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VOL. XLVI. NO. 14,486.
PORTLAND, OREGON, .MONDAY, MAY 13, 1907.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
I'
THIRTY-TWO
TOTAL DEAD
Id WRECK
Details Honda Disaster
Are Orewsome in
the Extreme
GARS PILED INTO A HEAP
Shriners and Their Wives Are
Crushed and Mangled Be
neath Tons of Debris. '
MEN FAINT AT RESCUE WORK
Steam Cooks Living Victims
Pinned Under Wreckage.
DINING-CAR A DEATH-TRAP
Few of the Victims, Mostly Read
ing Residents, Therein Escape,
Entertainment Committees Are
hammedan Propaganda.
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MESSAGE TO NOBILITY.
LOS ANGELES. Cal., May 12.
The Associated Press today received
the following messAg'rmnf Tmjmr--al
Potentate Frank C. Roundy, sent
from the depot at Paso Robles, Cal.,
where Mr. Roundy Is en route to his
home In Chicago from the Los An
geles conclave:
To the Jfoblllty of JCorth America:
It is with profound regret I an
nounce that a horrible disaster has
saldened the homeward journey of
many of our noblea from our Im
perial Council session at Los Angeles,
and I hereby express my great sym
pathy and sorrow for the Irreparable
loss of life sustained by Ishmaell and
Rajah Temples In the wreck of their
special train. Signed
FRANK C. ROUNDY,
Imperial Potentate.
SANTA BARBARA, Cal., May 12.
While hurrying northward over the Coast
line, of the Southern Pacific railroad yes
terday afternoon, homeward-bound, after
a. week of fraternizing and fiesta in Los
Angeles, 145 Shriners of Ishmaell Temple,
of Buffalo, and Rajah Temple, of Read
ing, Pa., with their families and friends
were hurled Into the midst of death
when their special train, running 50 miles
an hour struck a defective switch at
Honda, a lonely station on the sand
wastes of the Pacific 'beach, derailing the
train, smashing the coaches Into flinders,
;k!lling 33 almost Instantly and Injuring
more than a score of others. . The bodies
of 31 lie in the morgues of Santa Bar
bara, this evening, and 10 more are at San
Luis Obispo. The injured, many of whom
are terribly hurt and will probably die,
are in two sanitariums at San Luis Obis
po. Dead In Santa Barbara Morgue.
Following are the names of the dead:
J. DOUGLAS HIPPLE. Reading. Pa.
H. K. OITTLEMAN, Reading, Pa.
; A. L. ROTH, Heading." Pa.
C. GILBERT STEFK, Reading. Pa.
A. D. WASSON, Buffalo. N. T.
CHARLES S. HENRY. Lebanon. Pa. .
J. W. CUTTER, Binghamton, N. Y.
CHARLES M. LOWING. Pullman con
ductor. Buffalo.
C. W. AUSTIN, New York, agent for Mc
Cann's Tourist Company, New York.
JOHN LAOEY. negro dining-car waiter.
R. W. SWEENEY. negro dining-car
waiter.
MRS. W. W. ESS1CK, Reading. Pa.
MRS. JOHN W. CUTTER, Binghamton,
Jf. Y.
MRS. HENRY J. FISHER. Cleveland, O,
MISS CORA YOUNG. Cleveland. O.
MRS. BRUMBACH. Reading. Pa.
GKORGli N. HAGANM AN. Reading, Pa.
BENJAMIN STOI.TZ. Reading. Pa.
HARRISON R. HENDEL, Reading, Pa.
OLIVER F. KAUFFMAN. Reading. Pa.
HARRY MILLER. Reading. Pa.
Dead at San Luis Obispo.
F. S. SNYDER. Reading. Pa.
RICHARD ESSICK. Reading. Pa.
MISS STOLTZ. Reading. Pa.
THOMAS J. PRUNLAQICH. Reading. Pa.
L. N. ELLENBOGEN. Allentown. Pa.
MRS. L. N. ELLENBOGEN. Allentown,
Pa.
