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. VOL. II. NO. 52.
GceatestDisasteriiutHeHistor.y
e0 cc ura-i n-France
25,624
If :liMj93-OVM
iofMininglinZCdntinental iEurop
ALL PERISH If
All Franca Is Shocked by Dis
' aster In Calais ' District
House Blown Away from
Mouth of Shaft X,
ENTOMBED WORKMEN
;r- : CREMATED IN'MINE
. Only JuftwJodietJrikenjDut. n4
- Dead ' Are Reduced ' to - Ashea
- Flames Shoot , High 'in Afar and
" Illuminate Country for Miles-i
'"Heart-Rending Scenea.: , " '7
TOfrlgbt, Heeret " Nwa 8rrk, by
Wire te Tba Jewrsal.)
Puis, March 10. -In the explosion of
. . tremendous accumulation of natural
gas, 1.12 Uvea were blotted out to a
:coelmlnelt Jmilee from 'Bath una ithls
moraine - Out of 1,716 man who- want
down Into the-mine-at-7-e'dock-only
102 were left ellve 20 minutes-later,
whan to explosion occurred. Bo ter-
tHIo ''"waa thc-biastP-thalh houses -war
. blown away at tha mouth of the abaft,
whlcn waa (00 feet deep, and a horse 20
feet front the ahaft .waa hurled-SO. feet
- Into the air, One man standing near
the' shaft wae'sJmost TJOneuoaed 1 a
sheet of flame which shot out-af the
hole and rose in a column nearly 100
' feet high. . ' . , - ,
Tha catastrophe la ao great that It
haa unnerved the whota populace In tha
Courrlerel coal mining dlstrlot, and the
. attempts at rescue hare been feeble.
The mine was one of the largest la
France and It ia now being a wept, bjr
pre. ' ' -
raw Bodies JWoovered.
Only a few bodies have been taken
out and It la feared that all tha dead
. will be reduced to-ashes. The .scenes
around tha mine are appalling. Tbero
. were several shafts to the mine, but the
explosion occurred directly under the
is In ana, ana t is ap inis min ttst
tha flamea are now arising. Illuminating
tha country ' for three and four miles
around. -. - --
Mora than 10.000 persons are gathered
at tha pit mouths and tha angulah of
all la heartbreaking. Men, - women and
children comprising the entire throng
are. weeping and walling in" despair.
Temporary hospitals have, been estab
lished by troops for the care of hun
dreds of women, : who, worn by aln
waiting, have collapsed. " ' ' " " '
Two women have died Of shock, while
many have become - erased from grief.
A regiment of infantry has been brought
to tha ground , to . keep . the crowd In
check.
This afternoon the general anxiety
became so intense that all linea weie
broken and the surging throng atopped
all work of rescue. '
worst ta Seaory.
Miners have come from other districts
to seek to bring op some of the bodies.
All hope baa been abandoned of anyone
now being alive. Men who have bean
lowered in cages in some of the. outlying
shafts report 4 hat tha entire mine Is in
- flames and that - there were frequent
axptoslons of small pockets of gas.
Tha explosion is the worst In tha his
tory of mining in continental Kurope.
It has shocked the nation, and President
Falllleres haa 'sent his secretary, ao.
oompanled by Minister of Public Works
and Minister of tha Interior Dunblef
an a special train to arrange all details
for government assistance. .
It la believed the explosion waa
caused by a match lit by men who were
building a stone wall ,near the base of
the main shaft. Tha masons had been
. warned not to strike a .match, but one
-of them wae detected smoking yester
day. As far ae haa been gathered, the
gas waa Ignited at the apot where -the
building gang waa at work. ' Not a man
- escaped ln thls Quarter of the-wtlneand
Vlt Is likely that not a trace of a body
will ever be round mere, tne names
having been sweeping through the gal
leries all day.
UMATILLA WILL HELP 5
STARVING JAPANESE
(RpeeUI Dltpatr te Th 2ornL) -Pendleton.
Or., March 10. Pendleton
and vicinity is anslftlng the ramine-
stricken nortionn of Japan. Monday tne
L firatojuiUojiAoja.ahlaUy.wnL-le
seat away. A large. fund la being jiub
acrllwd in the different churches, and
the subject is to be menttonea sunvijn
the pulpits.. - , - 1
Provisions will also be sent, as the
O. . R. - V t'o.. agreed to transpert : all
donations te the seacoast free of charge.
