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Till tasaa ef
Tho Gunclay Journal
Coniprl.e
7 SccUons--74 Penes
The - weather Falrj continued
cool; Hunt east wind. '
JOURNAL CIRCULATION
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'.YESTERDAY WAS
, 1 VOL. VI. NO. 33.
PORTLAND. OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, . NOVEMBER 14, 1009.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
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473
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Oral
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fire disaster in coal vein
Atgherr
HUNDRED FEET UNDER GROUND!
E ROUTE TO
IQ MME. STEINHEIL IS ACQUITTED;
III T TO ts im tivt mrnrrnniM i -r
JUliNd UN Midi I2K1LIAL
U1S BUR
SEVENTEEN MINE HORRORS
IN 22 YEARS COST 4810 LIVES
DEMONSTRATION OF APPROVAL
prlng Tafiay, tt., Wow. .13-r"Th !a,0t.
' appalling mine diaaster In tW history of'
r Illinois mining1 ui u of the worst la
: the history of the United States, " took
place late this afternoon when tho llroa
of hundreda of miliar were snuffed on
la ft fir la the second Tola of tho CM-
. cego, Milwaukee A St. Paul oal mine M
Cherry, seven miles from here, v
With too fire still ragta- at mldnlglit
la the depths of the mlao, the abaft
: of which have boon wrecked. It wtl lm
possible to estlmato accurately the num-
bar of man who perished. Whether 900
or 473 men perished was not certain at
midnight. At that hoar tho official of
the railroad, company Issued a state-
. moat that between 800 and 8SO minar
wro etui a tho mlna praanmaoly
flaad, whilo poraona who haro baoa ooa
tantly at tho month of tha (haft ataoo
tho dlaaatar ooonrrod, doelara tho time-
kaopor'a rooorda ladloato that 473 moa
hare pari had. The railroad official la
1st that of the 485 maa who want Into
I tho shaft thia .morning-, about 30Q. have
k booa taken ont alive. . XAto roporta from
1 JJmorrjr, however, deny . tho . aaaortlon
: that of the men who went into the mine
la the moralaa; only 8 are now on the
nrface and living;. -
0 ' . Cliarry, III. Chicago, Milwaukee A St Paul , mine exploalon, 471-
. 4 believed to bo dead.'' : " ' ' :' ' -
"Fairmont, W. Va. Falftnont colliery, of , Fairmont Coal ft Coke
4 company explonUj la 190;, 400 dead. a
4k . . Jacob Creek, Pa.-Darr mine. Plttabura; Coal company, exploalon In 4)
December, 107. 875 dead. - . -
., Tolande mine, Yolande, Ala., December, 1J0, 70 dead. ' - 4
. 'Naomi, Pa. United Coal company's colliery, devastated by explosion 4
4 ' In November, 1907. 19 dead. . ' -. - . . . 4
Cananea, Mexico, June 1, 1906; 100 dead. - . " 4
4 ' ' Paa, Do Calais, France, March 10, 1906, 1060 dead. -
Warratown, Wales, July 11, 190B, 1I dead. .
e " Karteyck, Russia, June 17. 1906, 300 dead. "
4 - - Hanna. Wy0.k July 2. 1901, 191 dead. e;
W Harwick, Pa.,; Harwlck mine, explosion In 1900, 600 dead. .
Auderlue.. Belgium, March 11, 1897, 200 dead. 4
4 " Johnstown. Pa., July 11, 1892.-Ill dead. e
4 Abermllla, Wale. May 24, 1891, 90 dead. v
4 , Dovan, Belgium, Nov. is1888, lie dead. . e
4 gydiiey. Australia, March 24, 1886, 189 dead. , 4
4 Nanalmo, Vancouver, jaay , ibst, 170 dead. e
Lundhlll, England, February 19, 1887. 189 dead. ' : 4
Deputy; Sherift Bcatty De
parts From Denver With
Prisoner on . Late Train
Saturday 'Mght; Expected
Here Tuesday.
0EUtlSl25BlCE
FLAMES JUIEIEIU
'"' JpZ f " - - ' 'r r,r1A' . -..,
(SoeeUI Dlapatcb te Tba Joanul.)
