The evening herald. [volume], January 30, 1914, Image 1

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TOOW'H XKUH TtlV Von get
It In U HK.lt IINr ivnta a
month or 15 cenu nVlivrred
I "our ihwtri flfcjr tenia ljr mnll.
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TiuncxB-rmiEX,
Vol. M. No. .
Half-Hundred Lives Snuffed Out Almost Instantaneously Yhen Big Coastwise Liners Crash Off Norfolk
BARELY TIE
SHRIEK OF
BEFORE SEA CLOSES
Old Dominion Steamer "Monroe" Freighted With Sleeping
Passengers Rammed and Cut in Two Amidships by Ter
rific Impact of Merchants and Miners' Liner "Nan
tucket" Off Coast of Virginia, Sinks Without Slightest
Warning; Eighty-Six Persons Struggling in Icy Water
and Shrouded by Tog S.ived by Rescuers, Who Are Guid
ed Only by Shrieks of Drowning
Twenty-Three Passengers and Crew
of Twenty-five Go from Slumber
Into Eternity in Twinkling of Eye
f fly Irard Wirt, In r.voulng Herald.
Norfolk, Vs., Jan. 30. Fnrtycighi p. raona went down 10 il'-nih todiiy
wlrn th Merchatita utiil Minim' liner Nantucket N1111W (hit I Hit Dominion
liner Monro. Wlrcleaa Imia forwarded ly Captain Johnaon of Ihe Mm
roe, returning with the a..rvlvora on the Xitntuckct, allow
I.oat PuaaehKcra. JJ; crew, 11: total, 4 .
8nvad -Paaaengcr. SO; crew, M; total, .
Th Monroe waa rammed amld-thipa, practically rut In two, and punk
within tn minute, twenty mtlea eniuheaat of 1 1 ; laland. by the Mer
1 hanta nnd MmerK' liner Nantucket. The hint had worecly 11 chance to
rralixe thut death wa on them before I hey were atrugg'ltig In the ai
The doomed pitaacng.r of the Monroe, faat ualcep in their I'ulona when
the lo venaelji came together, went iluwn to death. Willi only time for
a ahrlek of tleapair. nly thoac ltept awake ly the am.nlng alrena thnl
walled their . iiarleaa wuriunKH through th fog knew when th veaaela
xtrin k.
The ret, thrown from their bertha by the force of the rollialon,
hctivy with lee. hml bnrely lime to atruggle to the ilei k of the alnkiiiK
m wil l before they were plunged Int,, the water. Not ten nilnuiea Inter
vened liet wei ii th time the h"w of thn Nantucket rraahed lia way into
the alii,, of th iHiinlnlon liner and the time the luller wild uniler the
Wftvca.. The St rearneil were lifted nut of the ley water after their vea
ael hail gone down.
!! h Venecia hail ipiletcil down for th niitht houra before th mill
alon. Captain Hrrr, on th hridKe or the Niiatucket, and th lookout, hud
the derk to thcmaclvea ua the vcaa alowly aklmmed through the fun
and iniat. Cupluln Johnaon kept the bridge of th Monro.
Aa th Nunturkrt atnggered hue k after the Nhm k, Captain I'.erry
awutig tun hia acurchllghf and dimly tho hulk of th aettllng Monroe
loomed up through the fog. I'ni'ertain na t th fate of hia own vraael.
he ordered nut th lifel.-oiiia. I.oat from view in the fog, they begun the
work of re tie (iiilded only hy the ahricka of th drowning, the hoata
pli Wed u the anriiora. When th ai ar. hliKht a fuint kIoa hrmiaht to
view no inor atrusaliiiK f.itiiroa. and when th ehoii'a of th lifehont
crewa hroimht no unawerinii ahouta from th aii, th tuak waa iilven ul.
With her aalon irimlnl with diem hid um! auflerliiK lio n and wom
en, th NuntiKket turned her rw iinhiiril Hoon ahe fell in with lh'
lioliiinion liner llnniilton, nnawerlnit the fry of dlntreaa. Ci-nvmiil l,y the
Hamilton, the Nantuikei waa making her vay alnwly to Norfolk. r'he
w ill he met l the ri ellile eutter liinidii Kit ami i kieetd III port l.l
today.