Active interest le being taken. , x. r
TWO INCHES OF SNOW, v -FALLS
AT EUGENE
(Meeclsl Dtapatrh to Tb Jooraal.)-
Eugene. Or., March 10. Snow begaa
te fall here about T o'clock this even
ing, and continued for some time.- The
ground le covered with two Inches or
more late tonight.. The day had been
bright and warm until about o'clock
when the wind turned to the north, and
the weather suddenly became cold. . It
J thought there will be no damage te
trull -....
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' j WrIKM PAT DUN Tlrlft COHCS 'Rout Lr V s
:t The Next Number on the Program Is the First of a Thrilling Series of Ufe-Like Scenes, Entitled, Around the World With
J 4 , j the Common People, and Is Called, Captured , by Cannibals tn Darkest Craftrica. ' v
UONEY MISSING
John Tarty,' Contractor for Can
yon County Irrigation Canal,
. Mysteriously Killed.'
OFFICERS SUSPECT
. MURDER AND ROBBERS
Was on Way to Pay . Men With Big
' Sum Drawn From. Bank at' Early
..When He .Lost Life Near Emmett,
Idaho. V'- :
Oseclsl DUpateh te Tbe JearaaL)
Boise, Idaho-, March 10. The body of
John Telty,. the contrector of the Can
yo county Irrigation anal, was found
early this morning about three miles
from Emmetf. Talty left Emmett at I
o'clock this morning oh horseback, start
ing for a grading camp rollea distant
He had drawn U10 from the bank Fri
day afternoon with which to pay men
working on the canal. .....
' When his body was discovered but tt
was found on. hie person.'. It Is believed
ha waa knocked from hie horse by a
highwayman and robbed. Talty had a
bad bruise ever his left eye and the elde
of his face was contused end discolored.
e BoriSirtforTemrrriTefia It II 1
believed., thqjuilmal waa '.takea-.fcaXha
crlmlnat-wtth which to make his escape.
Officers, ere touring the country look
lag for the robber. r .- '
WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS "
; - GRANTED FOR ST. JOHN
(Sperial fHspatrh to The" JoaraaL)
Boise, Idaho, March 10. Judge Stew
art in the district court granted an aK
tentative writ of habeas corpus) on the
application ef Vincent St. John, -presl-ant
of the . Minora' union, et '.Burke,
Idaho, late thie afternoon. ' The writ
le returnable Monday -afternoon . at t
o'clock. : ' . , .
; Bartkeaake at KarUaleae. ' , .
(Spettal THeeaieh by Lesand Wire to Tbe Jeareait
Fort at France, Martinique, March 10.
Earthquake' diaturbancae continue
here. Two shocks were felt laat nlsht.
but no damage .wad caused hx them.
MONOPOLY LODGE ENTERTAINMENT
".. (Oopyrlght, lOOe, by W. R. Hearst. , .' i
FIFTY MILLIONS 111
Almost That Sum for Twenty
' Four 'Thousand v Machines,,
Mostly American.
BIG CALL, HOWEVER,
FOR FOREIGN CARS
Increase in' Cost to Manufacturer in
' This Country Exceeds That to Con
, Burner, Showing How Importations
Are Making Him Trim Prices.
v (SpKMl Dlepeteh to The Jeeraal.) '
' New York, March 10. The sum of
4M00.000 waa paid eut by the -American-people
for-22, automobUee-in
100a. Of this amount 120.100,000 went
to Amaricarr-manufkctureTa'' for- 22,750
American made machlTree. --
Tho otal number of automobiles of
American manufacture of 110S was 17,
140. leaving 4.270 In stock for sale on
January 1. .The total number of ma
chines' made and sold in the United
Statee during three years ending Janu
ary l was 41,042. at a gross value of
t6.T42.00. -v ,
- The average selling price of American
made autoa - haa Increaaed to 21.702
BonrriMTf " in 1002. while the lmportsd
cars,. . figuring -on all.. aalea ..for., three.
years, snow . an average selling price
Ot M.7I0,-
The extraordinary Increase In the Im
portation of foreign machines la Indi
cated by the fact that in 1S01 only 275
Were- brought In,' costing 21.200,000r In
104 the number had Jumped te 102. at
an appraised value of l.:o.4IX, while
In 1I0S we Imported 1,020" cars at a
cost of $1700.000. .