Denver, Colo., Nov. 13. Deputy Sher
iff Beatty left Denver for Portland late
tonight, having In charge Gus Lowlt,
who Is wanted In Portland on a charge
of- embezsltng funds of the Oregon Trust
& Savings bank Beatty and hia pris
oner are expected to arrive at Portland
Tuesday morning. Tho sudden depar
ture of Beatty and his prisoner caused
surprise here, 'as It had been given out
that Lowlt'a attorneys had prepared a
petition for a writ of habeas corpus and
that a hearing would be held in Den
ver Monday before Judge Whltford.
m 1 (Cut ted Pn-!a Leased Wire.)
Spring Valley, Hi., Nov. 13. Am un
known number of miners, estimated at
450, are dead literally roaated alive
a hundred feet, under the earth, as the
result of a fire in the second vein of a
caal mine, at Cherry. III., seven miles
from Spring Valley, late this afternoon.
Men escaped, with their lives to tell hor
rible stories of the scenes they : wit
nessed below the earth's surface."
The first that was known of It was
wnen there was a deafening- exnloslon
COLORADO GOVERNOR
SIGNS REQUISITION
FOR PORTLAND MAN
Telegraphic advices from Denver re
ceived' Saturday afternoon state that
Governor . Shafroth has granted the
requisition papers for the custody of
Qua Liowlt, wanted in Portland on a
charge of embezzling funda of the Ore
gon Trust & Savings bank. Lowlt, how
ever, has not given up tha fight to avoid
extradition. He will commence habeas
corpus proceedings In. the district court
in-Denver tomorrow rt the grounds that
he once returned to Portland to face
trial, and was told by the then prosecut
ing attorney, John Manning, that his
skirts were clear. -
i Attorneys for Gus Lowlt prepared
their writ of habeas corpus yesterday;
and It will be argued before Judge Gree-
Water Hauled Three -Jlilcs In Blinding Blizzard, lake
to . Extinguish , Fire in f 'Boat Hoyt Strikes Rock: iYH'rr- , L,TU tate?
. . l . . . . ' I that he will flaht to the last to prevent
r Jiurnmg Jnme fetory 01 Tempestuous Wares Are pis being taken out of Colorado, and
Escape of Two men Is ler
. ribly Vivid: -
'United Preaa Leased Wire.) '
Duluth. Minn., Nov. 13. -Helpless
Spring Valley, 111., Nov. 13. Late to-
end a column of fire and smoke shot out I night special trains carrying fire ap-
of the mine shaft. : The cage -was in-lparatus were 'sent to Cherry and the agalpst the fury of a northeast, gale
stantly lowered and a moment .later it volunteer firemen began to pour water j the steel steamer James Hoyt, of Du
waa pulled back full of miners, who j into tha mine in the hope of checking I iuth, owned by tne Wolvin Steanishiu
the .flames. The work was rf"y company, Ilea on a reef in Lake Super-
tbU T lltUewatr a7 Cherr and" I-11;" rl1 ' --ny assured h.m that-he
engines have to carrv it three miles in i " , ...- wuum uvy uo uocuuito wiy w.uiw,
staggered to the ground as it reached
the surface and gasped out the story
of the scenes of horror they had wlt-
T.,1 11 T1 --j TT 'J. Itnai.ne win carry on nis oatiie in ana
Xiupiuiy X UUUUlIlg Iier lUlout of court as long as he has a penny.
Piof oe ' ; . ,'V: I in .case he Is brought back to Oregon
XiMA-o . v I the former drn.rtment store head nrom-
laes to make things lively for every one
concerned In the Oregon Trust A Sav
lngs bank case since the failure of that
institution. He points to the fact that
be returned to Portland of his own ac
cord soon after the failure of the bark,
and of his department store even after
a requisition for him had been denied,
and says that following the hearing of
the charges of larceny brought -against
him in justice court at that time the
it ' ' v
if - ' $
Ill f - N .
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LJ X. 7 . .'.Ml
VERDICT
Mme. Steinhell, Hha. Was Acquitted of Mardor of Ilcr Hasband.
COUNTY ATTACHES
STEAMER FOR JAR
OF BURNSDE BRIDGE
Before they could tell their story the j cars.! ....Several hundred men, some of ln death the steamer is slowly being I and in fact gave him a clean bill of
battered to pieces.
