TITE MORXING OREGOXIAN, FRIDAY, OVT5aiBEK 13. 1VU3. EXPLOSION SLAYS 339 MEN Only Six Escape Uninjured Fronj Radbod Shaft in Westphalia. FLAMES REPEL RESCUERS AVhole Town Abandoned to Monrn Ing When Hope of Survival Is GWen Vp Courrleres Veterans Baffled. HAMM. "Westphalia. Germany. Nov. 1J. The greatest mine disaster In mnv vears In Germany occurred this mornins at the Kadbod mine, about three miles from this place. There m a. heavy explosion at 4 A. M., ana almost Immediately the mine took rire. Of 380 miners worKing unaer .rnunrl at the time, only six escaped without Injury. Thirty-five men were. -taken out badly Burt and 17 dead were brought to the mouth of the pit. The. remaining 102 have been given up for lost. Tha emloslon was unusually violent. destroying one of the shafts, which had to be partly repaired before the rescue work was be (run. In addition the flames and smoke proved to be almost Insurmountable obstacles In the efforts of tha rescuing; parties. A special corps, composed of the men who rendered such valuable aid In the ter rible mine disaster 'at Courrleres, France, In March. 190. arrived upon the scene shortly before noon, but were unable to enter the mine, being forced to await the result of the efforts of the firemen to keep the names in check- Meantime heartrending scenes took place at the mine when the dead and Injured were brought to the surface, and there were similar scenes In the town when the injured were trans ported through the streets to the hos pitals. At 1 o'clock the fire had made great headway, and later In the arternoon. after a consultation of the engineers. It waa decided that any further at tempts to rescue the entombed men would be In rain, owing to the Impos sibility of entering the galleries. At the same time an order waa Issued to flood the mine. First reports Indicated that the ac cident was the result of an explosion of coal dust, but the statements of the Injured men rendered this Improbable and it Is not clear Just what caused It. ONE KILLED, 35 INJURED Windows of Train Blown In by Ex plosion In Poadcr-Housc. KANSAS CITT. Mo.. Nov. IS. A ter rific explosion In the glaslng house of the Excelsior Springs Powder Company at Dodson. Mo.. 10 miles south of Kan sas City, this morning caused consider able property damage and resulted In the death of one man and the Injury of 31 others. Merman Kline, engineer In the glas lng house, was killed and Mrs. J. B. McPonough. of Fort Scott, Kan., was seriously Injured. A Kansas City Southern paasenger, northbound for Kansas City, was stand ing on the tracks two blocks distant from the powder worka when the ex plosion occurred. The windows of the roaches were blown In and It was In this manner that so many persons were hurt. Kngineer Kline was the only person In the glaxlng house at the time of the explosion, and as he was Instantly killed, no one knows the cause of the explosion. The total property damage alll not exceed -.'. The Injuries of the passengers and Members of the train crew were so slicht that only two remained at the hospitals In Kansas City after being treated. These were Mrs. McDonouah, whoee Injuries are not considered fatal, and Mrs. Kllen Stltt. SORRY HE WAS ELECTED South Carolina Mill Operator Doesn't Want to Go to Congress. NEW TORK. Nov. 12. A Republican who wss elected to Congress In North Carolina and who Itemoans the fact la In New York. He is John Motley Morehead. a well-to-do woolen mill operator, who reluctantly accepted the nomination, re fused to campaign and did not expect to win. When the votes were counted, how ever. It was found he had defeated Au brey Brooks, the Democratic candidate In the' Fifth District. The unwilling statesman rs now on his way to Washington to obtain a residence for himself and family, still persisting that he Is a business man and Ignorant of politics. Despite Mr. Morehead's personal apathy, his campaign managers saw. as the campaian progressed, that he had a a-ood chance of victory and laid the case before the Republican National Commit tee. A liberal donation was the result and the major portion of this was devoted to work In the Fifth District, with the outcome that a Republican, albeit almost rebellious, mss lerted and will serve In the next House of Representatives. UTAH CONTRACT AWARDED Camden Company Snbmlt IxwcM Did on Battleship. WASHINGTON. Nov. 12. -The Xavy IVprtnisM.t todar awarded the contract (Vr t.