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THE MORXIXG OREGOXIAN, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1909. ZELAYA'S FOES TO GAIN NT Estrada Is Gaining Favor in Washington, but State Department Cautious. MORE AMERICANS SPIES Reports Expected to Be Received Soon Prom Warships Dispatched to Guard American Interests in Nicaragua!! Ports. WASHINGTON. Not. 19. Indication uem to point to a recognition by the United States of the belligerency of the revolutionist government in Nicaragua, under General Estrada, and It is not improbable a public declaration to that effect will be made in the near future. The State Department lias hearu nothing from any Nicaraguan quarter since Thursday. - The warships dis patched to Nicaraguan ports will likely arrive at their destination today, and it is probable wireless reports will soon be received. Dr. Hazera, Nicaraguan Minister, to day .received the State Department's note demanding explanation from the Zelayan Government of the execution of Cannon and Grace. It was admitted at 'the legation that a "report of the incident" had been received from Ze laya. The State Department has adopted an attitude of reserve and Is awaiting an explanation from the Nicaraguan govern ment. It is assumed that the press dis patches received last night from Managua are accurate in that the men were exe cuted on a charge that they had attempt ed, by the use of dynamite mines, to blow up some of President Zelaya's troop transports. If the department advices confirm this story, the question will be whether the charge against the men Justified their ex ecution. Probably everything will de pend on the method pursued by Cannon and Grace in their attacks on Zelaya's forces. If the Americans slipped within the government lines under disguise when they planted their mines, they might be regarded as spies, and so subject to exe cution. But if they engaged in their work openly. It probably will toe held that they should have been treated as prisoners of war. In the latter case, there is no doubt that President Zelaya will be called to account. A delayed dispatch received tonight by revolutionary sympathizers details the capture of the steamer Dictator and. evi dence the intention of the Insurrection ists to submit the matter eventually to a prize court. The dispatch save: "The Norwegian steamer Dictator was captured In the night at Greytown. where she had arrived to transport Zelaya's troops to Blueflelda to capture that place. "Norwegian owners of the steamer maintain that the provisional government hag, no right to declare a blockade, but it will be observed by this capture that the blockade la in , effect and therefore lawful." BOAT CARRIES CONTRABAND Steamer, Leaving New Orleans, Be lieved to Have Aid for Zelaya. SEW ORLEANS, Nov. 19. With many rumors afloat as to its cargo and mis sion, the steamer Imperator, of the Blue fields Steamship Company, sailed from New Orleans this afternoon for Atlantic Coast points of Nicaragua. It is persistently rumored that it is bound for Greytown to carry arms, am munition and food to the troops of Presi dent Zelaya. Steamship officials here deny the rumor. CANNON SEEKS PARTICULARS rather of Man Executed in Nica ragua Asks Aid State Department. HARRISBURG. Pa.. Nov. 19. Danle K. Cannon, father of LeRoy Cannon, the young Pennsylvairian executed in Nica ragua, asked the State Department at Washington to obtain confirmation of his execution. Mrs. Cannon, the young man's mother, said she had received no word from her son that he had taken part in any revo lutionary rising, such as Is mentioned in letter received here by others. REVOLUTION GROWS. STRONGER Blockade of Greytown Is Effective; Zelaya's Troops Desert. BLUKFIETJ5S. Nicaragua, Nov. 19. Wires to the interior are down, and Jt Is impossible to confirm the report that President Zelaya had ordered the exe cution of the Americans, LeRoy Can non and Leonard Grace. The blockade at Greytown remains effective, and the rebels are strengthening their posi tion continually. It is reported Zelaya's troops are deserting In large numbers. ZELAYA TYRANT .AT MANAGUA Disloyalists to Number of 1000 Im prisoned at Capital. PANAMA. Nov. 19. Passengers arriv ing here from Nicaragua report President Zelaya has severed relations with Jose de Ollvares, and that the tatter's home at Managua Is guarded night and day. They say 1000 persons have been im prisoned at the capital, either because they were suspected of disloyalty or had refused to contribute to the war tax. Cruiser Dcs Moines Sails. COLON. Nov. 19. The United States cruiser Des Moines sailed from Port Union. Costa Rica. Thursday. It is be lieved she is en route for Bluefields. ALASKA MINING BOOM ON Consul Writes of Quartz Finds in Klondike District. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. Nov. 18. The following facts with reference to the development of quartz gold mining in the Yukon country are taken from a report Just received from Consul George C. Cole, of Dawson: .A company recently organized, with a capital stock of J100.000. for the purpose of developing quartz in this territory. Is driving a tunnel under the Dome. It has reached a distance of 1300 feet and passed through some very rich quartz, which will pay large dividends when mined. The Dome Is 500 feet above sea-level and is situated in the center of the placer mining district, which has produced about 15.mo.0(IO in gold. Bonanza. Kldorado. Hunker. Dominion. Indian and Quartz creeks and other streams that have been so famous in the production of gold all have their source in the Dome. The theory of the scientist is that the Dome at one time was many hundreds, if not thousands of feet higher than it is now and contained quartz very rich In gold, but time has worn it away, and the gold, being the heavier substance, was depos ited near the base of the summit, while the lighter substances were carried on by the various streams toward the sea. Another company, capitalized at J1.600. 000. for the purpose of mining quartz, has been following an extensive lead on a spur of the Dome, between the two famous creeks. Bonanza and Eldorado. Quartz producing gold to the value of J2S to the ton has been developed. A tunnel is now being projected from the side of the mountain Into this lead, and next sea son the company will Increase the ca pacity for stamping ore and mining on a more extensive scale. There are many claims on the Dome, held by individuals, which have been prospected and found to be Very rich in gold. All the land near it haa been staked for quartz and good prices offered for certain claims in this locality. There will be quite a demand next sea eon for quartz-mining machinery and other appliances for that purpose. TILLABLE AREA GREATER Wasco County Assessment Shows Total Increase of .62 1-2 Per Cent. THE DALLES. Or., Nov. 19. (Special.) A summary of the tax assessment roll has Just been compiled by County Asses sor J. W. Koontz, and, although the total increase in assessed valuation did not come up to the first estimate, a gain of S2V4 per cent is shown. One important Item Is the greater number of acres of tillable land found in the 1909 roll. Following Is the summary: Tillable lands. 141.020 aerss. value 1.11.425: non-tillable lands. 43,i04 ecr. value 1.384.0: Improvements on deedea or patented lands. $4S.560; town and city lots. S)34.040: Improvements on town ana rity lots. J1M8.653; improvements on lands not deeded or patented. S21.74A; miles of rail road bed 70.S4. value J1.869.6HO: miles of teleftrapb and telephone lines. J8- !" J4r.4.-y railroad rolling stock, 1138.380. steamboats, sailboats, stationary engines and manufacturing machinery. fl3,-?0' merchandise and stock In trade, J.17U.406; farm implements, wsitons. carriages, etc.. J122 505- money. J1S0.OH5: notes and ac counts. 62.-'60; shares of stock, 8750, value J345.320; household furniture, watches. Jew elry, etc., J167.115: horses and mules, 6456, value 1329,785; cattle, 600S. value 1112.-295- sheep and goats. 1J1.290. value J33.. 65; swine. 5253. value 118.150; total value ot all taxable property. 9. 64 7. 4 10. VAGRANTS MUST GO HENCE Police to Arrest All Who Can't Ac count' for Themselves. Chief of Police Cox has declared war on vagrants. Instructions have been given officers to pick up and lodge in the city jail all persons unable to give account of themselves. Detectives Hellyer and Maloney yester day bagged three well-known characters, thought by the officers to be connected with several recent burglaries and "strong-arm" oases. They gave their names as Richard Harvey, Fred Koran and William Marx. Koran was ordered to leave Seattle, say the detectives, be cause of alleged complicity In a holdup there. The city jail was filled last night with vagrants, the regular day police docket being filled twice. AVIATION WEEK ASSURED Los Angeles Subscribes Money for Season of Flying. LOS ANGELES. Cal., Nov. 19. Through Its board of directors, which met late today, the Merchants Manufacturers' Association, of this city, got behind the proposed aviation week in Los Angeles. The date was set for January 10 to 20, and the association agreed to raise $50. 