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TEBIUFIC EXPLOSION COMES SID
DEXLY TWENTY-THREE
ARE ENTOMBED.'
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Ben In Lower levels of .Virginian
Klne Killed Outright Rescue Par.
tics on Their Way to Save Those
Caught on Upper Levels Mine Hor-
ror in Washington State Miner Ee
Bristol, Tennu, . Dec. It It Is re.
ported this afternoon that the 20 en
tombed miners are dead, The bodies
lave been recovered. ' "" ' ; V"
; Bluefields, Wi Va., ,Dect 14. Twenty-two
'miners were killed and twen
ty-three more1 are entombed In the
; Green mlne'at Tacoma, Virginia, ac:'
cording to a report this afternoon, A
terrific explosion occurred. The men
: reported to be killed outright in the
, lower levels. - Rescue parties are be
ing rushed to the scene. Reports on
the number of dead is not confirmed.
Accident In Washington, .
Ravensdale, Wash:, DeeA 14 Two
miners were killed and two fatally in
lured In . an explosion of the mines
here yesterday.' The dead, Ivan Gale,
L. MauriBhJ dying! John Ash, Andrew
Johnson. Four other men were res
cued. . ,The mine is , the property of
the Northwestern Improvement com
pany. ' ,' . ' :
CLUB HOLDS MEETING.
Active Organization Plans to Have
its Owp Quarters In Short Time. 1
The Lambda Phi Alpha club met
Tuesday evening at the home of Mr.
Harley Richardson. , Important busi
ness wast transacted and the club
hopes to be in new quarters before the
next regular meeting.
City Wage Earner Improves.
Washington, Dec. 14. Earnings of
the' average city worker has remained
etationary In the last decade while the
purchasing power of the fanner in
creased aver fifty iper cent, a gain of
twelve per cent In the cost of neces
ities according to the statement con
tained In the annual report of Victor
Olmstead, Chief of the Bureau of Sta
tistics, yesterday,
Lynch Re-elected President
New York, Dec. 13. There was lit
tie opposition shown for the re-election
of Lynch as president when the
national league directors met yester
day afternoon to Belect officers and
draW up the schedule of games for
next season. ' h .
1RUTTSCH5ITT FISDS OREGOJf
HAS GROWN RAPIDLY. , ,
Many Improvements to be Made on the
Harriman Systems Immediately
With the completion of the Klam-ath-Natron
cutoff on the Southern Pa
cific, the running time for passenger
service between Portland and ; San
PranclBco will be reduced to 22 hours;,
announced k Julius -Kruttscnltt, direc
tor of operation and maintenance of
the Southern Pacific and Union Pa
cific Bystems," who arrived in Portland
last night says the Portland Oregon
Ian. '. ., ,'.:: ' , ;
Mr. Krutschnitt went over a part of
the route during the past few days
TVDKlLLEDinVASHinGTG
NHS 1IIGH
LGRANDE, UNION COUNTY, OREGON, v WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14,
and Bald that he expected the work to
be completed before the end of the
resent fiscal year, June 30.'
Mir. Krutschnltt also -. announced
that the North Coast will be built
from Spokane to the Snake river, af
fording a physical1 connection with the
O. R. & N. line near Ayer, and shorts
enlng the distance between Portland
and Spokane to such an extent that
It will be less than that of the North
Bank road! . , . '
Merger Is Discussed.
In discussing the organization, of
the Oregon-Washington Railroad &
Navigation fcompany, for the comple
tlon of which It had been annouficed
he came to Portland, he declared that
the merger had no particular signify
cance other than to permit a'elmpll-
flcatlon of the management following
the consolidation with the North
Coast.
"The same men will direct, the af
fairs of the new company and I see no
reason for changes in the' officers," he
said.. -' ; ", ..; v
n uuuwu mat so tar as He Knows ne
Is nol likely to be elected president
of, the new corporation, but acknow-
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LARGE 5 UMBER KILLED JX AC
' TIOX WITH REGULARS.
Rebels Repulsed After Bloody Battle
" Lasting for Two Days. " v '?
