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A Little Ad in THE JOURNAL Brings Results. Costs Only One Cent a Word. .The WeatberFalr' tonight, with, possibly light frost;. ThursaaiC! fair., PORTLAND, OREGON, cents: oir tbahs two irw HI 4N&S. mi C&XTg VOL. VI. NO. 49 . . PORTLAND, -OREGON WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 1, 1907 --EIGHTEEN , PAGES. . ' ; PRICE TWO ' Seven Men Entombed in Coal Mine Rescued ,-and Rushed Jo Hos- rv . n ra n ananmr rain - - v w W M Buried Alive Last Friday by a Rush of Water That Flooded Mine Had Eaten Nothing Smce Monday Thought of , Cannibalism.' Johnstown, Pa.. May 1. At --1:11 'clock this morning the aeren miners who had been Imprisoned In the mine . were taken from the mine at Foustwell. ! Ten mlnutea later they were placed - - aboard a special train composed of an engine nd boxcar and started for a run to the hospital at Wlndber. , ' " Yesterday afternoon four men started I Into the mine In en.- effort - to wade through to rescue their entombed com ' rades. The passage Is only : four feet high and there was barely enough space between the surf aee of the water-and .the roof of the tunnel for their heads. Slung across their - shoulders - they wore water-tight dans tilled with water .and nourishment In liquid form. The - men bad a mile to crawl In this most awkward position before they reached the heading where the men were sup posed to be located. The mines were , ' closed down. One of the rescuers; was the brother of Michael Bolya, the fore man, who was Imprisoned. ' The party f four that started Into the mine in the afternoon- was. unable to reach the entombed, men Und the, ef - forts at ' the pumps were again r , uewed. Late last night Sttney Kodon s and Char leg Ream volunteered to make ' ? another. effort to reacn, Bolya and, his - companions. -' . . - The Imprisoned men were reached be tween 1 and 11- O'clock,- but were so weak that It was deemed' inadvisable to attempt to take them out then.- The ' pumps were kept working and short ly after 1 o'clock1 the water tad been reduceu so that the , men 'could be brought to the surface in aafety. They had been revived by. the food and 11 '.." quor carried to them by the rescuers v and at 1:15 they were brought tip. When the mine was flooded with wa ter Solva assumed charge of the party " ' and directed each of the men .to get his lunch basket before trying to escape. Thev then ran aWng the passage way until they found a pile of ties that had been left for tracklaylng. ; With these they built a platform on which they stayed and thus kept out of the water all the time. ' ' v - V ( The food in the lunch baskets was '' dealt out sparingly, but it, was exhaust ed Monday .morning and the men had eaten nothing since then. It is believed that all will, recover, ; . Bolya. the mining contractor wno too charge. of the Imprisoned party, de scribing the terror, says: "It was worse than being entombed alone,", and : all the tales of shipwrecked sailors being driven to cannibalism to sustain life occurred to them. He said: . ' "None spoke of it, but when the last crumbs from the dinner palls were , gone and" hunger began - to - gnaw 1-1 saw by the furtive glances the men J ' cast at each other that my companions ' were all thinking of the same thing. Each wondered who would be the first J 5 victim. It is a wonder any of us re- i, talned our minds." : . I s.slinlya, with six companions, had been win-White Coal company since ylast 1 Friday at noon. '- They wers shut off . from the world by a rush of water that flooded the mine through sthe broken, wall ofan abandoned mini. IWhlch ' was dentroyed by the careless firing of a blast. ' ;;- --.y- 'Vl.J':'i--M::1 Parisian Mob Kills American. Paris. May 1. This evening the man killed by the mob for firing a pistol at a soldier was Identified as an American . named Law. ALL STAM BE E N t . Bryant jndicted After Sellvoodi; People -Tell v"' Federal Grand Jury of Duel in Which A. F, "Toots" Bryant is - the latest i member of the gang of robbers to be indicted by the federal grand Jury for : complicity In the looting rot the St Johns : and f Sellwood i