HOWARD MOYER. Haxelton. Pa.
ALONZO B. ROGERS, St. Paul, Minn.,
Pullman conductor. ,
UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN, probably Mrs.
Mary C. Ivans. Reading. Pa.
S. A. Blckford. brakeman, of San Fran
ClBCO. Injured at San Luis Opispo.
R. Fountain, brakeman; missing last
night; waa brougkt to thla city thia morn
ing. His back la Injured and the lower part
of hla body- paralysed. Fountain crawled a
hundred -yards to flag the second section.
and later waa picked up and conveyed to
this city this morning.
w. H. Boyd, of Reading, Pa.; badly
scalded.
Martin L. Henry. Shamokln, Pa,; Injured
pin and severely scalded.
H. H. Lee. Orwigaburg. Pa..; face lacer
ated, both hips cut and fractured leg.
J. Logan, Buffalo, N. Y. ; leg fractured
and three ribs broken.
H. A. Hartxel, Eastern, Pa. ; scalded and
fractured leg.
Charles McKinney, Binghamton, N. T.;
back injured.
Mrs. jMcKJnney, severely bvulsed about the
body.
Mrs. Fred Grummond, Bingham ton, N. T.;
ankle broken.
A. W. Roppole. of Bennis Point, N. T.;
severely bruised about neck.
Engineer Champtalne, badly scalded.
Fireman Glen Thompson, face, arms and
internal injuries.
Mrs. Hendel and daughter, Helen, Read
ing. Pa.; not serious.
J. Galvln Hoffeditz, Reading, Pa.; left
let fractured, scalp wound.
Speed of Train Was Terrific.
The wreck occurred at exactly 2:35
o'clock, one hour and 45 minutes after the
conclave visitors, forming a merry party,
had apent all the morning sightseeing in
Santa Barbara. The statement that the
train was making a terrific speed when it
struck the defective track, is borne out
TE. I.. Smith, Who Returns From
Representing Oregon at Jamestown
Exposition.
by the fact that it covered the 61 miles
of curves and crooked track between here
and Honda In exactly 100 minutes.
There was no warning of the Impending
calamity. The special plunged upon the
defective switch, and In an instant the
big locomotive, baggage car, diner and
Pullman, coupled with it, were hurled to
gether In a huge heap of wreckage. The
engine "shot forward on the broken track
tearing up the rails and ties and twisting
the huge iron spans into fishhooks. The
baggage car half burled itself in the
sand on the right side of the locomotive.
It was smashed almost to kindling wood.
Dinlng-Car- a. Death-Trap.
The dining-car, in which were 32 peo
ple eating their noonday repast, leaped
Into the air and was thrown directly on
top of the demolished locomotive. Near
ly every person In this coach waa in
stantly killed. Scores were scalded by
steam escaping from disconnected pipes
in the kitchen of the diner. The terror
and turmoil of the scene were indescrib
able. Many of thftse who escaped instant
death by the first impact were crushed
by the rear coaches hurled upon tha
wreckage. Others, pinioned in the debris,
were roasted alive. The wreckage caught
fire from the coals of the engine, but was
extinguished In a few minutes by the
passengers who escaped Injury.
Engineer Frank Champlain was pitched
with his cap 25 feet beyond the engine
and got up and ran three-quarters of a
mile, seeking help, before he discovered
that his arm was broken and that he was
severely scalded.
A man standing behind his wife in the
baggage car was hurled through a huge
rent In the roof and alighted in soft and
yielding sand, almost uninjured. The
woman was forced through the floors and
wreckers had to lift tons of baggage to
get her body out.
Diner Filled With Reading Folk
But the unfortunates who occupied every
seat. In the dining-car were caught in' a
veritable death-trap. Only two of the
nine men of the diner crew are num
bered among the dead. - The remainder,
though cooped up in the narrow kitchen
and pantry, sustained but a few cuts and
bruises. .
A last call for luncheon had just sound
ed a- few minutes before the disaster.
