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' ' - ; ' '', . "... EXCHANGE' IT ' f If yom aava a Moral, win taaohia or diamond that yo. wiaa to awhanr to MTUtafti let your want 1m mown . ' throurfe a Journal want ad TXXT , OOH ,TrT XJtnl' ' ' , The weather Showers tonight , and Sunday. COAST TEMPERATURES jr. t 4- ' . ' - 8 A. M. Today. Boise , atU ....... Spokane . Marahileld . . . Saa lranoieo rortlatad ,...,..- , a1 sa i 5 a ; . . . . . ... . , . v. . i 1 . i . VOL. X. NO. 29. PORTLAND. OREGON, SATURDAY ; EVENING, APRIL 8, 1811. TWO SECTIONS 18 PAGES PRICE TWO CENTS SJiegrtfanT9 MMTN EXPLOSIO I II (GONYICTS DIE ft TOLL OF DEATH IN ALABAMA DISASTER MAY MOUNT T0 1 70 Blast, Caused by Ignition of Gas Pocket, Comes Just After Day Crew Goes on Duty. SHAFT IS ISOLATED; DETAILS ARE MEAGRE Crew of Government Mine Rescue Station Rushed to Scene. (United Preaa Lt'aed WIm.i Birmingham, Ala.. April 8. A tele phone message this afternoon from Littleton aaya that 135 negro convicts were working In the Banner mines at that place this morning at the time of a heavy explosion. Seventy-five are be lieved to he dead. About 0 men es caped. Practically all the men working In the mine were negro convicts except for the horses of the various1 working , crewa. The Pratt Consolidated Coal company of Birmingham, owns the mine. It has been learned here that the dis aster faulted from the Ignition of a gat pocket. The explosion came at (I o'clock this morning, Just after the flrht 1il ft went on for the day. State Mine Inspector Hlllhouse and the orew of th United States mine res cue station from here are en route to he scene of the disaster. Ten bodie hav e been tSWirarwt To Succeed Gould 'NEW REVELATION IN BRIBERY CASE IS MADE BY EEEIS Councilman Declares Employe f of Firm of One of His Col " leagues Bought Up Peti tions to Defeat Measure. OFFICIAL IS LOMBARD'S "UNDESIRABLE" HE SAYS Xo Rescue Car. rnl:ed rua Lamed f im.l Washington. April . Reports from Littleton, Ala., are that SO convicts had been killed there by an explosion A. R. Bowen. In charge of .the United States prison at Birmingham, was or dered to rush to Littleton at once and take charge of the situation. Then la no, mine rescue car at Littleton. B. F. Buh, ho ia reported to have been selected successor of George J. Gould mm president of the Mis souri Pacific railroad. Mr. Bush hat long been identified with the Gould interests. Ho succeeded Winston- Pierce a" chief executlre of the Western Maryland railroad Jn 1007 and later waa made preal dent of the Pittsburg Terminal Railroad & Coal compnxy. ARIZONA ISSUE IS EVADED BY TAP! Tells' Delegation He Will Await Decision Until Congress Takes Action. 't'ntted r- Laad Wire.) Washington, April 8. President Taft today' told an Arizona delegation that he would neither approve or disapprove the Arizona constitution until congress act ed upon It. He wants to hear the ar guments of congress before deciding whether the recall of Judges provision In compatible with the United States con etltutUm. President Hunt ol Hie Arlxona con stitutional convention headed the dele gatlofi which sought the president's views. il DIRTY PASTORS ARE IVEN SHARP RE8UK E United Preaa teased Wire.) Kokomo, Ind.. April 8. Indiana min isters today are "sprucing up" as a result of Bishop Hughes' rebuke yesterday-to dirty pastors. 'There Is no excusein the world," aid the bishop, "for a preacher wear ing ft, dirty shirt or collar. Water Is plentiful, soap is cheap, and blacking cbsta but five cents a box. Carry a rag In your pocket and shine up shoes. Above all things, don't sell or buy min ing stock or peddle, sewing machine or- dabble in fife Insurance." AT LEAST 76 LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE HO DISASTER At Noon 70 Bodies Had Been Taken From the Pit and Six More Had Been Lo cated by Rescuers. Reiterates Details in Plot; Was Offered $3500 by "Inter ests," He Charges. One of his colleagues in the council--one of the men classed hy Gay Lorn bard as an "undesirable," has been In directly brouglit Into the bribery chargcB made by Councilman fc-ins. who toia yes terday of offers made by the paving Interests to buy him off from filing his competitive paving petition. "I am informed," said Ellis today, "that the man who bought up my blank petitions for the amended paving amend ment to the charter Is an employe of a firm In which one of the councllmen Is principal owner. This councilman Is one of th men who favors the Interest, and ono of the men Mr. Lombard has put on his undesirable list. I am going to investigate this matter to the fullest extent and try to find out who Is behind It." , It la surmised that the men who were' active, Jn' trying- to, boy up the blank pe-; tltlons and thereby prevent .their c I ref lation are closely' connected with those' who itr imxirvrKni-x -freta-r; money If he would file a defective peti tion. If this be true, the bribery trall leads to one of the