William Chamberlain, a mate and a
sailor, , battled with the storm for 13
hours In ; a lifeboat and reached Red
alive, and that wheatho fire has been - - u "J "
rheokl nd the mnk cleared from' the l exhausted. He brought to land the first
them ' armed with -buckets were set to
work dumping the water Into the shaft,
President Karllng and General Man
ager Bush- expressed the belier that
some of the entombed men are still
(Continued on Paga Seven.)
cago was sent down again and again,
each time bringing up its burden of
blackened and '-weakened : men. Finally
there was no signal from below to drag
the cage up, and then it came up empty.
Explosion Za Caase. - ' .
Then the survivors told the atorv I checked and tha smoke cleared from the
while physicians attended them. They shafts, rescuers mayt be sent down safe- news of the disaster which . occurred
ea)4a4L Jthe. jienwereit Jfcoricat ly and effort madeto-communicate I early this morning, Two-- tug-nd- a
o'clock when there was a terrlflo ire- with any of the' miners still surviving. I wrecking crew organized by the Steam-
port, . and almost in an Instant the I . rk,tiAnk trui... lahiD eomnanv left Burfield tonla-ht but
wnow . mine- WM .nuea. with , riamea. nm- unM r nnt hr hv were unable to reach the ill-fated ahlp.
They.aeemed to go everywhere and It L .rhr.h- Buffeted by the tempestuous waves
th M it h. (mnrianoM men nnMthe boats limped into Bayfield shortly
jget aid; they could not have survived etore midnlghtpartly disabled by their
th Intenaa heat or thai fire.. . I v.im ""' cit-iuenia,
It was sUted at Cherry tonight that I JU ciT Iedge.
the officials of the local miners' union I It began to-snow late tonight, and It
were formulating a demand for a com- is becoming colder Tiourly. If the storm
plete investigation Of the disaster and doe not subside before morning there
the - circumstances surrounding it. Is little hope for the crew or the vea-
Mlners were heard to declare that if eel. which lies on a rocky ledge, her
the exhaust fan had not broken at a
critical moment aome ot the men now
entombed - might have, been taken out
alive. " v ' '. - . . .
Telia Tlrld tory. '
A vivid story of the fire was told
tonight by John Haney. a miner and
one of the 24 men who were taken outlgUng
alive. Haney and - James . Flood.' the I which
latter of whom went back- Into the
mine' with the reacue party and per
Isned, are believed to have been the
last- miners taken out of the mine
alive. -
Haney declared fie and Flood were
the first to discover the fire. : He said
he waa about to leave the mine about
2 p.
character so far as his Portland record
was concerned,
Mr. Manning stated last night that he
had no recollection of having told Lowlt
he would-not be prosecuted any fur
ther, although he said that' it was his
understanding that Lowlt'a record was
clear. -.- . , ,
J"I did not try.Lowlfs-4iasa-4n coa
nection with ' the alleged department
store larcony, said Mr. Manning, 'but
my chief deputy, Gus Moser, had entire
charge of the matter. I was present,
however, and knew In a general way
what- the circumstances of the case
seattle sees
Wraiths
(Continued on Page Seven.)
tSpeeta! Dispatch t Th, Joareat )
Saattle. Nor. 1J. Without giving eny
reason in open court for th rinn
propeller out Of the water: According I
I to the mate and companion, who fought
for their lives while going 20 miles j
from the vessel to Red Cliff, the Hoyt.
bound for a Lake Erie port wUh- Iron
ore from Duluth, went aground about
4 0 clock thla - afternoon while atrug-
against - tha northeastern gale
occurred with a blinding blU-
sard. The vessel struck the rock with
sufficient Impact to drive her onto the
ledge until her prow waa several feet
above water.
William Chamberlain of Duluth, who
with a sailor . rigged up an Improvised
sail on a lifeboat and flew before the
gale to Ked Cliffy Wis.. Is the son of
DWIUL GETS
YEAR JIIID 81000
CaHfornia Land Fraud Con
spirator Must Serve Time
Partner Is Sentenced.
(Hearat New Serrlea.)
8an Francisco. Nov. 13. Dr. George
W. Dwlnnell will spend a year in the
AlAmfta muntr iJt fn, hivlnv i-nn.
m. and waa walking through .the I Captain Chamberlain, who with his crew j Pired with John Garpln to defraud the
main entryway from the escape 'ahaft
to the hoisting anart when be dlacov-
JudV fJtchU0iUla,B ,n tb npeHorlered. the flamea. .. He summoned Flood,
cour .toaay cauea a grand Jury. The
action waa taken upon a a order signed
by every Judge ef tha superior court.
