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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1911-02-07
FALLS VICTIM TO THIEVES

s. w Bends of Coal City. Ala. has
justifiable grievance. Two thieves
stole his health for twelve years They
were liver and kidney trouble. Then
DR. Kings New Discovery throttled
him. Hess we'll now. Jnrivaled for
constipation. malaria. headache. dys-
pepsia. % cents at Tydings < Cos.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1911-02-07
FEARFUL PLIGHT OF
FINNISH FISHERNEN
Two Hundred and FIfty-Three Men
Carried to Sea on Ice FIoe

HelSingfors. Finland. Feb. An en-
tire fishing village Of 253 men which
had been established on che ice out
side of Hjorko sound. was carried out
20 sea in a gale on FRIDAY night. The
disaster was not discovered until
morning when the village was already
out Of sight Boats nave been sent 10
the rescue, but have not Vet returned.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1911-02-07
Are You Thinking of Entering:

If so. there is no time like the pres
ent. During the days Of the last vote
offer is the IDEAL time to enter the
contest for the ratio of votes is so high
that few subscriptions Will place YOU
on a level with the leaders. They can
be gained with little effort during "Op-
pOrtunity Time"
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1911-02-07
Remember This

If YOU gave a short time SubScrip-
tion TO some candidate in the early
days of the contest. il would be well
for you to make an extension at this
time when $4,000 regular votes are
given candidates with every $50. or
10000 regular votes with every $25
worth Of subscriptions. either old or
new, daily or weekly. turned in this
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1911-02-07

.Geisha" tailored and demi-taiIored
waists. Are linen and linen finished.
81 so 10 -. III. B. Master. Go.
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Concluded on Fourth Page)
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1911-12-21
Continued ON Page .. CoIamu 5
E--7T
SUSPECTED SLAYER
OF FOUR ARRESTED
Nurseryman Held in Connection
With Murder OF Members
of Hill Family

PORTLAND, Dec. 20.-After a search
that has progressed since the morning
of June 0 last for the murderer of the
four members of the family of William
Hill at Ardenwald during the night of
June s, Sheriff Mass of Clackamas
county, assisted by a Portland detect
i've, last night took into custody Nathan
B. Harvey, a nurseryman of Ardenwald.
Harvey is 50 years of age, married. and
Is reputed to be worth more than
$4,000.
Almost from the first suspicion CEN
tered upon Harvey as the possible per-
petrator of the crime. He was watched
constantly by the employees of a pri-
vate detective of Portland, who for
merly was a newspaper man of this
city and San Francisco, and bit by bit
and strand by strand the net was woven
around the alleged suspect. and last
night the authorities, believing their
case complete, placed Harvey under
arrest
Harvey, who is confined in the jail at
Oregon City. denies all knowledge of
the crime. He admits having returned
to his home from Portland on the last
car and to having passed the cottage of
the Hills, but claims to have gone on
to his home without stopping.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1911-12-21
SANTA BARBARA IS
SWEPT BY STORM
Houses UErO0fed and Fear Is
Felt for Safety of Tiny
Fishing Fleet
Especial Dispatch 10 The Call

| LOPc[tdl 1(tJP4tCU 10 i 06 @0Al
SANTA BARBARA. Dec. 20.--A ter
rifle north wind struck Santa Barbara
about 6 o'clock tonight. It lasted sew
eral hours and did considerable dam
age in the city and throughout the VAL
ley
Many houses were unroofed, chin
neys were toppled and windows were
shattered. Several leading business
houses suffered damage. their windows
being blown in and their stock scat
tered in every direction.
Telephone and telegraphic communi-
cation were crippled badly and electric
wires were blown down in various parts
OF the city. At one time It became
necessary to shut down the electric
light plant and the city was left in total
darkness.
While the wind was at its height a
grass fire started in the Santa Barbara
cemetery near Montecito. endangering
valuable property in the fashionable
suburb. The fire department, after an
hour of hard work. put out the fire.
Grave apprehension is felt over the
fate of a score of fishermen who left
port at o'clock for the channel. 1t is
said the wind was stronger than ever
experienced here. and it is not believed
that the frail craft could weather the
storm.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1911-12-21
TAFT LAYS STONE OF
HOME FOR THE BLIND
President Later Concludes Holi-
day Shopping in New York

