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ROSEBURG. OREGON. SATURDAY, APRIL 25. 1925
VOL. XIII NO. 3 OF THE EVENING. NEWS
DUNCAN RECAPTUKl IN
UMPQUA PARK ADDITION
TODAY; LOOT RECOVERED
Lewis Payne, Residing Near Where Duncan was Cap
tured, Furnished Information Upon Which -Deputies
Leas and Shambrook Located
and Arrested Fugitive
i
Lee Duncan, who for the past
four days has been playing hide,
nnd-seek with the officers In Rose
burg and the surrounding hills,
was captured shortly before noon
this morning while In hiding
along the banks of the South
Umpqua river In the extreme
south end of Umpqua Park Addi
tion. Lewis Payne, a 16-year old
hoy, gave the information upon
which Deputy Sheriffs Shambrook
and Leas made the arrest, Dun
can offering no resistance. When
found he was armed with a hunt
ing knife and sheath, apparently
stolon during his rambling thru
the hills. He was wearing cloth
ing taken from the Penney store
on Thursday night at the time he
was found.
The young Payne boy saw Dun
can skulking along the river bank
near the Payne home, and Imme
diately notified the officers that
a man of Duncan's description
was in that locality. Although
they thought probably that it
was another false alarm, like one
of the many others received since
Dunran's escape from Jail, Deputy
Sheriffs Shambrook and Leas
were dispatched to the place
where the boy reported seeing the
suspect.
They went across the suspen
sion bridge south of town, and
walked up to tire old swimming
hole in the park, and then separ
ated, one following the river
bank, and the other further west
towards the road.
Deputy Sherlf Leads slipping
quietly along near the river saw
Duncan standing near the edge
of a small clearing, and called
to him to come out Into the open.
"If you hadn't slipped up on
me so quiet, I'd of made a run
for lt.M Duncan told the officers
after they had brought him in.
"Do yon think you could beat
my .38?" Deputy Leas asked the
prisoner.
"I don't know whether I could
DT not." Duncan said, 'but I sure
would have tried, but you slipped
Chadwlck street In the south end
of towu, ner the home of Senator
Eddy.
It was In this house this after
noon that the officers found the
handbag containing the apparel
stolen from the Penney store.
Duncan at first refused to tell
where the loot was hidden, but
when confronted with the propo
sition of divulging the informa
tion or going on a diet of bread
and water, he decided to tell, and
gave the officers a map showing
where the house Is located and
where the hand bug had been
hidden on a pantry shelf.
"I'd like to wring that kid's
neck." Duncan said when he found
out who had given the informa
tion which resulted In his cap
ture. He seemed quite "peevish"
ovar the fact that anyone should
help the officers In locating him.
In all or his talk with the officers
he seemed to enjoy any features
which placed him in the light of
a- desperado.
"We will take no more chances
with him." Sheriff Starmer said
this afternoon. "From now on,
until the time he is delivered to
the penitentiary, he Is going to
be in solitary confinement, under
double lock, and will have a hard
time getting away." Sheriff
Starmer expressed his apprecia
tion of the work of the deputies
who have been engaged day and
night In the search for the fugi
tive, and also was grateful for
the help given by the people In
different localities who Bent In re
ports aiding the officers In keep
ing on Duncan's trail. The re
ward of ISO offered for the cap
ture of Duncan, is to be paid
Lewis Payne, who gave the Infor
mation resulting In the man's ar
rest. Duncan Is now held on several
counts, which will probably result
in a more severe sentence than
he would otherwise have received.
Hl original arrest was for the
robbery, on March 28, of the
COP TOO SLOW WITH
PANTS PAYS A FINE
(AaoFlaltd Pros Uucd Win.)
ST. LOUIS, Mo., April 25.
Because Patrolman Philip
Durf left bis beat to have his
trousers mended, the police
board today fined him $50.
While he was In a nearby
tailor shop last March S, the
Mound City Trust Company
was robbed of $35,000. The
burglar alarm sounded but by
the time Duff could get his
trousers back on the robbers
had escaped.
