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Xo. 310
EIGHT I
NJU
While Working at Winchester
Light Plant.
BIC PLATFORM GIVES AWAY
Men IMtinge Into Cement Pit, a Dis
tance of Thirty -Kour Feet
Frank Cilliam Itt the Most
Seriously Injured.
Eight men were quite seriously in
jured at Winchester this morning,;
when a platform, on which they were;
working, gave way under the strain1
of a heavy piece of machinery, and
allowed them the fall into a cement
pit thirty-four feet below.
The injured are:
Frank Gilliam Injury at base of
brain, shoulder dislocated, cut and
Tjruised.
Grant Tipton Left leg and right
thigh bruised and cut.
W. Johnson Left shoulder mash
ed. Minor bruises on body.
H. Whltcher Bruises on right
arm and body.
Jack Decktr Bruises on legs and
body.
L. Woody Sprains and bruises of
Tight shoulder and right leg. Nose1
cut and bruised. 1
Ory Woody Minor bruises and
cu ts.
Joltn Minor bruises and
uts.
The accident occurred at about
. S:;.0 o'clock this morning and
shortly thereafter word was (tele
phoned to this city. Drs. Seely,
Sot her & Stewart were summoned
and left for the scene of the accident
immediately by automobile. Tem
porary relief was administered by
the physicians, and the patients were
later taken to their respective homes
where they are now resting as easy
as could be exected. Gilliam, who
was one of the first to fall into the
pit sustained the most serious in
juries, and it will be some time be
fore the physicians can predict the
final outcome of his case. (litliam
appears to be playing In hard luck
having been one of the men who was
injured a few years ago when
the county bridge collapsed at Dmp
(iu;i. Following the latter accident
Gilliam was incapacitated for several
months.
According to reports received from
Winchester today the eight workmen
had hoisted a pnrt of the heavy tur
bine upon a high platform and were
about to lower the same into the ce
tuptit pit for emplacement. The
weight of the platform and men was
ton much for the plattorm, and with
out warning one side of the structure
nsdilenly collapsed. Cnable to grasp
npuiby projections the eight men slid
off from the platform and plunged
, ! ' V ' . ' I
ra?es the fall of the men was broken
by iron beams, and thereby averted
tt.rious Injuries. Fortunately the
machinery, which weighed about a
half a ton, became wedged between
Fome projectments and did not de
scend into the pit. Had the machin
ery have fallen into the pit it is prob
j'Hy that every mnn working on the
,V;h would have either been killed
or permanently maimed. According
to The New. Informant the piece of
lichinery which was probably re
sponsible for the accident was a part
nf .1,,. monger turbine now l.eln in-
stalled at the plant of the Douglas
Cnuntv Writer and Light company.
A nile the injuries of the men are
tl-,. wsilile exri-litinn of Gilliam. I
Tl.p extent of Gilliam's Injuries e;in-
nut he determine! for Fevprid days.,
As swn as the news of the aecf-.
df,:it was received here local offW-inls
the ltouilns County Water and
l.!5t Company notified phvsicians.i
o left for lite scene shortly there-
af'.--r. i
Inip'ovemrnt work on the Win-
THIS
AMI l CF.STS KNTlTI.Kt Tlli: IIOI.lll.ll TO
INF. Ol'V lir 1 1 1. COOK'S HOOK
"My Attainment of the Pole"
IFM'ltrilF.NTKD AT TIIK OFHf K fiV ZTUK
KVKMNd NEWW. ItOsKMt lid, Olt KtiOX
Mail Onln I Or Kitra For I'lntatn
Chester water and light plant has:
been in progress several months, and
fortunately this Is the first accident,
of consequence that has occurred. ;
KXI'liKSH HATKS WII.Ij UK !
- MWHHH1, AC(Hltl)lXti TO
AXXOUNt'KMKNT TODAV. !
F. ltapp (Joes To Cliifa,';o To
Confer- With High Officials
Of the Company.
A. F. Rapp, of the W'ells-Fargo
Express Company yesterday went to
Portland to confer with the superin
tendent of the district before he
sturted east to be present next week
at a meeting in Chicago of repre
sentatives of the company from over
the United States to confer with
President B. D. Caldwell in regard
to the rate cutting that takes place
December 1, in all express compan
ies following an order issued some
time ago by the Interstate Commerce
Commission.