NEW YORK. Dec. 20.--with a silver
trowel handed to him by blind
woman. President Taft laid the corner
stone this afternoon Of the first settle
sment house for the blind in the world.
y crowd of several thousand persons
congested the street to get glimpse of
the presidential party on the platform
on the site of the proposed building,
and several hundred more looked down
and cheered from the housetops.
Il came here today to lay corner
stone. not to make an address,, the
president said. after Joseph Fl. Choate.
chairman of the ceremonies, had an
nounced that the president would
speak. MY dearest hope is that this
structure will be typical of the duties
those who have sight owe TO those
who have not
Miss Winifred Holt, secretary of the
New york Association for the Blind,
through whose efforts the proposed
building has been made possible;
Choate, Governor Dix and others par
ttcfpated in the ceremonies.
At the conclusion of the cornerstone
laying the president motored to a jew
eiry store TO do some belated shopping.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1911-12-21
WORK FOR OCEAN TO
OCEAN ROAD BEGUN
Delegates Meet at Phoenix to
Complete Organization

PHOENIX. Ariz.. Dec. 2o.-Delegates
representing California. New Mexico
and Arizona gathered in the assembly
legislative hall here today and organ
lied the Ocean to Ocean Transconti-
mental Highway association.
Governor Sloan of Arizona. who first
issued the call for the meeting, called
the body to order and explained the
purpose of the gathering.
T. G. Norris OF Prescott was elected
chairman and G. p. Bullard OF Phoenix
secretary. Several minor resolutions
were adopted, the more important mat
ters being left over for disposal at to-
morrow's session.
The election of officers resulted as
follows:
PRESIDENT s. Mitchell. Los Angeles.
Secretary. s. Conweil. Los Angeles
Treasurer. W. Ballard Phoenix
Vice president for California--A G. Spalding.
San Diego
Vice president for New Mexico-D. B. Sellers,
Albuquerque.
An executive committee OF three from
each state, and legislative committee
of FIVE members from each state, were
named by President Mitchell.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1911-12-21
Smith CANDLES
Against Death by
DisObeying Doctor
Especial Dispatch 10 The CALI

lOpecIdt Dispdfch 10 ne SdliJ
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 20
Gambling with death, Congress
man Sylvester c. Smith today
brushed aside the urgent advice
of his physician and his family
and left for Washington TO at
tend the session of congress
which is now in progress. Con-
gressman Smith has been Sc
riously i'll for many months,
part of which time he has been
In a sanitariun1
The gravity of the congress
mans condition Is indicated by
the fact that he is accompanied
not only by Mrs. Smith but also
by trained nurse, Miss Nellie
Kelly, who has been attending
him at his home for some time.
THE matter of the disposition
of the oil lands in my district
will probably be settled at this
session." he said, before leaving,
"and ] want to have my say
about it"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1911-12-21
Continued ON Page 4, Column
PACKERS ASK FOR
DISMISSAL OF CASE
Counsel Argues That Attorney
General Failed to Show
Guilt Under Law

CHICAGO, Dec 20.-Formal notice
that the defense would present mo-
tion to have Judge Carpenter instruct
the jury to return a verdict finding the
10 Chicago meat packers charged with
criminal violation of the Sherman anti
trust law not guilty for the reason that
United States District Attorney Will
kerson failed to make out a case in
his opening statement to the jury was
given today by Attorney Levy Mayer
at the opening Of the afternoon session.
At the same time Attorney Mayer
moved to dismiss counts and of
the indictment because they did not
mention the National Packing company,
which the government contends was
the instrument used in fixing the prices
of meat, and to have the jury In
structed to disregard certain other al
legations made by District Attorney
Wi1kerson as not coming within the
three year period covered in the indict-
ment.
The action of the defense came as a
surprise to the government and caused
Judge Carpenter TO adjourn court until
10 o'clock tomorrow morning, when he
will rule on the motions.
Counsel for the defendants have
agreed to present three motions said
Attorney Mayer. THE first is to have
the case taken from the jury, for the
reason that the governments opening
statement has utterly failed to make
out a case under the five counts of the
indictment.
1--WE will defer the presentation of
this motion until some later date, be-
cause it goes to the very vitals of the
case and is by far the more important.
We shall support this motion with the
recent decision of the United States
supreme court in the cases of the Stand
ard Oil and the American Tobacco COM
panies.''
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1911-12-21
CRACKED SKULL BLAMED
FOR PASSING BOGUS BILLS
Physician Reports That Boy
hood Injuries Are Evident