Th Monro la the hiat aieiiiio-r i,t ,y thv (ij I luniiiiluii line during
th half ceiit(irv it him hren in operation. Th ali-amei waa tulued ill ap
proximately I., (io ihiij her i ario nt aa nituh more, iiiuMng th tola! I mm,
pxi'Iiimw of liM'a. iiho'tt II.eaa.'OHl.
htllVIVOUS Ti ll, KTOItV
r si 1 'i i .id p ami ii th
Norfolk. Va., Jan. SO - Uiutlnn '
ri.M 'Mim of th I Md liominion liner
Monroe, and the death atoly of forty
inn more, the Merrhutila and Mln
era teamahii Nun tin ket. cum Int
pint hri l,it today. Th ughiy
fiv aiirvlxora brought a atory of
iifferiiiK utld a:idden death from llu'
M'M. With a heavy ranvua coenii
her rrumplrd Iki and with a purti
ally ahlftrd iirn', tunainii a Hat to
alarlMuird. tho Nantucket ilixkeil
while aeveral thollaand lieraolia wait
ed for the aurvlvora. Many of Ihn
readied atixid n the deck wtapped
In lilankela. Two died on hoard af
ter being rrartird. They wr Mra.
Thnnwl HarrliiKton, dauahter of J.
Kelly of Norwalk, Conn., and l.leut.
I.i'llrnnil II. furtla, f the fb-ruml
roaat arllllrry. Mra. Ifurrlna-ton'a
l.ody had been pluird In a tempor
ary eoftln and wna ntrn from tho
N'uliturkel. Her hiialmnd refuaeil tit
lav unl'l th Imny hud len
lirought aahor. Thomaa lliirrluit
Ion of Hrlda'-port. ('nun., th wom
an' htiabaitd. told a Ihrlllmtf alorv
ff th wreik. llarrttiKlon and lila
wl( were Ion In th water and tha
roan ltnniln with h whn
they wer liirked tip. Mr. Iliirrlnir
Ion died from rxhuuatlon.
Itpreaenlatlva of th ra wr
all barred from tha Nanluiket when
ah lar.jed. It waa exilitlni'd by K
t Ijiw, general aieht of th Mer
ihaii'a and Miner' Tiaimportullon
rompniiy, Ihil thla waa by order of
u - xr"Ln
It. K Tapley, a loral atiniiilinat In
fcpivtor. Hy aonie of th raeud
ieaiilitK over the ib' k rail of the
V.mtUi ket, It waa told to th newa
I'.imt men on th wharf that th
Nantueket rurlu'd and rammed tha
Monro in a dene fog at 2 a. 111. to
day and that the Monro careened
ami tiiiiu-d turtle within ten or
twelve ininnlea after the impact.
An th Monro turned on her aid
aonie of th pneener nml rrw
crawled over on th upper aide of
Hi -ael and walked on thla but
were w. lulled off aa the ateamer went
(o the bottom.
Hut (or th fact that there had
been time t Hiljuat III prcaerer.
many more Uvea would hn been
ot. Aa It una thna rcactied rf
mulned In th water from half to
lhre-(itortrra of an hour hrfor
they wer rc-ud. ,
K. I'. I.yona, whoa name did not
appear aiming Ihow aavl waa
among th firat of tha paaaengera to
rniim off th Nantucket. Clad only
In tinjuma and a bath rub he a
a graphlti demTlpllor of th rolllalon
and th evenia that followed:
"It waa about 1.10 oMock." aald
I.yona. "and very foggy. I had un
ilreaned hut had not gun lit bed Th
fog horn waa blowing every iiilnut.
Kudiletily It blew twice and repeated
th rioubl blaat. Then jlmoal Ilk
putting nn the brakra the Monro
nlopped and I kne wither waa aotn
Ihlng wrong. Itulitng tin di- k. I
auw aoiiieliudy getting ready l put
FOR WILD
DESPAIR
Tl
a lifeboat over, I naked him If titer
waa any danger; he replied tha! lie
illiln'l know but wanted to rt ready.
