, .Mari lie experts here said it was doubtful that she could he pulled off. Tbe chnst fiunrd crew which rcseued the erew of the II-ll, went up the beach at daybreak. Near Submarine. The Milwaukee was described as hijrh and dry. about 10(1 yards south ofthe stranded 11-11, her bow point ing southward, ami listing to sea. A heavy tot; .-dumped in cloaking the Milwaukee aiiuin. The coast in the immediate vicinity here is a irmveyard for ships once tricked into its sands and reefs. Southward lie the skele tons of a half dozen vessels includ ing that of the larye pas.cner steam er Hear which struck last Jane. II is a maritime legend hereabouts that once a ship is fast she never Jiets off. Snlvntfiutf operations' on the Mil waukee have already Mam 11 u, Lieuten ant lioyusch said there was no im mediate danger hut a breeches buoy would be rijitivd as soon as possible and tbe officers and erew taken off. Seamen said tbe Milwaukee's heavy displacement would make it a diflicull matter to drai; her back to deep water. Trying to Pull Ship Off The Milwaukee carries about thir teen commissioned officers, ten war rant officers anil a reduced comple ment of between four and five hun dred men. Seventy of the crew were ashore assisting in the salvnirint; of the H-.l I rom land when the cruiser 1 went astound. Those on shore said the Milwaukee had a heavy steel hawser on the II-X The Iroquois, farther out, had a sim ilar hold on the -Milwaukee. The sen set inshore with a stronjj drift and the Iroquois was forced to let uo. He fore the Milwaukee could cast her line she was yanked inshore by the overstrain and stuck fast. The monitor Cheyenne, mother ship of the ll-submarines barely escaped a similar fate, it was said. WASIilN'fiTON, Jan. LI.-Weather predictions for the ck beginning i Sunday issued bv tlie weather bur eau toflay are : 'Mtoeky Mountain 11 ml plateau re gion: Generally fair except for local snows Wedne-day and Thursday in northern part and snow or rain in southern part-; temperatures below seasonal average. 'Pacific slate: Genera rains dur inir fir-t half of week and frequent ihereatter; temperature will average below tbe seasonal normal." THE BABY SUBMARINE, . r -aHWV JWV One-Man Siibinarlne. YOUTH WHIPPED j v5 Frederick tirunip Jr., fn t-iH itmi priid.-atins 1oiik IWeh rub, hih star student ehiMi of Hit school, who accuser Harry millionaire, of K. Thaw, IMtts'ours lashing him into a faint Christmas night in Thaw's suit?: COMING TO BEDSIDE Of WOUNDED SON' I'lULADLLI'lllA. .Ian. 1X - Pri vate detective.- today said that Mr-. Mary Copley Thaw would conic here next week and occupy a room at St. Mary's Im-pjiul where her .-on. Ilarrv K. Thaw, is recoc!'iie.r from self inflicted razor wounds, l util her ar rival, it was said, 1:0 deci-iou will be reached a- to whether t!i" I'aMiify resist el'forts to li.nc Thaw rct-i W 1 1 ! .-f.ovetl : ecu in- j ii'.'- and ; a Kan- ! to Ni w York v Iscro h ,a, dieted on t-hai-je- of kidn. heating Krede-ii-k (i sas ( it v k-.v. 'Wli Jr Friends of Thaw -aid it wa prob able nothing would realiv be ibine until Thaw sufficient y iccovers to he able to participate in a I'amilv I'onfereuce. Tltaw still refu-is to make any stal cut. Detective- have found nothing ninom: his letters or papers reirdine the case, they say. New York del'-clives ale wailiim here for the arrival of requi.-itbui papers tor Oliver A. I'rowcr, who is held in the county prison without hail fugitive warrant based fin a New York indictment churning him con -pi 1 a ey to kill nap in eon in with the (iuinp ca-c. ivilh (ion FEDERAL FARM LOAN WASHINGTON, Jan. IX S.-nnloi-i Shafrolb-' bill to en-ate a ToiirteViitli : federal farm loan di-triet of Colota- do, Wyoming, I tah and New Mexico! with a farm loan back at henver wa- approved by the -cnate banking cum- ; tmltce and ordered favorably report d. NEW MARVEL OF THE SEA, INVENTION OF A.N AMERICAN t , f j t - v Ji , Vr , M t "IS W V "MVf.JXv iff. hit b . lil-.i Sajs Will JievtdiKlopie Sea I lulililiK. BY HARRY THAW of rooms in a New York hotel. Youik I (iunin is -i popular boy in the younger I set at l.otii; Iteach. His uecpiaintaiii e 1 with Thaw heuon in October, lftl.". 1 while Thaw was making a tour of the west. I FROM EXPLOSION DO PONT PLANE WILMINGTON, Del.. Jan. IX -An official .