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THIRTY-SIXTH YEAR.

GREAT'

IN BEATEN TO DEA

BY FOOTPADS WHO HAVE

TERRORIZED FRISCO

After Crushing His Skull, Thu gs Strip Him and Take His Be

longings to Points Some Distance from Where Crime Is

Committed Employe of Ice Company Is Fired Upon by

One of the Thugs Many Other Highway Robberies and

Burglaries Holdup Men Slug Victims in Many Cases.

UNITED PRESS U1IID WIU.

San Francisco, Dec. 26. A man was

beaten to death by footpads here about

5:30 a. m. today.

To his identity there wore but three

clues. His suit of dark material was

sold by Springs Inc., San Jose. His

light green fedora hat had the mark of

Whalander, Sacramento. His cuff links

bore the initials "I. J. or ','C. J."

the design made it impossible to tell

certainly which.

The victim was about 33 years old,

smooth shaved, woighed 170 pounds and

was five feet, five inches tall.

After crushing his skull the thugs

stripped him, one took his hat, coat,

shoes and umbrella about 100 feet away

in one direction, and another one moved

TO

UNITED PHEH8 LEASED WIRE.

Washington, Dec. 26. Seventy-six

years old today, Admiral Dewey gave

this message to the world through the

United Press:

"I see no signs of war in the future.

I don't feel, however, that the nation

should be off its guard.

"You can say for mo that my views

t)f peace nnd our navy's future were ex

pressed in a few words by General Koi

fer, who represented Ohio in congress.

" 'In time of pence,' he said, ' pre

pare to mnintain it.'

"That's the way I feel about the

navy. It' seems to me that it is well

for tho nation to have a four-battleship

program, so as to replace obsolete ves

sels, and prepare to maintain peace."

An informal reception was given in

honor of the admiral's anniversarv.

CARDINAL'S WILL MISSING

AND BOOMS SEALED UP

TUNiTitn pherr IXisre wise, J

Borne, Italy, Dec. 2(1. Tho apart

ments occupied by the Into Cardinal

Eampolla have been sealed up in con

sequence of a request niado by Mon

eignor Rosigno, administrator of St.

Peter's. This step was urged by Car

dinal Merry del Val, papal secretary of

stato, to guarantee the safety of docu

ments of great interest to the church,

tho loss of which is suggested by per

sistent reports regarding the disappear

ance of Cardinal Rnmpolla's last will.

That a will was executed by Cardin

al Rampolln, bearing a Inter date than

the will found, is considered almost cer

tain because tho cardinal left a key

with a tag attached on which was in

scribed In his own hnndwritlng the

statement thnt the key opened a box

containing the will,

Those close to tho cardinal think it

incredible thnt he would not alter his

testament of 1SS0, explaining that his

estate had grown fourfold since then.

The box referred to has not been found.

There is no evidence that it has been

stolen, and no claims have been set up

by anyone thnt ho hail sustained any

damage by the loss of the will.

TORN LOOSE BY SWELLS.

Long Beach., Cnl., Pec. 20. A dozen

planks in the flooring of the Pine aven

ue pier were torn loose by the big

swells this morning, when the tide wis

more than seven feet high. No other

local damage was reported, though the

tide trashed with great force against

the bulkheads along the beach.

"V Ajy ,

0 kfi 41 (Urtrlmi cffiRf

STOR

about 25 feet in another with his

trousers.

As they were going through the pock

ets, August M. Peters, employed by the

National Ice company, approached the

spot, a lonely one at Tenth and Division

streets, on his way from work. The

man with the trousers saw him first,

and, apparently taking him for a

policeman, fired at him.

At tho Bhot Petors ran one way and

the highwaymen another. The weapon's

crack awakened residents in the vicini

ty, and the police were summoned by

telephone.

Many othor highway robberies and

burglaries were reported. In several

instances the holdup men slugged their

victims. Pickpockots were busy also.

