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The Evening Standard has the dWi JbL , Bmm OLJ10 friif 1U11Q Jsfalll A Lak City. That is why our J lfe riJ&Jl bbS BLtfl tkJ MS' A IP umns are worth more for adver- V FT WW WW W tiding. b) y Lf: FEARLESS, INDEPENDENT, PROGRESSIVE NEWSPAPER. Forty.third Year-No, 11-Pr.c, F.vcem, OGDEN CITY, UTAH, MONDAY EVENING, JANU ARYT3Tmy , JUDGE ARCHBALD 5 IS FOUNDGUILTY Senate, Sitting as a Court of Impeachment, Finds That Commerce Court Judge Misused His Office and Power for Personal Gain. PENALTY IslSwTfM OFFICE II Sixty-Eight Senators Vote For Conviction on First fJ Count Judge and Family Await Verdict in Ante-room Justice White Will Assign Successor. Washington, Jan. 13. "Guilty" on - five of the 13 impeachn.fMir articles 1 against him was the verdict of the TV senate today in the rase of Judge ' Robert W rohbalri of the commerce j.1 court charged with misuse of his j. power a? a judge to his personal cain The judge was convicted on th first, rhird, fourth, fifth and thirteenth charges and acquit led on the second, ' sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, ' eleventh and twelfth. This removes him from office gjf Smoot and Sutherland of Utah were j, among the senators who voted tor JJL' conviction The senate In executive ression de elded to Impose on U d-zc Archbald the full penaty of remoal from of n? fice and disbarment from eei again holding a posiion of honor or profit for the United States. of t Washington. Ian IS. Judge Robert . "W Archbald of the commerce court ... was found guilt today by the senate ' sitting as a court of impeachment of . having misused hip office .'nd power J as a judge for his personal gain. The . pp.naltv Is removal from oil." r Archbald was convicted on the first count of thirteen which the house J brought against him. It charged thai he had used his position as a judge to , parsnade the Erie Railroad company 4 to give to him and E J illiams 0 J Scranton an option on a coal dump I'.l 1 a price probably $3i1,ono less than Its "a real value On this, the first charge, the sen- I ate voted fi8 to o for conviction of P. "high crimen and misdemeanors " 1 gjj, though the verdict Insured Judge jg! Archibald's removal from the bench and the service nf the United States courts, the senate then proceeded to j. I vote on the other twelve counts of the 1 articles of Impeachment, which chart; j ed various other acts v here Archbald w had Improperly used his influence as Judge Admitted Nearly All Facts. At his trial the accused judge ad 0, f mined practically all the facts f ev- ery accusation brought against him. but protested In defense that none ot j ihem was wrongful nor corrupt, nor could he have been convicted in any ( Jflf1 court of law for them Mil The conviction on the first count ill came with an unexpected majority erst against Judge Archbald. but two po thirds being necessary for a convic tion. As the rollcall proceeded 0S senators rose slowly in their pla 0 and pronounced the word "guilty" it. hd low tones M As the vote on the first article was ist announced, Senator Hoke Smith of t,t Georgia moved that the senate go Into I executive session He said that ne I believed a vote on the other counts might be dispensed with or abridged rtfl bv secret deliberation Senator Culberson and Senator jjfrt Polnoexter objected that the senate 9 could not vote on the articles In ex ecutive session After some dlsCUS- Ision, Senator Smith withdrew his mo tion and the clerk proceed.-1 lo re? the second article Senator Bacon, who had presided throughout the impeachment proceed ings, asked tj he excused from all votes unless his vote was necessary to a decision. On the soeond count Senator Smith of Georgia also asked to be excused from voting Archbald Walts to Hear Verdict. Judge Archbald waited In an ante room to hear the verdict which re mo es him from public life All eyes at the moment, the verdict was an nounced were riveted upon a woman In the senate gallery so closely re sembling Mrs. Archbald that she was mistaken lor the judge's wife Mrs Archbald was not present With Judge Archbald, as he receiv ed the vote of the senate wor Mrs Archbald, his son. Hugh Archbald nryl Mrs Hugh Archbald The Judge's wife sat in the gallery early in the day. but withdrew before the dooi were dosed Hugh Archbald checked off the senators