Mexico City, Dec. 14 Dispatches
made public today by the war depart-.
ment today Bay that seventy .'rebels
were killed and 150 wounded, fourteen
troops killed and fifty wounded as the
result of a two days' battle neat Guer
rero. Three hundred insurgents op
posed " 500 ' government troops ' under
General Navarro. The rebels were
driven from the trenches, thrice be
fore they retired and the government
recaptured Guerrero. ! ; :
Reyes In Good Graces Again.
Washington, Dec. 13. General
Reyes, who Was practically banished
because his name was mentioned in
connection with the vice presidency a
little more than a year ago, is to re
turn to his own country. Reports here
from authentic sources says Diaz has
aummoned him back and decided to
make him an understudy for presl
dent Reyes Is reported . returning
now from Europe.
Fighting Continues in Mexico.
El Paso, Tex., Dec. 13. A battle
twenty miles from Pedernales, in the
state of Chihuahua, which began Sun
day Is -still being continued with heavy
loss on both sides. Trains are mov
ing northward on the Mexican-North'
western railroad filled with women
and children,' refugees, from the fight
ing, zone. ; ' . : " '
Stabbing at Adams.
Adams, Ore., Dec. 13 Considerable
excitement has been aroused in Ad
ams over a stabbing affair which oc
curred Sunday evening in which Joe
McBean, a well known, young man of
the tbwn was severely cut In the
arm, Louis Lacourse, another well
known young man, was the assailant
in the affair which, it la said, arose
over a young lady with whom Uoth
werft Infatuated. At the time of the
quarrel the two men had been drink
ing heavily and hot words soon led
to an exchange of blows. Lacourse
drew a knife and struck his rival in
the fleshy part of the right arm, in
fllctlng a wound several Inches long
and severing the main artery so that
the wounded man almost bled to death
before medical aid could be sum
moned. .
Lacourse went to his home after the
affair" and the officers made no at
tempt to arrest him until today when
a warrant was gotten out and they
FIGHTING STILL
FOLLOWED Hi
nco
are now looking for him.
PAHKEH FOUHD GUILTY OF
IHllll 111ILL
ftSK FOfi E ll
Appeals for a new trial, based prln-
cipally, it is said from , authentic
sources, on the evidence of a woman
from , Burns who did not testify In
the case Just ended, but who will be
here with evidence which the defense
considers very important and reva
lent will be made to Judge Knowlea
within the next ten days. Pfirker was
found: guilty of manslaughter . thiB
uuiuui - tutor - iwetve nours fleliD-'
eratlon' and' the ca8b bo tar as tm-
mediate matters are concerned, Is ov-
r. But the appeal for the new trial
brings to light evidence of a different
Bort ' '' '
Woman to .Impeach Testimony. "
A lady by the name " of Robbs Is
coming today from the interior of Or
egon. She bring with her a gun
which in the mlnda of the defense
will have an important bearfng on the
case in hand, and It Is presumed that
when the appeal for a retrial Is made,
the exact evidence which 8he will
tako the stand and introduce, will be
made known. V ,
Its Nature Whispered About
It hv rumored today in La Grande
that the nature of her testimony will
have to do with the Impeachment of
the testimony 'of Tllden Booth, an of
ficer from Elgin. So far as can be
learned, Bhe Will say that the gun
'Tendencies toward making a North
Fir street restuarant into - a brothel
were nipped last night, when - four
young people were arrested in a raid
on the Crystal restaurant, an estab
lishment operated, by a ;Greek. The
victims of the raid by the police are
now in the city Jail and await fur
ther dispensation of their cases. The
youngsters caught by the raid follow
ing a careful Investigation and scrui
tiny of the establishment, are two
boys aged nineteen and twenty both
well known in La Grande and two
girls; aged sixteen years each. One
of the girls has worked in various
restaurants of the city and apparent
ly has drifted away from her parents'
care.V Her mother showed little alarm
today when Informed of her daugh
ters', arrest The parents live on a
farm near the city. The other girl,
whose home is near the brick yard,
where her widowed mother resides
and too, like the parents of the other ;
girl, have grown negligent over the
care of her daughter. Both girls, it
is said, have travelled the rosy path
the past summer, with little or no at
tention or restrictions from the par
ents.'-: ' '
Just what will be done with them is
not known, but it is presumed they
will be sent to a Portland school.