WILSON MAKES ATTACK

ri'NITEU mEHS I.HAREU WIltE-l

Washington, Doc. 28. An attack on

interlocking diroctorntos of big corpora

tions, it was generally agreed among

congressmen and senators. today, would

be the feature of President Wilson's

forthcoming special address to congress

on tho subject of trusts, to be delivered

shortly aftor tho law-makers reconvene

following the holiday rocess. To pre

pare this next step in the administra

tive program was believed to have been

one of the reasons for the three weeks

vacation which the president is now

spending at Pass Christian, Miss,

Tho president's attitude, it wns stat

ed, probably would be based on the

views expressed by him in his Jacksoo

day speech last year. Tho indications

were strong that ho proposed to ond tho

gigantic power resulting from the joint

ownership of stock in soveral big cor

porations and from tho same men acting

as directors of more than one concern.

Ho will confer soon with Louis D. Bran

dels, of Boston, who believes that a cure

for tho money trust evil consists In a

constructive attack on such Interlock

ing directorates.

Members of tho house and senate said

they did not expect tho president to

propose any drastic measures, basing

this belief on tho recent actions of sev

eral corporations involuntarily dissolv

ing. Tho "personal guilt" portion of

tho Sherman anti-trust biw, it is ex

pected, will be emphasized in the presi

dent's address to congress. His pro

gram probably will seek to foster a

wider competition between "big busi

ness" units and to eliminate illegal

practices which heretofore have given

combinations control of prices and sti

fled free competition.

CRY OP FIRE DID NOT

COME FROM DRUNKEN MAN

Chicago, Pec. 2(1. Miss Guico Me

Carron, a stenographer of Calumet,

Mich., on her way to Lansing, Mich.,

said here today that the panic in a mo

tion picture theatre Christmas eve,

which cost tho lives of 70 or moro per

sons, was caused by a small blaze in a

Christmas tree, and not by a false alarm

of fire by omo intoxicated person.

"I attended the. show," said Miss

McCarron, "and saw the panic almost

the minute it started. A little flame

puffed up on the tree, and some one

crief 'fire' In a low tone. It was not

a bearded man who gave the cry. That

story is purely imaginative."

RAG

NO FEDERAL INQUIRY

Secretary of Labor Wilson De

cides It Does Not Involve

Strike.

AN EFFORT TO SETTLE

Solicitor Densmore la Sent From, Labor

. Department in an. Endeavor to

End Dispute at Calumet.

UNITED FRBSS LEASED WIRE.

Washington, Dec. 26. No federal in

quiry will be 'made into the panic at

Calumet, Mich., which resulted in more

than 70 doaths, according to - a tele

gram sent today to Secretary of Labor

Wilson to President Moyer, of the

Western Federation of Miners, at Cal

umet. The message stated that the

panic was in no way connected with

the copper minors' strike.

Solicitor Densmore, of the labor de

partment, will go to Calumet this af

ternoon, Secretary Wilson said, in an

endeavor to sottle the dispute between

the miners and the copper owners.

Message to Moyer.

Secretary Wilson's message to Moyer

read:

"I am shocked by your telegram and

tho press accounts of the disaster at

Calumet, My sympathies go out to the

families of tho mon, women and chil

dren whoso lives were sacrificed in tho

crush. It is almost inconceivable that

anyone could be so inhuman as to plan

such a catastrophe, but whethor it was

planned or tho result of malicious mis

chief. I hope the facts will be promptly

brought to light. From the meagre in

formation in my possession, it would ap

pear to be only a statutory crime, sole

ly within the jurisdiction of the police

powers of the state and not in any way

connected with the strike situation

there. I cannot convolve of any such

connection existing. However, I am

sending Solicitor Densmore of this de

partment to Calumot for tho purpose of

reudoring any assistance possible in

clearing up the situation. '

Relatives Claim Bodies.

Calumot, Mich., Dec. 26. Relatives

today had claimed the bodies of 72 of

the victims of the Christmas eve panic,

rosultiug from a false fire alarm

shouted by an unidentified man into

the hall, whero many striking miners'

families had gathered for a holiday col

ebration. Most of the corpses wero

thoso of children. Three unidentified

bodies remain uui'lnimod in the morgue.

The total number of victims of the

disaster was 7o.

Funornls will be held Suuday after

noon under tho direction of the West

ern Federation of Miners.

(Continued on page 8.)

