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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-01-16
ALLIES THREATEN
TO HALT PARLEY
Balkan Delegates Declare
They Have Not Weakened
in Determination to Re-
sumo War in Case of Otto
man Evasion, but Say
They May Withhold Ex-
ecution of Resolve a Few
Days Longer Out of
Difference to the Powers

ATHENS, Jan. 15.-The Turkish
cruiser Medjidieh performed daring
feat in heavy fog last night.
She steamed out of the Dardanelles
and passed unperceived through the
lines OF the Greek destroyers cruising
off the straits.
She appeared at noon today off the
island of Syra. one of the Cyclades, and
bombarded the powder magazine and
coal depots. These were not damaged,
but the electrical power station was
wrecked
The Medjidieh also fred on the
Creek auxiliary cruiser Macedonia,
which was undergoing repairs in syria
harbor. When Is shells had been fired.
the commander of the Macedonia, after
landing his crew to maintain order in
the town and to strengthen the guard
over the Turkish prisoners, sank the
Macedonia in the harbor to prevent
her destruction by the warship
The Medjidieh then left in the direc-
tion of Smyrna. The Greek fleet has
been ordered to intercept her. So far
as is known. the other Turkish war
ships have not left the Dardanelles.
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The sudden departure of Rev. Frank
Horn. the Richmond Baptist minister
accused of leading a dual life. from his
rooms at H. Nichol avenue. in the
Contra Costa city, ostensibly to visit
Oakland in search of evidence to estab-
lish his identity; the discovery of ar
ticles In his effects belonging to Mrs.
wife, late yesterday afternoon; the
accidental finding of the missing cler-
gyman hidden behind the pulpit of the
church last night by two of the dea-
cons and his second mysterious flight,
either by a jump from a window IL
feet from the ground or else to secret
hiding place in the inner recesses Of
the big loft of the edifice. are the start
ling developments in the strange story
rapidly unfolding across the bay.
WATCH KEPT UPON CHURCH
In the belief that the clergyman,
now unmasked as married man who
has used the cloak of ministry TO fur
ther his designs upon young women
and girls, still is within the church
building, close watch is being kept
upon the structure. All night friends
and enemies alike watched the differ
ent exits, waiting for the man honored
as pastor for eight months by the lit
tie Richmond congregation, to come
forth and explain his remarkable ac
tions of the last "a hours.
A partial search of the loft failed to
reveal any positive traces of Horn, and
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DANGER POINT IN
l. CONFERENCE NEARS

LONDON, Jan. 15.-The Balkan ma
have not weakened in their determi-
nation to resume hostilities unless Tur-
key accepts their terms quickly. But,
in difference to the powers, they may
withhold the execution of their resolve
a few days longer than seemed likely
yesterday.
As allies they inaugurated the doc
trine of "the Balkans for the Balkan
peoples" and they declare they propose
to maintain the right won by their
united armies to be considered great.
independent people and manage their
own diplomacy according to their own
national interests While they are will
ing to concede a brief period of delay
for Turkeys answer, 1t is not with
view of resuming negotiations on any
modified basis.
ALLIES sTEADFAST
The Balkan nations have not changed
their terms since they were presented
December %, while Turkey has yielded
all along the line, except as regards
Adrianople and the Aegean islands.
The allies have adopted their attitude
to convince Turkey that no alternative
is possible for the conclusion of peace
except compliance with their original
demands, but they wish to avoid alien
ating the sympathies of the powers. and
for this reason they have decided to
await patiently the result of the note of
the powers tovConstantinople
Turkey, they say, may meet the note
in three ways. She may refuse fatty to
follow the advice Of Europe, she may
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-01-16
|LSON MAY MAKE
COCKTAILS OFFICIAL
President Elect Shows His
Appreciation of Work
Done on Big Ditch
Especial Dispatch to The Cal)


