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FORTIETH YEAR-NO. 12
SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 1917
PRICE TWO CENTS ffJSSk0
V
CRUISER
ASHORE
HUMBOLDT
M BEWRECKEU
The Milwaukee Trying to
Save Submarine Gets
Among Breakers
CAUGHT BY THE SURF
WHEN LINES PARTED
Swept Ashore by Combers
That Are Pounding Her
Higher On Beach
Samoa, Ctln .Tun. 1". Floundering al
most helIe'ss in a neavy sea. the United
stales cruiser Milwaukee, which went
(Un west of berc in a heavy tog be
lure daybreak today, was lying at noon
broadside to the breakers. She wan roll
ing and pitching badly and fears were
i xpraised by some observers that the
tide, then coming in, might turn ber
over.
Shortly before noou the coast guard
men got a line .aboard the vessel and
hastily prepared to use the breeches
Inioy in an effora to rescue the imperil
ed men. It was stated that 450 men
snd 17 officers were on the ship, 44 men
tuid officers being absent on shore leave.
The dense fog, which had closed down
at 0:30 and prevented work in aid of
the stranded vessel, again lifted at
10:4.5 o'clock- It showed the cruiser
-OO yards from shore, apparently with
B heavy list to sea. A high wind was
blowing, sending mountainous seas
brealcing completely over her, at times
wholly obscuring the ship.
Through the haze which enveloped the
cene men could be seen occasionally on
i. M deck moving about, but no' Wrd
cam from them- The wireless apparatus
whisk has sputtered through the fog:
'ji' 'first news of the disaster, was sil
ent. " Evidently it had broken down un
der the battering to which the Milwau
kee has been subjected.
Put line Aboard.
The coast guard was. waiting on the
beach, ready for action as soon as the
fog lifted. They had fought their way
along, shore for miles from the station
inside the entrance to Humboldt bay,
dragging their Lyle gun with them. The
first attempt to shoot a line aboard
failed, but the second put the line,nized him in a saloon early today and
square amidships. It wasat once seized j called the police,
and made fast. His mother, Mrs. Claude Benfer, now
Preparations were rushed to use the 'lives in Kansas City. Several years
breeehes buoy rig and it was hoped -to ago Wells eloped with Mamie Meutzer.
have the entire company on-shore and Mra. Wells left her husband within a
in safety before many hours.
At noon the monitor Cheyenne and
the naval tug Iroquois were lying close
by but. were helpless to aid the strand
ed warship, fearing -to come too close
lest they share her fate.
The Milwaukee still has her cable
aboard the submarine H-3.
Trying to Save Bubmarine.
Eureka, Cal, Jan. 13. The United
States cruiser Milwaukee, which has
been- engaged here in an effort to pull
fhe submarine H-3 off the sand bar on
which she drifted recently, went
aground early today in a lense fog near
the scene of the H-3 disaster. At S
''clock this morning life savers report-
eel that she was in the first line of
breakers near Samoa. The life saving
ew was rushing to the scene preparing
t.. (- r.' t-l, M I......I... t 11
"l crew euoum
het position prove dangerous.
The first new. of H. r.i; f
ilwnukeet came when th, fn .tiCfcflt
. ilwaukee; came when tha f.u whiM,
had enveloped the Humboldt bay region,
... . ' i
:'iioa. Amiougn no details oi the trou
(Continued on page three.)
ABE MARTIN
!
It eems like th' more triflin' a feller Mrs. Benfer said. According to the
i- th' more circulars he gits. Who rer Lmother, jahe. and her huahand traww
members when th' workin' man used t-'lgaged an attorney to defend Wells in
fill hi. dinner bucket at home instead Columbus.
r at th' nearest grocery!
Wounded the Girl
Killed Himself
San Francisco, Jan. M. Following a
jealous quarrel, Paul Jems. ;!4 years old.
a marine fireman, today shot and sen
ougly wounded Miss lora Koberts, aged
27, and then committed suicide.