1 An Interesting feature of tha year's
record le that tha Increase In cost to
the manufacturer himself has been
greater than the Increased eoet to tho
consumer, indicating that the American
manufacturer haa realised that te .hold
his home trade- he must meet foreign
prices. . . . ; ; ...
. Standard Oil Ooraered. ; s
(Special W.p.trb by IeaH Wire to Tbe Joaraal)
. New Tork, March 10. .Under tba new
garage regulatlona - the standard Oil
company must make a dWilj report ef
ail tta elti; aaiee. .
AUTOnOBILES-
Sow UrovekK " fjl ) wC "
ACTOR MORGAN IS
FOUND DEAD -
WeU-Known - Thespian Passes
Away During His Sleep Won
Fame as John Storm.
HAD GREAT TROUBLE I
' IN MATRIMONIAL WAY
Present Wife, Helen Bertram, Faints
.When Told of DeathUnion Was
Moat Successful Matrimonial. Ven
tura in Their Careers.
(Sperial Dlapatch by Leased Wire to Tbe Journal)
New York. March 10. Edward J. Mor
gan, the actor, was1 found dead In bed
today . In his apartments t In the Hotel
Belleclalre, after an Ulneaa from which
he had. been Buffering since the dissolu
tion of "The Prodigal Bon" company. In
which he played the leading part on Its
production. here this season. He hsd
been la a sanitarium the greateFbart
pf the winter. - When Helen Bertram
was reached on the long distance tele
phone at Oaleeburg, Illinois, this after
noon and told of Morgan's death ebe
fainted In the telephone booth.
Mr. Morgan had been In 111 health for
a number of years, but those yeara were
marked by Intense devotion to hie pro-
fesatotir which he held
aTTtTommemrraxcaptlonal' clreumstar
p 'Ht pit yj4 r4 ti col) of 'eJohnBt&f ib
In the -'Christian,- Hall Calne'e play.
on its production tntmacoTintrrrapd
the title role In "Ben Hur." , .4
In other notable, productions at Daly'a,
the Empire and other leading houses, hs
Was cast ror roles requiring strength.
dignity and Intelligence.
. . Oareev em tke gbage.
Morgan arrived at the Belleclalre laat
night. Ha. did not complain of tllnass,
and retired early. When he did not arise
today an Investigation was made and
ha waa found dead in bad. Morgan wss
born In London In 1272, and waa grad
uate of Oxford.
He appeared first In this country with
Jamae O'Nell In "Vlrgtnlus." . He Joined
the old Lyceum Stock company, and
soon became leading man. Hall Calne
saw him act end when The Christian"
was dramatised stipulated that Mnrgtn
should play John Btorjn to Viola Allen's
Ulory Quayle. Ha waa seen la "The
4 Continued on Page riv
WEAR-TERM IS
GIVEH-COLLIHS-
Alleged Bigamist and Convicted
Perjurer Sentenced to San
Quentin Prison.' ,
COURT REFUSES TO HEAR
A MOTION TO DISMISS
Defendant to Appeal to Higher State
J Court and Also to Federal Courts
for Writ of Habeas Corpus to Se
- cure Freedom.-'"--.-- - w
(Speeial IHapatob by Leastd Wire to Tbe Jearaal)
. Ban rranclsoo, March 10. Short,
sharp and decisive were Judge Burnett's
words this morning . when he Imposed
sentence upon George D. Colllna "The
sentence of the court Is that you shall
te Imprisoned at Ban Quentin for -14
years.""
Collins had not been bidden to stand
up tr reoelve sentence, aa la the custom,
and the words came so quickly that he
caught hie breath, but recovered Mmaelf
In time to Interpose the usual objection,
Colllna la In custody, and he asked when
the court would tlx tha amount, of ball
pending the appeal.
"Ball la not usual In auch eases, said
the court, "and la only granted Under
i Hiaa.
vVe-expect-to-be-able-to show such
clrcumatanoea." - --
Trh-e6urtraald neTwoUM 'W nnibls ta
hear the application until March 0. , :
To Appeal ke Oaew.
- Colllna -then.' moved . to dismiss - the
original charge of. perjury against him.
This la the Indictment on which hs was
flrat tried when the Jury disagreed. It
Is based on the eworn denial of mar
riage to Charlotte . Newman Colllna,
made la the eult - for maintenance
against him In Judge Oraham'a court.