000 to be added to another J50.000 sub scribed by Henry E. Huntington, the trol ley magnate. Contracts have been made with a syndicate of French aviators using Wright machines and with two women aviators who will come from France. Curttss. Willard and Knabensue, Ameri can aviators, will also fly. Another fea ture of the meeting will be races by 20 big balloons. NOTED EDITOR RECOVERS GcncraL Harrison Gray Otis Leaves Johns Hopkins Hospital. BALTIMORE, Md., Nov. 19. General Harrison Gray Otis, editor of the Los Angeles Times, has left the Johns Hop kins Hospital, after recovery from a serious operation performed some time ago. He is at Sharpsburg. Md., where he is reviewing the battlefield of Antletam. He took part in that battle as a member of an Ohio regiment. CITY SEEKS KAMM'S LAND Condemnation Proceedings May Come Into Court on Monday. Condemnation' proceedings will be started by the city against the prop erty owned by Jacob Kamm In the proposed extension of Main street be tween Fourteenth and Chapman streets. Mr. Kamm has taken exception to the report of the board of viewers which allowed him a nominal sum of $250 damages over all benefits. Mr. Kamm calls attention to the fact that this will take about three acres of his prop erty, and that the property has been assessed at $3500 an acre between Fourteenth and Sixteenth streets and at about $2000 an acre on the lowland property. He demands that the case be tried out before a jury and the matter will come up for hearing on Monday. Aged Prospector Dies. S. W. Hillhouse, an old-time Nevada miner and prospector, died at the home of his brother-in-law, Rev. H. E. Buck, at Estacada. on Tuesday evening, and -was buried Thursday at Mount Zion Cemt tery. The deceased was a pioneer in the land of the golden haze and followed the will-o-the-wisp of the prospector "until about two weeks ago, when he arrived at the home of his sister. Pinchot Has Patriotic Idea. CHICAGO. Nov. 19. Delegates to the National Farm Land Congress in session here today listened to a letter from Glf ford Pinchot. Chief of the Forest Service of the United States. In the communi cation. Mr. Pinchot said: "There can be few patriotic duties more important thart to promote the development and proper handling of all the farm lands of the United States." Soccer Game Goes Over. The game of association or soccer foot ball, arranged to have been played this afternoon at the baseball grounds. Twenty-fourth, and Vaughn streets, is post poned for the present, because the grounds are flooded. Today is positively the last day for dis count on East Side gas bills. Read "Gas if wQr-ms FALLING MISSILES BALK RESCUERS Fire in Cherry Colliery Measur ably Checked by Efforts of Fighters. TIMBERS FALL ALL ABOUT Only Five Bodies Have Been Recov ered in .Six Days, But More, It Is Thought, Can Be Reached Today. CHERRY, 111., Nov. 19. Science and desperation have greatly checked the fire that snuffed out 300 lives last Saturday In the St. Paul coal mine. Men braved today the fire-swept tunnels to bring the dead to the surface. Charity has poured aid into the homss of suffering survivors. But ail of this could not subdue the grief of Cherry's inhabitants when the sight of the dead, lifted from the tomb, blasted their hopes that the men might be-rescued alive. It has been Just six days since fire started in a bale of hay and swept the bread-winners of this pommunlty to their doom, and in all that time of anxiety only five bodies have been recovered, four today and one last night. Tomorrow it is expected many more bodies will be brought up. Rescuers In Danger. More were found today and explor ers worked deep into the second gal lery, but were forced to flee as they were about to bring them out when falling earth and rock endangered the rescuers. Tonight miners were put to work in the galleries replacing burned timbers and clearing obstructions. Be yond this point fire still burns, and it will' be some time before It can be ex tinguished. Inspectors who have had charge of the attempt to subdue the fire and to effect an entrance into the mine were satisfied tonight with the progress of the work. -It was more successful than they had anticipated. All except three Inspectors left for their homes tonight. Inspector Is Encouraged. "The entering of the mine and the fight ing of the fire to a controllable point." said Inspector James Taylor, before his departure, "is gratifying to us. So soon as the galleries can be cleared and rein forced, many more of the dead will be brought out. It was unsafe to venture near the bodies discovered late today." Obstacles that threatened lives of fire fighters attended the work of recovering bodies. At one time men working in the second level were almost cut off from escape by a sudden cave-in of rock and earth. They placed two bodies on a stretcher and were ready to carry them to the cage when a shower of debris came down. To the danger of heavy rocks fall ing was added, that of crackling timbers, which fell in from all sides. Heap of Bodies Seen. The men were then 250 feet from the hoisting shaft. Further in they could see a great heap of bodies of men, boys and mules mixed. Leaving behind them the two bodies which they had struggled hard to reach the fire fighters rushed to the hoisting shaft, where they were revived. They were quickly brought to the top. ELECTRIC ROAD IS ASSURED Philadelphia Backers of Astoria Line Come West to Close Deal. ASTORIA. Nov. 19. (Special.) F. L. Evans. William L. Chrisman and F. L. 