"Almoat lofor th wordu were
rpoken th Nantui kei atrui k na mur
the bow on th port aide. I ran
tln nl, lira and tried lo illena but the
Hhlp wna llxtlng an I hurried back
op There wer very few piiaa-n-K'ra
on ileek atol on hunt waa oxer
board. Aa It puahed away, 1'aptaln
Juhnriin told tn to Jump aa there
11 ua ronm fur one mote. I obeyed
and left Captain Johnaon ataiulluK
on the deck of the ahlp. The bout
went back and he gut hi. The Mon
ro went iluwn ennlly mid waa below
the water within twelve mlnutca af
ter the lolllhlolt.
"The crew behaved apletidldly na
far na I could aee.' continued I.yona.
"there were not very many uoiion
n the ahlp but thev were nllowid
to Ket iulo the boata firat. There a
no effort on the part of the men to
irowd them. While we wer in the
lifeboat we picked up a man ami a
woman. lie waa holding 11. r by the
hair and w.m iilmunt exhatiated when
we pulled him In. The woman dieil.
"There were niany puasenaern win.
muHt have I n 111 na lit In their rtate
looiio. The cuIIikIoii occurred an
atidilelily and the bun I-. ink ao 1111I1 li
ly it Ik a wonder thut many morn
wer not drowned. The bating of
the ateumer tmide it tmpoHMhte to
lower the lifebuata on one aide of
1 lie nhip and that milled to the dif
ficulty in raving Uvea.
"The Nantucket atuod by ua and
I bun nf ua who could climbed her
rope ladder. Thoae who were not
able tu follow ua were lifted with
rupea placed under their arm. We
then proceeded to Norfolk and dll
not ae the Hamilton until uhoul tl
o'clock thla morning.
"only two or three bonta were v
er launched from the Monroe. fine
paaaenger auld that only onu bout
waa nucceaal ully launched."
Kvery avuitahl lifebout from th?
Nantucket Waa aent to the re1 ue. .
C. Ituaen of Milwaukee, report
ed among the drowned, waa among
th aurvlvur brought In on th Nan
tucket. Mumu boa I were nt rmwded that
Bum aeklng lu ! taken III were
overlooked, Mra. T. J. Wooda of Nor
folk, who waa hurriug to New Vi.rk
lu lie with her hualiaml wliu ilieil al
inual almultaneiiualy with the ainkitig
of tha Monroe Una morning waa miu
of the Injured taken I mm thu -Null-tucket.
W. Allien Snyder of Kant im.iiik"',
N. J., waa among Ihe injured t-uioo fi
ner who were aelit iu huapitula. It
waa aald h'nyder waa atiffi ring from
exioaure.
W. C ("la linen of Milwaukee, came
aahor wrapped In a blanket with one
loot aliglitly hurt. C'laiiwi aald be
burely had time to aave hliliHelf.
Ciptuln Johnaon of the Mull waa
much depreaaed. Ha aald he felt ill
liu condition to lalk and would defer
any alMlcment until he makca an of-
liciul ren rt lit nttlcera of hia com
pany.
' I huve been up for two day ini'l
A night, aald Captain Juhnaun. "and
you can well umlcrnt.imj him I liunl
l feel like tulnlng rmhl mm."
it. U. Ktlierlilxe. Junior wireleaa
operator, walked from tha ganKplank
into thr arum of h1 wife.
Halph Klannagan, lirooklyu. a.iid
h waa In tha water for three iuurler
ol an hour before being readied.
JullU i II I'linnell, vice presblellt of
III Allieriiau Kedeiatiuii of lailiur.
waa In hia liajaniaa and batlirolie
when h ram alior.
"It did not take inor than nbmil
ten nilnuiea for th Monro to aink
after all waa atruca," he aald. "There
waa sery Utile If any confinoon. Th
crew and paancnacia behaved well.
lb men allowing the few women and
ihllilltrll to get into t lie life lio.it
Ural."