- hmMinjr of the battleship Vtah t the New York Shipbuilding Company, of Camden. X. J. There were four bidder on this hip, t h Cimdn company btng ttie lowfst bidir fr a vecl of a p?d of 2 and thr quarters" knot. Its hid was tX H:.rt.y As deaiirncil. the displacement of the liah wiU ha about tons. BALLOON RACE ON SUNDAY spectacular Contest of American Aeronauts at I.o Angeles. UOS ANGELAS. Cal.. Nov. li One of tiie most spectacular balloon races In the history cf American aeronautics will be started from Los Angeles next Sunday arternoon at ! o'clock, when the two mon ster balloons. "America" and "United State. will te sent away in a race serosa tl-e continent that my result in breaking all world's records for long-distance fllrhts. Two well-known aeronauts. Captain A. . MxMiler and Horace B. Wild, will be MINE in the baskets, each accompanied by a navigator. Captain Mueller will command the America and Mr. Wild the United States. Both of the big balloons have sailed in International races, the United States being the winner of the James Gordon Bennett cup at Paris In 1906. The present is the first great balloon race to be started on the Pacific Coast, and is much in the nature of an experi ment. Aviators have, however, carefully tested and studied fie air currents of the Coast and are confident that the wind will rarrv them directly toward the Atlantio I Cnast A feature of the race is that the great aerial craft must surmount mountain ranges In their flight toward the east, necessitating the attainment of a height hitherto unaccomplished in the West. The American and United States will not be Inflated with ordinary coal gas. as Is usually done, but pure hydrogen gas of maximum lifting power will be employed instead. Each balloon will carry about three tons of ballast, divided into 128 sacks. Provisions for 10 days will be loaded In the cars. Including a fresh water supply and other necessities. Filer Factory In Detroit. DETROIT, Nov. li Orville B. Wright, the famous aviator, has enlisted the sup port of Huasell A. Alger, the Detroit capitalist, and son of the late Senator COMFLETE RETURNS OF OREGON PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION Cotrp'ete election returns from M out of S4 Oregon counties give Taft a plu rality oyer Bryan of St.Mt. which will be InrreaaeA by the 230 known plurality la the one other county. Harney, to 24. 5W. The Orettonian s estimate on the nlht of the election was 25.000. Rat urns, from ths one unfinished county will raise the total Republican vote to about 2.6O0 and tha Democratic to 38,000. In 1D04 the Presidential vote waa: Roosevelt. 60.453; rarker. 1T.S2I. In the latest election therefore, Taft polled some 71 45 mora votes than Roosevelt and Bryan M 47B more than Parker. The Prohlbl tlon vote fell off from 3806 tc 2700 a loss of 110. The Socialist vote decreased from 7619 to 712S. a lose of 484. Hisgen polled only S27 votes In S3 complete counties and his total will probably not exceed 340. The Prohibition candidat a received only one vo;e In Lske and none In curry. . Baker Benton . . . . Cia.-kamas . t'iatsop .... Columbia. .. t 'one ...... t'rook Curry IMUS'.U ... Gilliam .... Oram Hood River Jackson ... Josephine .. Klamath ... Uk Ian Lincoln .... l.lr-n Malheur ... Marion Morrow .... Multnomah Polk Sherman ... Tillsmook t'matllla .. 1'nion Wallowa ... Waero YVasblnston Wheeler ... Yamhill ... Totals . Alger, and an aeroplane factory will be built in Detroit. BALLOON MEETS DISASTER TORN BY TREE, IT LOSES GAS AD FALLS IX SEA. German Army Dirigible Cornea to Grief In Baltic After Ten Hours' Flight. Tirol tv -w... 13 One of the dirl- rii. ivi.i.