HOUDURAN REVOLT FAILS
, (Aaocllted Fltm leued Wh.)
MANAGUA, Nicaragua. April
25. Repor.ts received here state
that the Honduran government Is
dominating the revolutionary
movement in that country. Ocote-
fpec. a village fifty miles from Snn
Salvador, which was captured by
revolutionists April 20. has been
retaken by government forces.
Attacks on other towns also
have been repulsed by government
troops, It Is stated.
up so quiet. I didn't hear you on- Economy Grocery. Imperial
til you were right on top of me
and there wasn't enough brush
to tnke a chance."
Duncan was brought back' to
the sheriff's office where he at
first disclosed nn Inclination to be
hardbolled. However a Htjle
adroit questioning finally got lilm
to talking, especlaltly after the
handcuffs were removed.
He told of his trip over the
hills, and of the several times be
was close to capture. Once,
while on the divide, between
Glengary and Cnrms. he said, he
saw the officers coming in their
cars. He dodged Into the brush,
and they stopped the cars within
ten feet. of him, and he said he
heard one of the officers say that
someone should guard the road.
After they had moved on a short
distance he said be dashed on
up the hdl.
While he was In the old cabin
near the Fisher place where he
stol-3 the overcoat, he said some
of the men looking for him came
into the building. He hid In the
attic: and heard them talking
about him, he said.
He slipped bBck Into Rosehurg
over the hill, and came Into town
shortly after dark. He said that
he spent about an hour and a
half in the IVnney store. The
the
Cleaners. Wilder and Agee store,
and Montgomery's machine Bhop.
He now has two more robberies
against him. the machine shop
for the second time, ant Pennoy's
store. Ho Is also charged with
breaking Jail, and with assaulting
an officer.
Late this afternoon officers
PAGEAN
WILL
T
BE GIVEN. BY
E
Mother Goose Characters
To Frolic at High School
On May 1
CAST IS COMPLETED
Students - Having Highest
Scholastic Averages
Awarded Parts in
Production
En-
and
The pageant "May Queen
tertalned by Mother Goose
Family" arranged and directed bv
Miss Edna Haseltine. supervisor
of music In the public schools,
will be given by the grade school
students in the High School au
ditorium May first.
The "History of Oregon" was
given as the pageant last year. In
Laurelwood before a large au
dience which was well pleased
with this form of entertainment
as well as the Instruction recelv-
BORIS PLEADS
WITH EMIGRES
TO COME BACK
IF VOTE IS BIG
Bulgarian Ruler Promises
Them Representation
In Government
-!
DYNASTY TOTTERING
Communism Gains Power
Causing Uneasiness
In Neighboring
Countries ' .
(AMorUttd Vnu Lnued Wh.)
VIENNA. April 25. It is re
ported here that King Ilorls of
Bulgaria, in an autographed let
tor to M. Oboff. leader of the
Bulgarian refugees in Jugo-Slavia
has invited the members of the
peasant party out of the country
to return home, their representa
tives to enter the government.
The rerugee leader Is said to
have replied that the refugees
are ready to return, but are not
prepared to guarantee the return
of the Coburg dynasty, the pre
sent ruling house on the Bulgar
ian throne.
It is Btated In official reports
received here that great numbers
of Bulgarian peasants hostile to
their government are arriving at
Belgade. .
(Aaorlitrd Frrm Uurd Wlr.)
BERLIN. Al.rll 25. Former
It'haucellor Marx, choice of the
! Weimar coalition or republican
bloc, and Field Marshal Von Hlnd
jenburg. champion of the party of
I 'no u u ngnt, toiay were on the
i last stretch of their race for the
I presidency of the German republic
with neither expected to have
Walk-awavfl in tmnnrrniij'a iwillinu
Political leaders say the result Is
fully as problematic as was the
contest in the United States be
tween Charles Evans Hughes and
Woodrow. Wilson in 1816.