postofflces. Bryant's Indictment was returned- this 1 morning When .'the ex-barkeeper of Tom ''Fallon's notorious saloon on North Seo . ond street y was 5 formally v accused of i having received ; stolen- stamps taken from th St .Johns office. ..:?.r? An interesting feature Of Bryant's ln- dictmenfe was that the Instrument con tained a description of " the V stolen sump.' Aeordtng to the indlctmeni the robbers secured 1,008. l-cett ' sumps, 0,000 8-cent stamps, 200 6-oent stamps, 180 8oent stamps, 205 lQ-cent stamps . - ' - : 'J MMLA DRY CELEBRATED If . ADMIRAL, GEORGE DEWEY. CELEBRATE DAY Nine Years Ago Dewey and Fleet Sailed. Into Manila Bay and Stayed There Gridley and 7 Three Other ; Captains Dead. Washington, t). C, May 1. ; "Q dewy was the morning r " Upon the first of May, r - 1 Anl Dewey was the admiral !, ; Down In Manila bay; ' And dewy were the regents' eyes,- r ' fr.i , . . . , And dew we feel discouraged? " I dew not think we dew," Nina ehor years ' ago this morning Georg Dewey, unknown- to fame, Bailed Into Manila, b&y to ' meet'' the much-bragged-of navy of Spain. He stayed there,-after short 'retirement- for breakfast. - Tonlgnt Admiral .Dewey and his friends attend a banquet . in -celebration of the victory of Manila bay. Captain (3ridley to- whom Dewey said, "Ton may fir when, ready. Gridley," Is dead. Three other-captains who par ticipated in the famous fight are also dead. Those officers who are still liv ing will attend the banquet " - . ''-Cr 'ii y '- . ; Rlra. tfhaw Glyea to College , "'Mw!York,''May'';-l-It.l' stated that Mrs. William Thaw has given $50,000 to New 'Westminster university at Denver. ' It is understood she has prom ised to give an additional $100,000 if the. defense of her son does not make too great a drain on ber fortune. , - Rl y HEROES A Nothing Heard of Army Officers in Airship -Which Lett St. Louis Last Evening for Washington--Strong Wind Blows'" " ' ' : (JoarMl Special Barrfce.1 St Louis, ay,l. W(th a sharp wind blowing and; heavy clouds banking the sky.i Captain Charles .Chandler, ; United States' signal 'corps and Aeronaut J. a McCoy of. New , York city started last t3ht on the-long distance balloon trip they had been trying for three days to take. v They .had .oped that the wind would carry them eastward - so i they might land near Washington.1' D. C, and because, the wind . had been unfavorable had poatpoined the time of starting Jor turesidays.,. '.; ; ,.' V!"f 'h:ir'-4,- ,,On. leaving" the "iround ! tha ! balloon went straight up nptll It had- cleared all the. buildings, near-by. and then ;took : a southerly course, ; veering , slightly , to the west ' 1 . Captain Chandler Is making aerial ob PS STOLEN HAVE R AC E D TO ROBBERS and 1Q2 special, delivery stamps worth 10 cents each., The total value of the sumps stolen at the office Is $2 J1.10.' ;it is believed, that 'the grand Jury Js hearing evidence against the real lead ers of the gang today.,. This .Includes Wayne,:. Carter,1 ; Kelley .Anderson x and oot by tie-fact hat pr.' Sellwood,' Pol- lice Officer Sorenaon, Archie Turnbull and others who are known to have' evl dance directly bearing on the opera tions ofr the gang, testified before the if ' ' ' Division of ska Sobbery. ' Sorenson ,was the, officer i.who bad the duel with the robbers when they robbed Men Leave.Matter With "Father Yorke to Ar range Terms With United Railroads Six Thousand Machinists, Iron Workers, Molders and Boiler ; , makers Around San Francisco , Co OutFour Strikes in Sac ramento Day of Dread. v Uoamat Special Senriee.) . San . Francisco, May 1. The threat sped rear -strike in San - Franoisco has been delayed If not averted as a result of a mast fleeting of the union men which lasted until 4 o'clock this morn ing. ' . After hearing "a proposition to ac cept a modification of the Oakland scale of 0 hours' work at from SI lo 40 cents ah hour the street car men left the. matter in the hands of Father Peter Torke and the executive com mittee with . instructions to ascertain the best terms the .United Railroads would offer. "A conference will be held with President Calhoun of the United Railroads, today,? It is believed a