The tragedy occurred at the Hotel
Rex where the girl was stopping.
The girl may recover. The couple
had been living at the hotel for a
year.
Jems was to have sailed this morn
ing for Portland on the Steamer North
em Pacific. Last night the couple
quarreled over Jems' departure.
''I was awakened early today by
something which felt like an electric
shock," the girl told the police. "Then
1 saw l'aul standing over my bed with
a revolver. While 1 watched him he.
killed himself. Then I felt blood on
mv cheek ami knew that I was wound
ed. - "
WELDON H. WEILS
OF
IS UNDER ARREST
Charged With Kilting Girl In
Hotel at Columbus May
Be Insane
Huntington, Tnd., Jan. 13. Police
questioned Weldon H. Wells, arrested
here this morning as a suspect in con
nection with the murder of Mona
Simon at a Columbus, Ohio, hotel. Po
lice clnini they found bloodstained
handkerchiefs and a revolver with
three empty cartridges in Wells' suit
case. Wells formerly lived in this city,
but has recently made his home in
Kansas City, Mo. . , ,
Chief of Police Baker arrived -at the
jail at 7:30 and started to quiz Wells
further regarding his movements at
Columbus. Wella contended stoutly
'.? ho wf. He stated that
he was willing to go' back and face the
charge.
Wells, according to the police, denies
knowing anything of the murder, but
admits he registered under the as
sumed name of ."' Van. 'Brtint" at the
Dossier hotel, where the girl 'was
killed.
ne declared stains found on his un
dershirt were paint and not blood.
Police here received word last night
from Columbus authorities to watch
for Wells. A man who formerly work
ed with the suspect in the city recog
few days.
"Tha Moth and the Candle.' '
Columbus, Ohio, Jan. 13. Weldon
H. Wells, age 25, of Kansas City," ar
rested at Huntington, Ind., early to
day for investigation in connection
with the murder of Mona Simon, at a
fashionable hotel here, Thursday night,
.will be brought back to Columbus by
Detective Sergeant i'eter Aloamse. ,
An affidavit chnrging Wells with i
first degree murder was filed teday by .
Albanise. I
Police believe the woman was killed
Uat Thnrsilnv nio-ht. Had a maid em-
ploved at the hotel showed a little
n,ore curiosity
more curiosity, the police say they
. " . . .
would have been on the case earlier.
The. maid is said to have found the
door unlocked at 7 a. m. yesterday and
nntnrn. Snoillir the WC11TIIITI IV1T1IT Oil
i..v. .-...s . o -
; the floor beside the bed, she
e couciuucu
she as intoxicated an,1 left the room.
is said
it is said.
... ... . . . . .
A little village choir girl who was
i ,.i i. 1... i.in- i.,;.,i.t
, 7 . 5 it . , -Vs . - 6..
l.ghts-who followed jts primrose path
,o .e, uavu
inai a inc lire eiury oi immu. ouuon.
' She was a good girl when she came
nerc, said iurs. u. J, nuooaru to-
day, with whom the girl had lived for
mice .eais.
"She got a job as a hqfel telephone
operator and at first she would come
home from work early every evening.
.j.tf i I i A-ii
'Often she would cry and tell me
sho wished she were back home with each instance officials in charge have
her parents in Phillipi, W. Vs., and the insisted that they were accidental,
friends with whom she sang in the Immediately upon learning what hap
church choir. i pened, County Prosecutor Dunn sent in-
"She used to prnv and read th
Bible occasionally, but a change came,
She fell into bad company. Things with the idea of beginning an official the defense have arnvti; in town. I his,
went from bad to worse and "finally she j public investigation of the clrcu-!it is taken, is an indication that Thaw
left me." stances warrant. will fight every step of the road to Mat-
The girl's body was prepared for) Starting with a brief flash in what is teawan or prison,
shipment to Grafton, W. Va.. today, j known as the glazing barrel at Haskell Thaw's condition showed a slight im
r, tf, nrHor nf her tirother Charleji H i plant, the flames last night spread ! provement today, it wbb announced at
Simon, who lives there.