as they voted Senator Crawford suggested that the senate take a 25 minute recess for lunch after the vote on the fifth Charge, but the amendment was voted dow n Senate's Vote Final. The senate's conviction of fudge Archbald removes him from the i,d era I bench without further procedure Congress has appropriated for the commerce court only until Man b . and. if a successor to the deposed I jurist Is to be appointed, Chief Jus tie White will assign one of the cir 'ult Judges to the commerce court, and President Taff will nominate n successor lo that circuit judge Washington. Jan. 1 3 The senate was prepared for final action today j upon the charges against Judge Rob- ; ert W. Archbald of the rommerce court, when It reconvened as a court of impeachment. By a special order made Saturday 1 the voting was to begin shortly altei 1 p m Conviction requires a two-thirds' vote n -on any one of the 13 counts! agalnat Archbald The penalty of conviction, unless modified by subse quent action by the senate a imme- Ldiati removal from office and a pro-j : 1. Motion asalust ever holding another position of public houor or trust The impeachment proceedings against .1 age ArCDOald were started early in 1912. The house of representatives call ed upon President Taft Tor a copy 01 the charges against the commerce court judge in May of 1912; it began , an investigation through the judiciary committee, which ended in the rec ommendations that Judg krchbald be impeached. The house votej 10 impeach Judge Archbald Jul) 7 and the impeachment was laid before the senate Inly 17, The trial did not begin, however, un til December 2. Thirteen Charges. Briefly stated, the lu charges brought against Judge Archbald were "l That he Influenced officers oil the Erie railroad then a litigant In his court, to grant him a favorable op tion on Us share of the Katydid culm dump near Scranion. Pa. Judge Arch bald acknowledged Lis part In the ne gotiations, but denied he Wlllfull) or unlawfully or corruptly or otherwise took any advantace of his official po-1 sition' to influence the railroad offi-j cials. 2 That he attempted to effect a' settlement between the Marion Coal company of Scranton and the Dela ware, Lackawanna & Western rail- J road, of a case then pending before; the interstate commerce commission, on a basis that would have given him a share of the fee earned by ; George M Watson, attorney for the 1 Marion Coal company fudge Arch bald declared he acted In the case! only as a friend of the interested par ties, and did not expect anj compen sation for his work. That hi attempted to influ- ence the Lehigh Valley Railroad com pany to relinquish a lease on 'pat h er No. 3,' near ShenaH&doah, Pa. so thai he might lease it on favorable terms Irom the Girard estate of Phil adelphia Judge Archbald claimed his negotiations for this propertx Involv ed the ex r lse of no Influence upon the Lehigh officials, but grow a I Dl an attempt to operate an adjoining j coal propertj "4 That Judge rr hbald secured from Attorney Helm Bruce of the Louisville & Nashville railroad pri vate letters and arguments to sus tain an opinion In favor of the rail road in a suit before the commerce court. The Jurist answered his cor- I You Should Appreciate the Pure Food Crusade W You can aid the cause by pro- mt tecting yourself Insist upon prod Qp uc-ts that are known to you and not f' lo be double ., Manufacturers 9 ho advertise m THE STANDARD luve nothing to ( f hide; they make foods that moa6 a0f ure up 10 i.Ih- pure food standard; they consider the good health of the nation above mere gain, and & are among America s greatest ad e Of vertisers. A They have justifiable confide nee fl In the qualin of their goods and oft spend huge sums m advertising They protect you against impure foods by making their brand marks, names and products famil iar to you Help yourself and help the na tion by patronizing the manufat turers who advert ise in 'I 1 1 E STANDARD Read THE STAND ARD'S advertisements closely and constantly even,' day. This habit will keep you posted on the most reliable products, and direct JTOU t the- most reliable merchants m Qg- den. f lespondeuce with Mr. Bruce was only 10 ilear up a disputed bit of tesll tnons and was not material to the decision "6. That Judge Archbald influ enced officials of the Philadelphia & Heading Coal and Iron