That the Wells-Fargo Company
expectB to compete actively with the
Parcels Post is the announcement
made by George C. Sewell, local
agent of the company. For some
time plans have been going ahead
for the abolishing the present sys
tem of rates and arrange the ter
ritory of the United Stntes into zones
after the manner of the parcels post
which is divided into eight zones.
Such a lowering of rates and estab
lishing of zones will reduce the pro
fits of the company on merchandise
packages by one half. As an example
of thiB the present rate from Seattle
to San Francisco for a two pounds
package costs 16 cents by parcels
post, and 35 cents or over twice as
much by express. After December,
this difference will be done away
with and the express companies will
reduce their rates.
Confronts American Officials
In Mexican Trouble.
UNREST SEEMS ON INCREASE
Relieved That Actual Warfare Will
Ho Delayed at Least Sixty
Days Minister To
Mexico Met.
(Special to The Evening News.)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 31. Confi
dential advices to the state depart
ment direct from Mexico City indi
cate that there Is the greatest ac
tivity among followers of Huerta.
Wholesale arrests are being made in
connection with an alleged plot to
assassinate the dictator. It is un
derstood that Huerta plans to have
all of his leading opponents in the
metropolitan district locked up be
fore congress meets tomorrow to
canvass the election returns. Hu
erta's rivals freely admit- that they
aro defeated.
Tho president conferred this fore
noon with Bnaz Long, head of the
bureau of Latin American affairs
concerning consular reports and con-
ditfons In the Mexican interior.
For
mer Solicitor Genernl Moore, who
handed the Mexican situation under
Taft's adminisl ration, also confer
red but refused to reveal the nature
of the conversation. Moore origin
ally favored recognizing Huerta but
It is understood he now favors ex
tending recognition to General Car
ranza. the rebel leader.
The emissary of Carranzn is ex
pected here late today to submit the
hnren '', 1S, ,, amnulniMon ,ie
rnlny' B -I ,, ,1,,.. t I.
lifted by the United States. The em-
SiTi
Itotnaro. their confidential agent
but will p:edge Carranza's word to
MinlMem Are Kmktu-iI.
VI'UA ClitV.. Oct. 31. German,
Hi'TSian and S'dish nilniMers.
whose stations n?e nt Mexico t'ity,
are evpected here today to confer
with Kniissary l.ind eonicrnlnt? the
prohahle action 10 he taken hy the
Cn'tcd Ktates toward Mexico In eont
'lem-i al Hlano ii"t Is declared rel-
dent to succeed Huerta.
NEW SITUATION
COUPON
I
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UN APPLES -
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Will !ip 9npri:ili7Pii in Orrdtm
on November 18.
APPLES IN EVZ3Y FASHION
HouLs ami Kcstamaiitt Will Serve
Apples in All Style., .'.cording;
to Agreement-Hosebuig
To Feature- Apples.
The Commercial Clubs of the
state of Oregon, in order to assist
one 'of Oregon's most Important in
dustries, have established November
lSth, as Oregon Apple Day. One
that day every loyal citizen of Ore
gon is expected to eat nil the Ore- PKODl't
eon annles he can contain.
All the hotels, restaurants, board
lug houses and smaller eating places
are requested to serve apples in the
various forms in order to aid in the
establishment of Oregon Apple Day.
With the exception of a very few
unfortunates, everybody can eat ap
ples. Not everyone can eat such
apples as are growii in the Umpqua
Valley, and as the residents of this
.favored valley will have the oppor
tunity to eat the finest apples grown
in America, it should not be neces
sary to more than call attention to
tho date.
At Easter time the children, es
pecially the boys, take great pride
in telling the number of eggs they
ate for breakfast. A more whole
some diet, and one with greater rea
son lor pride will be the similar ob
servance of Apple Day, and it is
hoped 'that every boy in Dougals
county will eat at least a dozen ap
ples on that particular day, thus
setting a good example to his elders.
Remember, November lSth, Ore
gon Apple Eat all the Oregon
applos you can, and wherever you
happen to be. Include Oregon apples
os a part of each of the three meals
served to you during the day. Hotels
and restaurants of Roseburg will lie
asked to feature Oregon apples on
this date, nnd quite a little puhllcltv
-i. -. 1-t.V
I
UliOWX IS LAI DKI).
In a letter received today
from mi officer of the Oregon
lnn!enunt Dealers' Association,
District Attorney Geortfo M.