Police Chief Rails Because of

Escape of Drunken Young Woman

Thorn is a hot row on at the city hull

because of the cscapo of a drunken wo

man yesterday. Chief Hhedcck blames

the officers and promise nn investiga

tion.

Officers Woolery nnd White figured

early yesterday morning in the arrwt

of the young woman, who gave hor

name to tho night sergeant as Kate

r'roliiiiader. When arrested she was

iirousing the residents on I'ast Mill

streets with her cries for help, succor,

etc,, while she wu in the act of wiping

up the mini and filth in the gutters in'

an attempt to carry an overload of

booze. As the result of the two police

men's exertions, the girl was taken to

the Salem hospital and, when she so

bered up sufficiently, she ducked out

of the hack door of the institution and

neither the jxjli.n nor the hospital au

thorities know where she is today,

According to Chief of Poliee Shedeck

Everybody

OEEdON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER

UNITED PEESS LEASED WIBI.

Washington, Dec. 23. News that

Mexican rebels had destroyed a federal

convoy train near San Luis Potosi and

killed 34 federals was received at the

state department today. Traffic was

suspended. , !

Bingham, Utah, bee. 26. Sheriff

Smith said today he would open the

Utah-Apex mine January 1 to look

again for the body o! Ralph Lopez, the

murderer, who, refusing to surrender,

has been senlod up id the workings for

nearly a month. He said he was confi

dent Lopez had not escaped and felt

sure he had starved to death.

Butte, Mont, Dec 26. While cele

brating Christmas, 4 lamp was over

turned in the home of Mr. and Mrs.

Samuel Newhouse early todwy starting

a fire which caused the woman's death.

Firomen rescued Newhouse, who had

been overcome by smoke.

SCHMIDT CONFUSED AS

T

. TO KILL GIRL

UNITED PRESS UASED WIRE.

New York, Dec. 26. Thomas Mc

Donald, alienist fo . the prosecution,

was the first witness called today in

Schmidt's trial. . He testified thnt ho

and another alienist examined Schmidt

in tho Tombs September 2-1, shortly af

ter MiBS Aumullor's dismembered body

was taken from tho river. Schmidt, the

witness said, declared he had been told

by God's voice to slay Anna. The

voice, he insisted, was that of a male.

(When questioned about a previous

statement that he had been ordored by

St. Elizabeth to slay the girl, Schmidt,

according to the witness, said God's

and St. Elizabeth's voices were all one

to him.

McDonald testified that when he told

Schmidt ho lied, the prisoner flew Into

a great rage.

At this point Schmidt's counsol inter

rupted, declaring that anyone would

become enraged if called a liar.

The Weather

" THANKS Fo

THE t-OB5TsU

The Dickey Bird

says: Oregon: Gen

erally fair tonight

and Saturday .east

erly winds.

today, his two night men made a gal

lant run to Hl!i Mill street yestorilny

morning and found the young woman

in a bcuotly state of intoxication. They

assisted her to the police Mat ion, but

being iiiuilile to bring her out from un

der the load she was currying in the

form of fire water, they sent her to the

Salem hospital. City Phyysician Miles

administered treatment and the woman

was soon In fine slinpe.

After getting on her feet ngaiu, the

girl fled from the hospital, via a rear

door, and she has not been heard from

since.

Chief of Police Miedeck state 1 today

that the young woman should have been

placed in jail and compelled to remain

there notwithstanding she was drunk.

He declared that it wns a case for tlhi

officers to take cars of and that a more

thorough investigation should have been

Diade before allowing the girl to b

ES AN)

1 1 . i 1 STARVATION SPECIALIST

Buiiir GOES UNATTENDED TO

J WALLA WALLA PRISON

Reads the

0

26, 1913.

Dr. Linda Hazzard Who Mur

dered Claire Williamson

in at Last.

PUT UP STRONG BLUFF

Says She Does Not Look Upon Event

as Departure In Disgrace, But

Rather Triumph! Progress.

(united pbsws Lilian wiax

Seattlo, Wash., Dec. 26. Dr. Linda

Burfield Hazzard, the fasting specialist

will leave Seattle for Walla Walla,

without a guard, at 3:30 this afternoon

to commence her sentence of from two

to twenty years in the state penitenti

ary. She will be accompanied to the very

gatos of the state prison by her friends,

Miss Marion E. Dunbar and Mrs. Mary

Edwards.