With no tangible figures or
other data available, speculators
are occupying themselves, with
guessing at the whereubouts of the
stay-at-home vote, and the extent
to which Von Hindenburg will
profit by "ballots cast for compli
mentary or sentimental reasons.
Previous election statistics
wholly full to suggest a basis for
computation as tomorrows' ballot
ing will proceed to a large extent
under complete disregard of partv
lines. If (he total vole falls below
2S.000.noo which Is 10.00ii.000 less
than the number of qualified vot
ers in Germany, It Is believed that
JURY FREES
WHEELER ON
ONE BALLOT
XJTICK JFSTICK M
MKTKI) TO ATTACK F.U
(AawLK-d I'M Lrunl Wire.)
PORTLAND, Ore., April
25. Circuit Judge McCul
luch, of Baker, set a court
precedent here, when he
sentehced a man at 3 o'clock
this morning. The prisoner,
Jesse W. Collins, who recelv-
ed a term of 15 years, was
convicted half an hour ear-
Her of an attack upon Mrs.
Bessie Welser, a neighbor.
TRAPPED HEN
ESCAPE FROM
Montana Senator Held Not JkJL
Guilty of Charge of
Illegal Practice
HAPPINESS TWO FOLD
Announcement of Verdict
Accompanies News of
Daughter Born to
Mrs. Wheeler
E
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(AaMrUttd Fha Uunl Wirt.)
GREAT FALLS. Mont.. April 25.
Senator Burton K. Wheeler of
Montana, late vice-presidential
candidate and political storm cen
ter, basked today In the double
distilled sunshine of fortune. Thia
Dr. Marx wlil command a safe ma- followed what developed to be a
Jorlly. On the other hand, if the red Bt,,'r event ln ,ne Wheeler
.lurnout of voters advances the to- tamtty 'i9' nhtht when he stood
'ml poll to more than 30 000 000 ' federal court here and received
there Is belief that Von Hlndeu- tw0 messages simultaneously, one
burg will benefit bv the Increase Minn " acquittal of accepting
I The field marshals managers are ' wrongfully fees . for wrongfully ua
! depending on his popularity as a lnK nl" enaUrial influence with
war hero and his reputed non-par- lhr interior department and the
iisansnip. ""r is .... ....... o. in(t, ggned "papers" to be releas-
1 KvMti if thA MnKit..a daughter In the Wheeler home in . . .. .
, . . . -'.. ""v w i... . . , , ea irora ine jail lor me onve.
victorious It will be opposed by a Washington. Thepapers" were an extradition
strong minority In Germany's post I The verdict was returned two ! waiver, and before he realised It,
election developments, while on hours and 13 minutes after the J Anderson was on the American
(AtaocUtnt Prea Utmi Win.)
SEATTLE. Wash., April 25.
W. A. Anderson, drugless healer,
also known as Major Wellington
M. llelford and Dr. Martin L. Bel
ford, arrested In Vancouver. April
15, on embezzlement charges pre
ferred in Detroit, left here today
for that city In charge of Lieu
tenant H. J. Garvin of the De
troit.pollce. Garvin related that
he tr eked Anderson Into waiving
extradition and brought him
across the international line last
night.
Yesterday, Garvin said, he ap
peared before a Vancouver ma
gistrate and requested that extra
dition proceedings be dropped.
The Judge continued the case un
til todny and Garvin suggested to
Anderson that they take an au
tomobile ride. Anderson agree-
MINE INFERNO
Heroic Fight From 2000-Ft
Level Wins Their Way
to the Surface
PRAISE POURING IN
Compressed Air Repels the
Smoke, Pump Reached,
Racking Climb Ends
Self-Rescue
learned that Duncan had another ed by the students, and Miss Ha
robbery to his credit. He enter- sell hie has arranged an even
ed the home of Mrs. Bessie ! moreJnterestlng production for
Steele, on South Main street, ap- I thia year. .Miss Haseltine Is ex-
parently Thursday evening, and perlenced In pageantry and dur
stole several blankets, some fruit
and food. The blankets and food
were found ln the house described
by Duncan, together with the
handbag and clothing stolen from
the Penney store.
