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, . , r - L1INE EXPLOSION 111 GERMAJIlf CLAIMS 339 VICTIMS Of 380 Workers Only Six Escape Uninjured. CAUSE IS UNKNOWN Accident Which Occurred at 4 A. M. Yesterday Is Followed by Fierce Fire. FLAMES PREVENT RESCUE Engineers After Conference Deckle Thai Further Attempts at Reecut Would bt In Vain Owing to tha Fira and Smoke. IIAMM, Wt rhU, Germany, Nov. 12, Tea greatest mine di aiter of many year in Germany oc curred tnli morning at Radbed Mine, about three ntilea from thla place. There h a heavy explosion at 4 a, m. and almost Immediately the mine took fire. Of the 380 miners working taped without ; Injury. Thirty-five were taken out badly, hurt and 37 dead have been brought to the mouth of the pit. The remaining 302 have been given up for dead. The explo sion was unusually violent, destroy ing one of the shafts which had been partly repaired before the rescue work was begun. In addition, ,'. the flames and smoke proved almost in surmountable obstacles In the efforts of the rescuing parties. Special corps composed of men who rendered such valuable aid in the terrible mine dis aster at Courricres, France, in Marclig 1906, arrived on the scene shortly before noon but were unable to en ter the mine, being forced to await the efforts of the firemen to keep the flames In check. Meantime heart rending scenes took place at the mine when the dead and injured were brought to the surface and the.-e were similar scenes when the injured were transported through the streets to the hospitals. At I o'clock the fir had made great headway ana later in the afternoon after a consultation of engineers, it was decided that any further attempts to rescue the en tombed men would be In vain owing to the impossibility of entering the galleries. . At the same time an order was issued to flood tlje mine. First reports indicated that the accident was a result of an explosion of coal dust, but statements of the Injured men rendered this improbable, and it it not clear, just what caused it A HEARTLESS DEED. OAKLAND. Cal.. Nov.. 12-Charsr- ed with having buried, alive a dog that had chased his thickens, E. Mc SENATOR BOURNE Oregon Official in Company With Other Senators Visit President Elect at Hot Springs. JIOT SPRINGS, Va., Nov. 12. Judge Taft was joined here today by vice-president-elect Sherman, who said ha had come to the Virginia mountains to play for a week. Rcp ; resentattve Burton of Ohio arrived last night and will spend 10 days. Senator Burkett of Nebraska spent the day here. -He came to discuss the comlnir legislation. Senators Henry, aged 74 years, was arrested yesterday by agents of the Humane Society and booked in the city pris on. It is affirmed that the dog, af ter having" been underground some lime watcxhumcd, found to be still breathing and was chloroformed by an officer. McIIenry deiclares that he had dubbed the dog until he be lieved It dead and had then buried It. HAVE NARROW ESCAPE. Park Theatre at Brooklyn Burns Shortly After Audience Leave. NEW YORK, Nov. 12.-Less than an hour after the large audience had left the l'ark Theatre the historic Brooklyn playhouse fire was discov ered tonight and an hour later the building was in ruins. There, were several members of the theatrical company in the dressing room but they escaped unhurt Loss $125000. "TEDDY! -ANO t TAFT TO DISCUSS CABLET LATTER WILL BE THE PRESI DENTS GUEST. SATURDAY AND SUNDAY NEXT WILL SPEAK AT NEW YORK "... . ..r . ! . ',. i Taft'a Trip to New York la For the Purpose of Making a Dedication Speech in Port Green Park at Brooklyn, WASHINGTON, Nov, I2.-At.lhc White House Saturday night and Sunday President-elect Taft will be the guest of President Roosevelt on his way from New York City. Presi dent Roosevelt's message to congress will probably be in shape for Taft's perusal and Taft's, cabinet will prob ably be discussed. Taft's trip to New York is for the purpose of mak ing a speech at the ( dedication of the prison ship, Martyr's Monument, in Fort Green Park, Brooklyn. DEFENDS THE TRUSTS. Chas, M. Schwab in Address Says Corporations Are Here to Stay. . BERKELEY, Cal.Nov. 12-In a lecture before the students , of the University of California Charles M. Schwab president of the United States Steel Corporation defended the, principle of. trust which, he de clared had come fotay. "I believe in high wages," the speaker said, "But I demand hard work in return. The United States Steel Corporation always paid Its men high wages. This is possibly only wtih the corpo ration or form of organization you call trusts. The trusts has come to JOINS MR. TAFT Scott of West Virginia and Bourne of Oregon are her to spend some time. Both these gentlemen will have an opportunity to have talks with Judge Taft: It was said by those in position to know that, the Republican campaign fund was made up of be tween 11,000 and 12,000 names, only three or four of which wcre greater than the $10,000 limit fixed by Eryan. slay, It means high wages, econ omy, lack of wante and hence, is in dustrially solid." , FINANCING A FAILURE, CHICAGO, Nov. 12.