company, own ed b ihe Reading railroad, to grant a lease on a coal property to Frede rick Warnke, for which service Warn ke gave him a note for $500 Judge Archbald denied that he wrongfull used his influenc 1 with the Readlnu company and asserted that the note Ivcn by Warnke was payment for certain other coal properties in which fudge Archbald had an Interest "6 That he tried to influence of ficials of the Lehigh Valley railroad to buy an interest In S00 acres of coal land belonging to the Everhard heir? ' fudge Archbald denied this. '7 That he settli d an insurance suit in favor of . W Rbbinger of Scranton and a-epted certain gold mining stot k horn Rlsslnger Judge Archbald declared the stock was not a reward for his decision, but collate ral given him to protect him on a note he had signed with Rlsslngi t '8. That Archbald attempted to have a 1600 not discounted by C. G. Boland and W P Roland, litigants in his court. Judge Archhahl denied his position as judge had any connection uith the discounting of the note. "9 'I hat the same note was pre Mite( in c B Vanstorch. an attor ney practicing before his court at the time, for discount, Judge An hbald denied that bis position as .1 judge had anything to do with the discount ing of a note "10. That Judge Archbald accept ed a trip to Europe at Ihe expense of Hentj W Cannon of Nw York, a director of several railroads The de fense was that Mr Cannon was Mr. Archbald's cousin and that the trip was an ordinary family courtesy. 11 That Judge An hbald accept ed, at the outset to this trip, a purse of $"00 raised by Scranton attorneys practicing in his court, lie answered that he knew nothing of the collect ing of this purse until after it had been presented lo him "12. That Judge rchbald appoint ed as Jury commissioner in the mid dle district of Pennsylvania J B W oodward, a railroad attorney His answer was that Woodward was se-j lected for his fitness for the posi tion and that the method of Jury selec lien was such that no undue influ I ence could be exerted by a commls- I sioner. "1?. That Judge An hbald had j sought to obtain credit from and through persons interested In suits In his court, that he had carried 011' a general business in culm dumps for 'speculation and profit' while a judge and had unlawfully influenced rail road officials All these general char ges were denied. TODAY IN CONGRESS Washington. Jan. 13. Senate. Met at noon. Passed bill to require all anti-trust suits to be heard in public Campaign funds Investigating com mittee heard testimon of Gilchrist Stewart on the Archbold letters. Court of Impeachment voted on ar ticles ot impeachment against Judge Robert W. Archbald Senator O Gorman introduced a bill grant medals to all survhors of battle of Gettysburg Appropriations committee agreed ij recommend provision for commerce court until close of fiscal year. I Legislative, executive and Judicial appropriation bill, carrying :'.". -714, was reported. House. Convened at 11 a m. Resumed debate on postofflce ap propriation bill Ways and mean committee con cluded its hearings on tariff revision, the lumber and silk schedules being taken up Gloucester fishing interests were heard by merchant marine committee on bill for hospital ship for fishing fleet Secretary Mey presented three battleship program to naval affairs committee. . oct JOHANSSEN CASE IS POSTPONED Los Angeles, Jan. 13 The case of Anton lobannseti. the Snn Prancisio 'labor leader, charged joiully with Hal a Tveitmoe Bugene I lam j and J. E. Munsey with ha vine plotted to bring dynamite into California, was postponed todiy until the July term of court. Tveitmoe, Clancy and Mnnsev wcre convicted recently in the Indianapolis dynamite conspiracy trial, and the I continuance ordered here today was ! at the desire of the federal prose cutors to await the outcome of the appeals entered In the e ist in behalf jf the convicted labor leaders. HOUSE PASSES AN AMENDMENT Washington, Jan. 13. An amend -j nient to the postofflce measure an nul ihe OXeCUtiVe orders which placed j fourth . Ials postmasters and assist ant postmasters and clerks of first and second la: s postOfiiCe under civil service was adopted by the house to d;:y, sitting as a committee of the j Inde j It was offered by Representative ullom of Indiana, and will have to come before the house again when It flnallv