Rajah Temple, of Reading, Pa., occupied
the last car on the train and' was the
last ones to go forward to the diner. The
car was. filled almost entirely with Read
ing people when the wreck occurred. An
instant after the smash, those who were
not rendered insensible or otherwise in
capacitated by the terrific impact, jumped
from the train to render assistance, but
the gruesome scene unfitted many for the
work they had sought to do before relief
arrived.
Men Faint at Work or Rescue.
Frightened women, peering through the
-windows of the undamaged sleeper, faint
ed when they saw the bodies of their
friends strewn along the roadside, blood
from the gaping wounds staining the
sand-drifts all about. Men who tolled
hard at the task of rescue collapsed com
pletely, many of them, before the work
was finished.
Mrs. John W. Cutler, of Binghamton,
New York,, whose husband is also
among; the killed, was In the baggage-
car at the time of the crash, where
she had gone to rearrange her trunk.
Her body was driven literally through
the floor, and the wrecked car had to
be jacked up before it could be re
leased. Mrs. Fred Grummond, of Bing
hamton, was with her, and also went
down under the tons of baggage and
broken timber. When rescuers bur
rowed their way to where the two
women lay the living one reached out
and grasped the feet of one of the
men, and shouted: "I'll not let go
until you get me out!"
Then a gust of scalding steam en
veloped her. and she was terribly
burned. She was rescued alive, how
ever, and was among those taken to
San Luis Obispo.
When Miss Cora Young, of Cleveland,
..Continued, en Page-;-
CALM HANGS LIKE
PALL OVER BOISE
In Sharp Contrast to
Tragedy on Today
ORCHARD CLOSELY GUARDED
Interest Centers in Story He
Will Tell of the Murder.
HAYWOOD WITH HIS FAMILY
Watches His Little'. Child. Playing
With Spitz Puppies on Court
House Lawn Men in the.
Jury Room Are Restless.
BOI9B. Idaho, May. 12. The summon
ing of the special venire of talesmen in
the Haywood case will be finally complet
ed tomorrow, and the 100 men who have
been called by Sheriff Hodgin will pre
sent -themselves in Judge Wood's court
when at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon
the case will be resumed. General expec
tation Is that not more than' two of the
regular venire already examined will be
.retained in 'he jury-box, and that the
bulk of the Jiry. will come from the quota
now being culled by the Sheriff.
The 11 men confined since; Thursday last
in jury-houses will be very glad to see the
case resumed tomorrow. .A .majority of
them know that they are not to serve on
the jury, and while they have been com
fortably housed and well fed, they have
gTOwn very restless under confinement,
Interest Focused on Orchrd.
Interest in the trial continues to center
In the personality and testimony of Harry
Orchard, who killed Governor Steunen
berg and upon whose confession William
Haywood and his associates in the direc
torate of the Western Federation of Min
ers were indicted. ItB culmination .will
come when he is brought into court to
relate his story.
Speculation as to the time of his ap
pearance is idle until the jury is formed,
but It is said he will be called, after the
death of Steunenberg has been proved,
and that his testimony will be the main
foundation upon which the prosecution
will build. Meantime Orchard Is a close
ly guarded prisoner in the state peniten
tiary, a castle-like structure built and
walled with stone that stands in the
eastern suburb of the city. Various re
ports as to attempts to kill Orchard are
n circulation, the last being a tale from
Lewiston of a plot alleged to have been
formed months ago to shoot Orchard from
the hillsl back of the prison.
Orchard Keeps in, Good Health.
Reports from the prison say that Or
chard is in good health and condition;
that he continues his reading along re
ligious lines; that he will unquestionably
repeat his confession In court, and that
he is ready for the fate made certain by
his confession.
Boise, calm in ordinary times, sleeps to
day under a new Sunday-rest law, op
erative for the first time. Baseball, one
of the few; exceptions of the new moral
close season, attracted many of the par
ticipants in the case.