Bill TRAP
SENDS BULLET
ing her years of association with
schools throughout the country
has written and produced many
that have been unusually success
ful Including one at Palm Beach
Florida, of which a Pathe news
reel was taken.
A departure this year Is the
awarding of the principal parts
in each school to the students
with the highest scholastic aver
age, and this has been an Incen
tive for much good school work.
Ellow May Wilson, having the
highest avessge among the eighth
grade girls in all the school was
given the part of the May yueen.
Jessie Smith with second highest,
the role of Mother Oooe, and
Ross Knotts, with the highest
average among the boys, will have
SOFIA, April 25. Three acts
of terrorism by a band of com
munists occurred In Bulgarian
province last nlcht. A theutre
and library In Plesna, capital of
the province of the same name
and - considered -- " emrrmtmMi
stronghold, were destroyed by
bombs.
Unsuccessful attempts were
made to destroy three bridges In
the region of Varna while in the
town bf Varna, in Northwestern
Bulgaria, a military pntrol was
fired upon during the night, one
soldier being killed and two
wounded.
' Tua- report that the agrarian
leader Prutkln and former War
minister Mouravleff had been put
to death Is denied In seml-of Mrl.il
quarters. It U stated that both
men attended yesterday's Inquiry
Into the Svetl Krai Cathedral
bomb plot.
Another accomplice of the ter
rorist who set the bomb In the
Svetl Krnl Cathedral, named Kns
saboff, has been killed by the
Varna police.
I lie other hand the election of Jury had retired to deliberate and
jVon Hindenburg, his opponents out of this time it took one hour
say, would presage, internal politic- for dinner. But one ballot was tak
al and economic ramifications and en.
possible foreign reactions which j in spile of an admonition to
I m.S i "m conll'n"latlnK- ; spectators bv Federal Judge Frank
With only three candidates on a m- t. ii,.i , nn
tho official ballot, the third being demonstration In the court room, t the world and when I get out of
4the communist. Ernst Thaelmann. lh9re was a i,)r the ienauir ' 'hl mess, I'll go. right, on Ivay-
uui.nvuii. ivr ui iiaiuuuig, when the verdict waa read. In i s Ing a good tune wlin mem.
hand he held the telegram an
nouncing the birth of a daughter.
j But court was ln session only two
minutes and his delighted follow
ers were let loose without delay.
He strode over to the Jury box
and shook hands with each of the
i 12 men who passed on his case.
I Then District Attorney John L. ) ;
Slattery, who prosecuted him. ap- CHILL) BfcA I LK 15
proarhed him and shook his hand.
catcher and lending home run hJt-,.h(1 verdict get along all right"
izi'v;::?- ,m.,.'ttsh.e:L out ..hL" -m s.a ..cry
Senator Wheeler later Issued a
statement In which he declared
the official result Is expected to
' be available ten hours after v the
' polls close.
TODAY'S BASEBALL
NATIONAL LEAGUE
PITTSnUKfiH. April 25. -"Gab-
Hurt n?tt. hU'afcO Nationals
Bl'DAPEST, Hungary. April 2-r.
Advfcen from Jugoslavia Indi
cate that the government is trait
ferr'iiff the Huk-artan Kmlgn
alone; the border to the interior
of the country.
nKRUV, April 25. The com
muniHt paper "Rote Fahne" (red
flag! says that the tTnivrlty in
Sofia, the Bulgarian enpitol has
been closed by the government
because it wan found that a lartre
number of Mudnta sympathized
with the revolutionists.
seventh circuit clout of the season
in the first inning In today's game
with the I'ittKbuigh Pirates. Grim,
Cub first Hacker, emtio home in the
second. The score:
U II K
Chicago 4 7 1
Pittsburgh 3 7 1
IlnUeries: Iilake and Hartnett;
Meadows and Smith.