C.OVi:itMCT Wil l.
llTli;TK WKM'K
W'aahlnginti, Jan. in. A thorouah
Inveattgation of Ih 1 iium 1 and cir-
ruiuatancea reaulting III the ciilliHlull,
with Ha death liat of furlv-nine, waa
ordered by the department of com
merce. LOSES SUIT TO GET
BULK OF $2,000,000
BAKER ESTATE
(By lcaaed Wire 10 Xveulag IJeiaoLI
Chicago, Jan. Jtt - -4'harle II.
linker loat hia attll tn obtain h ma
jor Hrtion ol Ih I2.00u.uti0 ealata
of hia father, William T. Tinker, ,t
former preaident of th l.uuril nf
Itada, hy u declaiun of Judge Mi Kill
ley in the auperlor court here today.
Itakcr (lied th ofher helra of liU
lather, aaaertlng that he wna entitled
In Ihe major portion nf Ih eatala
been ua of hia aaalalance lo hia fath
er III promoting th Rnoiiuiilnila
Full Wafer I "utter compuny which
fiirniaheg power and lii'.bl to Heat
tle, Tacoina ttnd other cllle In I ho
date of Waahington.
Ilun on Itank tintliim-a.
New York. Jan. HI. The inexplica
ble run on th Hunk for Suvlnga, Ihe
oldeat eatabllahed and one of Hi
trongeat aavinga Inatltutioiia In Ih
alatp, continued indav, notwilhalnnd
Ing naeuriince from the atale bankinii
department thai It aoundneaa Wan
ttbuv tieatlun.
ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 1514. (
Victims of the
Latest Tragedy
of the Deep
The following ia a Hat nt p:i-cnei
Who pi Halted un the Monroe:
Ttollon, Mill, W. 1... N'cwaik. N J.
CblUHeit, W.
'urtm. Firin
euiiKi art illei v
11.. Milwa.tki 1 . Wla.
l.lelltenMllt I.. Hecond
Watetvltct Araciial,
N. V.
Iiiivla, K. f , ltruuklyn.
Kilwanla. J. l ulled navy,
liurnian. Kd., I'hlladolohi
"ilimun. Mra. I, New York.
Hiixkcll. J, t'uitlnnd, V V.
I 1 In ml. Mikm. Mii.uiIm Tin ilrl-ul
( ompani .
Inarain
Jelbrf,
coinpany.
Lew ia.
company.
W.
Mi.
II
Sumter. S t
Mai aria Tbeatrliut
M. 11 aria Tlieatricnl
New Yolk.
Mai aria Thculriial
., ,1a iane.e,
and wife, tlray, A'11
Mr.,
I.yona.
K IV
M r ,
M arln.
company.
ikakiimalo.
I'liule. 11 W
liny. J. I', nml
wife. New York
Se ill.',
cum in ny.
SiiMb-r,
Vermin,
M tne.
M.n urlu Tin .ill ! il
Mica.
M 1 ,
New York.
M.n arlu
Theatrical
com pu ti v.
WnKin r, iluu.
Williamaon, tl
Mra. Thomaa
C H. nu tine curpa
.. New Ymk
It. Hiirruiaion died
after rewue.
Caitiiin Juhnaun of ihe aunken
Monroe, and all hia officer but one,
were among the aaved.
KILLED FROM
Enraged Citizens Led bv Sher
iffs Seek Perpetrators of
Brutal Murder Near Pueblo
Ity la-awtl Wire tit Inciting Herald
rui-blo, t 'ulif., Jan. .la -Accumpan-
ei by a puas uf em
aherllfH me tmliiv n
touitlrv abuiit V'itiel.iioi
:i-d cliutena.
riliiiiM th"
lur tin- nuir
1 well tu ilu
iluw n Iruin
lu thla city
ahurtly bo
on the Kama
i- St. Churl.
Iderera of Kloyd Hi oil.
tuncher who :la slo-i
ambiiih while diiniK
w lib a load of pruiliu
fure nuun.
The murder ncctirreil
Fe train brldg over 1I1
rier, ncroaa whbh !! '
Ins He waa I'll ink l.
id waa iliiv
. .1 Steel J.i -ti
cted bullet from 11
fired from behind.
In hia heart. The
tu thia city nnd
hurriedly formed ti
ll 1 Mil power rifle
the Millet luiUlllg
bmlv wna brouchr
1 M'iiii'hliiu part
pur-iie Ihe atay-
era. The foul print .
t wo
neur
men
H.i
wer found In aofl .1
I'll
bridge.