-. - - glble balloons of the Germsn army made a flight from here last night snd came down In the water near ..- 1 1 w Tanitle after havina been badly damaged by a collision with a tree. The pilots were not In lured, how ever, and were brought safely to land. The envelope was torn us nnn ... - - .i -t v - were broken lenain. " " in" " " ......... and all the gas escaped. The balloon lay In water for two hours before it was towed ashore. The flight lasted ten hours. AMERICA MAYHEAD COURT Tncle Sam to Help Arbitrate Casa Blanca Trouble. vadV Trtv 11 Accordlna to r-n ....... wi- ..i wfrith hava Keen reoeived here. It is expected that because of di vided sentiment among ine powers, an . i v -ul --tcxi tr head the court which will arbitrate the Casa Blan ca affair. It Is said that the court oi srpKmuon win have for its members a German, a v. -n, tvn nther fnreirn nomi nees. After their selection these four will be authorised to select a presiumn. . i : ... . u . ...i....ran.ilnr this will ccoruinK w inw ...I... k n American chosen by the American State Department. This arrangement, u in v.K. able to France and Germany. TROTTERS IN LIMELIGHT Nrtr York Sporting Men Organize New Association. vrtr vnpf Nov. 12. With horse- raring relegated somewhat to the back ground with the ban on betting. In dications are that trotting meetings are to receive more attention In the tv, i. was indicated at a move ment Just Inaugurated In New York to form an International Morse rnow k..inT, m-hi.-h while It will furth er the Interest of horse shows through out the country will siso serve to stimulate trottlnar. A committee of five was selected to draft by-laws and to further perfect the arrangements and to submit the results of their labors to the various organizations throughout the country. HATFIELD TAKES TO STAGE Man Who AVas Held as Murderer Suspect Signs I'p Contract. SAX JOSE. Cal.. Nov. 12. William Hatfield, who yesterday was discharged from custoav here after being detained several weeks in Jail In Texas and In this cltv as a Dunham suspect, has been engaged by a local theater to make hla appearance on the stage next Suodav evening. Krpm the rear of the footlights here he will tell the story for over a week of his capture and detention and then will go on the circuit for several weeks. Hood River Rural Carriers. OREGON I AN XKWS BUREAU, Wash ington. Nov. 12. John I. Stewart has been appointed regular. Grace Stewart substitute, rural carrier, route 1; Jim E. Mowers recular. Frank C. Stout substitute, route 2, at Hood River, Or. i LS MAY WN Probable Result of Cuban Election Saturday. VERY CLOSE VOTE LIKELY Conservatives Claim Majority of Vote "Formerly Silent, tut "Liber als Claim All Provinces Sev eral Are Doubtful. HAVANA. Nov. 12. At the close of the Presidential campaign, which ended last night with a great Conservative demon- His. Bn. IK 2" 0 16 28 1 Tart. Brvsn. Chafln. Dehs. . I. R01 1,W5 23 , I 1S4 773 f . 2 776 '.MM ll 3'4 . 1.4K2 WW M 2" 4 . 1.1HS 425 37 IK! . I.IV.7 52 4.17 : M7 42 19 X- 2R7 1 4S S . 2,0X7 l.USi M 7 SHI 2.". I 6 ,4' 74B 433 13 1" 7S 3HO 47 M . 2.017 1.537 " 37 m- 732 - :m Ttt 42 11 2 . 4 r-'.t 1 . 3 3W 2. 1 70 103 401 SMS 27 15 121 . 2,1.". l.tm 140 332 ft04 MS S3 .' f 7A 2.20 3"t 275 S2 270 .ITS'O 9 ISO 630 1.4S.1 . l!S 1.113 75 ISO . 411 2.V2 32 32 (UI 2.V! 40 129 5 ZAH 1 59 llo lfcrt ". 1 520 1.11 41 232 . ft. .112 23 l' 1 324 77" 55 141 . Iift 1. 