SEATTLE. Dec. 20.-when Walter E.
Layman of Portland, alleged to be the
head of a gang of five men who have
passed many obsolete bank notes, was
arraigned Monday he pleaded guilty.
Another member Of the gang who
had pleaded guilty was sentenced to
five years in prison, and then lay
mans father. Frank Layman OF Port
land. begged the court not to pass sem
tence upon his son, but to order an
examination concerning his sanity. The
father said that Walters head was
split open when he was boy, and that
his mind had been affected.
A physician reported today that the
fathers statement was correct, the
scars and the deformities from the ac-
cident being evident. The district at
torney will report to the court.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1911-12-21
FLAW IN SINCLAIR'S
DIVORCE SUIT FOUND
New York Justice Refers Case
to Second Referee

NEW YORK. Dec. 20.-Upton Sim
cIair's divorce suit will have to be gone
over again. Supreme Court Justice
Davis today refused to confirm the re-
port Of Referee William s. Kelley. who
first heard the evidence and reported in
favor of the author. who is suing his
wife, Meta Fuller Sinclair.
Justice Dayis' reason was that the
referee allowed Sinclair to testify re-
garding the alleged relations between
his wife and Harry Kemp. the tramp
poet" whereas the statute provides
that in a divorce trial the husband or
wife is not competent to testify except
as to the marriage and to deny the
statutory charges.
The case will go to another referee.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1911-12-21
TWIN BABIES STARVE
NEAR WEALTHY HOMES
One Dead, One Dying When
Relief Comes
Especial Dispatch 10 The Call

Especial Dispatch 10 The Call
SAN BERNARDINO, Cal, Dec. 20
The two weeks old twins of Mr.. and
Mrs Antonio Montonez. a Spanish
couple, starved to death at the family
home, a bare little shack in vacant
lot near the homes of many retired
millionaires.
Living in abject poverty for weeks
while her neighbors were filled with
Christmas cheer the mother was in no
condition to nourish the little ones
when they came into the world. and
the twins succumbed from lack of food.
When neighbors and Captain Black
Of the Salvation army discovered the
plight of the family il was too late
for relief. One twin had died and the
others death followed today.
There was not bed nor chair in
the shack and the sick mother was
found huddled on some rags in a cor
ner of the room.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1911-12-21
SCHEDULE K
RAPED BY
BOARD
Tariff Report Sent to Congress
by President Taft Com
demns II
WAY TO TWO GREAT
CHANGES POINTED OUT
Would Assess Duty on Scrubbed
Wool, Not Wool and Grease
Combined
THE PRESENT METHOD OF
WAY TO TWO GREAT
CHANGES POINTED OUT
THE PRESENT METHOD OF
LEVYING DUTY HIT HARD

Here are some of the suggestions in
the tariff boards report on schedule X:
A farmer receives 1928 for wool uscd
In ordinary suit of clothes, his profit is
6S cents; manufacturer receives e4.7S.
profit of % cents; wholesale clothing
dealer receives $f6.50, profit of s2.1s,
retailer receives s22, profit is $3.50.
Duties raw wool are higher than
the difference in cost of production i'm
United States, as compared with cost
abroad.
Duty on tops, from which yarn fs
made, is prohibitory. Costs SO per cent
more In United States to convert them
than anywhere else.
Costs 100 per cent more to make
cloth in United States than i'm England
or France.
Highest average cost of production
In In Ohio and contiguous territory;
lowest cost of production is in AUS
traIia.
Method of ievying duty prevents in,-
>portation of stock needed TO manufac.
ture wool.
Cost of erecting and equipping
w0olen mills is much higher In United
States than in England.
Wages are not necessary indieatiou
Of relative cost of production.
A large proportion of machinery il
made abroad.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1911-12-21
Arms Confscated
ELEVEN THOUSAND VOLTS
PASS THROUGH LINEMAN
Survives Shock and Physicians
Say He May Live

PORTLAND, Dec. 2o.--John Inman.
a lineman. today received shock OF
ii 900 volts of electricity, which passed
through his right shoulder and his
head. and probably will survive, ac-
cording to the physicians Inman was
adjusting a line when his head came
in contact with high voltage cable.
He could not release himself for sew
eral seconds and then. unconscious. fell
seven feet to the ground. Electricians
say that the current was kept from
his heart by reason of his grasping a
cable with his right hand.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1911-12-21
WHOOPING COUGH PARTY
HOSTESS IS ARRESTED
Violation of Colorado Health
Laws Is Charged