Say He is Insane.
Kansas City, Mo., Jan. '13. Tint
Weldon II. Wells, Kansas City man
! arrested at Huntington, Ind., believed
: to be connected with the murder of
I Mona Simon in Cdumbus, Ohio, is in
Isane, is the belief of his mother, Mrs.
' C. D. Benfer, in a statement made here
j today.
' T believe Weldon has been mental
llv deranged for. the past two years.."
OF
LET GO AT DUPONT
DEATH Ml IS 27
Alarm of Fire Fills Country
With People Fleeing for
Their lives
BUILDINGS WRECKED
FOUR MILES FROM SCENE
Explosion Felt In Two States
Windows Broken 15
Miles Away
:: s : ;;;
COST $33,250,000
A-
Explosions in New Jersey mu
nition plants within the last few
months have caused $33,200,000
damage.
The explosion of sheila at
Black Tom Island, Jersey City,
entailed a loss of $0,250',000.
The explosion of shells at
Kiiigsland, N. J., Thursday
night, ruined $12,000,000 worth
of munitions and property.
The explosion of 400,000
pounds of smokeless powder at
Haskell, N. J caused a prop
erty loss estimated at $1,000,0).
i
New York, Jan. 13. Reports of a
heavy los3 of life as a result of the ex
plosion of tons of powder at the Has
kell, N. J., Dupont plant last night was
circulated today in various New Jersey
towns.
A sergeant of the Compton Lakes po
lice declared 27 were killed. He an
nounced his-estimate after talking, with
surviving workmen. 'One of tho Dupont
company doctors was quoted by the- ser
geant as saying he had counted 11 dead.
Members of the Pomptou Lakes (N.
J.) police foreo, familiar with explo
sions, which have been numerous in the
vicinity of last night's blasts, declared
it always is hard to name the number
of dead". . They said -that ot the first
blast workers always start to run, many
of them running so far they never came
back. Counting of noses Under such
conditions, it was stated, avails little.
It always is the ccmpany's practice,
these men stated, to say nothing about
the number of dead- The Dupont state
ment accounts for only two missing.
. 400,000 Pounds of Powder.
Hints of incendiarism in connection
with the blaze which caused the explo
sion . are many. James Lynah, super
intendent of the plant, said the fire
started in a "glazing aarsen,' a cvlin-
drical niece of -machinery, in whichuow-
tier js mixed with graphite fo reduce
friction. From here, he said, it spread
to a magazine in which was 400,000
pounds of smokeless powder to be used
in cartridges for machine guns. This
caused the big explosion, he said.
Not a house in the village of Pomp-
ton Lakes has a whole window today.
Houses belonging to the company and
located three-fourths of a mile away
were lined from their foundations and
i . ' . .1 3 i i . a,
i'u"g, iwisveu u uruKen, io inui
grounu.
A report Hiat guards at the plant had
, ...-n ......i un,
, ,i..:.i u.. .n
. ., , " , .
"no saul workmen, guards anil resi
'.dents of the village fled at the
first
i "
vflTninD
w
As in the Black Tom
I ofji company 0ff
cleared there was noth
blo-..u tu indicatp a iot.
Th(, D t offieia'ls begall a tuol
i, ;n,u,at:,,al;nn f tha ('
Hasckell, but so far have declined to!
iy whether they consider it was acci-
, aental or incendiary.
Twentv-five explosions have occurred
! ;n this plant since the company began
.. - . . . .. . - . .-.
making munitions for the allies, but in
e j vostigators to the scene to determine
'.'the extent and cause of the damage
the extent and cause of the damag
quickly to the blending house and ate
their wav toward the big magazines
containing a million pounds of powder.
Two States Shaken
With the flash came the warning cry
of nearby workmen and in a moment
the 300 men on the night force" were
racing and yelling through the village,
rousing the inhabitants as they ran.