Haywood received his family under the
trees on the Courthouse lawn and for
an hour watched his youngest child play
with a litter of little Spitz puppies that
looked like animated powder-puffs. Pet-
tlbone looked on from a barred window.
and in the group on the lawn Sheriff
Hodgin strolled with a few of his depu
ties. Attorneys Richardson and Darrow
came later and talked for a time with
their client.
Tonight Clarence Darrow, of counsel for
the defense, lectured at the Unitarian
Church, his theme being "Walt Whitman,
Poet."
Calm Precedes Opening Acts.
It requires imagination to construct and
realize the great tragedy that moves
forward here tomorrow. The grass-car
peted prison yard, the streets, the
scenes, the people who moved in .the
Sunday palm, would contradict the idea,
but the coming and going of counsel, wit
nesses, deputies and detectives at the
offices of attorneys for the prosecution
and defense proves the activity of those
interested on either side.
Governor Gooding, who spent the last
few days on his extensive sheep ranch.
near Shoshone, returned to Boise this
morning.
FOIL PLOT TO KILL ORCHARD
Detectives Learn of Clever Scheme
and Closer Precautions , Follow.
LEWISTON, Idaho. May 11. (Special.)
To one or two citizens of -Lewiston the
newspaper stories from Boise to the ef
fect that extra precautions are being
thrown around Harry Orchard, probably
the most important witness for the prose
cution in the William D. Haywood trial.
to prevent any attempts upon his life, do
not cause surprise. The comment is that
it is surprising how long It has taken
for the fact to leak out that the friends
of the Federation of Miners, defendants.
are and have been for weeks and months
plotting and trying to assassinate Or
chard.
It is stated here to be a fact that for
some time past there have been detec
tives in disguise both .on the inside.-and
outside of the penitentiary whose sole
duty it was to keep an eye upon Orchard
and sip, in tha bu4 anx. atemct to sul
EVENTS OF COMING WEEK
Celebrate TsmHiny t Jaunestmrn.
The 800th anniversary of the land
ing at Jamestown Island of the first
permanent Ensllsh settlers will be
celebrated at Jamestown Monday,
Virginia Day. Marines and sailors
from the American and other war
ships will be landed at the exposi
tion grounds for a review by Gen
eral KurokL, the Duke DuBrusal and
the foreign admirals and officers.
Ambassador Bryce will deliver an
address in commemoration of the
anniversary.
- Japanese and American sailors will
, row four races on the Hampton
Roads on the same day.
Busy Week for Kurokl.
"Wednesday, General Kurokl is ex
pected to attend a dinner In New
York given by Japanese merchants.
On Thursday he will visit the Mili
tary Academy at West Point, and
attend another dinner there at night.
On Friday night he will be the guest
at a big subscription dinner at the
Hotel As tor, and on Saturday night
the Nippon Club of New York expects
to have him as Its guest.
The annual banquet of the Cana
dian Club of New York will be held
r the Hotel Astoria Thursday even
when Leslie M. Shaw will de
liver an address on "Reciprocity."
The general assembly of the Pres
byterian Church In he United States
will' convene at Columbus,- O., next
Thursday, when reports of Its mis
sionary and other work will be re
ceived. Christen Spanish Prince. Tuesday.
, Public Interest in Spain during the
doming week will be centered In the
christening on Tuesday of the royal
child at the famous baptismal forit
of Santo Domingo de Guzam.
The Russian lower house of Par
liament, which adjourned April 30
for the Russian Easter recess, will
assemble May 13. The Constitution
al Democrats, with a view of pre
venting "an early dissolution of the
Douma, are planning to break with
the radical Left, and form a work
ing majority with the Octobertsta,
Moderates, Monarchists, Poles and
members of the Group of Toll.
World Sunday-School Convention.
Upwards of 1 0,000 delegates, rep
resenting 3,000,000 persons through
out the world, will attend the world's
fifth . Sunday-School convention at
Rome, May IS to 23. King Victor
Emmanuel of Italy, will be the hon
orary president of the convention.
him out of the way. The reports from
Boise yesterday to the effect that one
guard had been dismissed from the
state's service is taken here as proof of
the assertion that Orchard would not live
24 hours were the vigilance placed over
him relaxed for the instant.