per manent settlement will be effected. The men will ask either IS and eight hours, or t!irCUeUnd sliding scale with T slight changes. The Oakland scale runs from lO-cents an hour for the first-year men to 88 oents for 10' year men. ? The;men waat -the soals to start at 81 cants Calhoun may. grant In addition to other labor troubles. San .Francisco Is threatened with a tel ephone i strike. The operators' union has prepared a new scale demanding $69 a month for all the girls who have been over-a-year in the service. In the event their demands are refused the union "will call a strike. Linemen and others will stand with them.. Between 6,000 and 7,000 Ironwork ers, blacksmiths, machinists, boiler makers, iron shipbuilders, molders, steam fitters, coppersmiths, electricians and others engaged In the metal trades in this lty, Oakland and . other bay cities struck this morning for an eight hour day, ' Twenty-seven shops are af fected. ; (Continued on Page Thirteen.) servations for the government, which is now.lnterestlnj itself in the galloons as aids to the army. He carried in struments to show . the' altitude and speed attained. ; Aeronaut McCoy hopes to win the'Lahm cup offered for, the longest distance, continuous flight The balloon ln-whioh Captain Chand ler and McCoy started for Washington had notJeen reported at 10 o'clock this morning. The wind is still to the south, but the weather bureau says the tipper eur-ents are easterly and will blow the craft ioward the Atlantic. The men took several carrier pigeons wit them, -with the intention of send ing messages back to St Louis. They took provisions sufficient to last them three days. - It was their expectation to reach Washington within 48 hours. the Sellwood office. It Is beUeved that the man who shot Sorenson was Kelley, as bis connection with the gang could have no other bearing than to be one of the men stationed outside to watch for the police. .' Anderson and. Wayne are supposed to have done the safe work, while Carter and Kelley were the "shooting" men of the crowd. Dr. Sellwood saw the 'duel between Sorenson and the robber, and later re moved the bullet from Sorenson's leg. His testimony is supposed to have dwert particularly In a description of the bul lets. : Later Miss Mlna Faubln. the young woman who found cartridges and empty shells along the path the robbers took their flight in, is expected fideni tify the bullets which In turn will be Identified as the ones which alfie could have fitted into .the revolvers used by the-robbers and. which were taken from them at the time of thejr arrest."" ' ' Testimony by Turnbull. tTurnbuU's testimony Is supposed to have been along the lines of Ms con fession, la which be is said to have told Continued on Page Two, AmericMiSailors U S. WATCHED DEATH UADnUlM III Like Man in the Pit and Pendu- lum, Glenn Hite WaitsTfor the Elevator in the Eaton Hotel to Crush Out His Life. Lying at the bottom of the elevator shaft in the Baton hotelj too seriously injured to move. Night Clerk Glenn Hlte lay motionless where he had fallen at an early hour yesterday' morning and watched the heavy car descend upon him, expecting his life to be .crushed out before help could reach him. The (elevatori .stopped of its own ac cord and Hlte was rescued a few mln utos after the fall by one of the guests In tbe liotet. TVBoon after- being raised from the .shaft he lost consciousness and was taken to St. Vincent's hos pltal, where he wyi recover. : ' Hlte. lni response to a, call, had gone to a room on the second floor. The elevator Is provided with- automatic brakes and it Is thought the car had raised in the shaft after Hlte left It, leaving an open ' space through which he walked on. his return. Hlte himself has been unable to tell, since being taken to the hospital, how the peculiar) accident occurred. Hlte fell two stories and a half, strik ing on the cement foundation . at the bottom of the shaft Stunned by the fall and suffering Intense pain he man aped to turn over on his back, and as he did so he glanced, up and saw . the heavy ; car rescending. upon him. Hite reckoned that Inside of a few seconds his life would be crushed out . 