As the boys little is yet known as
" Securing a Jury, presenting1 the case
of the state and of the defense, and
returning a verdict all in one day, is
the' unusual speed displayed by the
circuit court today. Thomas Cady,
accused of sodomy, was placed on
trial this morning at nine o'clock.
The Jury was picked, up and by 2:30
which Mr. Booth testified to was the
property. of Mr. Biggs, was not the
weapon at all but that she has had it
in her possession and can Identify it.
Then too, Mr. Biggs says he has a
manner of identifying his weapon.
I Parker's Seek Spared.
By ; the verdict reached, Parker's
neck is spared. The verdict of man
slaughter, if allowed to Btand -.-when
the supreme court takes final action
which it will if the retrial is denied
means that Parker might take a pen
itentiary ; sentence : of from five to
twenty years. , But he will not hang
for the crime. "'.'.''.
JURY OUT TWELYE nOURS.
Ycrdict of Manslaughter Returned
Against Parker This Morning.
JuBt twelve hours after the case was
given to it, the Jury in the Parker
case returned a verdict of manslaugh
ter this morning. The verdicvt was re
ported at Just 6 o'clock. Parker took
the verdict with the same degree of
indifference that has marked his mein
during the entire trial.' He left this
morning for Elgin, his bonds having
now at $10,000. Parker had little to
say ovSir the-verdlct, pinning faith to
further developments to bring him
safely out of the difficulty.
to the procedure of punishment to
bring against , them. They will be
dealt with to the beBt interest of them-
Flace Under Suspicion.
While the Greek stoutly denies he
has had any knowledge of the prac
tices going on in the rooming apart
ments above his restaurant, it is bare
ly possible that he knowingly main
tained a brothel there. On the sur
face of things it Is plausible to say he
was unaware .of the practices. The
stairway to the rooming house leads
up from the outside and he seldom if
ever knows when his roomers come
and go.
The place has, been under suspicion
for some time, the officers following
out a clue that Just such practices
were carried on there. 1 The investiga
tion lead to the raid last night when
the arrests of the four young people
was made. 1
If it is found that the place has
.
been conducted as an illicit rooming
houBe at the instigation of the pro
pritor, immediate steps will be taken
to punish the Greeks. DUe to the fact
that there is a possible chance of the
proprietor being in Ignorance of what
has been discovered by the police,
prosecution against him will be de
layed unlll a careful analysis of the
(place and conditions have been made.
o'clock the entire trial had been con
cluded, the verdict of guilty being
found in short order. The. crime of
sodomy Is punishable with several
years In the penitentiary.
With the conclusion of this case, it
is likely that the court will take a re
cess until Monday. The Jurors have
1910.
been excused until that time but thej
may be recalled for tomorrow morn
ing If Attorney Slater finds he can try
the boys charged with stealing a by-
elele at that time.
Demurrage Law Explained.
Washington, Dec. 13.Railrond3
have 'a right to Impose such demur
rage charges on private cars as they
see fit, according, to a decision today
of the interstate commerce commis
sion. The finding was given In the
case brought by Proctor and Gamble,
soap manufacturers of Cincinnati,
against the Cincinnati, Hamilton &
Dayton railroads. The manufacturers
objected because the railroad assessed
them for not unloading their .private
cars on their own tracks.
The railroads argued that the cars
were used as a favor to the owners
and insisted as soon as they were tak
en by the roads for transportation of
goods they ceased to be private and
were hauled subject to sales condi
w-..., U4 iHuuf mm UJ ULUCI KtlL t, 1 Lit
commission held that the railroads
were not forced to haul private cars
and therefore could impose auch con
ditions as they saw fit.
QUESTION OF. SALVAGE DOUBTED
' BY OWNERS. :
Evidently No (lianee to Save ' the
Wrecked Vessel Hanging on Rocks.
Victoria, Dec. 14 It la undetermin
ed yet whether an effort will be made
to salvage the wrecked steamer Olym
pia from the Blight, reef. The Alaska
Steamship company which owns the
vessel has received a cable from Cap
tain Daniels at Valdez stating that
number one, two and three holds are
filled'with water and the vessel is fast
on the rocks, exposed to the breakers
and winds. She will probably go to
pieces unless work Is begun soon.
CARNEGIE "COMES THROUGH."
