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ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 20. 1925.
SEBURG REVIEW
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U 1 1" i lV",8i'er. M ,,KT'
BILL IS VETOED
Br GOV. PIERCE
Governor Refuses to Sign
Measure Giving Sec. of
State Power to Act '
HIS VETO MESSAGE
Tells Legislature That Traf
fic Department Should
Be Placed Under a
Separate Bureau.
(AieocUM Preee Leeeed Wire.)
STATE HOUSE, Salem, Ore.,
Feb. 20. The senate today by a
vote of 22 to 8 overrode the gov.
ernor'a veto of senate bill 34,
which eerlers the staff traffic de.
, partment In the secretary of state
department.
STATE HOUSE. Salem, Ore..
Feb. 20. Governor Pierce today
vetoed senate bill 84, which pro
vides that the authority to employ
traffic officers shall b centered
In the secretary of state's office
and empowering the secretary of
state to employ traffic officers up
to the number of 25.
Ills veto message reads: 'I am
returning herewith y senate bill
number 34 with my disapproval,
for the following reasons:
"1. There is no necessity for this
bill. The highway department lias
the right under existing law to
employ as many traffic officers as
It may deem nocessary. The
highway department also has the
right to provide the necessary
equipment and take care of the ex
' penses.
"2. Senate bill number 84, by Im
plication at least removes the
highway department entirely from
having any part In the control of
traffic on our highways. In my
message two years ago, and In my
message to this tnirty-tliird legis
lative assembly I asked that
this
work all be put under the highway
department, where it certainly be- lo ,nB scenes oi otner fires and
tones. jqu'Uloned concerning them. Of-
"3. Senate bill number 34. makes ' ficers believed he may have been
Ihe secretary of state the chief i responsible for other incendiary
enforcing traffic officer of the I blazes which have puzzled investl
state. Traffic regulation Is essen- Kators.
tially a la wenforcing activity. It Sabln school, St. Helens hall au
la purely police function. The : nex, a parsonage, a factory, a
constitution of the state of Ore-! garage, barn and several resi
gon specifically defines the duties jdences were In the list of fires
of the secretary of stnte which Is which Buchtel yesterday confessed
that of a recording and auditing
office, and manifestly does not
contemplate the vesting of execu
tive power in his hands. The po
licing of our highways is a branch
of the executive department.
"Section 10 of article 4 of the
constitution of the state of Oregon
provides that the governor shall
take care that the laws be faith
fully executed. This clearly calls
In question the constitutionality of
the proposed act.
"4. The entire motor department
should be put ulder a separate bur
eau In the highway department
and controlled by the highway") under the direction of Fire Marsh
commissioners. At the present al Granfel, and assisted by police-
time the secretary of state collects
the license f(es and gasoline tax,
taking out all expenses, and turn-
lng over the balance to the high -
(Continued on page 3.)
Chaplin's Suit to Bar His
Alleged Imitator From Using
His Comedy Brand Interrupted
(AMnrietM Preee LeaeM Wire.)
LOS ANGELES. Feb. 20. Sur
vivors of the Chaplin-Aplin film
fire and comedy philosophy test
which signalized the opening here i
yesterday of Charles Spencer
Chaplin's suit to bar Charfes
Amador from using Chapllnesque
stage names or make up. ventured
back Into superior court today
for the second reel of the cellu
loid comedians' court duel.
Chaplin furnished the phllos- with clothing.
ophy at yesterday's session, a film '- The fire broke out when court
featuring Amador under the screen adjourned to a temporary project
name of Charlie Aplin furnished Ing room where an Amador film
the fire. ,w" being run off to demonstrate
' With scholarly precision and wherein "Charlie Aplln" encroarh
tnanv an explanatory wave of the ed on the celluloid prerogatives of
h,j rhonlin e. fnnh his nhll- Charles Chaplin. Somehow the
osophy of humor, and particularly
his philosophic conception of the
Inner meaning of the baggy trous
ers, dent.d derby, trick moustache
and willowy cane with which the
film fans the world over
are fa-
miliar.
u.,itin km he h,l hanDened
to gather the derby the cane and rectors customarily call In to
the other component parts of his quench slapstick conflagrations,
rhararterlratlon Into a unit which : After the fire had flickered out
he called his "satire on humanity.'' and order had been restored there
his svmbol of the serio-comic dig- was still time for a little more test
nltv of mankind, Chaplin said: lmony before the final fade-out of
-iv in.nlrailon came from the .the first day's session. haplln s
whole pageantry of life. I got my
walk from an old Iondon cab driv-
er. The one foot glide was an In -
hied Preee Leeeed Wire.) e
JO. Feb. 20 George
. manager of the St. 0)
Lt -, Drowns, has made a
bet and he will not be dia-
elpllned for It and If he
wins his wager, he will be 0)
tendered a banquet and base
hall men In general will do
him honor.