165 133 13S 417 234 14 1" . l.W-0 1.247 245 1 .toTl 37.77J .6 J.OBS 15 SO 10 14 5 45 4 3 10 3 4 18 st ration in Havana, both the Conservative and the Liberal leaders expressed the utmost confidence as to tlie result. The election probably will be very close, but Indications are rather favorable to the success of the Liberals. Much depends upon the bringing out of the vote which was not cast In the elec tions in August, when only 2t.123 votes were deposited as compared with a reg istration of 451.677. The Conservatives claim a greater portion of this silent vote of IR2.0TO. alleging that their partisans were deterred by intimidation from going to the polls. A careful canvass made by the Havana , - ' . v. i il.A 1. Dinar il 1.1 Tl i rt Havana and Oriente provinces, which iniilrl mean a total of 62 electoral votes, . eight in excess of the number necessary for a choice. Santa Clara and Camaguey provinces are doubtful, while Matanzas la Conservative. The Liberals claim all of the provinces, while the Conservatives concede to them Havana, but claim Pinar del Rio, Santa Clara. Oriente and Camaguey. Even if the Liberals lose the presidency, they probably will have control of the Senate; LAMPHERE IN TIGHT BOX Continued From Flrt Pair.) by the Gunness house and that he was on the spot when the Are" broiie out. about 4 o'clock, and that he was the only per son around at that time. We will prove that he was at the Lake Erie crossing at 4:S0 A. M. This is a mile and a quarter away. Inquired About Victims. . "We will show that instead of going on the highway. Lamphere Jumped' over fences and ran along through the woods to John Ross- place, where he was going to get a broad ax before continuing to the Henrv Warwick place, where he was employed. We will show by the evidence that when he waa arrested that night by Deputv Sheriffs Anstlss snd Marr the first tiling he said was: "Did those folks get out of the house T So you see the thought foremost in his mind was the burning of that house." Continuing, he said that the state" would prove that Mrs. Gunness and her 5-year-old son. Philip, slept in a bed in the northwest corner on the second floor and IN THE MAGAZINE SECTION OF THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN MAKING GOOD MECHANICS OUT OF PORTLAND BOYS What the new School of Trades is doing to promote skilled work in wood and iron. WITH THE Y. W. 0. A. LADY AT THE UNION STATION Humor and pathos mingled in lonely passengers protected by Portland's Travelers' Aid Society. WILL PEARY REACH THE NORTH POLE THIS TIME? Dr. L. J. Wolf, who was sur geon with the expedition of 190.5 19H6. says it depends altogether on the weather. FISHING WITH A FLY ON ROGUE RIVER No place for a novice; but for an expert, Gee whizz! it's a par adise. SELLING THE INSIDE OF A PRETZEL The Hotel Clerk gives his own inside views of Twentieth Century high financiering. ORDER EARLY FROM YOUR NEWSDEALER The fine points about our gloves could be talked of for hours, but your time is limited to minutes, so just make a minute of this, here's the best $1.00 glove and let it go at that until you have time to come in. 166-170 Third Street. that the two girls slept In a room in the southwest corner; that the fire was started in the southwest corner and eas driven toward the north by the wind: that Mrs. Gunness and the boy were overcome, and that later, when the fire entered the girls' room they ran Into their mother's room thereby getting Into the hottest of the flames and going down with the mother and their brother. "We will also prove," said Mr. Smith, "that when the bodies were found there was a foot of debris underneath mat tresses, bedspringfl. etc., showing that these bodies could not have been cadavers placed on the cement floor of the base ment." JHRDER CASK CAUSES SCTT Woman Mistaken for Mrs. Gunness Sues Road for $30,000. NEW YORK. Nov. 12. Mrs. Cora B. Heeren has brought suit against the New York Central Railway asking $.10, 000 damages because, as she alleges, she was mistaken for Mrs. Belle Gun ness. the La Porte (Ind.), murderess, and taken from the tralii near Utlca, N. Y last Summer. Her mother, it Is said, who was with her at the time, has filed a suit for a similar amount for alleged Indignities to which she alleges she was subjected. Mrs. Heeren. who lives in Brooklyn, declares that she suffered such a shock that neither she nor her mother has completely recov ered. j OIL MAN IS MYSTERIOUS Person Who Borrowed $7, 500,000 From Standard Can't Be Located. NEW YORK. Nov. 12. The name of the "Mysterious Mr. Barnesdale." as he is called by Frank- W. Kellogg, the Gov