The county roundabout was filled
with fleeing, terror stricken men, wo
men and children when a little later the
earth bumped and shook with the rumb
ling roar as the first magazine blew
up.
Hneds, ramshackle -house srt build
inga cotopeed.- Thousunde of- window
TONS
POWDER
(Continned on page seven.)
Colonel William F. Cody
Will Take Last, Long Sleep
On Lookout Mountain;
Dfaver, Colo., Jan. 12. On top of J
Lookout ufTmiitain in a grove that will
look (low ii upon the niaijis herc lie hail
the adveatares of his youth. Colonel
William F. Cody (Buffalo Bill) will
sleep his eternal sleep.
The plains of Wyoming. Nebraska
and Kansas can he seen from this lofty
elevation. It was in these three states
that Buffalo Bill lived through many
of his stirring exploits which have im
mortalized his name. Over Lookout
and the neighboring peaks the India us
used to loam. Nearby was the moetinj;
place of Chief Colorow?and his tribe.
Sacred to the memories 'of the west is
the spot, chosen to be tne last resting
place of "Pahaskn" the "long hair
ed man. ' '
As soon as Colonel Cody's death be
came known city and state officials and
organizations of which he was a mem
ber, began making arrangements to pay
his memory tribute. It was at Mayor
Speers' suggestion that Lookout niouu
tain was chosen as the burial place.
Funeral services, which will be in
charge of the Masons, will be held Sun
day afternoon. After lying. in state at
the state capitol from 10 to 12 o'clock
Sunday, the body will be placed in a
vault until Decoration day, when it will
be moved to Colonel Cody's last rest
ing place-
.1
District Attorney to Offer
Freedom to Brower for
Convicting Testimony
Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 13. Mrs.
Mary. Copely Thaw will come to Phila
delphia and stand by the side of her
son, Harry K. Thaw, throughout his
trial on the charge of having kidnaped
and flogged Frederick Gump, Jr.
It was learned this afternoon that
Mrs. Thaw had encased a suite directly
adjoining that of Thaw.'? in Mt. Mary's
hospital.
Humors had been in circulation that
Mrs. Thaw, racked by the long ordeal
of Harry's legal fights and escapades,
had decided he must pay the penalty
of the latest crime charged against
him.
Thaw's condition was better this aft
ernoon than it has been since he slit his
throat and wrists. No visitors are per
mitted. The detectives who are guard
ing him, fearing a repetition of the
sensational cross country escape from
Matteawan, are bound to absolute sil-enee-
Deteetivcs Cunniff and Flood of New
York, went to the hospital to see Thaw
today. They were permitted only as
i'far as the door to otnciauy identity
. :
Willi,
The only words Thaw had spoken to
day were ' 1 1 feel better. ' ' He said this
to a sister attached to the hospital.
Was Thaw Qo-Between.
Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 13. Freedom,
for evidence and testimony that will
send Harry K. Thaw, erratic Pitts
burg millinnaore, now recovering from
self-inflicted wounds in this city, back
to Matteawan, or prison, is the swap
the district attorney's office in New
York will offer Oliver A. Brower and
Walter O 'Byrne, it was learned on good
authority here today.
., : .. . ;.. ,. nria.
uronti u '
on, awaiu.ig w th
, New York, where he u. charge '
HiVHUK w.. v ...... -r
,.... i.i (Jmm, Ji
Gump,
7. .,. . j
O'Bryno is
under
indictment on
the
same charge, but police have failed to
locate him.