During the baseball meet-
Ing in St. Louis, Sisler told
1'resident Johnson of the
American League that he had
wagered a Bult of clothes
that he will hit for'an aver-
age of .340 for t,he 1925
season.
So confident la 'he that
Ms eyesight, which put him
out of the game for a year
and handicapped his work
last year, is as good aa ever.
It prompted him to make
the bet, he said.
Chester Buchtel, Member
Portland Fire Department,
Tells of His Work.
INCENDIARY MANIA
Taken to Scenes of Fires
Which He Confesses to
Have Started Had
Mania for Fire.
(Aesocleted Preee Leeeed Wire.)
PORTLAND," Ore., Feb. 20.
Chester B. Buchtel, an assistant
engineer of the Portland fire de
partment who yesterday confessed
to fire officials that he had started
1 20 lre8 In Portland In the last
1 vear and a half, was today taken
and officers were toda seeking
to nscertain whether he had any
connection with several large fires
Including one which destroyed the
Washington high school and an
other which burned the Temple
Beth Israel.
Members of Buchtel's family
could not account for his activities
only by saying that he must have
had a mania for starting fires. He
Is a member of a pioneer family.
His grandfather, Joseph Buchtel
was the first chief of the Portland
Volunteer Fire Department.
Officers of the fire department,
:men had trailed Buchtel for sever
al months, suspicion having been
i directed toward him by the facts
lthat all Incendiary fires were start
IContlnued on page 3.1
aplration of the moment.
"One part of the character was
Inspired by an old fellow trouper
of mine. He had flat feet."
Pointing out that In suing Ama
dor he sought to prevent the Imi
tation of "my complete character
ization." rather than the wearing
of certain garments. He added :
"There Is a philosophy of char
acterization which Is not concerned
film caught fire, and in the result-
ant shower of flaming bits of -cellu-
loid through which attorneys, wit-
nessep and spectators, rushed urf
hurt but pell mell for the door,
nothing was lacking to make a
, complete picture except the cus-
tard pie lire department wnicn ui-
sttornevs left with a promise o
bring five more witnesses Into
'court today.
FIREBUG MAKES
CONFESSION TO
TINT! BLAZES
SENTENCE
TWO YEARS
GIVEN RARRIS
Attempt to Secure New
Trial Is Lost and Appeal
Will Be Taken.
FERN NYE PAYS FINE
Woman Changes Plea to
Guilty and Is Fined $200
Charge Against Aged
Mother Is Dismissed.
Floyd Harris convicted by a
circuit court Jury of the crime of
burglary, was sentenced to 2 years
in the penitentiary by Judge
Hamilton this morning. Harris
Is accused of having stolen house
hold goods from the J. C. V ams-
ley home at Yoncalla.
In his defense he relied entire
ly upon a technicality, claiming
that the search warrant upon
which his place was searched and
evidence seized wag faulty and
that the evidence should have
been suppressed. He made no de
fense other than the technical
point of law. n
Before sentence wag passed, At
torney Abraham moved for a new
trial. During the trial of the
case the original copy of the
search warant could not be locat
ed, and was not made a part of
the records. Attorney Abraham
stated that the search warrants
had since then been found, and
asked that they he included,
Judge Hamilton held, however,
that the Tecords were completed
and that the. court had no juris
diction to include anything not
brought out at the trial.
A motion for new trial was
then submitted upon the fact that
the search warrant had been
found, hut Judge Hamilton held
that In passing upon the motion
to supnress the evidence he had
ruled that even though the war
rants npon which the good were
seized might have been fnultv.
that the evidence could be con
sidered In the trial. He stated
that he was still of that mind,
and (hat conseouently the fact
that the search warrants had been
located, would be no argument for
a new trial, and the motion was
overruled, t
Attorney Abraham gave notlcA
that he would file nn anneal and
was given time to file his bill of
executions. Appeal bonds were
fixed In the sum of $1,000 the
bonds being furnished by Harris.
Before sentence was passed At
torney Abraham urged leniency
on the part of the court, pleading
that HarrlB family is in poor
clfunWsnees, and that the wife
and children will he dependent
upon relatives.