passes on the bill. All Republicans refrained from voting I Actions of the man behind a bass drum Bpeak louder than words. I TURKS MUST DECIDE WAR . Ambassadors Final Note Will Leave Issue in Ottomans' Hands Ixmdon, Jan. 13 The European powers will present their peace note to thn Turkish government imme diately The final draft agreed to unanimously at today's meeting of the ambassadors. fJondoo Ian 13 The issue of peace or war will rest with Constantinople I after the final drafting of the note to ' the Ottoman government, which will be settled at todas's meeting of the I ambassadors at the llritish foreign of fice. The ambassadors today will decide' also the mode and time of presenta tion of ihe document to the porte The convocation of the Turkish grand council is considered a sign In favor of peace. If Turke were ready for war the calling together of the council would be unnecessary. Like that of 1S7X. at the time or the Pus Sia-Turkisn war, the present grand1 council appears destined to share with the Turkish cabinet the responslbil- ' Ity of making peace, on this occasion, bj yielding the fortress of Adrlano-1 pie Rumania's Neutrality Questioned The negotiations continue between M Jonescu, minister o; the interior for Rumania and Dr. S Daneff. leader of the Pulgarian peace aeiegatiOD It seems that Bulgaria questions strong - I) Rumania s rfeutralltj and it is de 1 land --he js aide to prove that Bu charest allowed S00 trucks of war nia terial from Germany to pass through Rumanian territorv on the wav to Turkey RAILWAY CO. MEN RESIGN Officers and Directors of Union Pacific Obey Court Order New York, Jan 13 -Directors and officers of the Union Pacific railroad, who were also directors of the South I ern Pacific, tendered their resigna lions today as the first step in com pliance with the decree of the su preme court dissolving the two roads Inversely, directors of the Southern Pacific connected with the Union Pa c if ic also resigned. Julius Kruttschnitt resigned as dl rector of maintenance and operation of the Union Pacific and was elected chairman of the board of the South rn Pacific, succeeding R S Lovetl resigned Judge Lovett, Mortimer L Schiff and Frank A Vanderlip also re signed from the Southern Pacific ex ceutive committee and were succeed ed by Robert Goeiet, James X Wal lace and K P Swenson j From the Southern Pacific board ol directors, in addition to Judge Lovetl the following resigned Otto H. Kahn. Charles A Peabody, M. L. Schiff. Frank A Vanderlip. R W. Goeiet. L. J Bpence (vice presl dent 1 and Marvin Hughitt. in theii stead the following were chosen James N" Wallace. Horace Harding W. P Bliss. C N Bliss. II Leigh ton. J. N Jarvle, C 1J Kelsey and E. P Swenson no , SILK MEN ARE BEING HEARD Tariff Committee Take Testimony on Silk and Lumber Washington, Jan. 13. The lumber; and silk schedules of the tariff were the issue in testimony today before , the house ways and means commit tee. There was no Democratic bill I for these schedules at the last ses sion to afford a tentative plan for the committee Schedule D of the present lau rov ers timber, sawed b.iaids. posts, .lap boards, laths, pickets. ias!s boxes, blinds, cabinet furniture and ,m ai ad valorem duties ranging fiom 10 per cent on posts, :10 per rem on I 1 oxes, barrels, casks and hogsheads! to 45 per cent on willow furniture and a variety of rales on various classes Of lumber Schedule L covers silks, velvets, chenilles. handkerchiefs, ribbons laces, yarns and threads The Silk association of America was among 1 the organizations repn ented today William B. Uptogoke of Brooklyn today asked the committee to retain the present tariff f 10 per cent ad valorem on boards, planks and cabinet wood not further manufactured than sawed and 120 per cent ad valorem on fin niture. tt FREE LUMBER AND FREE MEAT Washington, Jn p: "Free lum- b.