That rubbery was 11
fur Ihe 11 line ia Iml
finding uf I2(. in e.i-li
' Ihe motive
tied by the
n Iteed'a per-
I knuwn.
nun. No ottier 1111,1 1
YACHT 4'WARRI0R"
STILL H0LDINO OUT
AGAINST HEA"Y SEAS
l'HM-il Wire l 1 toning llcrnlil.
inn. Jan aa - Kr. .I. lick W. Vaii-
deriiill'a achi W.m m i from which
Ih owmr and a inu 'ier of diatin
K u lib eil nui'Hta were ia net! arlv Una
week when ahe tu i i aHhure oft' the
Columbian count. I -I'll hulding out
UiitaiiiHt the untimil tiattcrinir of
heuw aiiin. aiaiiiilint i i wlrelena dia
li.itehea tuda.
l our Men HImM In valmiii llrawl.
hilvertuii. Culu . .Ian. Jo.-- Kotir
men were ahot. iw Ing aerbnialv
wounded, laat niihi ulun a patty o
MuuieueurliiB ftiiarrele.l In a aaloon
here. William liugan nnd I.onl
I'kovlch ure In u hoap lal. Their con
dition i acrlou.
Daniels and Hall
on Interstate
Commission
f Ity Uninl an in rveaina; Herald 1
WanliliiKlon, Jan
Sii. Win
Ihrop Mure fi mi. I
ton, N. J , ch in ie 1 1
Jeraey public mill'
nf prince
uf Hie N.-w
i a ciiinmla-
aion, ami Henry li) Hall of
Colorado Fpi'inuK I'tealib lit of
Iho Colorado liar mmoi latluli,
probably will be naimd aa iiiein
bera of the Inleivl He roiiimen e
roii;inlalun tomuiiuif by I'real
detit Wllaon. The nenatuta from
New' Jerxey and Colorado wer
cotiatilied nboiit llu ir appoint
liieuta lite IimI.iv.
WEALTHY
FICEfl
VILLA SUEDE
DFGQVERNOR
III
New Mexico Executive Holds
Interview With Commander
of Mexican Constitutional
ist Army.
THINKS HeITaS NO
PERSONAL AMBITION
Movement of Rebel Army
Toward Torreon Begins To
day on Large Scale from All
Directions.
VILLA WILL LEAD
GRAND FINAL ATTACK
Approximately 20,000 Soldier?
Expected to Entrag-e in Bat
tle Royal for Possession of
Government.
( ty l.4a'i Wire) lit I.U'iiliic Herald.)
Juurcx, Alex.. Jan. 3n. fimcr-
nor W illiam C. M. I lotiul.l. of
New Mexico, had n bum lalk
with lieneral Villa, comui.mder
nr the Metic.in rchel army, lo-
day
llenet.il Villa imi-'lleil Hie be
waa IIkIUIIIII Hie pee" revi.hl-
Hull t.i liberate 111 I pie It 'lll
the llllllla leeime ami thai iif
h nl nu iietMi.mil aiiiltliii.il fof
lllKll olliee." 1..I1I fiiiverriur Mc-
I ... n il, I.
W .IH illl I'l l .-', I w II h
Villa a tiin i nlv ami force. He
waa emphatic in aayinii there
'.Vua nu prop"ct of peace Ho lolia
u llueri.i iem. nm il In power, lie
all.. I KUIll there Would be Illl
i oinpromlHe w nh lliurtn m any
uf Ihe f o'low ! K ul Ihe old l. IX
order, out tint the country
would be tiwcltl i bvir of ihoi-ie up
puhed In 0011 II it i"ii 1 1 r. mm-
in. nl "
MacIiHIIIH of the rebel tuWlild
Turreuti In nan un a I.iikc a.'.ile today.