When Assistant District Atorn(
and KingslaudiBlack of New York, declare,, the sate
Heals today de-jnow has sufficient ev e ence '"V ,
...g about the Thaw it is known that they woul. 1 go a
lOllg IllHlHIlCC IO SCt;un fcMV tvni..,v..j
one of Thaw's accomplices or "business
"
Brower was the bearer of the "dear,
master" letters written liy (tump io
I Thaw. In one o'f these Gump is supposed
' to have declared he liked the whip-
! pings Thaw administered. The boy
i- . . ... ,, i
meiitioned specifically how Thaw had
flogged him until he could hardly stand
Despite intimations of both the. prose
cution 'and the defense that Thaw will
tfo peaceably back to New York and
j there stage, another bitter fight, a Ja.rge
; battalion of lawyers who will fight in
St. Mary's hospital. Physicians are prac
tically certain now that he did not swal
low poison tablets before he slashed
his throat and wrists. Dr. Elwood Kir
by, Thaw's physician, said ho believes
Thaw will be able to leave the hospital
by February 1.
ADOPT SEATTLE METHODS
Portland, Ore., Jan. 13. Every nook
and cranny of the San Francisco steam
er F. A. Kilburn was searched today
for liquor. The vessel was raided last
night by detectives who boarded it at
Astnna, disgursed as ordinary pa set n
beers. They claim to have found and
confiscated left bottles. No arrests were
.i i .
maue, ana tno nunt was resumea roaay.
S
PEACE OUTLOOK
FAR FROM BRIGHT
British Editorial Comment
BitterLikens Germany
To a Thief
BEIEF IS GERMANY
WANTS PEACE BADLY
German Press Says Allies
Have Blocked All Chance
of Ending War
London, Jan. 13. British editorial
comment today turned from its fulsome
phrases of praise of the allied note to
bitterest denuncnation of Germany's
latest apepal for neutral sympathy,
made in the note published yesterday
"Berlin's delicious comment," re
marked the Daily Mail, "is a mixthre
of whines and falsehoods. Clearly Ger
many wouldn't be talking so much
about peace if she didn't want it badly,
and it is clear it is not only peace but
the plunder she has stolen. She can have
peace at any moment tiy returning to
her own country and end the 'starvation
campaign' by dropping the stolen
goods."
"The pleas advanced by Germany are
so preposterous that their inclusion is
almost incredible," declared the Daily
News. "The assertion that the law
lessness on the sea began with ar
bitrary measures taken by Great Britain
will fall with a shock of amazement
upon tho ears of the nation which in
February, 1915, had issued a warning
to Germany holding it to a "strict ac
countability for her acts."
The Times pointed out that Ger
many's complaint of usa o colored
troops in Europe comes "from the pow
ers ""hich have brought the Turks into
Galicla." I
German Comment.
Amsterdam, ulan- 13. German editor
ial comment today was practically unan
imous in the belief that the nlliM note
has blocked all chances for peace at
present.
"The entente's note establishes that
this is a war of conquest on their part
it destroys our last desire for peace,"
declared an editorial in the Berlin Lokal
Anzeigor.
' ' Now, as heretofore, our enemies will
strive for the destruction of Germany
as a great power," asserted the Tages
Zeitung.
The Tageblatt characterized the de
mands made by "a madly frantic en
tente," as having "blocked every path
leading to' peace."
"War by notes is thus exhausted Vor
the present," declared tho Taeglische
Rundschau.
Denmark Still Hopeful
Copenhagen, Jan. 13. In spite of the
character of belligerents' notes, there
is belief in Danish diplomatic circles
that peace is nearer.
Tho popular sentiment in Denmark,
too, appears to have changed since Sep
tember. Then the Danes were willing
to fight at the drop of a hat. They
arc still strongly anti-German, but spec-
nimtion a to Denmark joining forces
with tho entento has now censed.
Minister Maurice Francis Kga-, dean
of the diplomatic, colony here, and for
10 years a confidant of opposing groups
in Denatark, sails on February 8 for
, othi vaVL; ma
Ireident Wilson
j valuablc PinfHI.mati,m a a (urther
Washington on a two months vacation.
means for projecting peace discussions,
although definite negotiations now seem
impossible until the spring offensive.
Press Sees no Hope.