ernment's counsel in the Goverment's suit against trie Standard Oil Company, was brought into the case at today's session. It appears from testimony previously given that T. N. Barnesdale had borrowed J7.500.000 from the Standard OH Comflany and ever since this fact developed. Mr. Kello?g has been trying to learn all the details of the transaction. That his desire for knowledge in that direction has not been satisfied, became apparent today when he sought to obtain Information re garding Barnesdale from W. H. Johnson, vice-president of the Mid-Continent Oil Producers' Association and one of the lending oil producers of the Oklahoma field. Mr. Johnson said he was slightly acquainted with Barnesdale and had few business dealings with him. He had no knowledge of his present whereabouts or why he had borrowed the $7,600,000 or even that he had borrowed It. Resists Hold-up; Is Severely Beaten. NORTH YAKIMA, Wash., Nov. 12. Two masked men held up the proprietor and three patrons In Finley's saloon In the heart of the business district last midnight. One patron resisted and was terribly beaten with a revolver. The holdups escaped with $60 OTHlbKo I Sell Only Sample Shoes They Are the Pick of the Shoe World POSITIVELY NO BRANCH SHOPS IN PORTLAND FOR I f2 I FOR MEN yL mm $2.50 fflpS $2.00 A PAIR J 1 A PAIR WW -" Sixth Floor Oregonian Building Rooms 600-601 Take O 3M SSv OS! 7Mi .II r "DEMONSTRATION DAYS " OF " THE MALLEABLE" RANGE. COOKING EXHIBIT IN THE BASEMENT. THREE-MINUTE BISCUITS AND SAVORY COFFEE SERVED FREE GAS and OIL HEATERS IN THE BASEMENT HORRORS OF GOLD HUNT INDIAN'S AND FEVKR BESET PANAMA PROSPECTORS. Guides Killed, Baron and Four Com panions Wander in Jungle, Stricken With Fever. NE'W TORK, Nov. 12. Baron von Teuber. who arrived here today on the steamer Magdalena from West Indian ports, told a thrilling story of a gold hunting expedition in Panama, north of the canal zone, which resulted In the death of three members of his party. - The baron, with his brother and three mining engineers, who left this city several months ago for the gold and anthracite fields In the northern part of the Isthmus, finally started with two Indian guides for the north, from Colon through what proved to bo a country jealously held by exceeding ly hostile Indians. A midnight encounter resulted in the fatal shooting of the Indian guides. Left thus In a strange, practically trallless country, tney wandered help lessly. The three engineers were soon stricken with frightful fevers. The baron and his brother, however, made for the coast with the sick men, en countering constant hardships. John Bradley, one of the engineers, died in a boat that they had hastily conatructed. but Frederick Smith and Peter Bartlett were finally taken to the Ancon Hospital, where they are slowly recovering. POLITICS AT HOT SPRINGS ' (Continued From First Page.) pay for permanent public improve ments. Senator Scott, of West Virginia, and Mrs. Scctt came to spend some time. Mr. Scott stated today that he is anxious that whatever tariff revision is made shall be accomplished this Winter at the short session of Con gress. Scott for Immediate Revision. "I believe that If we went to work with that end In view, we could get through with a tariff bill," he said. "The advantages of this would be great to the country, for it would place busi ness In possession of what conditions were to be met at as early a date as possible. The delay means .that con templated business will wait to ascer tain Just what is to be done and a drag on conditions will follow." All of these gentlemen doubtless will take the opportunity to have talks with Mr. Taft. but the President-elect said Sixth Floor Oregonian Building Rooms 600-601 Elevator I G JS 1 WOOD AND COAL heate: Several sizes in the air-tight, wood-burning Heat ers priced from $2.25 up to $16.G07 ''Substitute Oak" a popular heating stove for burning coal or wood several sizes priced from ?8 up. Oak Heater a high-grade heater that also burns wood or coal priced from $14.50 