-l as pal t Ol' the I 'ellioel at ie I,,, . iii program of the coming exti i i sion of congress seemed assured m. dav at the hearing before the house ggiBBBaBSBBBSaaB I committee on ways and meanB. The lumber schedule was closed so tar as the hearings were concerned The colloquicB between the Democratic members of the committee and the witness indicated the intention of a majority of the committee upon put ting rough and dressed lumber, hewn an. squared timber, shingles, laths and fence posts on the tree list. Representative Kltchin of North Carolina, Democrat, referred inci dentally to meats and Representative Ixmgworth of Ohio. Republican, asked . ' Do you Democrats purpose to put meat on the free list "' "Yes," replied Kltchin Tm going 10 vote for it." Representative James of Kentucky Democrat, in the cross-examination referred to the greater necessity for conserving the interests of the poor people than of conserving lumber." The lumber schedule occupied a little more than three hours' consid eration l ater today the silk sched ule wan taken up. with the Silk As sociation oi America, comprising two thirds of the silk industry of the country represented its spokesman was Horace B. Cheoney of South Mauche.-tei Conn who urged reten tion of the oroscnt silk tariff. BALLOT LAW A POOR ONE Gov. Shafroth Urges an Amendment to State Constitution Denver. Colo Ian 13 A constitu tional amendment providing for a "short ballot,' with all the executive olficers of the state appointed by the governor, was recommended to the nineteenth general assembly of Colo rado by .) F Shafroth, Its retiring chief executive in his biennial mes sage today. The governor called at tention to the present headless ballot law which he sas makes it difficult for the voter to pass upon the merits of the individual candidates for state ofilces He added "The governor general; is held re. sponsible for the action of the entire 'executive department of the state, and he ought to have officers in such departments In sympath) with his administration ' Among the other recommendations made i Governor Shafroth. who was designated bv the voters of the state at the least election for United States Benator are the following Bank guaranty law, employes com pensation act presidential prcicrence primary elections, a law designed to I lessen dancer of coal mine explosions a state automobile tax for Improving! highways, an appropriation of $10,000 i for state representation at the San Francisco and San Diego expositions in 191.V The governor asserted that the fed eral government's conservation pol Icy "has neen so detrimental as to render development of our natural resources almost Impossible He urged legislation to prexent mo nopoly of the natural resources of the state -oo SAYS COUNTRY IS PROGRESSIVE Trenton X. I , Jan. 13. President elect Wilson proclaimed toda that "the spirit of the country in the na tional election demonstrated a unan imity of progressive thought." and announced that he expected to have associated with him In office "only progressives " The governor was speaking at a luncheon given to the New Jersey electors by the Democratic state committee "I shall thcrelore not be acting as a partisan.' he rnniiiiue,; "when I pick out progressives and only progressives. I shall only be acting the will of the people." Ho said it was a pleasure to find men's minds and purposes yielding to the great Impulse f progressive t hought I "I do not foresee any serious di vision of counsel in the Democratic partj " he said. "On the contrary. I see every evidence of solidarity. Men who have hitherto not yielded their Judgment to the movement of the age now are everywhere Yield ing " After the luncheon the electors went to the storehouse and cast their fourteen ballots for WoodrOW Wilson and ; ernor Marshall Fit William McMaster Woodrow a cousin of the governor, will be mes senger to Washington with New ler- i ?ev s ballot Young Woodrow is a senior at Princeton university oo SUFFRAGETTE BAN IS LIFTED London lan 13 The British go -ernmenl todav reversed us nan piai ed on the reception of deputations of suf- , , ttes and agreed to m U ome In ihe bouse of commons a bodj ol work ing women and the representativea ol ihe Women's Social and Political un lon next week. Militant suffragettes i lalm that r threats ol a teriy il --r the riots ; in Parliament square were responsible for the government's change ol heart. LOWLANDS INUNDATED Evansvllle. Ind.. Ian. 1.1 With the , ,se Increasing at .3 fool an hour, with the result of &e 8W';" 1,1 8rda3 i ,., M , , ,,,, the ii"'' 1"'r,J ,odiJ-v i" ed 4'i 5 fec-t. Hundreds ot square mllei In the bottom hiltJs ar inundated three to twenty feel deep and proper tj l08H WH run into a high figure. Vv-ai weather forecast B jB B THE INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE feffi rWWW