It Is stated for a fact that, last Winter 1
detectives unearthed a plot to shoot Or
chard down as he exercised within, the
walls that surround the penitentiary. Ac
cording to the story, which comes from a
source so reliable that it might be termed
official, men supposed to have been in
the employ of the Federation or, friends
of that body, had secured a position
which overlooked the walls of the peni
tentiary. The distance was so great that
spyglasses had to be used to watch what
was going on within the walls, learn the
habits of the guards, prisoners, and as
certain Just what hours of the morning
or afternoon Orchard was in the habit
of taking his customary out-of-door ex
ercise. The position selected by those suspected
of desiring to kill Orchard was such that
they could shoot and kill the man with
ease. The distance was not so far but
that a rifle could easily carry its mis
sile of death, but probably sufficiently
far to prevent the report of the gun be
ing heard within the. walls of the peni
tentiary. It was probably hoped that
when the time , was propitious Orchard
would be shot, would drop in his tracks
and no one would, know from which di
rection the bullet came.
But the -detectives got wind of the
scheme dust how is not known, or If it
is, the person acquainted with the facts
will not tell and after that Orchard's
recreation grounds were changed. If he
was permitted to use the exposed piece
of ground he was so s'urrounded that it
(Concluded on Page Pour.)
CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
Tbe Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 62
degrees; minimum, 48 degrees.
TODAY'S Fair; northerly winds.
Miners' Federation Cases.
Sunday in Boise calm in contrast to big
event to begin today. Page 1.
Reported plot to kill Orchard Is affirmed
by penitentiary, warden. Page 1.
Foreign.
Turkey, not willing to grant Japan same
recognition as other powers. Page 3.
Birth of Prince Alfonso la officially reg
istered. Page 3.
Rational.
Foraker repudiates peace scheme of Boss
Cox and declares he will fight Taft to
a finish. Page 1.
European hordes pouring into New York: at
rate of 5000 a day. Page 2.
New era promised for Cuba. Page 4.
Domestic
Great wheat shortage; prices in Chicago pit
expected to reach dollar mark. Page 2.
Haskin writes on perfumery and Us manu
facture. Page 2. . '
Sport.
Portland breaks even with Oakland. Page 5.
Ex-Champion Lightweight Wrestler Christol
recuperating aC Hood River. Page 5. "
Pacific Coast.
Death list in wreck of Bhriners' excursion
now numbers 32. Page 1.
E. I- Smith back from Jamestown, Page 4.
Two men perish in surf at Ocean Beach
before gase of 8000 people. Page 3.
Idaho land-fraud trials will be resumed to
day. Page 4.
Quiet day In San Francisco. Page 3.
' Portland and Vicinity.
Veterans of two wars prepare to- observe
Memorial Day. Page
Eight lumber carriers cross Columbia' bar In
one day. Page 13.
Rev. A. R. Vosburgh lectures to large audi
ence In HelUg theater on Christian
Science. Page 9. - -
One new case of meningltia develops;. physi
cians discuss tbe disease.. Page 8. .
St. Johns baseball " team defeats Brews on
homo grounds. .Page 5.
Pastor denounces waits from pulpit of White
T.mnin. Page. B.
FORAKER UPSETS
ALL PEACE PLANS
Means to Fight Taft
to a Finish
GUTS BRIDGES BEHIND HIM
War to End Unless Secretary
Offers Compromise.
HE HAS MADE NO DEAL
Repudiates Boss Cox's Overture and
Schemes to Make Columbus Con
ference a Frost His Chances
Weakened, It Is. Believed.
WASHINGTON-, May 12. (Special.)
Senator Foraker' tonight Issued a state
ment declaring war against Secretary
Taft. He will fight to the bitter end,
unless the Secretary agrees to a compro
mise. AH the overtures for a truce made
In his behalf by "Boss" Cox he repudi
ates, and calls Upon his friends to make
the Columbus conference ' next Wednes
day "a frost."