-tntcmen! by the Dul'onl Powder company regarding' tin ex ib siou at it- lla-kell plant last night, says ihat two men an missing and t wo a re serioiislv injured. Seven other men sill fered -1.1 lupines. The -talcmeiil says the accident was cau-ed by the explosion id' a glazing lurrci in which the fini-hiug touches are put on smokelc-s powder and that an in w-t igal ion into the cau-e has gone f;ir enough lo convince the of-ii'-ial- that there was no incendiarism or malicious action on the part of a u one. ' b:y pou der w as being uianufae lured at Haskell. After nine explos ions within I en mtuules, (on a Iter ton of powder flared up until tbe blaze burned so bl ight ly that it was vi-ible at point.- many miles away. Na-kcll re-idents who lied from the -cene found t heir homes wrecked when l hey returned today. It wa- c-timalctl that the toss lo -las- alone would auiotiul to several ; hundred thoii-aud flolhir-. j The ilcalh of Mr-, peter Gould, nn 1 elderly- woman who lay ill at her ; home was attributed today lo the j -hoek. There were persistent reports later today that there are two dead Mint six injured at a local ho-pital. PNEUMATIC POSTAL TUBES WIN WASHINGTON. Jan. G! My a vote of :' to I" I the house. In the!, committee of the whole today, adopt ed an amendment to tbe postoffbe appropriation ili-.-iumil lo retain pneumatic postal tube service In New York, Chicago. Philadelphia. Itoston and St. l.oui; 'OUR ENEMIES P SAYS KAISERf Proclamation Issued by Emperor De clares Tint Entente Allies Have Admitted Their Lust for Conquest Aim is Crushing of Germany and Enslae;rent of Free Europe. AMSTi:iil.M, Jan. IX -The fol lowing proelaioal ion by the cmpcrvr to the Gi rninn people has been offi cially published in Iterlin : "Our enemies have dropped the mask, A fiti;- refusing wit h scorn ami hypocritical words of love of piacc mid humanity, our honest peace otl'er they have- now in their reply lo the I utt til State.-, gone beyond that and admitted their lu-t for conquest, the bn.sciie-s of which is further en hanced by 1 heir culumuiou- nsM't'-tion-. Their aim is the crushing of Germany, the dismemberment of Die powers allied with us and tbe enslave ment ot the freedom of Knropo nnd the sea.-, under the same yoke that Greece with gnashing of le enduring. now "Hut w Liit (In in thirty month otdd not a "hieve nf the bloodiest lighting and war they wil iin--ei'upnlous economic I also tail to accomplish in I be fuluie. , Our glorious victories and our iron strength oT will with which our fighting people at the front and at Inane have borne all hardships and distress guarantee thai also in the future our beloved fatherland has nothing to fear. Hurning indignation and holy wrath will redouble the strength of every German man ami woman, whether 11 is devoted to fight ing, to work or to suffering. 'We are ready lor all sacrifices. The God who planted His glorious -piril ol' Ireedoui in the Ilea rts of our Irave people will also give us and our loyal allies, te-ted in battle, the full victory over all the enemies lust of power and rage for de-t ruction. -WILIIKLM. I. If ON SOU FRONT PKTI'OCJItAI), Jan. IX inn forces In the region of Kasiuo in Moldavia, after - Ituman tlie Kiver a violent battle yesterday with Austro-Oerinan lioopfl, succeeded In throwing Ihc Teutons back nnd occupying their trenches, says the Kussiau official statement, issues today. North of the Slunie river the Invaders forced back the Itusstans fioin n height. Ity slinrp IliniKls norlli or the Ancro on tho Sodiiiio front lhi llrit IhIi uro niiildnr; inroailH upon tlio C r tuan linos lhen. Toilny nnollii'i- at tni k ia rcpoiicil, Horlln iinnoiini'ln: a-', asa:ilt on Sfrm, rciiltini; In a footing In IllK Kalni'd In' I lie l'.r.:l!i ill one advaniM'il post, lln Ci'i'lnan-i nowfvfr, ri.Malnlni; the main posiHon. In Itnnianiu It Ik the Ti'iltonlr i'l ' that rout In ill's to Kalll ground, iiolh aloni; t ho Moldavian iof.t I'rontior and down tho lint! Houtliwi'sluard to t.u I'muiIm'. .Vort hwc;it ol' llrallu IIip it ii' siaim lost auollifr to,sn wIipu .Mi haloa was utorinod l TurklHli troops v. ho drove part of til- uarri.on Into Im' Sf-riftli, whir,' th" men ilroisiu I r int: to i'M apt' and capluri'il lli ! lialni'p' uimiiImt m loo. Unitarian Torres iiiplured a niona.i- al liif junitiou ol' the lliueii a-, I I'lt. Sereth lo Die northeast and on Ine Moldavian line tlerinan tr(,o;i.