1-The horror of the situation nerved him and he struggled to raise himself from his perilous position but failed. On the verge of-losing consciousness, Hite' called-for help as loudly as pos sible, and .renewed his cries as the heavy car sank within a foot of him. When Louis Bright, a guest of the hotel. rushed from an upstairs room to the unfortunate man's assistance, the ele vator had stopped In response to the automatic brakes within-six Inches of Hite's body.i.-" The car was raised and ' Hlte lost consciousness lmost as soon as ha was takon from the shaft. . No bones were broken by his fall, but he was so severe ly bruised and shaken up - that he was unable to talk intelligently - regarding the accident, except to tell , disconnect edly the details-as given. i Government ! Starts Investigation. Washington, May 1. The government has started . an Investigation of over 20 - railroads and steamboat ' lines ac cused with discrimination In the ship ment and handling of cotton goods for export 1 y T" '''!. FEATHERS' FLY . , WHEN SCHMITZ. MEETS HENEY San Jose, May 1. The ' air was full of feathers at the os- trich farm today when one' of S the older birds, named "F. J. Heney,'' because ' of ' his com- batlve tendencies, was atUcked - by coincidence by , two ' rare; black-feathered ones, known as ; "Buer' and "Schmlts." It ap S . pears that -; "Ruef ' 1 and "Schmlta," only 10 months old. tried to enter a corral In which 4 wers Heney's" two mates, ' "Carrta Nation" and "Nellie Bly." S -"Heney proceeded to snow both Intruders -that they could not enter his domain unless spa- daily Invited. "Ruef" was the' first to feel the weight of ,'Heney'a mighty foot, and. when V'Schmits" butted - in "Heney" ; promptly butted htm out For ' nearly SO ' minutes the three : great birds fought with blows that had ' tha velocity and v strength of a trip hammer. . .'Majah.'f a colored attendant ' rushed in to ssoarate' the com- ' baunts, but with a mighty kick , "Heney" landed hiw-oifc the other side of the fence. Finally heln was summoned and "Heney'" Was i corraled in a comer of the pen. ' The badly wounded "Ruef and ' ' Sohmlti'' - were taken" to tha hospital for 'repairs. - pnMCTni UUIIIL I UllrlltU 111 i. '1 1 8.: T ACOM A, PROTECTED CRUISER"" T IILU I BADLY INJURED Islanders Show Class Hatred of Americans In Assault Upon Bluejackets-Ensigns Ashore in Civilian Clothes Also Hurt Havana, May 1. The police of San tiago early this morning attacked T a party of enlisted men from the, cruiser Tacoma who were returning to the wharf upon the expiration of shore leave to board the cruiser. ; Three of the Americans were seriously Injured, and one, whose skull was fractured. probably will die. Ensign Bflsbln, who was ashore In civilian clothev also was injured, but not seriously. , . : . : News of the fight came here to Com' mander Wood of tha cruiser Dixie, he being the senior officer In Cuban wa ters, from r Commander' Tappan of the Tacoma, which is regularly stationed at Santiago, The police evidently used guns, knives and -clubs, while the sailors were' un armed, as they are not permitted to' go ashore with weapons of any kind. Be hind the row is believed to be the ha tred " of 1 Cubans for Americana - which has been shown before. Commander Tappan is Investigating the, matter. Gould Wins Frrm Pennell. , -London. Ma-.1 1. Qould todav de feated Pennell three straight -sets at tennis, giving blm the right to chal lenge Milesfbr the championship. IIIIUDFICn s UIIHIll IMPROVE ARTILLERY CORPS Results ot Recentf Examinations to Be Re ported to Secretary ot War on His , 5. Return (Jonraal SpeeUl . Berries.) . i Washington, D. c May .!, On the re turn of Secretary Taft from the west, which is looked for tomorrow,, the re sults of the recent, examinations of the officers, required or 4 the separation of coast and field artillery will ba 1 an nounced to him and reported to ' tha president andbn Its -approval tha long- looked for' step toward' the correction of the defects and supplying" the defi ciencies of , the artillery service. - rec ommended1 ,by! ' General : Murray and aimed at in' the' new arUllery bill will be accomplished. : " , , " i By 'the act of - February- l.lSOi; the regimental organisation of tha artillery, which' existed - at that, date,1 was abol ished ' and 'the' artillery was organised lnto a'corps-'consJsUngf-t)! 