Judge Hamilton gave the nrl
soner a lengthy admonition, point
ing out the serloneneia of the
crime, and the necessity of severe
ounNhment as a irenns of protect
ing the propertv of the public. He
Imposed a maximum term of two
years.
The Jury cases were concluded
last night when the verdict was
rendered In the ca-e of KuenrlljMrs. Mors committed suicide.
against Director. This was an
action for damages in an automo
bile accident case, each side
claiming to he in th right, nnd
each party demanding money.
Knenzll was awarded the sum of
1219. '
Mr. Fern Nve. charged with
possession of Intoxicating llvuor
was fined 1200. and the case
against her aged mother, Martha
Fate, was dismissed.
Mrs Nye was arrested more
than a year aco and at that time
the case attracted considerable
attention. Information against
her was given by a young man.
Floyd James, who had been work
Ine at her place. The officeid
actln upon this advice found a
larre ni'antltv of llrpior and ar
retted Mrs. Nve and her mother,
both of whom were found gtilltv
In the Justice court, and who look
si anneal to the Circuit Court.
Mrs. Ny hrourht a complaint
arstnet .Tames charring him with
ht.l.v ha, Imnrnn.r relntlnns
.,, , in. j0hter .tames
iicted on a statutory charge
and while confined to the countv "
.-' i e ling that In the room occupied by
hacksaw bfiidee and managed a
Jail break In which seven p'leon
ers rained their liberty. Jamee
Is till at large.
Ai result of Mrs. Nve'i ac-
eusatlons concerning her girl. Hi
ini-.niin court took hnth of her
de-rhters from her. (stronghold hy Mrs. Hudlong the
Her rase ws setter trial this movers crashed through the door
term, hut eh changed her nlea to :Thev left a note which read:
enlltv nnd paid the fine of 2 I "Margaret: Your conduct has
seeeseed against her. the state Imsde It Impossible for me and the
dlsmlM'rg the ease against ner children ever to occupy the anart
(Contlnued on page 1.) Iment at east 72nd Street, I have
Irimi mirvn inmu
tlibUlill a AnMI
STRENGTH SHQWN
(AMOcUtrd Pma Leeeed Wire.)
LONDON. Feb. 20 The annual
report of the British army for tho
year ending September 30th lusti
gives the total strength or ma
regular army, all ranks, as 215,
343, with the territorial reserve
forces of 447.089.
(Aeencieted Preee Leeeed Wire.)
PARIS, Feb. 20. Gloria Swan
son, American motion picture star
who underwent an operation at
Auteuil Tuesday night was report
ed this morning as making steady
and satisfactory progress.
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AIRSHIP DFJ TRIP
LAKEHURST. N. J.. Feb. 20.
The United States Dirigible Los
Angeles left at 3:40 o'clock th:s
afternoon for Bermuda carrying
her first consignment of mall lor
a foreign port.
BE WIFE' SLAYER
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 20. The
man seen running from the apart
ment of Mrs. Theresa Mors killed
here last August In connection
with whose death. Kid McCoy, ex
pugillst recently was convicted of
manslaughter, was described in
court here today aa "resembling"
I Albert A. Mors, the woman's di
vorced husband.
The Identification was made by
Mrs. Iva Martin ( the Notting
ham Apartments, where Mrs.
Mors was killed.
Mrs. Martin Bald that she heard
the Bhot, then saw a man runn
ing from the building. "He had
a protruding abdomen and fat
cheeks." she declared. This de
scription she said tallied with
that of Albert A. Morse, the dead
woman's divorced nusnana
Mr"," Mar l Te"ti led "for the ! and fixed bail at ,5.000 each pend-1 peal of battleship Oregon appro
r'byWoy -sacthjn on the -pp.icatlon for prison ,30.000: f
gran
indicted for murder of Mrs. Mors
but was not called as a witness
at McCoy's trial In which the jury
after days of deliberation, came
to what its members described as
a "compromise verdict of "man- .
slaughter." ' !
Todny'4 testimony was brought j
out hy Attorneys defending Me- i
Coy on rhnrges of assault and I
robbery growing out of his ory
In which a shooting in the West
lake business district, following
the discovery of Mrs. Mors body.
McCoy contended at the time of
his arrest and afterwards that
Chief DentltV District Attorney
Burton Fitts commenting on the
testimony of Mrs. Martin, said
that no attention will lie paid to
the Inference that Mors was the
man running from the apartment
after MrB. Mors was slain.