TRENTON. N ], Jan. 15.-President
elect Wilson said tonight that he had
invited General George w. Goethals,
the Panama canal builder, to confer
with him on Friday at his office here.
The president elects announcement that
lieved to be an indication that he will
name him governor general Of the canal
zone after his Inauguration, despite the
opposition of some of the leading demo-
Gratis in the senate.
That President Taft will be appointed
to the supreme court of the United
States by Mr. Wilson II congress passes
the bill introduced by Senator Gore,
providing for two additional associate
justices was the assertion made by
senator's in the confidence of the presi-
dent elect today. President Taft ap-
pointed two. democrats to the supreme
court in the course of his term and
also elevated a democrat to the chief
justieeship. 1t is said that Governor
Wilson has discussed Taft's impair
and has definitely said that if the OPP
portunty presented itself he would well
come the chance to fulfill the life
ambition of the present chief execu-
tive by placing him on the supreme
court bench.
WILL HAVE PARTY SUPPORT
There is every present indication
that the incoming president is to have
the hearty support of his party There
is not a whisper of dissent and you
can not find a .reactionary" democrat
in the senate with a fine tooth comb
Governor Wilson is in constant COM
munication with the leaders in con-
gress and knows just what they are
doing and planning to do, while they
know what he wants them to do and
are willing to conform.
The new congress will be organized
promptly and without dificulty.
Speaker Clark will be reelected and
the ways and means committee will
fill the committee vacancies. The tariff
legislation will be ready for introduc-
organized and will be pushed with
vigor
President elect Wilson stood pat"
on his Chicago and Trenton speeches
and did not show the least alarm about
the reports from New York that Wall
street was excited and in a panicky
state as result OF them. L stand
pat was his laconic remark when the
reports were called to his attention
this morning, and later in the day he
said:
II have given no consideration to the
reports that Wall street is disturbed
by my speeches"
President elect Wilson was backed
l0nfiuued nm Fare - C0larnn
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RIOTS OVER OPIUM TRADE
Two Persons Killed and Many wounded
I'm Pitched Battle in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, Jan. 1.-two persons
were killed and many wounded as a
result of pitched battle today over
the attempts to suppress the opium
traffic. Officials of the Shangtu and
neighboring districts were patrolling
with military escort to enforce the
order of prohibition against the cuI-
tivation Of opium when they were set
upon by 1000 armed supporters OF the
opium traffic. A fight ensued, in which
both sides fired several volleys.
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Entries in Diary Found in
Pocket of Holdupman In
dicate He Is Responsible
for Long Series of Raids
on Ticket Offices of Rail
way Lines in the East
; TAKEN AFTER RACE
THROUGH STREETS
Agent Refuses to Obey Com
mand to Get Into Corner
and Gives Alarm-High-
wayrnan Flees and Tries
to Elude His Pursuers by
Bolting Into Barber Shop

BOSTON, Jan. 15.-The lone bandit
ticket offices in New York and Penn
sylvania in the last month was cap
tured today in this city, the police
believe, when William J. Clayton, a
husky young man, was taken into Gus
tody. after sensational chase follow
ing an attempted daylight robbery.
Clayton says he came from San Fran
cisco.
A diary found in one of Clayton's
pockets gave what the police believe
TO be list OF railroad ticket office
robberies with the amounts which each
netted. The list follows:
December IT, New York Wells Far
go, $500; December %, Buffalo, Grand
Trunk, 1927; January ?, New York, Erie.
1850; January 10. Philadelphia. Erie,
$500; January II, Pittsburg, b., r. and
P. s54; January IA. Philadelphia. S. P,
s1z7."
MONEY ORDERS FOUND
Z. The total amount of the sums meE-
toned is s1,sss. The police also found
s2s in cash and more than $1,000 in
Wells Fargo money orders in Clayton's
possession.
I,or
this afternoon at the ticket offices of
the Boston and Maine railroad.
Clayton, who had just purchased
ticket for Pittsf1eld, suddenly pointed
revolver at Cashier George Hackar, or
derfng him to give up all the money he
had AS Hackar was slow in comply
Ing. Clayton fIourished the revolver
again and ordered every person in the
office TO get into a corner.
VAULTS OVER COUNTER
All complied except George Titcomb.
a railroad ticket agent. The bandit
mad vaulted over the counter to rife
the cash drawer, when he saw Titcomb
rush out the door. Instantly he vaulted
back over the counter without taking
any money. and dashed into the street,
with the office force after him.
Then followed a race through the
business streets of the city, officers
who conducted the pursuit not daring
to fire at the fugitive because of the
crowds. The man finally bolted into
barber shop.
He had just ordered shave in
hurry after throwing his overcoat and
hat to one side, when an officer entered
and arrested him. He offered no resist
ance.
Clayton confessed tonight police off,
cials say, to the robberies which he
had noted in his diary. In his state
ment Clayton is said to have included
q robbery in Cleveland on January 10.
although his diary referred to him as
having been in Philadelphia on that day.
[rhe police declared an officer attached
t. the local artillery district had identi-
fed the prisoner as William G. Mon
tague, who deserted from Fort Banks,
winthrop, Mass, two years ago. His
home was in Yuma. Ariz. Clayton reg
istered at the hotel where he stayed
last night as from Thorne, New.
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SAVING OF FUEL SHOWN