The htilit of tlutr in am nr:ny had en
'amt.eil at r'..a!oii. mure than half
way uiiihwuri Iruin Chihu.ibiia aluna
the M x u an V itluiial railroad hihI
n ore iro.aiM wa-ie loimruf them from
the mute ef I mra iiu'u ami Coaliulla
At llu mhiic lime Ihe rebela wile re
ported drawing In from tin. caeiwurd
ilh a view uf attai kiiiK .-..lull. . nml
tluia culling uff feib r il comiiiunlcu -Hon
with Moniertv
lienor. il Kium ia -ii Villi, aa mil
itary comtmimlcr n chief, dir. i led
th,. dlxpoaition ol Die Irooim will! the
ii.leiilluii of hiinielt' Jienin ami per-
ii. ill.- cumm.imliiiu tne Mink un
licit. Illl Ue f i: U' I V-'la ".'un federal
liarils.ui. It im likeh that un altack
on Saltillu will pr ib' tn.it on Tor-
leun ulul Itlal Ihe fcincril naaMe.
II. clll at T'llieun will L.ilurt ,.iii alter
wevcrul ilavN uf t loroii i.kn iiiiMhin.
Al e'l eielila Villa plopoecrt lu :l
prai ii alii Ilia entile iirmv uaaiiiHi
the f.ileiula. Til" federal ;.irii.oii i
intimaleil ariuuly at from It. "ml to
lii.ni'll while the rebel alreliulll ex
cel .In that niimhet.
I',. i a a . i k train loaiU of auiinunl
tloll ami IHuMKIolia for the teliel ra III
paian have been going eolith from
Cliilinahua ami have been dialrlbuied
ut , eh'. nt puita aluim the r ulruiul
i i . i l .i I Villa at hia h.uil rleia
in Juarea loil. ,v aald he did hot ex
pect to go auitth fur acveral day.
Then be will atop eetul dim longer
at ''blluialiuu.
iiri.n vi: Mi i!ics
II I. MIT in hllOT
San Hieao. Cai... Jan. It" - KiU'lul"
uf IV W Haiwood and M -nimer Mil
ler, A Illei ii llllH. repulteil lu IlillC belli
Heioil b Mexuaii aoliln ra near T.a
JllullU, ,.nU-r 4 'llllforillH. do II. it be.
Ilee illllcr of I Ill-Ill haa been aitul
r'raiii'1-ii o It. Itai'luii. Mexican i uiiniiI
in Man iMi'iiu. rnlii'iibil loil. i the re
port that the Americana hid hevii
alven n chance to ccape and then
killed He rain liny proliuWy hue
been Mlaited tor Km-cnu.l.i, the cail
lal of the northern iIimIiui of the ter
riloiy. where they will be fukfll be
foii. u Mcxit'iin I'u'iii. The iiuture of
the ih.iiii'K hi; 1 1 list llu. two nun i
not ex.oilv known They were alart
ed fur l-'iiiu'tunia Weilneailay and wi-ie
due lo urrive there luday. Ilarwuud
la an Oakland. Cil, iicaiuper man
j vrMi: oi i k i i h
i.i. t iisii i iiii:Mv
WaaliitiKlon, Jan :ia - 'Ihe com
liiauder of tile J.iiam-nv ci outer Id
J0TEN PAGES TODAY
xLs aE3 w 1L3 jjjs il 11 vJ 1 1
r.timu nnd the Japrim-Me tiilnlati r In
Mi xn u I'liv paid their reni-ccia tu
American Chat it Nelaoti 1 1 liaughn
i'sm i-aieriay.
Their imiI waa Ihua dcai Ijhed In a
Matement f4-neil today by the atale
Ie; art uienl :
itumamler Morvnmii of the Jap
. sc i rltiser IiIkiiiuu. accuiniiamcd bv
Jaimiieae minl-ler In Mexico and
aeveral ofliciia in full uniform paid
a. f. ii mal tail to the American em
h:ifv in Mi-xli'u nti JaniiHty ?9 tind
iluliui; the cuiit'Me of the Call ex
il eKed to Charite t I'Shaiiahneaav hia
appreciation of the cnurtcey ahown
by the admiral nml oftlcera of Ih
Ariuii.'un navy un th Pacific euaat.
istit T I.iiim:i,
t llll (IX Ills W Y
l.oiolon, Jan. .in. Thomaa H Huh
ier, flint ae-retary of Hie Hritlah h g.i
I'on In Mexieit, who la to net ua charge
d urT.ilrea when Sir Lionel l 'allien
leuvca for Knulaml. haa decided to
fail on board the l.ualtlana for New
Vol k from Liverpool tomorrow and
Iium there will pi oi ceil direct to
Mi xh o Clly.