'We have been all over that
testimony," Fitts said. "There is
nothing In It. We do not suspect
MorB at all."
Woman Ends Hunger Strike
as Husband Strips Home of
r.ixnicVlJnO -
Aew-UtM PrMe I Wlrr.)
NEW YORK. Fib. 20. Mrs.
Jessie Margaret Tludlong. who yes
terday broke her six day hnngi r
strike In the apartment of her hus
band. Milton J. Hudlong. today
found herself holding an empty
fort. Her husband, taking the of
fensive last night sent In moving
men, who stripped the apartnv-nt
Mrs, Hudlong.
Every one of the 12- rooms wax
stripped and the furnishings shin
ned to Newport. R. 1., where Mr
Tludlong declared he would mske
his home. In order to reach th"
furniture In the bedroom used as a
1
e) (Aleneleted ITeee Leeeed Wire.)
MANILA, Feb. 20. Klve(s
Ptiieuue, iutiuuillK two AVl.v-' t
officers were killed today
and 14 others. Including two
women and a lieutenant, were
Injured, when a runaway
trolley car dash'd out of
control from the peak of
Corrcgidor Island, at the en-
trance of Manila Hay. The
car Jumped and overturned
on a sharp curve, pinuiiig 4
4 many of the dead and Injur- 4
4 ed beneath. 4
(AMoeUted Preee Leeei-tl Wire.)
BERLIN, Feb. 20. Dr. Wllhelm
Marx. Premier of Prussia, anil the
cabinet which he headed resigned
today after tailing to obtain a vote
of confidence In the Diet. The
vote stood 218 yes, 221 no.
F
(AnocUted Preel Leued Wire.)
ATLANTA, Ga.. Feb. 20. After
sixteen hours in United States
fntir Vi am ln,la, A W Curtain
IrtwI f nwmiiA T?luil worn pnnvfet.
ed by a Jury on a charge of con
spiracy to accept bribes. L. J.
Fletcher was acquitted.
The three defendants wore
chared with conspiracy to receive
bribes from- wealthy Inmates of
:ae Atlanta Federal penitentiary
where A. E. Rartaln was warden
and L. F. Fletcher was deputy
warden. Rlehl's home is In Co
lumbus, Ohio.
James N. Linton of Columbus,
attorney for RIehl, filed a motion
for a new trial and Judge Edvln
announced that he would defer
passing sentence until noon that
counsel mifcht be heard.
Bi i, i .1 Z thev Kether with one or two small es-
iSTnM 2 e'k ann0eUwne,rial. a'e. Xl " -versions total ,1.935,000.
tain was sentenced by Judge Er- They are as follows:
vin to serve one vear and six The figures being the estimated
months in the Atlanta penlten- Pcefls for the next two years:
Contribution from fees received
! Klehl was sentenced to serve hy various state activities. 1200.
'one vear and one day. 000 f "" VrrM on clgar-
i The court announced that he ettes. cigars and all tobacco and
'was taking into consideration the nuff: 11.200.000; tax of ten per
... .1.0. iii..hi not nn officer cent on cosmetics $100,000; re-
of the government. The court
received the formal
announce-,
r . motion for a new trial
BWIIGSQUI
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Feb.
20. Henry C. Hett. alias George
Mien, was executed by a firing
squad at the Utah state prison
here at 7:46 this morning for the
murder of Police Sergeant N. U.
Pierce on November 27, 1922.
Hett was pronouced dead two
minutes and five seconds after
heinir shot. Ho was 'Z'i years of
age. Pierce was killed when he
ntlemnteil to arrest lien anil m
thur Hays, aged 21, for robbery.
Hett confessed that he shot Pier
ce. Hays is serving a Ilia sen
tence. S RpmaitlS IndOOrS
a ui iiwii""!
decided to remove my furniture.
give up the apartment and become
a resident of Newport. It. I., which
is the only olace here I have a
home. From thin date I will
to be a resident of the stale
New York.
or
"(Signed) Milton P. Hudlong "
Her door, opened yesterday tor
the first time since her return
from Newport. It. I., afler the
failure of her separation suit there
on February lo. remained unlock
ed last night, but she said she
ould not leave the apartment,
"unless forcefully ejected."
Presumably Mrs. Hudlong will
have to discontinue the dropping
to the street of notes of paper
pads pinned to her husband's silk
shirts, which method of communi
cation has become known as
"shirt wireless" in the neighbor
hood and among the crowds that
have gathered daily outside the
Hudlong home.
REVENUE BILLS I
NET STATE!