DURANGO. Colo. Dec. 20.-Charged
with violation of the state health laws
in giving whooping cough party to
FIVE children afflicted with this infan-
tile sickness, Mrs. Carl Coulson was
arrested today on complaint of Health
Oficer George S. Davis. Mrs. Coulson
is social leader locally, and news OF
the party reached the health officer
through the society columns or a Du-
range newspaper.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1911-12-21
EMPEROR MUST
ABDICATE, EDICT
OF THE Chinese
Peace Conference Delegate Says
Days of Manchu Dynasty
Are at an End
Foreign Interference in Way OF
Loans Would Only Add to
Tension, He Says
Armistice Is Extended While
the Convention Endeayors to
Reach Understanding

~ HANGHAI. Dec. 20.-"I am con-
vinced that the abdication of the
emperor and the establishment
~ Of a republic Is the only thing
that viii satisfy the people of China
and prevent further wholesale she'd
ding of blood" declared Tang Shao ",
representative Of Yuan Shi Kai. the
premier. after the session Of the peace
conference today. Continuing, he said:
'Peking is not aware of the depth
or extent Of popular feeling in the
south. Even I. although somewhat
prepared, am astonished to find such
change from an attitude of patient
forbearance to dogged patriotic de-
termination. 1t now appears too late
TO save the dynasty.
1T viii be difficult to persuade Yuan
Shi Kai to abandon his plan for a lin
TIED monarchy. but we must use every
endeavor to secure peace and end this
awful bloodshed and the suffering
among my people"
Want No Interference
Tang Shao vi expressed the belief
that the situation might have been
saved at one time by a conference with
the revolutionary leaders and prompt
assurances of adjustment of wrongs.
but he now considers it too late. He
also is convinced that there must be
no foreign interference in the way Of
loans or otherwise.
Six foreign powers. the United States.
Great Britain, Germany, Japan. France
and Russia, united today in presenting
an identical note to Tang shao VI and
~ Ting Fang. foreign minister - eilc
revolutionary provisional cabinet.
While The exact wording of the note
iias rot been made public. it is under
stood that it did not go much further
than to express the goodwill Of the gov
enrments represented, and the hope
that the peace conferences would result
in bringing the revolution to close.
Armistice Is Extended
Practically the whole session of the
conference between the delegates of
the imperial government and the revo-
lutionists today was devoted to Wu
Ting Fangs speech in favor of a re-
public.
Tang shao II. whose powers are
clearly limited, expressed his readiness
to accept Wu Ting Fangs views. but
declared that the matter was so I'm
portant that he must first communicate
with Peking. and he suggested that a
settlement be left to the national as
sembly, but made no counter proposals.
Thus neither side presented well
defined scheme, and the conference
again was indefinitely adjourned.
Tt was announced the armistice has
been extended to December 80.
Tang Shao VI demands that the in
tegrity Of China be maintained, In
cIuding the three provinces of Pechilis
Shantung and Kiangsu. and Mongolia
and Thibet. To this the republicans
have replied in the affirmative.
Tang demands the safety of the Inn
perial family and ample provision for
their maintenance. WI Ting Fang
consented TO this and guaranteed am
pie pensions.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1911-12-21
TURKS BEATEN OFF
in SEVERE Fight

TRIPOLI. Dec. 2o.--A small force OF
Italians pushing out from Ainzara to
reconnoiter. encountered 4 body OF
Turks. who retreated after an engage
ment The italians remained on the
ground until this morning. when they
returned to Ainzara.
The engagement was severe. Colonel
Fara, the Italian commander. sent a
messenger to summon help. He man
aged to hold out In spite Of the attacks
BY the Turks. which were kept up
through the night
At daybreak the enemy withdrew.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1911-12-21
WIDOW OF COUNT IN
JAIL FOR INTOXICATION
Husband Was Descendant of
the Great BIucher

NEW YORK, Dec 20.-An elderly
woman, who is Under arrest here to-
lay charged with intoxication, is said
oy the police to be the Countess Won
Btucher widow OF Count Gebhard
Frederick Ludwig Adam Won F3lucher af
Prussia. descendant of the great
Blucher Of Waterloo fame. He was a
graduate Of Heidelberg and served as
an officer in the Franco -Prussian war
lie died in New York in May, 1910.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1911-12-21
"MILLIONAIRE KID" JAILED
FOR $1,000 FORGERIES