up. "Viola" Heaters made in two sizes will burn coal or wood priced at $11-50 and $13.50. The "Hot Blast" the wonderful heating stove of which illustration is shown herewith burns either coal or wood has perfect regulation will reduce fuel expenses to a minimum. Handsomely designed and nickeled. Several sizes in these heaters priced from $21.50 up. TULL COMPLETE . HOUSEFURNISHERS tonight that, as far as he knew, he would not be called upon for some time to make any important plans for the future. He insists that this for him is vacation time. It was said today by those In a posi tion to know that the pepublican cam paign fund was made up of between I1.U00 and 12,00 subscriptions, only three or four of which were in an amount greater than the $10,000 limit fixed by Mr. Bryan. GOES TO HIGHEST COURT Oil Octopus N'ot Yet Shed of Its $29,000,000 Case. WASHINGTON", Nov. 1 2. Following the recent action of the Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago in refusing the United States Government a re-hearing in the Standard Oil case, made famous by its JC9.OiiO.000 fine, the Department of Justice decided tonight to take the case to the Supreme Court of the United States, The decision was reached after an all-dsy conference between Attorney-General Bonaparte and Govern ment attorneys who have been engaged in the case. Application will be made to the Su premo Court, when it re-convenes No vember 30. for a writ of certiorari, to bring ud and review. the action of the Circuit Court of Appeals. - In a state ment issued by the Department fol ENGLISH PIANIST PROVES HERSELF A GREAT ARTIST ADELA Before n fashionable and repre sentative audience that complete ly taxed the capacity of the Scot tish Rite Cathedral, Miss Adela Verne, an English pianist, made her initial appearance in this city last evening. Jliss Verne has already won a most enviable reputation in Eng land and on the Continent. All those who were fortunate enough to hear her Iat evening departed with the conviction that they had heard an artist of rare tenipera aient, astounding technique, and a masterly interpretative insight. Her programme, a most difficult and varied one. was heartily ap- plaaded and she generously re- SEWING MACHINES IN THE BASEMENT lowing the adjournment of the confer ence, it was said: "It wan found that a considerable number of changes had been made In the opinion of tho Court of Appeal originHlly rendered, and that Judge Baker, of that court, had filed a sepa rate concurring opinion which dlfrercd materially in its reasoning from that -of Judge Grosscup. "After careful consideration of all phases of tiie situation. It was decided that an application should be made to the Supreme Court of the United States, when it re-convenes November SO. for a writ of certiorari to bring up and re view the action of the Circuit Court of Appe?ls." GAS KILLS JFIVE CHILDREN Father and Mother Escape but Little Ones Perish. KL.K1XS, W. Ve., Nov. 12. An explo sion of gas in the home of E. JRictf, a barher at Beverly, near here, early todav, resulted in the death of his five children. Rice and his wife escaped. In a new telrncope at Johns Horkln Uni versity. Baltimore, the reflector cousKts of a basin of mercury, revolved by an electron motor. By varying the speed th concavity of the mercury may be changed to alter the focus. Vehfoot Oil Biacking keeps feet dry. Makes shoes last. All dealers. ,JwJ'.iv;FJ ;, VERNE spoi nded ti'ilh several well-chosen encores. Among those who have not kept pace with the wonderful ad vance in piano construction and the marked improvement made in tone production during tlie last few years, the magnificent AVeber piano used by Miss Verne elicited much favorable comment. It seems impossible to conceive of a more perfectly balanced scale or truer and purer tones than those which poured forth from the Weber piano in response to the demands of this great young artist. It was furnished by hilers Piano House, who arc the repre sentatives for the famous Weber instruments in this locality.