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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
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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
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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.