WEATHER WILL BE CLOUDY 'fejt TONIGHT AND TUESDAY WITH 1 , SNOW; WARMER TUESDAY IE1''? ! j !!d " Second-class Matter at th- Postofflce, 0(71 V LAW CLERK j A WITNESS Tells Story of Stealing of Famous Archbold Letters From Files Washington, Jan. 13. A story of how copies of letters from John U krchbold to former Senator PorakeT and other public men were taken from the Stand nd uil company's ol flee at 2i Broadway, New York, by W VY Wlnkfleld and Charles Stump, negro messengers employed by the company, was told to the senate cam-' paign funds Investigating committee I today by Gilchrist Stewart, a negro law clerk. Stewart said be was em ployed b. Mr. Foraker to Investigate ''hetliei .-nam alleged photograph!! opies of l tters published were for Series Wlnkfleld was found in Chi cago Stewart said and told him a story of how he and Stump took Cop ies of letters from the Standard Oil flle3 and disposed of them to a repre Bentatlve ol the New Yors American While in Chicago on December 21, Stewart d i la red he was kidna d b gangsters, ' taken to the office of the i hlcago Examiner and robbed of a number of letters and papers Includ ing two letters to him from former Senator Foraker The witness gave a In umstantial account of his efforts to escape from the "gangsters," who had searched the house in which he was stopping, and of the alleged scene in th- Examiner oftii . Said They Were Policemen. The men who kidnaped him, be said told him they were policemen exhibited what purported to be war rams and attempted to make belle a the Examiner office was a police sta tion. Chairman Clapp read into the ret orcl a translation furnished by John I' Archbold, of a cipher telegram put into evidence recently, with a number of Ihe "Archbold letters'" Telegram Translated. The translation given out by thei committee follows: "2i". Broadway. New York. Septem ber L'r.. Iftllti. "Hon J. B. Sibley. Franklin. Pa. ' Ha v e returned here and will be i glad to see you nt any time. Have communicated with A. J Cassatt and he will see us in Philadelphia. Pa, if we so desire either Thursday or Friday Will Charles Miller be here this week"' (Signed l "J D ARCHBOLD' DR. FRASER IS ARRESTED City Charges Him With Falsifying Record of Birth San Francisco. Jan 13. On com plaint of the city board of health a warrant was issued today for the arrest of Dr V. Y Fraser or VYeav erville, charging him with having falsified a public record of birth. Dr. Fraser certified that a son was born on September I, IfHu to Charles Eugene Edward Slingsby of a wealthy English family and his . American wife, Dorothy Morgan Cut : ler Slingsby The complaint charges that Dr Fraser was a partv to the substitution of an Illegitimate child, born to Lillian Anderson of Oeyser ville. which Mrs Slingsby foisted upon her husband ag his. The SHnnsbvs are now In England with the child, which they both as ; sert is theirs. IDAHO JUDGES TO BE INSPECTED Boise, Ida.. Jan. 13 Progressive members of the state legislature at a confeience today discussed the advis abllltj of introducing a resolution in; the house of representatives provid ing for the institution of Impeachment proceeding a-ain-t the judges of ihe Idaho supreme court No deimite con clusion was reached. The contemplated action Is the out ;rowtb of the fining and Imprison ment for contempt of court of R. S. Sheridan C. O Broxon and A R Cl uzen PANAMA CANAL TO BE FORTIFIED Washington. Jan. 13 The first for mal move toward making the United States naval station at Guantanamo. Cuba was taken today when orders were Issued designating a board of officers of the army and aav to visit j Guantanamo immediately for finally approving or amending the elaborate plans ot defense prepared by the joint board upon data furnished by the army and navy war colleges. oo GOVERNOR SULZER TO MAKE THEM OBEY Yonkers, X. Y.. Jau i:!. With Its nii.nmi inhabitants in convenience for the past week by a complete tie-up of Its trolley car service Yonkers saw a ray of hope today in an order from Governor Sulzer that the public serv ice commission take a hand iu the situation It is ch-claed that the com- j mission has power to Impose a fine i of 16,000 a dav In case a corporation! ! fails to obey its orders, and if such a procedure were taken, it would be the r Hist tfme this authority nas been L I applied in a strike . The street car men quit because F A I one non-union man had been employ- & ) cd ' in violation," as Governor Sulz'e- declared In his order, "of what is p conceded to he H pr(),)0). )lj(.s President Frederick W W bitvldgc "of l ihe companv said today that he K seemed to ho between two fires, for, I . while the commission threatened a t 1 One Of $5, a day if he did not run I I the cars, he was also liable .to ;t fine y:V of $.'