-. 'ilie'd lorwalil In the Hlalllc val.'.'.v, eieetin fniio:tanl caplares of ma M'ial. Heavy lossi , were Infliiied 1.1 on Hie Itusslani In the (lituz va'- I ".'. where stroie. IMces made f.iii: . a-nii'lis. DECREASEO BY WAR I. A I S.WN'l;. S!t, r!ai.d. The Ciuel :' -a - tluit the I lull id' Sll iterl;,ud ha- deer II ei.n-ciiirnce n Ihe w ;i r. .i.in. I:;. I 1 1 i -lle. a- A.-c.ir.l- 'je- lllld I which 'J I" I lie " r. Iiotlt iiiin ri.-i blllli- ale luui li lower, u tai I- lllllibllleil In the ieeile,l liv ill". t id' BRO MASK BABY U-BOAT IL SEA WARFARE "Vest Pocket"' Submarine Invented by American, is Operated by One Man Ar.d Will Do All That a Big One Can he huilt'at Small Cost in Ten Days Europe Bids For lt I .OS AXCKI.KS. .Ian. 13. A stlh. niariile so sniall it could hi! lucked ill the vest pocket of I'nclo Sam, anil whli h. ai'cordins to Its Inventor, will he a leading factor In end Inn tlm Kuropean war, was perfected recent ly hy Milon .1. Triinilde, or l.oa Ange- les. Tests made at Alauillos huy nniic hero with this iiu-er Utile crnrt 1 ud 1 culii that it will revolutionize vur- fare on the water. Just u the aero plane has turned technique of land. I'llilltlllH topsy tiirvy. It will lie as Kieat a surprise tn the world ns was the (iornian siihmH line niercliuiitnian or l he British trench-UefyiiiK "tanks." Here are the most nstoiiiidiiiK feat turns of this huby subniorsllilo: It Is nianiicd liy one mail. Ilo In raplaln, navigator, erew mill Kiiiiner. I til lit in 10 Hays. It can he hullt In ten days. It can he transported overland l.yi motor truck from one hody of water to another; thus being aide Indirect ly, to attain a speed of miles oil dry land, in addition to making !ii miles on the surface of water and 20 tulles submerged. Knotmh or these vessels could bo made In mi days to protect an entire! nation. They could furnish tin Im premuible defense to small countries not equipped with fleuls of droadi natiKhlH, . A whole lanilly of these little bouts could he carried hy every lmttkslili in the American navy. Thoy eotild he launched from davitu as rent) II V as are cullers and launches at presi cut. Ilnliy Klvers I :i II. lent. The baby divers are fully as er licient and ftir less expensive to oper-. ale than are the larger undersea, crari. They are so uulckly controlled that It would he Impossible ror a larger vessel to destroy tlieni. They can outdistance the fiisdest vessels wo now have, and can ' submerge so rapidly as to dodse any torpedo fired at them. ICach "sub" carried two torpedoes) (also the Invention nf Truniblel weighing I mill pounds apiece. They could blow up the biggest dread naught nNoat. 1 'hose torpedoes nru propelled hy u spcclalh constructed gasoline motor and ure launched from Ihe ouislde of the tiny submer sible. The vessel also mounts n light riflo such as is being used by tiiidcr-scu, boats In the present conflict. The man and the motor nre. tho ballast ror Triimble's boat. It' In callable oT remaining completely sub merged for six hours, and in ease oC ticclilent Is protected with nn nuto nialie method of rlsin-i: wliicli would prevent s li tragedies us the F- l disa.de- at Honolulu. So ColiniiiK Tower. Mesli'.'.i the periscope. It Ir fitted wilh a collapsible ventilating tube, which roadies from the boat to tho (Continued on I'age Two.) SAX r'llANCISni. Jan. 1:1, -Consul lleoeral I'ranz Itnjip of (iorninny reecived oriirial not i licnt ion from ('mint Vim ItcrtMorff, (lermnn nni-Im-suilur. n' "einiornrv reinov nl." Ii'dii v I'iiIIou iie eiinviction w ith i-e ( 'oii-ul K. II. V.m Scllllek uml oilier- ol' i iill-iilii... I,, ,-et uloot nn unneutral ehteri.ri-e aaili-l Cnnildn. Will Sehoel; Wu- ill.-,, rci.iuveil. "I will 1 1 1 1 it over the ol'fatr- of the eii.'-ulale lo I Ir. Kiie Zneil'l'el, eon--iil jeuei-ul at Sc.illie. a- -non 11- lie .-ini'i- lu-re. iri,linlil.v t nr.ioi row or Moniiiiy." -eid l'.i'ii. A eoii-iiliiie nt ttii-lii- -mil il wii.-i Ii j iii.iler-tiiinliiu- Hint order- to ,ni lbiii mul Vim vtehueU eiiuie i!iree. Iiiitu llirlin. It wan ul-ii said (hut !' "nut (ienrye W'illielm Vop I !l mi l, i n. nl-o i-oin jctcil, would re--i-.-n hi- jio-iiiuu with the eon-iilnte. REVOLUTIONIZES et. 14.