Especial Dispatch TO The Call)
CHICAGO. Jan. 15.-The Illinois Cen
trail road is making use of moving
pictures to illustrate the possibilities
of economy In the use of fuel. An
instruction car, carrying moving pic
lures and lecturers on fuel economy.
is being taken over the lines of the
system. making stops at every division
point. Lectures are delivered in the
morning, afternoon and evening.
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WATER SUPPLY CUT OFF
Ice Piles Up Over Intake and Town
Resorts to Explosives

CALUMET, Mich, Jan. 15.-Heavy
northwest winds and heavy seas have
piled the ice over the intake pipe of the
Calumet and Hecla Mining company's
water works plant on Lake Superior,
which supplies water to Calumet, shut
ting off the water supply to half OF
Houghton county's population. The pub
lie schools were forced to close today.
Dynamite is being used to break up the
ice.
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further investigation was abandoned.
owing to the darkness which hid dan
gerous pitfalls and the possibility that
the man, evidently desperate, might
take human life II cornered.
Stranger than fiction was the re-
vealing and subsequent disappearance
of Horn, or rather De Tovrea- Mrs.
de Tovrea's Identification Of the arti-
cles is considered to have established
identity and to have dissipated into
thin air his self-told tale of a twin
brother, the black sheep of the
family.
PREACHER FOUND HIDING
Shortly before $50 o'clock last night
entered the church to see If everything
was all right and to announce to the
members of the choir that there would
be 10 choir practice. Both men had
come directly from the home of the
clergyman, where they had seen Mrs.
spoon, wedding gift. knitted dolly
and leather box as hers.
While Stout remained in the vesti-
bule to turn on the church lights Dun
lap. with a premonition that all was
not right, hastened down the aisle and
leading to the pastors study. Hardly
had he lifted the PORTER covering the
doorway leading from the rostrum
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WOMEN TO RIDE HORSES
Mrs. Gus Rubin Will Head Troop From
New York

NSpPCIaI Dlsralch 70 The CaIIJ
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.--A troop of
cavalry women, headed by Mrs. Gus
Rubin, wife of the former prizefght-
en, will ride from New York to Wash
ington to participate In the petticoat
pageant, the afternoon before inaugu-
ration day. 1t was. announced at the
headquarters of the suffragettes today
that already there are assurances that
there will be more than 10000 women
in line
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FoRGETs s62,5oo FORTUNE
Pascal Hixon So Absent Minded That
Money Is No Real Object with Him

ST. LOUIS. Jan. 15.-Pascal Hixon
a railroad clerk, is so absent minded
he forgot an appointment today at
which he was to claim a legacy OF
$62,500 to which he is heir and the
police were called upon to remind him.
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LIQUOR SENT IN COFFINS
Oklahoma Undertaken Indicted for ViO-
Iating Interstate Booze Law

FORT SMITH. Ark. Jan. 15.-on a
charge Of attempting to ship three
collins filled with intoxicating liquors
from Arkansas to Oklahoma, l. S. Bill
ings, an undertaken of Muskogee, Okla,
was indicted by the United States grand
jury here today. Billings recently went
to Los Angeles.
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BITTEN THUMB is FATAL
Charge of Manslaughtcr Faces Man
Who Chewed Up Opponent In Fight