12? compa SALOONS TO THE PUBLIC Two messages were sent to the city council by Mayor Lane today, calling attention In one to the violation of the ordinance relating, to tha proximity of saloons to publio schools, and in the otner to tha use of engines which caused fires through - defective rigglng or 1m prope fueL In both instances the mayor asked the council to enact rem edial ordinances. , .The message regard ing saloons la as follows) "To the Honorable City Council. Gen tlemen Complaint Is made to me that tha provision of the city charter which governs the sale of Intoxicating liquors within 400 feet of premises occupied by public schools Is not being enforced, and : upon inquiry I find that,euca complaint ' is founded upon the fact that two sa loons r operating under license Issued by authority of the city council in vio lation . of tha city's Charter, to which condition of affairs I herewith respect fully call your attention, that the same may be remedied. ' -..-:".--v-':-':-'C,!"i'-''. ' "At this time I wish also to state that there la no existing ordinance which provides a penalty of any kind for tha violation ox aucn provisions ox ins city Police BROTHER MADE HER PRAY Woman Was Forced to Repeat Lord's Prayer for Two Days by Brother Insane From Re ligious Frenzy ' - ". (Jonnul Bpeetal Bervle.) . " ; San Jose, Cal.. May 1. Forced to nray for" 48 hours at the bidding of her cracy brother, Mrs. Katharine - Morrison of Vine and San Fernando streets was so exhausted when rescued by - the police this morning that aha fell-in a stupor at the foot of the policeman and is now suffering from nervous prostration,- - Her brother, B. T. Orant had long been a lllglous enthusiast and was seen to have a wild gleam in his eye when ever he read of revival services. ' Last Sunday. themtfngs onducted by Rev. Bulgln Jbeganrand aftea attending three seseionsor Tne-exciting campaign for souls Grant returned to the family resi dence, locked his sister in her room and commanded her to pray. ' Devils are looking in at every win-. dow. - If you stop praying I will kill you to save your soul from their tortures " he told the frightened woman. After making her repeat - the Lord's prayer for four hours he switched to "Now I lay me down to sleep, and; under- it soothing, influence the' mad man fell asleep early in the morning. By waving a pillow case front the win-1 dow Mrs. Morrison finally attracted at-1 tentlon and tha police were summoned nies of coast artillery and 10 batteries of field artillery. The- strength of the artillery v as increased from seven regi ments to the equivalent of IS regiments the maximum enlisted strength being fixed at 18,920. ' t . , One of the most serlousy defects of the artillery bill of 1901 was its failure to authorise any field officers, the con sequence being that the requisite offi cers for the provisional battalions and regiments . oft field .artillery organised by war department officers have been taken from the coast artillery at the cost of tts efficiency. - Tlte new. bill corrects these defects and 'provides for an artillery engineer for.. each -fortified harbor: .This most (Continued on Page Two.) ARE TOO Mayor, Calls Attention of Council to Violations v of City Charter Jhat Are Constactly - : ' Going .On. : charter. In the absence of any such authority from your .honorable body. It It Impossible for the police department to take any effective action In tha mat ter;, and X respectfully request that an ordinance provldln g - for- a proper and Just penalty be placed among tha laws or tms oity;;i ask'thia as a matter of Justice to the police department which is being unjustly blamed tor a condition of affairs tor which they are In nowise responsible and Ira unable to'remedy or Controi. . . . - The second message was as" follows: T "It becomes my duty to call your at tention to a condition which exists In connection with the use of steam en-l ginea, which, acting under strong flPEflEB TO PRISOflERS Nelson' and Danielsoh Freed, as District At--torney Novy Believes Them Innocent Countrymen of Swedes Convict ed f or-. the -Lindgren Murdec ' Assisted Official in Making an Investigation Which Showed V Charges Were Unsound,! ' . "i11 " ' .