At New York HUE
Boston 1 5
New York 2 5
Batteries: Graham, Benton and
O'Nell, Gibson; McQuillan and
Snyder.
side of the Hue. where he was
placed aboard a Seattle train.
Enraged at first, Anderson
soon became amiable and loqua
cious. Commenting on women, ac
cording to Garvin, he said:
women are the biggest fools In
The detective said Anderson
had drfrauded Detroit women of
over 150,000.
Belford declared that Ruth
Rentck. an actress at Oakland,
California, had hired a good Am
erican lawyer to fight his extra
dition from Canada.
TOO WEAK TO WALK
eirniurvTn .i -n iir ! the part of the courtier
lraBuli a nurg ar trnn nrmnrmt in iit-ur Winers receiving ine
iransome. ne . "" " j store in the residence district here
his improvised rope by which he ! wmkei , ,ucre8sfuIy ,, E u
VVi" y "T - piston, a local resident, lies in
skylight, broke when he tried to no a (odgT h t th h the
go back up by tire same route ,,., .',
He spent last n'ght and yester- LTdODi he told or,w,pd
T J , Sh.r. , "i'hrough the broken skylight.
Starmer. brother of Sheriff .Star- , c!limbpI.ed down r j j ,
...v. .... ..-., as ne nearcd tne floor his foot
I'lrnini lilt riciisiii ui
struck a wire attached to rifle
and the weapon was discharged.
Francis It. Kvans, proprietor of
the store, snld his place was rob
bed several weeks ago and he had
left the skylight broken and also
the rope In position, before plac
ing the rifle.
GOVERNMENT SUES N. P.:
EXCESS IN LAND GRANT
highest
grades In their rooms have been
assigned the following roles: Rose
school. Htimpty Oumpty. Donald
Metrrer; Mistress Mary. Cather
ine O'Dell: Flalne Barrels, Hlla
Trefren: Kings for Sing a Song
of Six Pence. Kenneth Pickens,
Bennle Fresno: Queens, - Janet
Flckenscher. Thelma Parks:
Maids, Luther Enloe. Thelma
Nichols: Leader of Blackbirds,
James Harding, Lorene Ison.
Central School, Qireen of Hearts,
Sablna Nerlias; King of Hearts,
John Sehaerer; Little Boy Blue,
Mavis Melvln, Benson School.
There was crooked Mnn. Leon
Benner; Mary Had a Little Lamb,
Mary Lota Hatfield: Lamb. Mary
Iell Oeddes; Polly put the ketthi
on. Irene Houser: Old K nf Cole,
I-aurenre Langston.
The children In the pageant
have b'en studying their various
songs for some time, and rehear
sals are now taking plsce dully
at the different schools. The
f'nal rehearsal will he held neit
Thursday afternoon at the tilth
School. Frldav afternoon, Mny
WASHINGTON, April 23. The
goveniMent laid ths tyundatlon
today before the congressional
t commission lnve.tir.tinr l.nrl
dONETTA.SK. C, April 25. irsnts to the Northern Tarlflc
Sheriff Henry H. Howard of Aiken Railway Company for a counter
county was shot and killed: and claim of four thouVand acres, or
Annie Lowman, a negress wai equivalent value, based on failure
killed and her daughter. Bertha, of the romnanv to comnlete the
was probably fatally wounded to-; Portland Ore., terminal In accord-. 'Ir-t. there will h a tnaMnre for
day In a shifting affray when of-isnc wltn the contract. D. F. Me- I lC school children not In the
fleers atten.-F.ed to earcn tne oowan. Forest Service counsel,
home of Sam Lowman the dead climated the railroad received
woman's husband, for liquor. H."7n for the Portland acreage.