If AH Proposed Measures j
Pass Enough runds
Will Be Available.
$648,646.97 LEFT OVER
Druggists Oppose Tax on
Cosmetics and Declare
Collection Would
Cost $600,000.
(AieocUted Preee Leeled Wire.)
STATEHOUSE, Salem, Oregon,
Feb. 20 A new problem develop
ed today relative to efforts beliix
made by the ways and means
committee to raise enough reve
nue to meet the state's needs In
the next two years. This Is the
question whether the six percent
tax limitation amendment would
apply to tobacco and cosmetic
taxes and other assessments that
the committee will ask the legis
lature to make.
The committee BnJ Attorney
Ceneral Van Winkle, are today
wrestling with the question.
(AMoclited Preee Leaerd Wire.)
STATE HOUSE, Salem, Ore.,
Feb. 20. If all revenue Vducing
bills approved by the ways and
means committee are passed by
the legislature the committee had
at the conclusion of its delibera
tions last night 1648.646.97 left ov
er after all appropriations and
claim allowances had been footed
up.
Revenue measures reported out
favorably by the committee to-
pes i
of ouarter-mlll mad tax; i
5265,000; tax on gross earning of
; railroads and utilities, 180,000; re-
commission, $50,000; estimated re
version from Vale relief appropria
tion. $20,000; total $1,935,000.
Added to tho above Is the state's
available cash of $5,619,981.90.
which brings Ihe grand total up
lo $7,651,981.90.
Previously published appropria
tions and allowances totaled $6.
837.895 S2. Since then other ap
propriations have been added In
the sum of $133.399 41, making to
tal appropriations and allowances
to date $6,971,294.93. This eub
tracled from $7,619,981.90 leaves
$648,686.97.
Some members of the ways and
means committee still favor a di
rect tax levy of one mill by the
legislature so that the normal tax
hMe under Ihe six percent IHX
( (ml,a,,ln iny ,lt DP lacking next
year and in ine years n tmu.
Governor Pierre appeared before
the committee last night and em
phatically objected to this, declar
ing that If the levy were madu hrf
probably would veto the bill.
Those who believe In this means
of raising another million and
nosslhlv withdrawing some of the
revenue bills already approved by
,he c"nml,1.,?-.w"l,."lk. '.'iP.?.VIT
(tlon over wnn ine nuvt-rin'r mun,,
Frank S. Ward, representing tne
Idruggls . PI ? VA
committee last night an I "red
that it would cost the state i six y
percent oi ine ... : -
' tin t uun
wnriiH. i ui -..' -
from that hoiiitp. the mate would
a.. .... ti:(i mm ii fwillort It.
l" v" " "
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 Chair
man Horah was directed today by
the senate foreign relations com
mittee to ask Secretary Hughes for
the facts regarding rhargeB that
the state department had "muz
zled" County Mlrhael Karnlyl, for
mer president of Hungary, during
his visit to this country.
MAY
A GOOD SURPLUS
TRIED TD MUZZLE
HUI.6ARIAIM VISITOR
r'fo) Afolfol
Jl'ST WASTED ItF.VEXCK.
(Aeeoelsted Preee Leeeed Wire.)
STATEHOUSE, Salem, Ore.
Feb. 20. A desire lor re
venge caused him "to file
charges with the governor
against Adjutant-General A.
White. Ma. J Ulinries e;. ujeu
,4 sted confessed before tho
' senate committee on military
4 affairs, according to a report
4 from the committee yester
!4 day. He admitted the char
14 ges were false. Gjedsted.
4 who recently was discharged
from the emoloy of the slate
military department, later
4 filed some charges or petty
4 irregularities against the ad- 4
4 Jutant-general. His admis- 4
4 slons before the committee. 4
4 Included a statement that his 4
4 motive was to get revenge 4
4 for being discharged. 4
Hollywood Studio I. Looted 1
and Police Search for
Valuable Canvasses.
TAKEN FROM FRAMES
Several Theories Advanced
but Police Have No Clew
and Thieves May
Wait for Reward.
(Aeeorlated PreM teeeed Wire.)
HOLLYWOOD. Cal.. Feb. 20.
Rennaissanco paintings and other
art treasures valued at nearly hair
a million dollars missing from the
Hollywood home of a German art
collector were being sought by po
lice and private detectives here to
day. Martin Welnschenck. president
of Ihe Dantzig, Germany firm of
M. Welnschenck & company, own
er of the stolen collection -discov
ered tho loss when he returned
ihomo last night, ho told police.