NEW YORK. Dec. 20.-The career of
Edward Ripinski. whom Broadway got
TO know as the millionaire kid made
an abrupt pause today when Ripinski
was arrested on charge. of forgery.
The police say that Ripinski, who is
only % years old, obtained at least
$4,000 from the tea company for which
he worked.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1911-12-21
BURBANK finds
GOLDEN PROMISE
in The CACTUS
Plant Wizard Says Discovery
Will Revolutionize Paint
Industry
One Leaf Makes Ten Gallons,
He Tells Convention OF
Fruit Growers
New Experiments Also Show 1t
Will Produce Superior
Whitewash

l0Pecfdi DtsPufcH 10 ne AdAl
SANTA ROSA. Dec. 20.--"Wizartl"
Luther Burbank again has startled the
world by wonderful discovery In the
further use of his famous spineless
cactus This time he bids fair to revo-
lutionize the whitewash. paint and au-
tomobile tire industries. Burbank
made his startling discoveries known
tonight at the convention OF the Cali
fornia Fruit Growers association.
which is in session here.
Much was expected OF Wizard" Bur-
bank by his fellow fruit growers, but
his paper tonight proved the greatest
OF sensations and took the large num-
Der in the convention hall by storm.
Absolute silence reigned while he was
talking. and during the general dis
cussion that followed his was the voice
that won the closest attention.
Fruit Nutritious
Burbank began with a brief history
Of the ordinary cactus. He pictured
the plant. describing the absolute use
lessness credited to it at first. and he
told of his experiments in attempting
to grow a spineless cactus with the
Intention OF testing its usefulness as a
food for the coarser breed OF cattle
and hogs. All this was not entirely
unknown to his audience. but he
astounded those present moment later
when he said that he had learned by
experiments that the leaves OF the plant
made. the most excellent whitewasf
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1911-12-21
Points Way to Changes

The report points the way to two
great changes in the present system of
levying duties upon raw wool and fin
ished cloth. 1t would assess duty on
scrubbed wool, not wool and grease
combined. and suggets a graduated
scale of ad valorem rates on cloth.
The report is divided into sections
viz: raw wool. yarn and cloth. They
are taken up in the order in which
they come in production and manufac-
ture.
On raw wool the board finds the
present system of levying duty bad and
the duties higher than the difference in
cost of production in the United States
as compared with the cost abroad. The
method of levying duty is condemned
because it charges for grease as well
as for wool and operates to keep out OF
this country the heavy shrinking
woolenS.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1911-12-21
Rates Found Prohibitory

On tops. from which yarn is made,
the present rate of duty is found pro-
hibitory. 1t costs so per cent more in
the United States to convert tops into
yarn than it does anywhere else.
On yarn from which cloth is woven
the present rate Of duty is found to be
prehibitory, because it keeps out all
except the finer grades.
On cloth. the present rate OF duty is
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1911-12-21
REBELS run FROM
THEIR CANDIDATE
Ungrateful OrOzco Pursues Men
Who Propose Him as
Vice President

Ell sPASO. Tex, Dec. 20.--Messages
from chihuahua say thatsGeneral Pas
cuaI Orozcos and; 100 men are in pur-
suit of c. nel Antonio Rojas- and his
force of insurrectos in the Guerrero dis
trict. Rojas has declared in favor of
Francisco vasquez Gomez for president
and Orozco for vice president.
Jose Chavarris and six of his men,
who have been raiding haciendas in the
San Andrea district, have been cap
tured by rurales.
After the withdrawal of the federal
garrison at Ticuman, Morelos, large
force of Zapatistas occupied that town
last night, cutting all the telegraph
wires.
The Rabosa hacienda in the state of
Pueba1 has been raided by Zapatistas,
and a large sum OF money to have been
paid to the poems taken.
Railway employees in the Cuernavaca
district are being so terrorized by
threats Of Zapatistas that they are
leaving the service.
Arms Confiscated
DOUGLAS. Ariz..2 Dec. 20.-Senor
cuesta. Mexican consul here. announced
today that he had the situation along
the American border well in hand SO
far as any revolutionary movement is
concerned. Cuesta today personally
conducted search OF the baseball park
pavilion. and seized more than thou
sand rounds of ammunition which had
been concealed there.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1911-12-21

general revision of the duties on wool
and woolens and many individual re-
ductions in the rates.
The board makes no recommends
tions, but points out the changes de-
sired In nearly all classes of the sched-
u1e the boards experts report the ma
and condemn the system of leyylng
them