"I will be the first woman in the

world, so I am told," said Dr. Hazzard

this morning, "ovor to go to prison un

guarded. Only two men have ever gone

to Walla Walla without an armed es

cort. Still Has Some Friends.

"A .number of my friends, though

unaMo to make the journey, will be at

the station to soe me off. Noilhor they

nor I look upon this evout as u do;-ai-hire

in disgrace, but rather than as a

triumplwil progress."

Dr. Hazzard stands convicted of man

slaughter for starving to death a pa

tient, Clairo Williamson, an English wo

man. Sho claims she is a victim of pre

judice, fostored by orthodox modical

men, and legal technicality.

Plotted to EU1 Both.

The state's evidence showed that she

plotted to kill Miss Williamson's sister

also, in order to secure thoir money.

Tho sister was rescued in a very weiik

condition and aidod in convicting the

starvation doctor. It was shown that

Dr. Hazzard had socurod titlo to every

thing belonging to Clairo Williamson

she could persuade her to turn over. To

Claire's sister sho suggested suicide a

number of times.

Tho Willinmon sisters, who had con

siderable wealth, wore making a tour of

tho world when they fell into Dr. Haz

aunt's clutches. She promised to im

prove their health.

MRS STEVENSON DIES.

UNITED PHEHS MURED WIBI.

Bloomington, 111., Dec. 2(1. Mrs. Ad

lai Btovoiison, wifo of tho former vice

pr esident, died Inst night. Sho had

been ill several months. Sho wns 70

years old and Is survived by her hus

band and throe childron, Mrs. Steven

son was elected president general of the

Daughters of tho American Ilecoliition

four times.

taken to the hospital,

j Tim girl gave her address at 201 ;j

North Front street. If tills address bo

'correct, she was a long way from home

and the chief of police believes that

there is more to tho story sho tuld yes

terday. She Haiim-d first that she se

cured her ample jug in West Wood burn

nnd thou she declared that a man gave

her some whiskey. It I the general he-

lief that the girl hud been celebrating

with iiuilo company und that the pair

' had gone enst, instead of west when

thev attempted to go liooie nnd that the

tnfin. becomliii' frightened upon having

a drunken girl on his hand, flixl nnd

left his guest lying in the gutter.

The chief is trying today to get some

definite information cuiicerning the i'

fair but, owing to the. rtitit report

made by the arresting officers yester

ilny, he Is unable to work very lutelli-t-r

tit 1;- on the care.

Daily Capita! Journal

EITttil

PRICE TWO

imwk. " "

lUlili iU ii

Damage So Far Is Estimated at $1,000,000 and at least ISO

Persons Are Rendered Homeless Crew of Vessel Frantic

ally Send Up Distress Signals Man Seen Clinging to Rig

ging of Barge Before It Sinks Many Fishermen on New

Jersey Shore Driven From Homes New York Hard Hit

UNITED PRISE UUID WIDE.

New York, Deo. 26. A severe storm,

which caused damage estimated at more

than $1,000,000, and rendered homoless

at least ISO persons along tho Jersey

coast last night, struck New York this

morning, menacing shipping and causing

great damage. So far as known no Uvob

were lost, but the crews of several ves

sels were reported in grave dangor dan

ger, and it was feared loss of life would

result before the storm abated.

All the way from Long Branch to

Highland Beach, on the New Jersoy

shore, houses were overturned, sum

mer housos of wonlthy roaidonts were

inundated and many fishermen woro

driven from thoir homes. Sonbright

suffered tho most serious damage. Its

lighting plant was put out of commis

sion, The sea-going tug loo King wns

!TIS

FOR PLACES TO BE

FILLED BY cm

With many candidates mentioned for

some of tho pluces,'tho now city council

anil -tho mnyor will hold a caucus early

noxt week to decide who shall be named

for city attorney, health officer, fire

chief, engineer, sanitary inspector and

street eommiHsinnor. It was said today

that thorn wero ten attorneys willing

to succeed City Attorney PBgo, among

tho number frequently mentioned being

W. If, Trindlo.

Mayor Sleeves Is said to bo one of

tho most aetivo In the preliminary skir

mishes. Tho mayor, it is known, has

politicul ambitions and, it is said, would

even be willing to leave tho Cherry

City as successor to Congressman Hnw

ley. With appointive officers satisfac

tory to lilm named, he would have a

better chuueo to hind politicul favors,

he is said to believe. It is known thnt

some of the counciluien will strouoiisly

object to any program aimed at merely

satisfying tho politicul ambitious of tho

mayor.