The second Indictment, on which be wae
convicted. Is based on his testimony In
the trial of tbe original charge. , Tbe
disagreement of the Jury In the Brat
trial took place on December 2, ' .
"We contend." said Colllna, "that we
ware entitled to a speedy trial on that
Indictment. . The law aaya that if we are
not brought to trial within 10 daye from
the conclusion of tha prevlrma trial we
are entitled to have the case dismissed.
Continued oarage nve
Government Has Complete Ev!-
dence Against Sugar Barons
'and . Railroads for. Violat-.
'. ;" Ing Rebate Laws'"'." : ' :
NEW YORK CENTRAL V
TyT DESTR0YSREC0RDS
Indictments WiH Probably Be Fe-
-turned This ,; WeekOnly-tha-Big
'Fellows to Be Prosecuted Wit
nesses Already. Subpoenaed
Havemeyer in Europe.
(Special Dispatch by Leased Wtre to Tba Jearaal)
New York, . March 10. Henry U
Stimson. United Statee district attor
ney for the eouthern district of Now
York, who went to- Savannah to appear
aa a witness tn the Oreene-Oaynor trial,
returned last evening. He will be in
his office Monday morning and assume
charge of the cases before the federal
grand jury. In the work of adducing evi
dence on the rebatea and fraudulent
freight ratea entered Into between? the
railroads and the American Sugar Re
fining company, 'the exposure of which
came through complaints filed with the
sttOTney-gsnersl by William RHeareU
Jine extreme gravuyoI the .al tuition
la Indicated by the fact that some of
tbe railroad men who usually go out to
tba country from Friday until Mon
day failed t do ee'thia time.
Edward M. Shepard, John E. Parsons
and ether lawyers have been retained to
oppose the proaeoutlons i which have
been instituted and they are In dally
conaultatlonvw4ih their clients.--.., . i.
The meeting place of the railroad man
and trafflo officials of the sugar - trust
is the Transportation club In the Man
hattan hotel. ' A consultation lasting
far Into tha night was hsld Friday night,
at whloh Mr. Uleaaon, a partner of John
K. Parsons, oounsel to the sugar trust,
waa present. There was another Informal
discussion of the subject today.
mellroede at Sea,
The trouble la that the railroad agents
and traffic msn of the eugar trust do
not know - how muoh-the government
knows. They have heard no part of
the charges. The complaints that have
been printed, however. Indicate the gen
eral trend of tbe Investigation and
Illuminate In the moat convincing man
ner the wonderful freight work of re
bate giving and special favor distribu
tion Indulged in by the railroads. .
It la known that, the government be
lieves that for the first time In many
years It baa a clear case. This feeling
of satisfaction waa varied by the as
sistants of Mr. Btimson, who conducted
the Investigation before the grand jury.
Mr. Btimson was ssked for an opinion
today and said, that be did not feel
that he could say anything. He haa
been In Savannah and Is not familiar
with what waa adduced la the course of
his absence, -but before he went he had
a wonderful mass of evldenoa and knew
Just where to lay his hands upon more.
He waa sure that subpoenas were served.
Books, papers, memorandums . and In
itialed private papera were taken to the
grand Jury-room by chalk-fed clerks who
did not know what tt waa all about.
. Trust Officers Abroad.
' The fact Is these suits were Instituted
at a peculiarly fortunate time for their
success. Henry O. Havemeyer Is In
Europe and Lowell M. Palmer, waa In
Charleston, South Carolina, ' whan tha
subpoenas went out. This left the of
ficers with their great mass ef Incrim
inating papera In tha hands of sub
ordinates. The American told today of
the frantic fear of one of these clerical
allies and his query ae to whether he
should take some of the more damning
(Continued on Psge Five.) .
SUSAN B. ANTHONY ON HER SICK DED
PRAYS FOR VICTORY IN OREGON
Famous Suffrage Leader Crowing Steadily - Weaker, but Keeps
HerCheerf ul interest And -
Humph of the Cause
(Speelsl Mspsteh to Tbe Jaaraal.) '
Roeheeter. N. March 10. The In
domitable spirit ef Susan B. Anthony
wtll not recognise even the grim de
stroyer, but to those around her end to
hsr physicians It Is plainly evident that
the great woman suffragist ia on her
deathbed. For the laat four daye she
has been growing steadily weaker, and
only hsr tremendous will .power is keep
ing her np.