In digging up the hatchet, Senator For.
aker reissues his challenge to combat
with Secretary Taft before the people of
the state, and announces his willingness
to abide by the decision of the people as
expressed at primaries to be held at
date to be fixed by the state committee
next Pall, after the November elections.
The resumption of open warfare is
charged by Senator Foraker's friends to
the political ambitions of Representative
Burton and Harry A. Daugherty, of Co
lumbus. It is asserted that Mr. Burton
opposed peace because he wants to be
United States Senator to succeed Mr. For
aker, and that Mr. Daugherty could 'not
see his hope of capturing the Governor
ship realized by an arrangement which
would permit the Foraker-Dick-Cox fac
tion to control the nomination.
' Foraker Faces Crisis.
Senator Foraker will make his first
attack upon the Columbus conference. His
friends will accept his instructions and
stay away from the meeting. Secretary
Taft's friends say he will gladly accept
the challenge of an appeal to the people.
Wednesday's conference at Columbus,
which was called by Senator Dick after
Mr. Cox made the overtures which Sen
ator Foraker says he did not approve,
but through desire for party harmony
was willing to accept as a compromise,
may give a test of Secretary Taft's
strength. If a majority of those attend
ing indorse Secretary Taft for the Pres
idency without taking further action, it
will be a demonstration that Mr. Foraker
has ceased to be an Important political
factor in Ohio.
If, on the other hand, Mr. Foraker can
prevent any considerable number of those
invited from attending or produce an ef
fective barrier to the Taft programme,
his friends will claim first blood for him
and insist that he has a following in the
state strong enough to give the Secretary
some trouble. Should it be disclosed by
the conference that Foraker has lost the
power to make, trouble, the Taft man
agers probably will ignore him as an in
fluence in the state and devote their at-tention-to
work in other states.
Everything All "Balled Up."
Senator Foraker has by his statement
placed himself in a position where it is
survive or perish. He has politically de
stroyed the bridges behind him, and un
less he can defeat the Indorsement of Sec
retary Taft for the Presidency he must
retire from the Senate.
Senator Foraker has succeeded in com
plicating the situation. To say that he
has blundered probably would be accu
rate. He has not only further embar
rassed an already embarrassing situation
of his own creation, but he has placed
his former allies in such a delicate posi
tion that to survive themselves they may
have to thraw Mr. Foraker overboard.
Not only has he transformed what was
intended as a jollification conference into
a measure of his own strength, but he
has done it in such a way that he has
nothing to win and all to lose. Should
he fall to control the conference his po
litical prospects will receive a blow from
which he will not likely be able to recov
er when tha Legislature In 1909 votes to
select his successor in the United States
Senate.
What is by far the most Important de
velopment, so far as Mr. Foraker is con
cerned, is the issue which he has precip
itated upon his allies. Senator Dick,
"Boss" Cox and Walter Brown. . Cox and
Brown must attend the conference and
vote to indorse Secretary Taft for Presi
dent or face the full strength of the op
position of Secretary. Taft's friends in
the Fall municipal elections. Should the
vote be for Taft, Senator Foraker'g down
fall would seem sealed.
Troubles for Senator Dick.
Senator Dick has been placed in . an
extremely embarrassing position by
Mr. Foraker. Should he bolt the con
ference, which he called, and the con
ference shows the Taft supporters to be
in control, there promptly must be a
new state chairman in the place of
Senator Dick in the person of Arthur
I. Voorys. Senator Dick has the al
ternative of repudiating Foraker. '
' In ending the truce. Senator Foraker
"" , v'" ' ,V ' ' I
has, temporarily at least, again placed
jiunarta at mo. new yt. a numi
didates. but he has done it in such .a
way as to weaken himself. He has
gi ven his former allies an incentive
for deserting; his banner, but he has
done absolutely nothing to ' -weaken
Secretary Taft.
FORAKER ISSUES STATEMENT
Declares Emphatically He Made No
Overtures for a Compromise.