Twenty-four names were ordered
drawn, and the men whose names ware
selected were ordered" to appear for
service on November , , -,, ',
Aa unofficial-statement bad been
mad that each actloa would fee taken
and the courtroom waa crowded, nrin.
eipally with attorney, when Jodge Gil
liam mounted tbr beach. The crowd
awaited expectantly the reeding of- each
'"' iew were inaiantir nnw
ho- was nearby, and together - they
fought for an hour with tbe fira In
an effort to extinguish Its spread, .
eea name. .
"I doa't know how the Tire atarted."
said Haney. "I only know that I aaw
the flames and I realised that It waa
absolutely necessary that I put them
out or several hundred miners would
be roaated to death.
"The heat waa terrible, and both
Flood and I were blackened and burned,
but we atared with" the fira for an
rwae drowned about thla time last year! TOVatmmAnt few tirw.t'n In aw dnmmv lswa
whn bis Ten?l, trie Ctmffon, was aunk I
In a storm off . White Fish point. Lake j Judge De Haven. Imposed that sentence
Claiming negligence on '' the part of
those engaged in the handling of the,
steamer Olson A Mahoney, when- she
hit the east pier of the Burnside street
bridge February 27, which resulted in
considerable damage to the bridge,, the
county of Multnomah' attached the
steamer yesterday afternoon for the
sum of $3022 damages, through the
county sheriffs office, the papers be
ing served bjr Deputy Sheriff Harry
Bulger at about 4 o'clock.
" "When " seen by ""aT'represontative "of
The Journal Captain H. T; Payne, mas
ter of the Olson & Mahoney, waa some
what Indignant about the affair, and
said that was the most Irregular, pro
ceeding that he had ever Seen.
"As ships come directly . under
the laws of the United States govern
ment, and therefore are handled by thai
federal courts, It seems rather
strange proceeding for the sheriffs of
flee to usurp the duties of the United
States marshal. '
"The charge against the steamer is
that, of negligence, but for my part
think that the county is negligent and
contributes t,o accidents in not having
guards around the piers, which would
protect them in case of Just such acci
dents as occurred on the- afternoon of
February27. , and which, was unavold.
able,, according to, the findings of the
United States local inspectors, who ex
onerated the pilot. Captain, Al Betts,
of Astoria. 1 They form a board ap
pointed by the United States govern
ment for the investigation of just such
cases, and they , acquitted the pilot.
(Continued on Page Seven.)
20.000 GAIN IN 10 DAYS
Burkhard Building Sold Again, Napoleon Davis Making
Good ProfiUVhen V.D.Williamson, a New Yorker,
Invests on East Side Improvements Planned.
(United Praaa taurd Wire.) ;
Paris, Nov. 13. Amidst scenes of
greatest confusion , and excitement,
which required soldiers to maintain, or
der, Mme. Marguerite Stelnheil, accused
of the murder of her husband. Adolph
Stelnheil, tho artist, and her step-mother.
Mme. japy, on the morning of May 61,
1908. was acquitted by a Jury in the '
tribunal of the assizzl tonight The ac
cused woman showed remarkable forti
tude, but weakened when she learned
of her good fortune and swooned. Great
crowds stormed the assizzl building and
sympathizers paraded through the
streets. The case was given to the Jury
at 10 minutes of 11 o'clock tonight, in
the most sensational trial of the French
annalsv- The Jury- deliberated- briefly
and returned a verdict 'of not guilty of
murder. The verdict" followed a day
of unusual scenes in the court, when
sensation after sensation thrilled the
spectators. : ' , ...