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Address: BJtADFIELD REGULATOR CO. iti,1i Ga. s are m wmmm Absolutely The only Baking Made from Royal Grape Hence Finer, More Wholesome Food of constructing and operating an electric road from this city to Seaside and Tilla mook. The rights of way for the line as far as Seaside have been secured, franchises over the streets in both Astoria and Sea side have .been obtained, the right has been granted to use the -county bridges across the Toung and Lewis and Clark rivers has been given, and all the sur veys have been made. Mr. Evans stated this afternoon that contracts on the construction will be let In the immediate future and the line will be rushed to completion as rapidly as possible. In addition to the main line to Seaside the plans as approved provide for a branch road to Warrenton, Ham mond and Fort Stevens, as well as lines running to various parts of this city.. RACES ON; BETS TABOOED Anti-Betting Law. Causes Worry to California Racing Men. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 19. Indications are that rainy weather may mar to some extent the opening of the racing season under the auspices of the New California Jockey Club at Emeryville tomorrow. Light showers have fallen since an early hour today. Interpreting the Walker-Otis anti-betting law. District Attorney Donahue takes It to mean that accepting oral bets from all comers or the general public, recording bets or purchasing concessions from the race track management in order to take beta, are violations of the law. Donahue declares he will have repre sentatives on hand to watch for any violations and that arrests will be made if there are any. The oral system prob ably -will be tested in the courts in the near future. George Smith, who is the representative of John T. Cavanaugh, of New York, Is here to Introduce the oral svstem similar to that used on the metro politan tracks and sustained by decisions rendered by courts in New York state and elsewhere. LEWISTON BANKERS WORRY Federal Court Authorities Refuse to Relieve Suspense. LEWISTON, Idaho, Nov. 19. Suspense In this city and Moscow, -pending an nouncement of the parties indicted in connection with the $137,000 shortage of the Lewiston National Bank, is not likely to be- relieved until tomorrow. Authorities of the Federal Court will give out no information regarding true bills returned by the grand Jury. It is suposed more Indictments will be returned tomorrow and bench warrants issued thereunder. Sensational reports, believed true, state that several present and former officials of the bank, in addition to Robnett, will be indicted on charges of conspiracy. TAFT FOR FIGHTING NAVY Declares for Strong Coast Forts and Deeper Waterway. NORFOLK, Va Nov. 19. "The Navy should not only be worth securing, but should be able to fight." President Taft aroused enthusiasm today by making this statement in an address before the Atlan tic Deeper-Waterways Association Con vention. The President declared Hamp ton Roads and Chesapeake Bay should be protected by an island fort erected midway between the vlckinia capes. Mr. Taft regarded the Norfolk Navy yard as probably the most Important base In the country and Hampton Roads as the greatest point of naval rendezvous. President Taft reiterated his position with regard to waterways improvement. RUN OF STEELHEADS HEAVY Big Demand for Fish, Selling at Four Cents Per Pound. ASTORIA. Or., Nov. 19. (Special.) Another' run of steelheads has entered the river and a number of them are being caught in the traps near Cathlamet. They are of excellent quality and the fishermen receive 4 cents per pound for them. This run Is expected to continue for sev eral days and there Is a big demand for the fish. Dr. and Mrs. T. I. Eliot, who were summoned to St. Louis recently on ac count of the Illness of their son Thomas, are etlll in that city, but letters from them Indicate that he Is recovering. 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