WASHINGTON, May 12. Senator
Foaker. of Ohio, tonight Issued a state
ment on the Ohio situation, in reply
to Representative Burton, saying that
so far as he (Mr. Foraker) was con
cerned, no effort whatever had been
made to make a deal, bargain or com
promise with anybody about any
thing; that the statement issued by
George B. Cox, of Cincinnati, was not
in Mr. Foraker's interest or with his
approval, but that Mr. Cox was striv
ing for party harmony and he (Mr.
Foraker) was willing to accept the re
sults if the convention should act fa
vorably on Mr. Cox's recommendations.
The Senator says all Questions of in
dorsement and nominations should be
t
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Senator Foraker. Who Smashes Boss
Cox's Peace Plans and Bids De
fiance to Taft.
deferred until the next state conven
tion, and he will not regard as binding;
any action taken meanwhile by any in
dividual or committee not authorized
to settle these questions for Ohio Re
publicans. The Senator reiterates that
he will request that the call for the
next state convention provide that
the delegate be elected from the va
rious counties at primaries. .
Has Offered No Compromise. '
In answer to the statement in to
day's papers, given out at Cleveland
by Mr. Burton. Senator Foraker airt:
"Mr. Burton's statement is likely to
create a taise impression. So far as I am
concerned, no effort whatever has been
made to make a deal or a bargain or a
compromise with anybody, about any
thing. The statement put out by Mr. Cox
was nis own, and he made it on his own
motion, and certamly not in my interest
nor with my approval. Atithe same time
I thought he was striving for party har
mony, and that his purpose was a laud
able one, and I was willing to accept the
results if the convention should act fa
vorably upon his recommendations, not
because I was included in his plan of
compromise, but because I was willing to
conform to anything reasonable that
party good might seem to require. .
Leave It to Convention.
"I think it is the first duty of any man
who believes in Republican principles and
aspires to represent them, to contribute
all he can to party union, strength and
victory. In saying what I did in response
to Mr. Cox's recommendation I went as
far, however, as I can go consistently
with self-respect. It would have been
very gratifying to me if all strife and
contention could be avoided, not on my
own account, but for party good; but, in
asmuch as that seems impossible judg
ing by what I learn from the newspapers
and otherwise as to the attitude of tne
friends of Secretary Taft I think it due
to my friends and to the whole body of
the Republican party in the state to an
nounce that all questions of indorsement
and nomination should in my opinion be
deferred until the next state convention
can act upon them. That is the only
body that has power to authoritatively
speak on such subjects.
"I shall not, tnereiore, regara
blndlnir unon me or on any of my
friends any action that may be taken
in the meanwhile by any individual or
committee or committees not specui
eallv authorized to settle these ques
tions for the Republicans of Ohio.
"After the November elections are
out of the way I shall, accordingly, as
heretofore announced, request the
State Central Committee, in issuing its
call for the next state convention, to
nrovide that tne delegates snail De
elected from the various counties at
primaries duly held under statute in
such case applicable, to the end that
the voters themselves may have an
onnnrtnnitv to determine, as tney
should, what is to be done as to all
matters in which they will at that
time be interested.
T take advantage or tnis opportunity to
Bay that all nominations and indorse
ments that can be properly and authori
tatively made only by the state conven
tion should be left for that body to deal
with. Efforts to settle them in advance
by unofficial, Individual announcement or
committee action, no matter now wen in
tended, usually do more harm than good.
The party will be stronger and can act
more intelligently if It will always wait
for Its duly chosen representatives to
sneak on such questions and to loyally
abide by the action so taken.
I make this last statement because
of the newspapers' announcements that
a call has been Issued for a meeting of
the Republican state central and execu
tive committees with the county chairmen
and the Republican members of Congress
to be held in Columbus May 15, at which
it is proposed to confer about the polit
ical situation In Ohio and possibly take
some action with reference thereto.
'My public duties make it impossible
for me to attend if I desired to do so.
but, without meaning to be disrespectful.
in view of the fact that such a meeting
would have no authority to bind any one
on such matters, I would not attend it
if I could."