Htule, as well us local politics is en

tering into thn situMion und thu caucus

next week will b a warm affair, unless

some sort of an adjustment is reached

beforo that time.

Outside of Htroot Commissioner Cor

nelius, tho present officers Bio hopeful

Ttf re appointment, Cornelius Intimated

anion time ngn that ho would bo through

the first of ttie yisir. However, some of

his friends nre winking for him,

I)r, Van Winkle is one of the active

candidate to succeed Dr. O, II. Miles

as city health officer,

The new city council takes offico

.Inn mi rv I,

COLVIO GETS S. P. JOB.

UNITED PHHSli LIAR! IHE 1

Me.lford, Or., Dec. 2(1. Judge W. M.

('olvig, famous Medfnnl booster, re

reived us a Christ limn present from the

Southern Pacific tho appointment of

tax attorney and right of way Bgvmt,

su eding tho lute Col, Eddy. His

hendipiarters will be in Portland. .The

office carries a salary of $0000 a year

and traveling expense.

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CENTS. 0N tbains and wwb

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driven on the beach and wrecked. The!

crew made its way ashore in safety.

Life savers at Forked River, N. J.,

roported today that two barges sank

off shore here. One man was seen.

slinging to the rigging before the craft

sank from view.

An unidentified bark went aground

at Soasido Beach, and it was feared

that the vessel would break up before

Its crow, who were frantically send

ing out distress signals, could be taken

off. The rovonue euttor Senaca was

sent to aid the disabled bark.

. Tho bodies of two. menr Peter Macey,

of Brooklinville, N. J., and John Walsh,

of Tronton Junction, were found today.

They had died of exposure during the

night. It is presumed they started to

walk homo, lost their way, and suc

cumbed to the intonse cold.

L LET

imrntD peesi leased wibe.j

Pan Frnnelseo, Dec. 26. The super

visors' unomploymont roliof committee

today turned over to the' unemployed

the management of thoir own commis

sary. Tho committees' action followed a de

mand by a delegation of tho mon for

mon! tickots at local restaurants. The

committee refused to do this, but con

sented to lot the men prepare and serve

tho food provided for them.

What they had rocolved at. tho insti

tute, where thoy woro being fod, was

inedible, they declared tho bread sour,

tho beans and potatoes rotten and the

I coffee dishwater. Officials of tho In

! stitute approvod the supervisors' deci

sion, saying they had feared trouble.

, They were also severe In thoir crlti-

cisms of the Y. M. C. A., church fed

eration and social crusndo mombors, be

cause, thoy said, tho latter had not

helped to feed tho men,

Herious trouble wns narrowly avort

ed Christmas night, when BOO idle men

prepared to march to Mayor Rolph '

house to shew him samples of tho food

they wern receiving. They were final

ly ilissuadnd, however.

Tho supervisors took steps to learn

If discarded army blankets from the

Presidio wero not available for the un

employed throng's use in tho lodgings

the city provided for thom.

MUST DO ALL DRINKING

BEFORE 2 A. M. RULING

UNHID PSEHS T.K EflD Will.

fan Francisco, Cnl., Dec, 26.

Anticipating nn advertised plan of

salooumen to keep their place open af

ter 2 n'chs'k to allow the drinking of

llipior purchased before that hour, Chief

of Police White Issued todny an order

instructing policemen to see that all sa

loons keep their doors closed nfter 3

a. ni., and permit no one to remaiu with

in for nny purpose.

It ha been alleged that tho new state

law closing saloons from 2 to 6 a. ni.

dnily referred only to the ' purchase'

of liquor.

Twlk about big businp! Consider

that done by Santa Clans.