Deputy Sheriff Robblns of Alk-, The terminal, he said, although
en was Injured when struck In the within the city llmlta. had been
face with an ax by Anne Lowman constructed one mile short of the , their parents and a small adm's-
b'fore she was shot to death by contract of the point but four slon few will be charged vMtnrs,
another deputy. Sam Uwman thoussnd acres was patented for 1 the proceeds to be applied on the
was shot and slightly wounded, 'that mile. fund for the athletic field.
i nagesnt. and In the evening st
i seven thirty the rj-ennt will be
given for psrents and visitors.
! Children In the production will
receive complimentary tickets for
The situation in Bulgnrln, ns
reflected by dispatches from So
fia and outside points, Is appar
ently calmer, a fact which Is
attributed in some forelirn quar
ters to counsels sf moderation by
the American and British minis
ters. Bulgaria's nvlglibors. how
ever, are Id a state of anxletv lest
her Troubles, which the Sofia au
thorlt'es aserihed to a communist
plot, spread to their own territo
ries. lloiimanla appears lo have be
come fully allv to the danger
threatening the Bnlksns. Sofia
advices say, and Is lending Itul
garla every aasistnnce while
Greece mn'ntalns a more or less
neutral attitude.
Jugo-Slavla's position Is not so
clear and a Berlin dispatch says
Oerman government circles em
phasize the dnnger of poilile
Ingo-Slav Intervention In ltuk'iir
la. which' they point out might
ea'ily lead to another Rnlkan war.
The Bulgarian government yro
fesses to be In complete posses
sion of the details of the plot for
the bombing of the Ca'heilrnl In
Sofia last week, which followed
the a'tempt aealnst King Boris
and the nssas.'inntion of General
Georghleff.
The authorities say the plot
was rsrrl"d out bv ll'ilrnrlnn'..
paid lavlhly for their work by
communists, who remained ln tlr
background, awaiting the out
come. Th's Is supported by sil
vlces reaching the Germsn for
e'gn orflee. whir'' nys the ot
lect wss fo ctai-in a stronr
operating base for the spread of
commnnl'm In the Ttalkans
IM"patche through Iw-rlln and
Belgrade tell of executions of per
sons charged with connection
w'th the plot. Numbers of Bul
garians are reported to be fleeing
(Continued on page 2.)
i PHILADELPHIA, April 25.
Jackues Fournier, hard hitting
first baseman for the Brooklyn
Dodgers and at the top last year
In home run hitting, smashes out
a four-base blow against Phila-
'dolphia In the fourth Inning of to
day's gnme and In th ni xt inning
hit another. The score:
It H E
Brooklvn 9 20 a
Philadelphia 6 1 2
1 Butlerles: Khrhsrilt and Taylor:
Betls. Couch, Fllllngim and Hen
line, Wilson.
At St. Louis H II K
Cincinnati 3 7 0
St. Louis 1 3 2
Batteries: Donahue and
grave. Wlngo; Day, Itiielm
Gonzales.
Itagley arrives here from Hills
boro.
Attorney C. It. Chayln of Tilla
mook, has been engaged to defend
Mrs. Baton.
At Chlcaco
Detroit
Chicago
Batteries: Whlt-hlll
sler; Faber and Hrhalk
R
.. .4
and
AMERICAN LEAGUE
At Cbvelan It H 1
St. Irfiuls ..(! 12 i
Cleveland Ii 14
Batteries: Wlncard and Dixon
Rhuiite anil Wyatt.
At Boston 11 Innings 7?
Philadelphia 2
Boston 3
Batteries: Itsrrls, Walhorr
Cochrane; Qulnn and Plrlnlrh.
At Portland": batteries
and Crosby; for Oakland. Pniett
end Baker. Neither scored In the
first Inning.
FRIDAY'S COAST GAMES
MLlM ITm, Wlr. ,
(Aanrtelnl Fnm UnH Win.)
TILLAMOOK, Ore.. April 25.