Presents Ten Millions to World's
Peace Foundation Movement ;
Washington, Dec. 14. Andrew Car
negie today donated $10,000,000 in five
per cent bonds to the new peace foun
dation and the income derived from
the donation will be used to effect in
ternational peace. ... President Taft is
made honorary president, and Senator
Root active president The founda
tion wll lmake a perpetual disposition
annually of half a million for the pur
pose of peace. Should the aim finally
prove successful the fund will then
be devoted to the abolltion'of the"next
most degrading of evils."
WILLIAM COMPTON HURT
Falls Between Two Flat Cars at Pal
mer Junction and Is Badly Injured.
William Compton was brought in
from Palmer's camp on the Looking
Glass this afternoon suffering with a
broken leg! Doctor Molitor was called
to the hospital where he was taken
and found both bones of one leg bro
ken. The accident occurred when Mr.
Compton went to board the train, his
foot slipping and throwing him under
the cars. .;
. nouse Spends Money Freely.
Washington, Dec. 14. The house
of representatives is spending $100,
000 every minute, was stated by math
ematicians here today.' It is calcu
lated that the first seven working days
of. the present season of the house
appropriated $191,000,000.
' . Conservatives Gain One. ;
London, Oct. , 14. Returns from
scattered constituencies this evening
showed a gain of one seat for the
conservatives. The standing Is now:
Conservatives 251, Laborltes 258, Na
tionalists 62, and O'Brlenltes 8.
0LWIMIG5
NUMBER 41
GOAL LAUD BRIEF
Elf fill ITS
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l'JNCIiOT IX WASHINGTON, RE
MARKS ON FIXDIXGS OF
BALLLNGER INVESTIGATION.
L'ATTER UP TO GDUGflESS
Brief Whist Instigated Balllnger In
vestlgatlon Is Now Filed Wit!: Ccn
Did the Eastlest Thing Possible- by
gress PInchot Declares Committee
- xlitviay ivr uaiuugvr now Awaits
Congress' Action.
- Washington, Dec. 14 The brief in
the Cunningham Alaska coal " lands
case, which brought in the Balllnger
investigation, has been completed by
Glfford rinchot and will soon be sub
mitted to the President. Pinchot ar
rived here today to attend the sesston
of the National Conservation asso
ciation. Pinchot declared, a majority
report of the Balllnger committee sup
ported the policies that Balllnger cp
posed and Justified Pinchot's Ideas.
He said the report excited no inter
est as it was known -from the begin
ning Tvhat the tenor of the report
would be. He said they did the easy
thing by deciding for the man high In
office and cited the Lorimer white
washing as an example. He said in
terest now Centers 'ori wh&t.action con
gress takes regarding the same.
Le Blane Girl Freed.
Cambridge, Mass., Dec. 14. Hattle
LeBIanc, aged 17 years, was acquitted
today of .the murder of Clarence Glo
ver. The courtroom crowd cheered.
' Murder Suspects Arrested.
Kansas City, Kan. Dec. 14. Sara
uel Bailey, formerly employed on the
Barnhart farm and a woman claiming
to be his wife, were arrested today .
as suspects in the Olathe murder case
in which Mrs. Barnhart, her son and .
two farm hands were beaten to death.
EVANS MEETS DEATH.
News Comes From Halley, Idaho, That
Ray T. Evans Was Found Dead.
Mayor P. L. Meyers received a tel
egram this morning from the Count
coroner at Halley, Idaho, stating that
a man named Ray T. Evans, was
found dead there laBt night, and ask
ed if he knew of the man having any.
relatives in this part of the country.
The man was formerly employed' at
Kamela as a wood cutter.
- There, are no details in connection
with the telegram.' It is not known
whether the man was killed, or died
a natural death, or if he committed
suicide. Little is known of him here,
at least little could be ascertained this
afternoon..
WILL INSPECT UNION AND BAKES
SITES.
Pendleton Sites Not to be Looked In
. to Until Dec 21.
Jay Bowerman is coming to Union
and Baker City this week according
to advices from Salem. He will in
spect the preferred sites for the East
ern Oregon asylum at these two towns
and then return to Condon where he
has legal matters needing his atten
tion. About December 20 he will re
turn to . Pendleton and make the In
spection at that 'point This leads to
the belief that the selection will not
be made until late in the month if at
all this year.
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