-Jude Mack announced in the circuit court yes terday that he would appoint a re ceiver for the Mercantile Finance Company today to hold the assets of the company pending the settlement of the affairs of the Rhodus Brother. This Is the third Rhodus corporation for which a received has been ap pointed. Receiver John C Felier of the Central Life Securities company and of the Mercantile Security com pany will probably now be appointed receivers of the third company by Judge Mack, who expressed the opinion that the Interests of the concern might be hostile to each other, elater claims the Mercantile Finance Company owes the other wo corporations $400,000. The Mcr canttle Finance Company, according to the allegations of Felzer, has act ed as the agent for the sale of the stock of the other two companies. PEOPLE WANT IT. CHICAGO Nov. 12. With official figures with only three counties now musing the returns at the Secretary of State's office at Springfield indi cate that the proposition to issue $20,000,000 in bonds for the construc tion of a deep waterway, by a major ity of approxicatcly 105,000 of the total vote cast. MAKING MORE TROUBLE. HELENA. Nov. 12,-Albert Ber- eer. a former Alaska miner, iust be fore committing suicide last Thurs day, threw $2000 in postoffice orders in a stove, declarina: that the money was in the hands of the government and that no one would quarrel over it, SCANNING HER RECORD. CHICAGO, Nov. 12,-Chicago po lice are endeavoring to Identify tin Madame Leroy, a i clairvoyant, al leged to have "controlled" Mrs, A. F. Read, who attempted to export mon ey from Mrs. G. C. Phipps. ..it BALKAN SITUATION IS EilCLliX EVERYTHING DEPENDS ON NOTE EXPECTED FROM VIENNA TODAY. o.. SOME POSSIBILITY OF WAR Austrian Note Will Definitely Out line Attitude of That Government Regarding the Discussion of An nexations. ST: "PETERSBURG, Nov. 12 Al thought the air of onward calm is maintained at the Russian foreign office, the Balkan situation has now reached the actute stage where ev erything depends upon the nature of the note which is, , expected from Vienna tomorrow and the outcome of mediation which Russia, France and Great Britain have undertaken at Belgrade, sat Austria's, request, with view to limiting belligerent ac tivity of Servia. If mediation is not successful war h recognized, as a possibility in authoritative circles The Austrian note will definitely Outline the attitude of that govern ment, regarding the discussion of the annexation of Bosnia and Her zegovina and the possible, compensa tion to Servia and Montenegro and the nature of the ot W'N determine whether international congress can be held. , A BIG WALNUT. . SAN JOSE, Cal., Nov. 12.-Santa Clara Valley has. a new record of production. ' A walnut six and a half inches . in diameter was taken from the Stewart ranch of Sunnyvale to day. LffiPK Til OPENS TO DAY . i, :t For Murder of Elrs. Gun ness and Children. EVIDENCE IS STRONG ProsecutorGivesEvidenceWhere Defendant Showed Hatred for Mrs, Gunnest. THE JURY IS NOW SELECTED Attorney Smith in Opening Argu ment to Jury Saya ha Can Prove That Lamphere Made Remarks . Threatening Woman and Children LA PORTE, Ind, Nov. 12.-The introduction of evidence in the trial of Ray Lamphere for the murder of Mrs. Belle Cunness and her three r children by setting fire to the house will be begun tomorrow,' the jury having been secured this afternoon and States Attorney Smith " having his opening argument to the jury.: The prosecutor went into such de tail as to what he would prove. .He said that evidence, would show that Lamphere had made remarks to var ious persons that indicated his hatred for Mrs. Gunness and his intention to do her harm.. He declared he would trace Lamphere's movements on the day of the fire up to the time of his arrest and that when he was arrested his first question was "Did those folks get out of the house?" Smith declared the state would prove where Mrs. Gunness and her children slept and "We will also prove that when the bodies were found, ther was a foot of debris un derneath the matresses t and bed springs, etc., showing that these bodies could not have been cadavers f placed on the cement floor of the basement. LOST SON, FOUND. . A Scion of a Distinguished Vienese Family Restored to Favor. LOS ANGELES, Nov. Jl2.