, . , 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.