II tti.i ;miip mvkmi:ts
Alti: MIT SHiMIKWNT
.W'aahlngtun. Jan. 30. The battle
nhlia VI ml n la, lihuile Inland, Ne
btaaka and ileorgbi have moved from
Vein Crux to Tamplcn and th hnltl
lii.a Cunnectlciit and KaiiMia have
moved to Vera Crna. Hear Admiral
Fletcher, uinnianiliuK the miuailron,
mule no comment today, reporting
ihe clntrKca to the navy department,
and o Ml' lal any they were without
niKHlll' iilu'e.
SHOW CHIEF OF
POLICE
Demands Proof of Claim That
Myst erious Blackmailers
Have Spokane Millionaire
in Their Possession.
(Il l4-ai'4l Wire o enlng Herald. I
l.oa Aiiki'I m, Jan. ;ln --A deuiaml
lor pruor I r-i u the tillered kldnap-P-rs
ol l''rtuieiH Li-win ITark, that lie-
t 1 r 1 1 lllev haw. the Hpokulle lllll-
lioiiult'e In their custody, waa maib'
i. .ilny by Collie Chief riebiutlitn. In
l"pl lo llu- letter recilved by hlni
Wi iliie-l.i v from pci'aona who algn
i d tliemtelvca "The I llackma Ib ra"
slntiiiK they were holding Clark fur
lia.lliul lansuui.
CI. irk n.-iappenred tnyiterluii"l
Iri'in Sini.i Kuibura. Jantiurv 17. af
ter miIhk IiIk wife on a ri I u hi train.
l-'ollow ing Itimi i net loiia given In
llle bluckmailinu bitct. Chief Heb.'iM
tian ciiiiMi'd Ihe follow inu notice lu
be pllhllnhed loilav:
"S'tol .mo Ntat'iiienf front Mr.
Clark wbiili wili extabliah to hia
lebiiUeH that he Ih alive. A deacrlp
Hon of bta watch, or of mono Inti
mate event 111 hia Clil'eer Will proba
bly be hillfli lent. The deimllld fur
laiiKum can nut be regarded too aer
louxiv until you (Improve th auapl
i ion that the letter la a hoax "
SECRETARY DANIELS
WANTS GOVERNMENT TO
HAVE AN OIL PLANT
lv lnaiil Wire ! livening II'raM 1
Waeliinntoii. Jan an A-cretary
ItamelH tubl lb liouiie navril cuniiiiit
tee tli.it the government ahuiiht ile
veluii itx own oil attppiiea tor hnttle
niiii.a He favuied a ir.iiit. ii.iit aiiro
iniaiion for l.icatlug nnd developing
an oil plant
The Kei r clary How ia In v ext mat um
a inupomil to have the government
take over Oklahoma oil lamia und
I'lilhl It pipe line, tu Ihe fill ru.iKl
fl "lu l ikialloinu flelda.
Champ Clark Has
No White House
Ambition
fit) I ca-a-d Wlm to Evening Herald. 1
W'.ia'.nik'toii. Jan. an Speaker
iVnrk ilecl.ired tuilav thai noih-
lii! Ill bla Italtinu re apeech I ial
ii, jlii i. mid be 'unable red na In-
.lit it 1 1 1 1 if Ibul he hi'd lluined on
being a iiiiKl.leuli.il camlldat In
Cilil or uiii' tune in the future.
"Th ilv llmm I aald about the
pi. hi. I. ii. y," aald Iho alu-aker,
"Waa tn reply to it lolig. Ilowery
Inlloillli lion of Hie I'lahtnotHter.
I aald 1 1 1 I if all that the loaat-
ma-'tr a. nl waa true. I ought lo
be pttHi.h u! toil av und would be
if the proponed primary h.'d been
in force in lul 2. I pr.iiHcd Proa-
I.I' m Wii'oii H hamlllug of tha
Mexican Kitiiallon: I iiIhii ptaiac'l
4 Tall Hid Preniileut Wllaon loo,
I r k i niii na oiil of war Willi
Mexico"
MUST
Clark don't
want no
presidency.
CI
3
ol.. g. NO. MO.