Among tho paintings cut from
their frames or carried away,
frames, and all by the looters ho
listed:
Cnello's "Daughter of Phillip II
of Spain and Ellzubeth of Valols,"
valued at $135,000; "Vocal Lesson
hv Mntsu. valued at $125,000; Mur-
lllo's famous "Hoy Wowing Hub
bies" valued at $60,000; a series of
pictures by Tenlers, a Madonna
and child, and other paintings by
Corregglo, and other works by
Hacker and Lorraln.
The thieves also obtained, he j
said, old relics valued at $12,000
and other art objects, but left be-
jhlnd them practically as valuable
a collection of paintings and otn
er treasures as they had taken
awny.
In a locked closet, for Instance,
undisturbed amid the general dis
array of the looted home was an
tique sliver valued at $50,000.
Investigators advanced two the
ories of the theft. One was that
tho paintings and olher valuables
were taken by thieves hired by a
private collector willing to go any
length to obtain them for his own
collection. The other theory was
that an International band of crim
inals familiar with the value of the
collection and tho practical Impos-
i )llly of deposing of It without
revealing their guilt plan to hold
the loot until the Insurance com
pany Is willing to off. r a 'no ques
tions asked" reward for the paint-
An English company lfl said to
have Insured the stolen canvases
toT an nKKr"ain or
Marlon and Esther Nichols left
this morning for Corvallls to re
main over the week end.
EDDY'S HILL KILLED.
(tore-lalrd Preee Leard Wire.)
SALEM. Ore., Feb. 19.
Senator Eddy's senate hill
providing for Junior colleges
In high schools when approv
ed by vote of the people of
tho district was killed by
Indefinite postponment today
on the adoption of a majority
report of the committee on
education signed by Clark,
Fish and Johnson
ART TREASURES
WORTH A HALF
MILLION TAKEN
Irescue crew
iiardatwork
TO SAVE MEN
Explosion in Indiana Mine
Occurred as 125 Men
Were in Shaft
TWO DEAD REMOVED
Many Are Injured and
Some Say Entombed
Men Will Not Be
Taken Out Alive. . .
(AaorUted Preel Ueaed Wire.)
SULLIVAN, Ind. Feb. 20
The fate of fifty miner en
trapped by a blast in the City
Coal Company mine here was
had been taken from the mine
and three men seriously injur
ed had been rescued.
Reports brought to the top
by men engaged in seeking the
dead and injured indicate it is
probable many others are
dead. .
All mine rescue teams in the
district have been rushed to the
scene and physicians and am
bulances are held at the shaft
awaiting developments. The ex
plosion which is said to have re
sulted from ignition of gas,
wrecked the interior- of the
mine.
The explosion occurred at
10:30 a. m., one hundred and
twenty five miners were in the
shaft at that time.
At 2:30 o'clock this after
noon the work of rescuing the
entrapped miners was proceed
ing slowly owing to the debris
in the mine entries caused by
the explosion.
Men in charge of the rescue
work reported it was hardly
probable that the approximate- -
ly SO men still in the mine had
escaped injury or death. It was
stated that it might be two or
three hours before the men
could be reached.
CHICAGO. Feb. 20. Sev
eral miners have been killed
and others injured in a mine
explosion reported to have
trapoed more than fifty miners
m the City Coal Company's
mine at Sullivan, Ind., today.
INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 20
ReDorts to Ihe state mine in
spectors office here that 12S
men were in the mine at Sulli
van at the time of the explo
sion, that two were taken out
dead and about fifty remained
in the mine. The ventilator fans
were still working, according to
the inspector's reports.
SULLIVAN, Ind. Feb. 20.
Two men are dead, three seri
ously injured and over thirty
five are entombed with little
chance of being brought out
alive as the result of an explo
sion in the City Coal Company's
mine here today.
Elmer Davidson, one of the men
Injured, was brought from the
mine. His chest was crushed by
slnte loosened from the roof which
fell on him. All cots from Sul
livan furniture stores were taken
to the mine shaft about a mile
east of the city for use In case
of emergency.
One of the two dead taken out
of the City Coal company's mlnn
at Sullivan. Ind.. has been Iden
tified as John Salmon, 25, of Sul
livan. The other dead miner Is
holleved to he Jamea Hnyle, but
an Identification haa not been
positively made.
Gas In the mine Is hampering
the work of the rescue teams.
There were 140 men In the
mine at the time of the explosion,
Mr. Inglemsn said, but about 100
of them managed to get to tho
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