Mrs. M. C. Baton, who is held ln
the verdict was what he expected Jail here charged with being re-
and thanking Senator Walsh for aponslble for the death of Sylvia
his services. Ho also said In the Descamp, her granddaughter, who
statement that his concern for died Tuesduy from beatings, is In
Mrs. Wheeler was greater during such a weakened condition thnt It
the trial than was his anxiety over waa necessary for deputy sheriffs
his rase. to assist her up the steps of the
j Senator Wheelnr was indicted Jail when she was taken before
nere April b, lvzi. uy a leuem. i.nir.ci AiioriiBy nr.i.'Ji lur U
? Ing a fee of $4,000 fromOordon i Additional X-ray examinations
f ' ... ..Iw.ll Ui.ntana nil ntturutrir Tnavm hut.n .nnliir.tw1 hv Hi T V..
for appearing afur his election to shearer to determine the woman's
the senate befort the department sanity, but he has made no report,
of the Interior In prosecution of oil it is not likely that Dr. Shearer's
Innd permits for his client. He decision will be known until the
branded the Indictment as "pal- grand Jury reports,
pably a frameup," and blamed the The grand Jury will convene to
department of Justice, which he day to consider Mrs. Paton's case,
was Investigating at the time as' and It Is expected the Jury will re
prosecutor of the senate lnvestl- port this evening, after Judge
gating rommiltee.
Next day the senate started an
Investigation of the case and In
the end wholly- exonerated him.
Trial of tho case started here
April HI, aftnr many delays. I
Chagrin at Washington, Elation In NATRON CUT-OFF TO BE
Lafollete Ranks FINISHED NEXT YEAR
WASHINGTON, April . 25. lie- j
partment of Justice officials had PORTLAND, Ore., April 25.
nothing to say today about the col- D-luratlon by Ralph Budd, presl
lapse of their case In Montana dent of the Great Northern Rail
auuinst Senator Wheeler. The cele- way, that his company in planning
rlty with which the Jury Ihrew out an extension south from Bend Is
the department's charges and ex- aiming to carry out the plans of
onerated the senutor manifestly Hit late J. J. lilll. and a report by
caused disappointment and eha Hen I ley, counsel for the Southern
grin, and In view of the clrcum Pacific, that his company's Na
stanee no official would predict tron cut-off has been completed 45
whether the separate proceedings of the Ion miles and thut the pro
brought against Mr. Wheeler In Ject would be finished early next
the District of Columbia would be year, were features of discussion
pressed. of the Oregon railroad situation In
Senator Wheeler's friends menn the annual dinner meeting of the
time were predicting that the casi Chamber of Commerce last night.
here never would be brought to
trial. Senator La Follette of Wis
consin, with whom the Montana
senator was a candidate nn Ihe In
dependent presidential ticket last
summer, sent this telegram of
congratulations:
"Great rejoicing here and
throughout the country. Your
friends are extrenn-ly happy that a wheeler have taken the opposite
Jury chosen from the gom! peopl n, -.- h..r. nn.nar.
Meeker f Montana has acquitted you and ,d by Assistant Attorney General
Har-and
(Assoctattd Pre Uutd Wire.)
WALLACE. Ida., April 25.
Fourteen miners, who aubdued a
fire on the 2.000 foot level of the
Hecla silver-lead mine at Burke.
1 seven miles from here, and escap
ted by their own efforts late yes
jterday afternoon, after being
tranDed In the mine fnt. rnnr. than
12 hourB, are the heroes of Burke
today and many stories are being
toid of their bravery and resource
fulness In the fuce of the danger
which threatened their lives.
After battling smoke and flames
for several hours the men reach
ed the main shaft and calmly rang
for the cage. They were hoisted
to the surface, hungry and tired
from the strain forced upon them,
.but otherwise unharmed.
When the alarm was sounded
all men working In the mine were
I soon hoisted to safety except the
14 who were two miles away ln the
workings with the dense smoke
land flames barring their way. The
I men first learned of the fire, whfth
I broke out In the pumping plant
j near the shaft on the 2,000-foot '
) level, shortly before midnight
I Thursday.
1 They were able to get fairly
! close to the fire, Shift Boss Hubert
A. Uhoff. In charge of the men ln
i the workings, declared last night.