Stockholm. Jan. 13. Newsnaner com-
m nrt 4- 'i li. nniflrl frnni r' ' H v o i ci.icil t i , -
that the nllies Mnlv "tn Praalifnnf
Wilson ilocks peace for the present,
. . . ....! i- f
ine newspapej i luningen, nowever, sees
sdme hope of compromise
The Dagensnyhether declares it is
"Germany's duty now to publish her
j termg
I
Hopes of Rescuing
Aviators Grow Small
Calexico, Cal., Jan. 13. Hopes of
rescuing Lieutenant Colonel Harry O
Bishop and Lieutenant W. A. Robert-
sen, Jr., army aviators, missing since
Wednesday when they started a flight
from San Diego to f'alexico were weak
ened today by the return of some search
ing parties from the Mexican side, with
nothing fo report. However, it is pos
sible that if the aviators were forced to
descend in the mountainous part of
northern Mexico they found shelter
with the hospitable Indians of that sec
tion.
Every automobile party leaving for
the search is being equipped with five
devaluation and water supply by troops
At raurin Beacon. The troops are. un-
able to cross the border to participate
'. ,
in tne searen.
BOTH
THINK
Burns, Ore., Jan. 13. Crowds
of homesteader besieged the
land office today filing M gov
ernnient acreage. Many stood in
line for hours. Men arrived on
horseback, in wagons and some
in automobiles after exciting
drives. It was one of the big
gest land rushes in the history
of the state. Passage of the
010 acre homestead law caused
it.
TO MAKE CERTAIN
HUSBAND'S DEATH
1 Am Afraid First Shot Did
Not Finish Him" the
Woman Said
Denver, Colo., Jan. 13. Mrs." John
Lawrence Smith, who two years ago
came to Denver from Eureka, Cal., fol
lowing a quarrel with her family be
cause she married her father's chauffeur,
shot and killed her husband early to
day after, she claimed, he had beaten j
and aimscd her. According to Mrs.
Smith's story, Smith came home about
2 a. m. today anil immediately started
to abuse and beat her, tearing her
clothes to pieces. Driven to despera
tion, Mrs. With picked up a .22 auto
matic pistol and shot Smith, who fell
to the floor. John Bendle, cook in the
household, heard the shot, and rushod
upstairs- As he reached the door of the
bedroom and before he could interfero,
ho saw MrB. Smith, her almost nude
body covered with bloody scratches and
marKs wnero her husband
had beaten
her, stoop over her husband 's body,
With the remark, "I'm afraid that
first shot didn't finish him," she placed
the pistol against Smith's mouth and
blew the top of his head off with an
other shot, according to the story Ben
dle told the police. He is being held as
a witness.
Mrs. Smith, at the time she married
Smith, was the divorced wife of William
A. Moore, son of the late Bishop Moore,
Of "the Methodist church. She was tho
adoptod daughter of Alex Britton, a
wealthy oil man, formerly of Beaumont,
Texas, and Tulso, Okla., but now liviug
at Eureka, Cal.
Following her divorce from Moore,
Mrs. Smith returned to her stepfath
er's home at Eureka. While there she
married Smith, her father's chaff eur in
June, 1913.
The couple had been living apart for
several months due, it is declared by
Mrs. Smith, to her husband's drinking
habits. Mrs. Smith is said to own val
uable oil properties, from which she
derives an independent income.
HUBBARD MEN ARE
SEVERELY INJURED
BY STUMP PULLER
L A. Braden and R. C. Dement
Struck by Sweep When
Cable Gave Way
('ajiital Journal Special Service.)
Hubbard, Or., Jan. IS, Yesterday
nfternoon two prominent residents of erB
this section were badly hurt while en- j The copper group was firm,
gaged in clearing land. L. A. itraden i There was some lazy backing is the
and father in law, R. '. Dement, weMLUte trading but price changes with few
working with a capstan stu(lii puller
when the cable gave way and the
j sweep swung back striking both of
them. Mr. Braden had his right leg
broken and was badlv mannied. lie
! W8S taken to a Portland hospital to -
Mr. Dement was severely bruised
unv.