Brown, of Roseburg, is lauded
for his success in convicting
and affirming um-n tin appeal ;
ft- to the Supremo Court u case in
which a peddler was arrested
i for selling vehicle-? In Coos
county without a license. The
sumo peddler operated in Rose-
4- burg, but was not arrested until
$ he invaded Coos county. Tho
district attorney succeeded in
convicting the peddler in the
Coos county courts and later nf-
firmed tho decision following
a hearing in the Supremo
Court.
will be given the places that serve
theso apples.
US' Fltl'IT COMPANY
I HUFF CARS OF AP
mi n
PLES TO EASTERN' MARKET
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1
o0 ( I:v to II ultimo re, Another
Indianapolis and a Third to .!
Sacramento. i
The local warehouse of the Prodnc-
nf Fruit Company, of Sacramento..
Cal., is today preparing three curs of
apples for shipment to distant mar-
loaded with Spitzenbergs, nnd will be
c-m-iL-ned to Baltimore. Md The see-,
ond car, which w 11 contain "jlxed
vaiieittes. will be shipped to Indiana-
polls. Tho third cur, also of mixed
VHMi'rit'b, win ut; LUiisiftiii-u ,iu ouv.
ramento, Cal,
The fru.t shipped by the Produc
es' Fruit company this your is of the
ffnrct. .,,) p.. Prlnslnir excellent pric
es in the distant markets. The buy
ing and parking of these apples Is
I'c'ng done ui!dir the personal diree
tirn cf E. C. Sk'nner. local manager
for the company.
in the Innmiflgo of Mr. Skinner
the apple busiiienn is better this nea
F.en than for a long tlmo past.
Mrs. R. Tnylor left for her home
at Tacoma. Wash., this morning f
'rr a couple of days spent In Rose
burg nttending to buslncRR matters.
Of the perilous journeys on ice
driven seas in a frail canvas boat
ADVENTURES IN A CANVAS CANOE
From Dr. Cook's Book
"We sped forward at times with quick darts.
Suddenly, and to our horror, an invisible piece of
ice jagged a hole In the port quarter. Water
gushed Into the frail craft. In a few minutes it
would be filled; we should sink to an icy death."
How the starving' party, seeking
security on an iceberg, were car
ried adrift into the storming Polar
seas.
E ON GALLOWS
Midford Murderers Pay Fen
alty of Crime.
BOTH DECLARE THEIR INKOCEKCE
Doomed Men Repudiate Confession
ami llhiiiio a Third Man With
tho Murder History of
. the Case,
SALEM, Oct. 31. Mike
Spanos
and Frank Seymour were hanged at
S:30 o'clock this morning at " tho
elate penltentitary for the murder
in September, 1 it 12, of George De
dasklou, a Greek. Tho rrlmo was
committed nt Medford. lioth men.
mounted the scaffold stoically, and
1 before the black caps were adjusted
each man made a brief statement,
in which they declared themselves
innocent of the crime charged
against them. Seymour expressed
the hopo that he would be the last
man in Oeegon to suffer death by
law. They were accompanied to the
L'ullnu'u liv ("ntlinru MnnrA timl Vfi-
t()r 1pe8t() of (,)e CathoUc chm.tu
Seymour was pronounced dead in
,.,.,1 U.n.,,.u I.. rlftnnn ,ii i.
uteB
' ll1st0.y of cvime,
Spanos,' Seymour and Dedasklou
met (hfl nf ,u Qf t, muri!e. fct n
I irilrtl t " ia.rn-tt ti, ...,,
cution alleged that Dedasklou had
money and the other two planned
to knock him on tho head and rob
him. A watermelon was purchased
and tho three repaired to an old box
factory on the outskirts of the town
Spanos and Seymour say that Fi'Pks
was also a member of the party. Ac
cording to confessions made by the
condemned men. which thev l.iie'
I repudiated, Seymour struck Dedas
1 klou on the back of the head with a
piece of gas pipe as he was ceil lug
the melon. Ho was stunned an. I thflj
robbed him. Spanos, HtTord'ng to
the confessions, then declared that
Drdnsldou, If allowed to live, vinuld
punish liim. It. was then decided that
jlftln
Through the efforts of Post
master L. F. Keizeusiein tho
postotriee department at Wash-
ingtou has issued an order di-
reeling that a sealed pouch be
carried from Roseburg to Port-
land on train No. 14, which
leaves this city for tho north
at 2:15 in the afternoon. Only
mail which is directed to Port-
land, Eastern states and Wash-
ington will bo carried in this
pouch, which will not be open-
cd till It reaches the Hose City.