They disconnected a pump used ln
their drilling, and by compressed
air drove back the smoke until
they were close enough to pump
water on the burning plant.
From then on, the miners said,
they pumped water from the drain
age ditch until ther wera finally
I able to drive the fire back and
I reach the station,
j While this was being done,
crews on the surface made vain
efforts to reach the men by way of
the shaft, the heat ' preventing
them each time they went down
the shaft.
Three acts of valor stood forth
'today. One was the act of B. Van
1 Vorhls. one of the three men res
cued from the mine shortly after
j the alarm was sounded. He was
'reported to have dragged R. C.
; Richardson, 51. to safety when the
older man would have surrendered
In the face of the long climb to toe
shaft.
A second was the work of
Sparks, who made two trips Into
the mine shortly after the alarm
and succeeded ln reaching the 2.-000-foot
level before the heat and
'gas drove him out. The third waa
I the leadership of Uhoff ln the
richt of the miners against tne
flmies.
The damage to the mine was es
timated to be about 10.000 by L.
E. Hanley, superintendent. A leak
In an electric cable Is bellnved to
have caused the fire.
When Uptoff emrged with hla
smoke-begrlmed face, yesterday
evening, he was hailed by a fellow
worker who had been outside dur- .
ing the day.
"Hey, I'ptoff," this one Inform
ed him, "your wlfo said to tell you
when you got out to bring home
some bread."
Bas
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8 3
6 1
and
j AUTO VICTIM DIE8
1 CHANTS PASS, Ore.. April 2:..
Mrs. J. K. Button, a school teacher,
Injured in an automobile collision
eight miles west of this rlty,
Thursday, died without regaining
consciousness.
OREGON 10, PACIFIC 3
f Aanrt.tr4 Prm ImmmI Wirt.)
El'C.ENE. Ore., April 25. The
H'nlverslty of Oregon opened its
j baseball season here yesterday af
ternoon by winning from Pacific
I University. 10 to 3. The outstand
ing fentnre of the gnme was the
hitting of Howard Ilohson. Oregon
i second sacker, who trlppled twice,
' knocked out one double and one
single, nut of his four times at bat.
Batteries for Oregon were Wil
liams snd Bliss; for Psrlflc, Cam
eron, I. Rannnw and D. Rannnw.
t Portland 15
.Mnnd 3.
swmnn R.
At Sest"ln
At Ran Kianclsro 6; Sacram'o
ft
sy.-taXLake 3.
At Ios Anrele
A marring" VnrA was Issued
today to Adolphe Trankl and Mln
inle L. Half eld of Iteedsport. q
vindicated Justice.
1 "But every decent self-respect-
.nit American citizen must bow his
head with shsme In th face of the
established fact that the leaders of
a pOiitical party and highest re
siKinslble public officials Qve
prostituted a great -partment of
I Q.crnment to su"irt Justice,
Miield the guilty and convict an
honest msn of crime."
i Justice department officials
have always m-iintained that tho
conspiracy lndictmA recently re
turned h ie was i il j)lndepend
ent of the proceeding at Great
Falls, but the friends of Senator
lionavan, who is absent from
Washington.
Senator Ilornh of IdBho, chair
man of the senate committee,
which exonerated Senator Whee
ler of the charge brought against
him In 'Ii' Mont ina proceedings,
d'-clnred In a formnl statement
lhat the vlndlratlon of the Mnn
inns, senator enme as no surprise
to him.
"I felt " he said, 'that the com
nilt'ee of r hirh 1 was rhnlrman
went Into the mntter fully and
completely and there was not, as
' s'-emed to me. th slightest
evidence of criminal 'ntent."
The Weather
Highest temp,
setter-day 64
Lowest temp,
last night 38
Fair tonight,
continued cool
with heavy
frost. Sunday
fair and warmer.
(ionpolngical note states that
our weather man Is particularity
aristocratic. His ancestry hat
been traced directly to Ananlaa,