-The lost son of Dr. Joseph Loewy, privy councillor to Emperor Frana Josef of Austria and attorney at the royal court . of Vienna, has, been found through the enterprise' of Otto E. Schroeder, clerk at the .Hotel Lank ershim of this city. For more than a year past the son o .Mr.'; Loewy has been living at Oakland, Cal., un der the name of Fred Anderson and an advertisement which Schroeder placed in the San Francisco papers caught his eye and brought immc diate response, ; ? v Loewy left home more than six years ago. He was then a boy ad venturer and feeling the restraint of home life, as well as disliking the idea of later joining the army, he ran away.- For some time he lived in London, then came to America and drifted to California. Here all trace of him was lost. Schroeder at one time was -an en sign in the German navy, and had known young Loewy and his parents were well acquainted with the privy councillor. It was for this reason that the hotel clerk was, further en trusted with the work of finding the missing youth. , . . ; . , , c In his last letter to Schroeder, Dr. Loewy stated that a matter, of great est importance required the presence of his. son in Austria. , As soon as the son was discovered in Oakland, the father was assured of his where abouts and the son will leave at once for Vienna, SAME OLD MIX-UP. DENVER, Nov. .-Characterizing the participation of the American Federation of Labor through its exe cutive council, in the recent national campaign as "distinct victory for the Socialist cause," it is announced by that element in the Federation that there will be no fight in this conven tion of the contest between the So cialists and their opponents. Now the Socialists bclicv that a start has been made by the federation which will bring the labor movement of the country to their party. The pro gram began with the addresses of the fraternal delegates from the English and Cnadian labor congresses. "SINCE TAFT'S ELECTION" SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 12.-A million-dollar order for new Pullman cars, intended for use on limited trains between San Francisco and, Portland and Los Angeles, has been placed by the officials of the South ern Pacific Company according to announcement made today. 'The or der provides for 50 cars and said to be due to the increased traffic In additional to this another expendi ture of $1,000,000 is to be made for 220 new passenger coaches intended for use on the lines of the Pacific Coast. 7 A SLEEPING FAKER. LOWELL, Mass., Nov.' 12,-Five expert practitioners gathered yester day at the bedside of Lnciana Piette, the French-Canadian girl who has been asleep for 13 days and applied electricity in the hope of awakening her.. The physicians are satisfied that the girl is suffering from hys teria and that i her own obstinacr keeps her asleep. The doctors ap plied electricity to her -hands and feet. She gave unmistakable evidence of being consicous of what was be ing done to her, as she . offered strenuous resistance to the doctor's work. When one of the doctors said threatening that they would apply electricity for the third time .with a much stronger current, telling a col league at the same time to take hold of her foot to apply the apparatus to it, the girl quickly drew her foot under the bedclothes. OIL CASE riOW GOES TO 0. i SIIFil DECISION REACHED BY BON APARTE AND THE GOV ERNMENT ATTORNEYS AFTER ALL DAY CONFERENCE Application Will be Made . to ; Su preme Court When it Convenes November 30 to Bring up and Re view Circuit Court's Action, WASHINGTON, Nov.: 12,-Fol-lowing the recent action of the cir cuit court of appeals in Chicago in refusing the United States "govern ment, a re-hearing in the Standard Oil case made famous by its $29, 000,000 fine, the department of jus tice tonight decided to take thecase to the, United States supreme court. The decision was reached after an all-day conference between Attorney-General Bonaparte and govern ment attorneys who have been en gaged in the case. The application will be made to' the supreme court when it convenes on November 30th for a writ of certiorari to bring up and review the action of the circuit court of appeals. TELEPHONE NOT ENOUGH. NEW YORK, Nov. 12-Because a firm of importers of this city made their, protest to the customs house by telephone; instead of in writing, they have lost their case before the board of appraisers. " In dismissing the protest Judge Summerville said "The report of the collector in this lll'S PtI TO 11DER II . LIIIER FRUSTRATED case shows that the importers offer ed verbally to abandon the mer chandise by telephone. The verbal abandonment, in our opinion, was in sufficient. . The established practice is to the contrary and any other rule would lead to much uncertainty in customs administration, as well as to embarrassing litigation." KILLED BY CARS. NEW YORK, ' Nov. 12.