-1 1..-J -I U.J LI.
nuuui wo- mnu aim wmmn unu nm
i,.!'t I..-,, nmun
The injured men own a large tract of
land near Hubbard and Mr. Dement is
aiso large lann owner in mos couniy.
i
Silverton Wins Debate.
Iast night in the University of Ore
gon high school debating league, Sil
verton 's team won over Hubbard high.
The question was, "Resolved that Ore
gon should adopt a liability insurance
law embodying the essential principles
of the standard bill of the American
association for labor legislation."
The Silverton team had the affirma
tive of the question.
At Oenby last night, also, the other
Hubbard team took the affirmative
side of the same question and won
over the Canby high team.
CHINESE MINERS KILLED
Tokio, Jan. 13 An explosion in the
Fushun colliery in Manchuria today
buried U00 Chinese .miners; according!
to advices reaching here. Only 130-have
been saved so far and it is feared the
.iL. MM I I .. 1. A
oiaer uy dbvo pcraum,
10
NATIONAL GUARD
E BY MARCH
Administration Plans To Send
Militia Boys Home In
Few Weeks
GENERAL PERSHING TO
WITHDRAW HIS TROOPS
Those Who Should Know Say
Boys Will Start Home
Within Two Weeks
By J. P. Yoder
(United Press staff correspondent)
Washington, Jan. 13. The adminis
tration plans to strip the border M its
militia guard before March 1.
Such action will be taken aftei lirn
eraJ Pershing's column is withdrawn.
j i-ersning s wiimirawai is slated tor
an early date.
According to the present program, of
ficial announced to this eft'eul wtU;b
forthcoming at the Monday final ses
sion of the American-Mexican peace
commission In Now York City.
still another step in a changed poli
cy toward Mexico will be the sending
of Ambassador Fletcher to Mexico City.
From official sources luturmatiou
about the troop withdrawal plan was
given to the United Press.
The aciual work of witUdvawuig
Pershing's forceB will start very soon
after the commission's session, according-
to present plans.
Persons in touch with war depart
ment affairs felt confident that the
troops wilt be on their way back to tho
border within two weehB.
When these forces have been distrib
uted, the administration will statu fhe
militiamen toward home. Marsh t is
glvtn- as the outside date for cleaning
those men.
The Mexicans already hae heoii in
formed of tho dissolution of the pwtwn
conference. Monday thoy will he ac
quainted with this governmeirt's ahas
itinl purposes toward t'arranza.
The troop withdraw, they jwohaMy
will be told, is a proposition entirely
independent of Carranjca's dend-tor
such removal and of his refosal to
ratify the Atlantic City troop with
drawal protocol.
Market Was Stagnant
and War Stocks Women
New York, Jan. 13. The New. York
Evening Sun financial review teduy
says:
The outstanding feature in teduy 'a
short session of the stock market was
the utter absence of public interest and
the almost complete stagnation. Outsid
ers are determined to stand aloof until
there is some clearer conception eS tha
peace situation.
Meanwhile there is a turning tiway
from the war stocks in some measure
and the so-called peace stoeks ae re
ceiving more atteution.
In the first, hour of trading the turn
over was upward of 70,000 shares,
against better than 300,000 in yester
day's session. Price movements were
narrow in the extreme and flrSed to in
dicate any definite trend whatever.
United States steel reflected the
movements on the industrial list and the
ulL or rather that portion
; mMnh there were any sales. The rails
,V(,, van more neglected than the oth-
exceptions were unimportant.
POBTLAND WOMAN BUBNS
Portland. (r.,
Jan. 18.-
Mrs. B. J.
from burns
'Jones, aae 60. died today
' received when an oil stove set fije o
I 1,. l.,l Kntniie ec III tlt.l Ulir P1.IOK
v i f irht for life
hntil neighbors beat out the
fhlmfs.
is going to be
iirfltrnn.
of course,
, - - - Mitw
(rriml mid
what the legislature aocs or u-
but a legislature can do a lot of thing
to help a state. It really can.
THE WEATHER
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