MILWAUKEE Wis, Jan. 15.-Joseph
Schramkowsh may have to face a
charge of manslaughter because he bit
the thumb of Michael Kosobucki in a
free for all fight some time ago. Koso-
bucki died today from the injury. and
Schramkowski is being held pending
the coroners investigation.
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RICHMOND MINISTER
TRAPPED IN CHURCH
Rev Frank Horn Hiding From Parshioners, Is Caught il
Sanctuary, but Completely Vanishes Again Before
Searching Party Members Are Able to Seize Him
BULLETIN

he
o p Church and he
d. fomh s mai in G.
the church. local
he locked
in
home, the
Mr. Mae de Tovrea, disap agai
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ASHES BY PARCEL POST


Especial Dispatch to The Gall)
SAN JOSE, Jan 15.--A small package
containing the ashes of japanese
woman, was forwarded today by the
San Jose postoff1ce by parcel post to
her old home in Japan
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San Francisco Has

4 HARBOR 4 TO 10 MILES
nv WIDTH WHOSE MEAN
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
HIGH AND LOW TIDE is
ONLY FEET
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4 Andrew Shaw went to Blackduck
on. Monday. ss s55 3@:s .j5sss
p Lucille Thorn has been suite sick
with measles the past week, but is
now improving. II. =s... 's ..S y
:. RMS. J. D. Bogart attended the tenn
perance lectures given by Mrs. Scov-
ell in Blackjack, Big Falls and
Northome, on Tuesday Wednesday
and Thursday. s zs !. /
Carrie Stene, with her witnesses,
Joe and Paul Peltier, went to Cass
Lake on Friday, to prove up on her
claim IS - =. ss, s.:
J. D. Bogart bought 40 acres Of
land of b.. F. Winans. this week.
The, Misses Lillian. MacGregor Of
Hines, and Nellie G. Shaw, visited at
the home Of the latter from Friday
evening till Monday morning. q:
Those who ordered their fruit trees
etc, from the agent for the Clinton
Falls Nursery company, received
them in good condition and are
pleased with their purchase.
Among those who went to Black
duck Saturday were: B. #. Winans,
J. E. Bogart, Herman. Thorn and son
Percy. c. e. Green, Henry Plummer,
J.. 8. Tope and G.. Peterson. SIS
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i r.
/ Mrs. Ed. jackson who underwent
an operation last Monday is improy-
fling and will be able to leave the hos
pital in few days. z.- z. y. =.
Miss Elsie Pansford OF Boy River
lis receiving treatment at the hos
pital. s:5 E.s
James Day Of Bemidji is seriously
III with a severe attack 4of pneumo-
MIA. . NJ
John Palmer Of Bemidji is serious
~ i'll and will be confined to his bed
for several days.
Gus Johnson of Bena was taken to
the hospital last Sunday with Sc
we're attack of pneumonia, but
recovering. TT: ~##s
Hans Mosan and Flore Declusen
who were injured when the flywheel
on the gang broke at the. Crookston
mill are recovering and will be able
to leave the hospital in a few days.
Mosan received badly wrenched
back and sprained arm and the lat
ter sprained ankle. "a Z.
Miss Lottie Anderson of Nymore
is receiving treatment in the hos
pital. ~ %.-.., ~ :
!: Mrs. A. H. Brown of Gemmell who
was recently operated upon is i'm
proving and will be able to leave the
hospital in the course of the next
week. . 80, s=.sl - .,5s
Mrs Geo. Cole left the hospital
yesterday. Mrs. Cole recently under
went an operation. ~ :. =.
Arthur johnson of Gemmell is con-
fined in the hospital with a severe at
tack of pneumonia. f.
L. M. Berry Of Brooks, Mimi, is
receiving treatment in St. Anthony's
hospital. - 9.sz7. 4 @,E ~ :s.-ss
Henry Wallin of Bemidji, was TAX
en- to the hospital yesterday with. a
badly lacerated hand which he in
jured in the box factory
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Christ and Anton Moller, Geo
,sthol. T. Trosyick, Gust Koppang
and r. Lind were Bemidji visitors
Saturday. %. !
Miss Effe sines left for Bemidji
Saturday. F
K. *. Meland transacted business
in Bemidji Friday
Iver Iyerson who has spent the
past month IN Neilsvil1e. returned
home Friday. s.
English services will be held In the
Pinewood church Sunday June 4.
Preaching by Rev. Lockrum.
Conrad Nelson came up from Be
midji Saturday returning Monday.
Henry Funkley Of Bemidji, was
seen In Pinewood Saturday.