-William F. Sanley, 23 years old, an employe of a Brooklyn newspaper, was struck by a gust of stiff westerly wind which prevailed here last night, and losing his baalnce, as he reached for Iih hat, was swept from an elevated train platform in Brooklyn under an appoaching train. His groans were heard while the wrecking crew en deavored to remove his body but he died as the work progressed. 6 ilSElOlEiS ARE I0IED FOUR OTHERS AND THREE WHITE MEN ARE RESCU ED BY POILCE. ' THEIR MOTOR BOAT WRECKS White Men Disappear, Federal Au thorities and Detectivea Are Now Searching For Them Are Thought to Have Smuggled in Chinese. BUFFALO. Nov, 12.-A motor boat containing 10 Chinese and three white men was wrecked on the break wall off the foot of Michigan street early today. Six Chinese were drown ed or dashed to death against the seawall. The survivors were rescued by a crew of police in a life; boat The three white men disappeared and the federal, authorities and local de tectives are searching for them as they are suspected of having been en gaged in smuggling Chinese, into this country from Canada. ? ; ASKS BIG DAMAGES. ' NEW YORK4 No 12,-Mrs. C B.KHeeren has , brought suit against the New York Central Railway ask ing $30,000 damages because, as she alleges, she was mistaken for Mrs Belle Gunness, the La Porte, Ind., murderess, and taken from the train near Utica 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 . indigni ties towhich she alleges she 1 was subjected. Mrs.! Hceren who lives in Broklyn, declares ' that she suffered such a shock that 'neither she nor her mother has completely "" recov- DRINK HABIT IS NOT FALLING OFF Wave of Prohibition Has But Little Effect on the Consumption of A!cohc!ic Beverages. WASHINGTON, Nov. 12.-The wave of prohibition which it is claimed has spread over the country apparently has had little effect upon the consumption of alcoholic liquors and spirituous drinks according to evidence brought out at today's hear ing on the proposed tariff revision before the house committee-on ways Plotted to Do Away With Parent for Insurance. ENGAGED "SLUGGER" Detective ' Poses as Thi'j and Nabs Mrs. Gils As She Pays Kim to Commit Deed. MAKE COMPLETE CONFESSION Chicago Police Have Been Watch ing Woman's Movements For Sev eral Days Pays Supposed Slugger $2500 to Cany Out Her Plana. CHICAGO, Nov. 12,-Mae Otis, 36 years old, a daughter of Mrs. Sarah , Otis , was arrested tonight charged with having plotted to mur der her mother. " According to police Mrs. Otis- was to. have arrived from Mauston, Wis, next Saturday and a private detective supposed by Miss Otis to be the "Slugger" employed by her. Her mother is said to have money and life insurance policies together, worth $3800. The woman'i movements have , been watched by the "police for ,; several days.; Some time ago she called ,on a private de tective : agency and . explained her plans.; The agency, informed the po lice and' it was arranged by the po lice to have the agency carry on the affair. Detective Mackay was intrv duced as a "Slugger" from Pitts burg. Mackay met Miss- Otis to night and according to him she paid him $100 on account and gave him a promissory note for $2400 more. Just as Mackay received the money at Miss Otis' home, police officials, who had been .concealed there,, step ped out . and took the woman into custody. The police say she confess ed to the plot and expressed chagrin at its failure. It is believed she i demented. AFTER COIN DAMAGES. CHICAGO, Nov." 12. Suit for $12,000 was i begun yesterday against Elizabeth Rodgers, Katherine burn ingham, Elizabeth M. Logan and Mary E. Rayburn, former officers of the Women's Order of Forresters by Mrs. Mary Keeley. She charges that the. defendants caused her to be ex pelled from the order last February. She was reinstated at the convention held in Detroit, Mich., recently. ROOT DECLINES. t BOSTON. Nov. ,12.-In an inter view in an afternoon paper Secretary of State Root said today he is not a candidate , for the United. States senate. and means. It was apparent too that the liquor interests are on the whole well satisfied with the present tariff on spirits and wines and other bev erages as wine growers and import ers were i practically the only inter ests interested at today's hearing. Tomorrow the committee will take up the tobacco schedule.