A touching scene took place at Miss
Anthony's bedside thla morning. ' Her
lifelong friend, the Rev. Anna 8haw,
who bad Just had a narrow eacapa from
death In a wreck on the Lehigh, came
to aee her. Miss Phaw Is a physician,
and as soon ss ' enlrred Mlas An
thony's room t' t laitr said:
"Tell me. Ar , t ; ' k I wtll get
wellfV . .'
Popular Election of United States
Senators Championed by ,
Late Representative) 1
T "" In Congress 'T "
OREGON CITED TO SHOW
rT.EVirpF PRESENT LAWT
Deadlocked Legialatnrea Prerenttry-,
I Hnartment of . Needed . Xaars aad
Diaorganixing tha Buaineaa of the
State Would Make It' Compulsory
on People to Elect. '
. . . .... 4e..:. .1 ... .....
- V By John E. La thro p.
(Speeial Ctereapoadeace ef Tha JosrsaL)
Washington, D. C. March f. The late
Thomaa H. Tongue, representative In the
congress from the First' congressional
district of Oregon, supported the elec
tion of United Btatee senators by direct
election. 'He delivered a speech In the
house on May 11, 18, which set forth
the fundamental propositions Involved.'
and also specifically applied them to the
conditions in Oregon.
' ! V i. Voeerae's Speech. ' i;-': r
Mr. Tongue, they question being at the '
time op tot general discussion, said tn
part:
Allow me to say that thla la not a
now queatioa In the state of Oregon.
Quite a number of successive legisla
ture have passed resolutions upon thla
question, and asked for this amendment ' '
Representatives from thnt state, both
In the house and senate, have anlformly- a
favored It for a great many yeara.
- "We have had aome experience la
that , state of the evil effecta of tha
present system. Within a few weeks .
past . two Isglslaturea have met and ,
adjourned without electing any senator. " ,
During three sessions of the legislature
the senatorial contest haa taken up
practically the entire time, and haa pre
vented the passage of desirable legls-
1st Ion. Tbe laat one haa discovered an
other method of handling thla matter.
thardsorseenTTirnav
the members In any other state. Our
constitution requires two thirds of the
members of either house to constitute
a quorum. . r , :
" " Can Hake PsacOocg. , '
The result baa been that one thrrd of
the members of either house can pre?
vent the election of a United Statee sen
ator! and so, at tbe last session, a little
more than one third of the membera of
the house declined to take the oath, de
clined to qualify, declined to enter
the discharge of their duties, and tha
legislature waa absolutely powerless.
The senate organised and waa la bosk
slon 40 days, incurring expenses ' and
bills to-be- paJdv-toatr-eetil -net
elngle measure or a single binding reso
lution. .
"Tbe house resolutely refused to or
ganise because more thaa one third ef
the membera failed to qualify. The
result has been bo legislation, no United
Statee senator, no appropriation bill,
and wv .while we are collecting taxes
and piling up money tn the treasury of
Oregon, the- bUla against the atatav re
pald by warrants drawing t per coat
Interest- ' '
"Bo far aa that stats te eoneerned. tt ,
will be a very - eoonoenlcal matter. It .
wUl save a vast expenditure tf money.
It will save a vast amount of friction
and feeling. If the people elect their
senators at the ordinary election, with
out additional expense or : additional
trouble, .
Make tt Compulsory.
"But. there Is another matter. : t am
In favor bf the amendment ao aa to
make It compulsory on the people of a
state to elect their senators. The state
of Oregon la Interested fn the quality
(Continued on Page Two.)
Mopes - toUveto-Sse-Tri-
In This-State
- "Too have no dlseasa, said Prv Bhse
evaaivsly. "There le nothing to prevent
recovery barring your great weakness.",
"Oh." exclaimed Mnm Anthony aa she -clasped
her emaciated hands together In
an attitude of prayer. "Let me live to
see more victories; let me at least' se
the triumph of our csuse In Oregon."
To Ida Husted Harper, Mr falthfnl
Roe well, Mls anthonr said a moment
later, as a feeble smile hovered son' I
her lips:
"Be careful, Ida: I have a r
that I may yet live t r
raphy."
Mls Antony v
Dr. Bhaw to, 1 h-r i
rfpuhltt.an r i
ha '