John Messelt spent few hours Of
Saturday In Leonard. Sss
Bert Cromwell left Friday for
Warroad where he Will visit his sis
ter who Is very
The Ladies' Aid society Will mast
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Balboa sank to his knee and gave
thanks to God for the great blessing
bestowed upon him Of being the first
civilized man to look upon this won
derful sight; then rising he called to
his men, who at his command were
waiting below on the mountainside,
to come up where he was and gaze
upon the glorious ocean which they
had so long sought to behold They
rushed up, and when they were all
gathered together on top Of the
mountain Balboa formally took pos
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All alone on ~ g high peak in Pan
anna an man stood gazing westward
with glistening eyes. Spellbound he
stood, thrilled by the wonderful
sight spread out before him a vii
dersess of forest, cut throug h with
.silvery streams, and bounded by the
Watery horizon. Th ere before him
lay the ocean, since named the Paci-
fic, for the sight of which he had la
bored and fought SO many days and
nights. Sparkling like a million
precious stones beneath the glare Of
the sun, the vast, seemingly bound
less sea spread out farther than the
eye could reach. ssss. .
..z . with eagle eyes . .= ts B
He stared at the Pacific, and all his.
d men 81 Hull: :. 81: i. lEs. ; 5z
Looked at each other. with a wild.
hi surmise, 81 s. 4
Silent, upon peak in 2Darien."S
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session of this ocean and all the adj
Ijacent lands in the name of his royal
master, the: king of Spain, and had
la tree shaped in the form of a. cross
and placed on the spot from which
Ehe had first seen the sea. Around
this tree was placed a heap of stones
to hold it in place, and then the en-
tire company knelt down while the
priest offered devout thanks to the
mighty.
IS This was on September Is, 1913,
when Vasco Nunez Balboa was thir-
ty-eight years old. He was born at
Xeres de los Caballeros, Spain, in
1875. Being. heavily in debt at His
PAMELA, he escaped his creditors and
Joined an expedition under Martin
Fernandez de Encisco by concealing
himself in a barrel, in which he was
taken aboard the ship. This expedi--
ton was bound to the colony of San
Sebastian in Darien; but they were
sshipwrecked and met hostile natives.
Then they learned of the destruction
of the colony of San Sebastian, and
decided to found one of their own,
which they called Santa Maria de la
Antique de Darien. Balboa couldn't
get along with Encisco, and he set
out to explore the country, discover
ing the Pacific, which he called the
Mar del Sur" meaning Sea Of the
South: :. Il: .-fss
Later he was enticed back to the
colony and tried on the charge of
treason. After short trial, which
ended in his conviction, Balboa and
four Of his companions were executed.
This was in 1917. Balboa protested
his Innocence and loyalty to the last;
but in vain.
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CARD OF THANKS. :

We wish to extend our thanks to
all the friends and neighbors, who SO
kindly assisted during the death and
funeral of our husband and brother.
We especially want to thank the M.
B. A., Thomas Mccain, superinten-
dent of the Crookston Lumber COM
pany, Dan Bucklund, J. p. Lair and
the mill boys for their kindness.
MRS. CHARLES JOHNSON.
r. MR. and MRS. JOHN SEVERSON,
MR.. and MRS. GUST FROYD.
ADV. NJ ~. :. : ssz.. ~ !.
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Every day a different human inter
est story will appear in the Pioneer.
You can get a beautiful. intaglio re-
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Readers Of the Pioneer and 'The Men
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Stomach, bowels, liver become clog
ged, stopped up, blood impure during
the winter-you need HOLSTERS r..
M. Tea each spring. Barker's Drug
Store.-Adv. ;y,.....-.... -. =. ,s...y II
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MRS. GILMAN CRONE,
MRS. SETH PHILLIPS.

Everybody that hasn't did it,
ought to-makes you feel fine, braces
you up, you feel like a IKing-take
HOLSTERS R. M. Tea. Barker's Drug
Store ADV. 3ss5ss t,;g