.0 for every strike-breaker f'. brought into the city according to a I'' local ordinance I I GOVERNMENT I OWN SYSTEM I All Telephones in British Isles Pass Into Hands of State London. Jan. 13. The British gov ernmenl Is to pay the National Tele- I phone company ol the United King- j tlom the sum or 162,576,230 or Its property, according to a decision reached by the railway and canal commission, sitting as a court ot a. - v bitratlon. 1 The whole oi Uie telephone system H in the British isles passed into the R hands oi the state on -January 1. I'nj f The National Telephone company or- 1 iginally asked ?in",.ii.Mi,i)iiii foi its in- ! terests. but during the 73-day trial Just ended this claim was reduced by millions. ARMY TO USE NEW AUTOMATIC RIFLE Washington, Jan. FJ The auto matic revolver, after many years trial being finally found tavor In the army and having been adopted as the Standard arm. the ordinance bureau now has taken steps to embody the same principle In the array rifle. Circulars are to be sent inviting the attention of American inventors to this buI t and indicating the needl "i the bureau in the points of sim plicity, strength, durability and easi I assembly of a semi-automatic shoul- I der rifle. The calibre is to be about 30, and the magazine capacity eight cartridges, though the department j would welcome designs for trans forming the present service rifle Into a semi-automatic weapon, even though its capacity is limited to five OO ll M'GINNITY WILL RULE IN TACOMA I Newark. N J . Jan. 13 Joe J. Mc Ginnlty, long a conspicuous figure in baseball In ihe east, bade good-by :o the "fans" here yesterday and Is on his way to Tacoma, Wa6h., to take charge of the Northwestern league I dub there, which he purchased re- For years McGinnitv was one of the kafl stars of the major leagues and won ' the nickname of "Iron Man" by his i willingness to pitch a game in every series for his team and sometimes double headers. For several years lie J has had an interest in the Newark lf 'club of the International league, which he sold out FLOOD BULLETINS H THOUSANDS DRIVEN FROM HOMES. Cincinnati, Jan. 13. The Ohio river continued to rise steadily but more slowly today, the stage at f o'clock I being 61.2 feet The Government fore caster predicted that the rise would continue today and tomorrow and thai I j probably a maximum sta-e of f. -t j u on Id be reached. i This prediction was made on the assumption that there would be no I more rain the next two days. I li was estimated that 3000 persons I bad been driven from their homes in Cincinnati and the cities of Coving- 1 ton, Newport and Dayton, across the river in Kentucky. M'ny factories have been flooded and hundreds of persons thiown out of work OUTLOOK MORE HOPEFUL Louisville, Ky., Jan 13. Police and fire department employes, working to move families from districts men aced bj the Ohio river flood, were cheered this morning by news that the rise was less rapid than regit lered last night While nearly 1 000 persons had been driven rrom their homes today and the outlook was j that this number would be doubled, vet it was believed property damage would not be as heavy as in previous j record floods. j Parkersburg. W. Va., .'an. 13. The J Ohio river was stationary here this j morning at forty-five feet. H Washingloi, Jan 13 The weather j bureau's flood bulletin today Bays: "The Ohio river is falling at I'in burg, hut continues to rise below- f At Inclnnat Monday morning the J st. me was I'll feet It feet above flood j Btage Flood stage will be reached at Cairo about Wednesday. LANES OF OCEAN I TRAVEL CHANGED ! Washington. Tan. 13 The princl- H pal trans-Atlantic Steamship lines. haviim decided a few days ae to j change their lanes of tr vel across fH I the ocean, the naval hvdrographlc of jfice ha- prepared and madS ready fur distribution a supplement to its pilot H charl published two weeks ago. The ,i new charts show (he new routes.