Verdict Spreada Quickly.-
The word "acquitted,", pronounced at
12:60 a, m., Jn an almost Inaudible tone '
by the foreman of the Jury In tha
crowded assize courtroom in the Palais
da - Justice,- spread like fire." - As Jim
btelnheJL stretched out her arms in
mute gratitude to the Jury that ' saved
her life, tha news traveled
The shout "Acquittal!" Issued from
the lips of the hundreds of distin
guished spectators In the courtroom.
hysterical wave "Acquittal" was
swept along ; by the hundreds In "the
corridors - of the Palalsede Justice and
rolled a volume of sound across th
sea of 200,000 people who jammed the .
courtyard of the palais and filled the1
surrouding streets for blocks. '
1 From street to street, from alley to .
alley, the tidings spread, until tbe tat
tered denizens of the Mont , Marte dis
trict, from their crooked alleys. Joined
the thousands in tbe gay-lit boulevard
In a cry of "Bravo! Bravo! The red
widow. Is Innocent," , ; . ,
All Paris Shouts Approval. '
Cafes, hotels and residences emptiad
their thousands into the streets to join
the mob; wild with excitement, that
surged to and fro wih but one object
to apread the news. Hysterical Paris,
almost universally of the opinion that
the "red widow" was guilty, turned
(Continued on .Page .Seven.)
8USlEf
Superior.
HICWAUKEE ROAD.TO
PASS UP SEATTLE;
BUILD TO PORTLAND
nlswl aa the name of men well kon I hMjr ' r,bat to pat it out
la austneaa lire, but the majority were
rtamea ef men who bad gained no protn
Inaaee and vera pratleally unkaowa te
tba fee era. 1 puhlle.
Two Wall zaewa Baakera.
Cr be 14. two ar weU knowa bank
era. R. R. ?raer, vice prwidaat ef
th National Back f rntnwieree. and
J. P. Oleaaoa, manarer f fha Araerlrea
Fank Truat mmpafsr Thr ar or
e-fr-t or. lx mahanlra tw wajra-
nr, two grr"-r, frn;r raarher or
f rmera. ema rai?md man, two r-l
aetata wen, a he ! Wt, one other
tirineoa tnaa and thr men v linae
--" rat I m la Tint ksrn,
Tra a 'i 1 1 ee.aa fr ef wr fr,
Flaally. though, the fire got away from
M," and whea tt rrapt w Into ever-
haad tuntering ef tbawmra I eoald ae
it was all on.
"Flood and I then ran from the place i
aa fast aa wa -rould te tbe bolatlnc
share w eonM that ethare had j
been there before us and wer being
hoisted up. Wa waited In the let enaa
beat f ir .what anied a lifetime te at,
het final! tbe ore. un dowa aal
were lifted te tl.e s-jr-face. I -iea:
we were th Mat men tkm emt alive.
f -T wt4FB turn rata wertt 4n the iit
tlfre It ram up einttj-.
Zacap ZjRparaiv
"I " t tnr-m what beatua f the
rnttd rraa Iaaed Wire )
, Waahington, Nov. 13. Govern-
meet traffic officiate claim to 4
have advlcea that the Milwaukee )
road will ge te Portland and will e)
make Everett, not Seattle, He e
rr.ler aorthem termlnaL Aa of
flctat from the coaar saidr r-ra
'Tha Milwaukee has booght a e)
half mile water frontage at Ev- e
arett for terminals, elao aa Island
for anop. afy understaading Is 4
that . Jim erposition to tb e
upon him today In the United States
district court, after .denying -a motion
for a new trial. A fine of 1 180 waa
added to the Imprisonment
Judge De Haven refused to change
the location of the Incarceration. - A,
request waa made by attorneys that the'
defendant be aent to the county jail of
Sink! you county, where the defendant
resides, ao that hia family could
enabled to visit him more frequently,
but Judge De Haven refused to accede
to tbe request Galpln. who waa con
victed with Dwlnnell, received a atmllar
entenre.
Dwlnnell le a prominent Republican
politician. lie Was on of tbe Taft
tier tor a from California, and owns large
tracts ef- tltabertaads Jn SUklrou
county.
Jr: c" MRS. ROOSEVELTAND .
e sid the MUwauke ia gettmg a ) . .VTImu; rviifivn Tinrr
footing la Everett where Hill a) h 1 11 lAt I VM I Ml JlUjlh
henceforth mm dirlde tntfis-
wlth the Milwaukee company.
From what I learn. I am lad to
believe that the aama ru!t may
b prodweed Is Pnrtland. to. which
city th Mttwaulre road l rer
tata t build la the nr future.
4 beficef orth mm dirlde trfi;4;
a with the Milwaukee company. e
i
Nap Us. Nr. u. alra. f.oo-elt aad
Miss Kthel Roosevelt sailed today oa
tne it'imT Koenls AINert for New
Trk. A nsmber of frietida. Inrludln;
Trt PWreiary Oarrett of th A atert'-an
etnhy. Captain l.tinr. naral attach,
and tfi wtar of Kaplea. want to to
ah'p to e i' m ff. . .