Only first class mall matter
will bo carried. Mall doposlt-
ed at the postoffice before 1:30
p. m. and in the city mall boxes
before 11a. m. will be carried
i this pouch. The order, goes
w into eneci iuomiay, isovomoer w
3rd and does not include Sun-
days. Thin will give Roseburg
a decided advantage in north-
bound mall going to Portland
and beyond. Mail carried In
this pouch will be sent out on
the firBt delivery In Portland
in tho morning and means a
saving of practically 10 hours
in delivery. In Eastern mall
the saving in time will bo clsoe
to 24 hours.
tho wounded man lie killed. It wan
siiKRcsted his throat he cut. Spanos
weakened, saying lie could not do !'-.
hut flnully did.
The stroiiKest evidence against the
men, outside of tholr confessions,
was tile ri ml In k of a club carrier! by
Spnnos and the piece of gas pipe
used hy Seymour where the men said
they had hidden them. Until declared
at their trials tho confessions worn
obtained through duress.
ft HMD FIGHT
Is Waged Before Court of Ap
peals Today.
GOVERNMENT PROBE IS DESIRED
Welfare CoiuiuIhmIoii Case In Culled
Iti ( Lviilt Court nt Portlttiid
Today Hocent Act in
Attacked.
(Special to Tho Kvening News.)
CHICAGO. Oct. 31. Federal Dis
trict Attorney Miller, of Indianapolis,
today made a hard fight in tho fed
eral court of appeals In support of
the contention that the federal tri
bunal was tho proper place to try
the unionists convicted In indlanau
oIIb, with a complicity plot to dyna
mite non-union buildings. Tho point
t ue court noeim-d Inclined to raise
waa whether the prosecution (lid not
make a mmtnko in building Us caso
on dynamiting buildings, over which
the courts of tho various states
where dyuamli ngs occurred havo
jorinilict iou. rather than on the in
terstate transportation of explosives,
under conditloim which violated tho
fedt-ral statute.
Proho !m iN'Hlrrd.
ATLANTIC CITY, Oct. 31. Tho
promise of it vast trust probe by tt
Koviu nment was voiced by Joseph
Davk-ii, federal commlHsloner of cor
pora t ions In an addrctm before the
Nat lonal Assoctat Ion of Manufac
ture! k In convention. "It will l9
po:.MlJo to hunt tlm trusts without
':;umerh)r; ludtiHtrial devlopment or
r in Davi declared. Tho next
co ii i; reHrt, he mild, will deal largely
with tiiiHtH. Whether lawn bo co
unted providing destriK-tion of truaU
or uKicly coiiti'ol of the iuonoK)liet
will ho (P'tcrmiticiL he said, by tho
f(tns! ion : "Dons monopoly or com
petlt ion nf Mud I bo fairest method
for all tho people?"
it'cliai'v 'jim Df'Mlon-
I'OUTI.AMi, Ort. 31. Hearing nf
tiic case InstiliHal by I'rank Ktel-tl'-r,
loiMiuiiirtiiier, aKultiMt the Htalo
IihIuhi ii.'i I Well art; Com in M Ion to
ojoin the comniiHidfiU H ruling pro
viiiinn a mini in urn wane of eight
dollars mid s'xty four cents werkly
lor women eniptoyrd by tuatiufao
t u i nitio Iiiki It it i tmiH bfKim in the cir
cuit court today. Constitutionality
of the a't (Hid otabllMhing the com
it: 1 1 si tut is uttii(-ked by Ktetller. f
iiattU'stilp U-iivi'H I'ort.
V v. 1 1 A cm:, Oct. 31. T!:o hnt
tlcHhip Michigan, with Dla and
fugltfvi compiinioriB aboard, has loft
to '(n ten ept the northbound Now
York-Cuba mail BtwniiHhtp, It Ih iui
dei stood, which will take them to
Havana. It was originally fiitonri"u
to Mend the party on the cruiser Trt
cornn, but tho plan was changed.
Hussell HarncKH returned here ln.it
ovcuioK with a brand now Overland
automobile. The car Is of tho five
passenger varloty, is equipped with
a self-starter, electric lights and ts
one of tho finest machines brought
to this city for some time. Mr. Mar
newt bag accepted the agency for the
Jverland car, and will sell the su .. f
Ihroutchout Douglas enemy.
HiuniMS drove the car ( uiu I'ort) !
oThtu ttty and rxporlenred little, if
ny difficulty on tho road.
NFAV MAIIj KFRVICK.