FOR TAFT WITHOUT FORAKER
Friends of Secretary Will Demand
an Umttrammeled Indorsement.
CLEVELAND, O.. May 12. No political
gathering held in this state in many
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NINETY MEN DIE
E
Holocaust in Mexican
Copper Fields
RESCUERS FIND 35 BODIES
Cigarette Smoker Starts Fire
in Vacant Shaft.
PERISH PENNED INSIDE PIT
Flames Gain Great Headway Before
Discovery, and Only II Work
men Escape) Heroic Efforts at
Kescue Prove of No ATall. ,
CITY OF MEXICO, May li. Ninety
men are supposed to have lost their
lives in a fire which started in tha
Tenares copper mine at Velerdena,, in
the State of Durango, last Friday night.
The fire is still raging-, and is said to
be beyond control. -
Thirty-five bodies have been recov
ered up to this time. Seventeen miners
are known to have escaped. This in
formation has been conveyed in a dis
patch to the Associated Press offices
in Mexico City. The burning mine be
longs to the Guggenhelms.
The origin of the fire is supposed to
have been due to the carelessness of a
miner, who was smoking a cigarette
in an abandoned shaft. The fire had
gained great headway before it waa
discovered by the men in the near
vicinity. They found that all avenues
of escape to the surface had been cut
off. Seventeen, however, were in a
good position, and made a dash and
reached the outer air.
Rescuing parties have been working
heroically, but only charred and un
recognizable remains have thus far re
warded their efforts.
SMELTER TO BE REOPENED
Salt Lake- Plant Is to Be Fully
Protected.
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, May 12. Hav
ing been promised ample police protection,
the American Smelting & Refining Com
pany has decided to reopen its plant at
Murray tomorrow morning. At the meet
ing of the smelting officials today the
Mayor of Murray and county officials
agreed to furnish 75 special officers and
to guarantee the safety of all who ap
plied for work.
It is believed that a majority - of the
1200 men who quit the plant last Thursday
will apply for their old positions and
that no serious trouble will occur. An
advance of approxlmatey 10 per cent in
wages will be made by the company, this
being the raise which was offered and
rejected by the men before the -strike.
It was said today that the ores diverted
to the Montana and Colorado plants of
the company had been ordered back to
Utah.
EXPLODE SUNKEN MINE
Japanese Steamer Brings News of
Bad Disaster.
VICTORIA. B. C. May 12. Advices
were received by the steamer Rlojun
Maru from Yokohama that as a result of
the recent increases In duty on matting
entering the United States, the guild
which controlled the bulk of exports ot
Japanese matting has been broken up. '
News of the destruction of a Japanese
boat with loss of 13 lives as a result of
the explosion of a derelect mine off To
yama was brought by the Bio Ju Maru.
The fishermen mistook the mine for an
oil drum and were trying to pick it up
when it exploded, smashing their
schooner, and of the 14 on board only one
escaped and was rescued by another fish
ing crew.
The Rio Ju Maru reports that tea
shipments to the United States to com7
mence on the next inward steamer will be
larger this year than during any .pre
vious season.
WILL BE BRYAN'S GUESTS
Former Russian Political Leaders to .
. Be Entertained at Lincoln.
LINCOLN, Neb., May 12. M. M. Alla
din and T. Tschkovsky, former leaders
i,A Ivmin nt Tri In th Invpr bnnsA
of Parliament, will be the guests of
William J. sryan in Liiiicuiu, a jjau ul
the present week.
FIRE SMITES RUSH CITY
Entire Business Section Wiped Out,
With Loss of $200,000.
ST. PAUL, Minn., May 12. Word
reached here early this morning that
the business portion of Rush City had
been totally destroyed by fire. Loss
$200,000.
Will Let Fight Go On.
DENVER, May 12. Petitioned by the
Christian Citizenship Union of Denver to
prevent the fight between Harry Lewla
and Jimmy Gardner from being held in
this city on May 21, Governor Henry A.
Buchtel has announced that he will not
Interfere in affairs of this kind, which
the city authorities have' ample power
to control,
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