For th second time In 10 daya the
Burkhardt half block building on East
Burnside street hss changed bands, the
property havUng been aold yesterday by
Nanoleon Davis to V. D. Wllllameon. a
New. York capitalist for $170,000. The
property baa a frontage of 300 feat on
the north side of East Burnside, 190 feet
en Vnlen eveau and 100 feet on Grand
avenue, and la Improved with a three
story brick building. It wss purchssed
Just 1 dsys ago by Mr. Davis from
Arata Brothers for IliO.OOO. and by
yesterday's transaction th aeller neta
320.000 without- ever naviog eompieiau
hia original purohaee.
Th buyer. V. D. wnusmsen. is a
v.w Torker or large means, wno nss
operated extenalvely la the north we t
during the past Tew yeara. II was th
original organiser aad ballder - ef U
Grand Trans; railway, which recently
pasaed under th control ef th Hill tn-
terearte aad la now a part or tne ureal
Northern. Be Tor taking over tne
Burkhard building Mr. Williamson had
a local arciuteec inapeci tn STrurture,
with tho result that Be announced hurt
night that b would Immediately expend
from 11 &.(' to Siee.M In Intprwvtng
J. tnektng atterortvw 1 1 era lo tn (It
Interior of th bulldlag and eultding
two additional stories.
Tb 1 Is tbe largevt tranaawtlna,
Snd If refartfed as tb moat mjortnt
det that baa aet b'a wiede tn eaat
. I b. m ( n Tr-rwr t v If 1 a la 1 '
Ilk tn well defined aKTwiwut t k sIM (
trlct extending from Hawthorn ave
nue on tb aouth. north to Holladay are
nu. Mr. Williamson said yesterday
that he regarded Portland realty aa one
of the aafeat and best Investment a
to be found anywhere In the country,
maa uiai ne anew or no omer city WDer
better opportunities were afforded for
profitable Inveatmenta In real estate.
He leaves today er tomorrow for Spo
kane, but will return to Portland In a
few days when be contemplate maklna-
Othr Investments In business property
vn wu aiaea 01 in nver.
The Burkhard Drooertv has rh,n.1
hands ao leas than riv times la the
past three years. At that time It waa
optioned by th owaer, Joeeph Burk
hard. t Joseph M. He ley and Joseph.
Bachtal for tltt.eee. Later they sold It
ror a auostaaual profit to John P
Sharkey, who aold It to Arata Brothers
for. $131.00. Arata Brother tM tt
ea man, two year and sold It to N
poleoa lvls for $i(.eoe.
to txjuaiag now yield aa tuul
rwntai oi aoout .n.oa. but with tb re
modeling nd building a of twa ad.ii.
tteaal atotie aa prepooed by th new
wwor. it ia expected that h lacom
caa b more than doubled.
Corjte Law re-are- FVj-brm.
rwaUrt-ra' Tvmm eed W .
-Cblcro, Nov. 11. Oeerft j, v rerra
Peyton of Macon. Oa, well ken
threnjghont th fnJ1e4 gtate. dUs tyre
today. Tor ye--a Mr. v?to waa in
rsee t4 t tfr' dei-artmeat 0.1
(United Preaa Leaaad Wlnu) , .
New York, Nov. 1$. The moat aenea-
tlonal development of tha government's
war against , the sugar trust came today
when the direct charge waa made that
evidence against the trust which Impli
cated former high officials, was stolen
nearly two years ago from the desk of
Richard A. Parr, the special -.' treasury
agent who uncovered the "crime of tbe
seventeen hotes" at th . Williamsburg
refineries of tbe sugar company,
This crime has been concealed by the
government officials and waa only mad
public becauaa District Attorney Wis
believes h has presented to th- federal -grand
Jury evidence sufficient to aeour
the indictment of the maa responsible.
According to District Attorney Wlae, th
suspect to a former government spot ial
agent who waa "removed for cauae.
Th evidence, however, has never bea
located. According to Wise, althouf
thr waa evidence agaidat other I r
corporations in Parr's deak at the tltua.
aad Jewelry and rash, nothing but tb
evidence against the sugar trust was
touched. - i
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