- , .'(.. .- ' ?t ;t.. -' Ed Nelson and C. 'H. Danlelsbn, thsT ' two young Swedes whom a circuit court Jury adjudged, guilty of the killing of u Oscar Lindgren last January, walked into the sunlight today free men. - For nearly four months the two hava been behind tha bars at the county Jail and for V nearly half of that time thery : have been under conviction, with almost an absolute certainty of spending the majority of their remaining days in tha penitentiary. They left the Jail penni less and in debt, but happy. Fellow countrymen who became' Interested In their defense will look after them for m few days and help them get a new star! In Ufa. ' -'' . .:.--.T.T.-r.-v Xosss Asks Xslsase. . V Tha - discharge of the prisoners waa ordered this morning by Judge Fraser at ma request or ueputy District At. torney Moser, who was instrumental in - their - conviction." At the ; opening ' ot court Moser rose and addressed Judge Fraier. In moving for the .dismissal ' ot the-, cases against Nelson, Danielson , and Peterson, the deputy explained that he had thoroughly belloved In the guilt of the' menat the trial, but that an ln vastigatlon he had made since had con vinced him that the alibi claimed at the trial was well grounded and that ' the men were Innocent-,-'''-' .-' fT --r- Moser said that, inasmuch as the men had been found guilty, . he had for a ' time thought it advisable to have an other trial. ' But he had concluded that this -would be useless, as he could not conscientiously prosecute them and that, moreover, another trial- would involve r an unnecessary expense.' , " ' -1 I ' have reason ' to believe," said Moser, "that even the court has hi ; doubts as to tha guilt of these men." r 'vV "Traser Orders Dismissal, , Judge Fraier replied that he saw nd reason why the ptisoners"Tshould not be discharged if the district attorney be lieved them Innocent, and he promptly ordered the dismissal. -. . . To the united cooperation of : tha Swedes of Portland is due the ' fact that the injustice sof imprisoning in nocent men for murder was avoided. After the convlcllon of the accused At. torney W. W. Banks went among thein countrymen and roused them to ac tion. A mass meeting of Swedes was held In the Y. M. C. A. auditorium and Banks and Moser debated the evldenca of the trial. iThe Swedes decided that Innocent men had - been found guilty and they raised a fund to pay for an appeal to the supreme court It waa then that Moser began his investiga tion which convinced him that tha men could not hava been on the spoi when the crime was committed. Peterson Kay metnrn.1 Harold. Johnson, a witness, ;hsdl sworn that he saw the - priaonera get on a car at Third and '-Couch atreeta at :25 ; o'clock on the 'night ? of tha murder. . The schedule of the company showed that thia car reached Savier and Fourteenth streets, the scene of the murder, at . :15 o'clock and tha ' conductor swore that . some men had got off s the Lindgren corner. The shooting -occurred at , 9:17. Moser in tefviewed: Johnson . and . became con vinced that he was telling the truth. Gus Peterson, the third Swede who! waa Indicted for the murder of Llnd. gren., left town and was never' appro ' hended. He may now return1 withouS fear of hindrance, for his case was dis missed with that of , Nelson; and Dan lelson." CLOSE SCHOOLS draft." at times become a "source of danger from the escape of a shower "f coats wnere light fuel such , wood and sawdust are used. i 'Much complaint .has me during the past few days by f n sons whose homes have 'been ro s i. gereo. ana at times set on fire tli- t tne use or such a motor which ij , . Ing used in the constrdctlun of a. , -In-the Brooklyn district. In,,.-,, the owner of tha apparutiKf i.r.i t under tha advice of the ci.f n of the fire, department hh 1 i n devices for the aii -,f!r!? i,r nave oefn arii),d .i(sott i. (Coutlnuel on i .