IS
Led Drunken Revel With Bot
tle of Booze in Hand, Sensa
tional Charge of Delegate
at Indianapolis.
LIE AND 3LANDER
DECLARES GOMPERS
Disgraceful Spectacle in Con
vention of United Mine
Workers Throws Gathering
Into Violent Uproar.
LABOR FEDERATION
CHIEF INDIGNANT
Vigorously Denies Charges of
Alcoholism, Truckling to
Democracy, and Scheming
to Hold on to Office.
f Hy l.eaw Wire lo Kvrulnc Herald. 1
linlluniipolia, Jun. IU. That
Hnmuel ilumpera. preaident uf
Ihe American Federation of I-
bur wna "glnrbtualy drunk" at
ihe Peuttln convention nf Inn
f"d.r.iit.in wo the tharge maiba
by luiiican Mclionobl of llllnoia
at Hie convention of Ih I'nlted
Mine Workers of America today.
I luring the prolonged cheer a,
"liar" ami "alanderer" were
hurled nt Mcltonnbl by I lumper,
who aat un Ihe platform.
"I am gla. I Mr. ijompcra la here ao
I can aay what I want to," auld Mc
donald, in beginning hia reply to the
Npeeih made eatcrday by Mr. Uoin
pera. "I aald there were hooxe fight
era In charge uf the American Fed
eration uf l-ilcr and I'll prove it. At
th,. Seattle convention I hitd a room
with my wife at it hotel next to Iho
room renerved by the reaoluliona
committee. The Hint Xatur.luy night
We. could not elccp for the nolae made
by a bunch of Uruuka In the next
ruom.
"I appealed tu the clerk of Ihe ho
tel und Ihe nuiae grew louder. Then
I weul down to the hotel tiftlcn und
the nlalit mummer called Jim Iniu
can on the phone ami told him they
would have to get out of the room;
that they were diaturbitig all on I bo
Hour.
"The nolae grew fierce and I finally
knocked on Ihe door of Ihe room ami
Waa nuked to tome In and have a
drink. When tha dour waa opened
there aat Sam Uompera at the head
of the table, glorlutialy drunk, With u
buttle of booxe In hia hand."
The atatement threw the conven
tion into an uproar and It waa aoma
time Im for order waa reatored.
W hile the conftialun waa at Ha height
lioiupcra culled Mclona!d a liar und
a alanderer.
Mr. Uompera followed Miltonitht
und denied ubaolntely th ihurge of
driinkenneKa. He declared the atnte
menl "llbelotia. untruthful, vlcioua,
alanderoua und without any form of
honor."
Mr. i lumpen left tu take a trait
before Charlia II. Moyrr, preaident of
the Weatern Federation of Mitieia,
mi lil apeak.
"!eaplte the atutemenla of Mr,
liompeia ' aaaetted Moyer. "I firmly
believe the aaaeaameiit for Ihe Michi
gan atrikera ahould have been levied
and that he failed In five, a aalinfai -tmy
explanation why It wta nut do mi.
I reiterate that ir Ih atrlk ahoubl
fuil It will be due to the failure of
Ihe executive council of the American
Federation of Labor to levy an ua
aeaament." M lionald charged (lompera with
maintaining a machine tn perpetuate
hiiiiKvlf ua the head of the fedetatloit
and naeiating Ihe t'emocrallc parly
even uKuinet ciinillilatea of other par
tita who are inemtiera of labor un
lona He ridiculed the Idea, that Hi
iiiioiia could not pay a Iwo-ccnt aa
aeitement. ' If it union would not meet the aa
aeaaineni." ileilund M.'liomtld. "why
I Wool. I rat luT they WOUbl get o'Jt -
aide tile federation. If a two-cent
naaeaemtnl cull break up Ihe Ameri
can Federutioit of I .a bur. then It Ut a
tniabty fllmay inat itutlon."
Mi lionald charged Oompere with
licum a member of a 1 1, amber tf
commerce at Wuahingioit nnd thai he
paid hia duea out of th funda of Iho
federation. (Joinpera replied that III
the chamber ot commerce inioima
liuu of luiportaio-,. to the labor move
ment waa Imparled, and that be Wag
GOMPERS
M.
UIO