councllmen. as well as to the paving Companies, Tells of Bribe not. Devlou ways were resorted to by the would-be bribers, according to fur ther statements by Ellis today. On each of the three occasions when he was ap proached, he says, he waa Intercepted on the street At no time did anyone overhear what was said, and the men selected for tne work were not directly connected with the paving. Interests. . The first offer came from a promin- House Triumvirate II m-Ht '.: Ill PORTLAND FINDING AV m BOND BUYERS OF EAS City Auditor Barbur in Receip of Many Telegrams of In quiry About Future Sales o Local Paper. CITY IS CONSIDERED TO BE MOST CONSERVATIVE Increase in Tax Levy to Mee Payments Urged by Official. (Continued on Page Throe.) ORPHAN RAT, ADOPTED BY CAT, RUNS AWAY: MOTHER MURDERS' IT Wire.) . Two (Tutted PreM Leased Los Angeles, April orphan rats, adopted several days ago by a cat belonging- to C,. F. Melklejohn. onened their eyes today, recognized their nat ural enemy In their foster moth er and now there is only one. One was killed when they at tempted to escape, the other was captured. Apparently there 4 ' aVt away. Several days ago. when three of, her kittens died the mother cat killed a monster rat and then adopted Its two orphan offspring. With a sur" vh ing kitten" rhe; ravished1" tree rodents, and apparently exhibit- 4 ed ho partiality uv any. tnemuer of the family. H?Sr av Scranton, Pa., April g. At least 7 persons are known to have lost their lives In the disaster yesterday at Throop, Pa. At noon today 70 corpses had been brought to the surface, and six others had been located. Of the lutgo force of men working In the China, vein at the time of the ex plosion, oh'y Flrn Boss Vickers escaped. The men were all suffocated. Rescuers said today that the bodies had been found In groups of from three to 7, with arms and hands interlocked. Mine Inspector Williams Is here to day investigating the cause of the fire. Forty-five dead have been identified. This number Includes Joseph Kvans, foreman of a rescue car. As the corpses are brought to the sur face the authorities have great diffi culty In restraining the grief stricken relatives. All night long women and children crowded about the main en trance In the hope that by some chance the life of a loved one had been spared. John Gray, a rope cleaner, was the hero of the disaeter. He heard the alarm In time to escape, but Instead of rushing to the shaft, penetrated Into the lower ftinnels to warn his companions. His body was among those brought to the surface just before dawn. Many members of the rescue parties collapsed this morning. They had been tolling, steadily since 3 o'clock yester day afternoon. Volunteers are relieving the fatigued workers. A thorough search todav of all the Inner., workings of the Throop mine failed to reveal , any more bodies and it is believed that the total number of lives lost Is 76. Orders we're' received this afternoon for the governmen rescue car which has been assisting in the recovery of the mine victims to leave at once for Bl rmlnghany alabama, TWO LiniE BOYS . CONTRACT SIGNED FOR BOULEVARD 4 J- A . I L. 1 I j it Mayor Simon Starts Action on $30,000 Work on Ter williger System. Bj" signing at noon today a contract for the grading of Terwllllger boule vard, Involving an expenditure of J30, 000, Mayor Simon atoned in a measure for the lsg delay of his administra tion In starting the great boulevard sys tem planned by the Olmsteads several years ago. Paquet, Gleblseh & Joplln, to whom the contract was awarded, announced that they will begin construction work Monday morning and will hurry to com pletion the first link of the great scenic driveway that will eventually encircle the city. The strip of land for this part of the boulevard was given to the city by the Terwllllger heirs. It Is about one mile and a half long by 200 feet wide, and extends from Hamilton street on the north to the Slavin road on the south. Present when the mayor signed the contract today were Councilman H. A. Beldlng of the sixth ward and Secre tary H. C. Jones of (he South Portland Boosters. Both of these men have been active In the campaign to have, the Terwllllger strip converted into the first stretch of the boulevard system. Tho real succeKsors of "Uncle Joe" Democratic chairmen of the three most Important house committees, who have Just taken up their new duties. From top to bottom: John J. Fitzgerald of Brooklyn, N. Y., head of the... appropriations com mittee: Oscar W. Underwood of Birmingham, Ala., chairman of the ways and means committee and real "czar" of the house; '.I'll Ham Sulzer of New Yprk, chair man of the committee oh foreign affairs. Oreat bond buying firms of the east are turning their attention to Portland securities. Every day City Auditor A L. Barbur receives a telegram or two from various parts of the country, In Quiring (or information as to future sales of local paper and expressing ea gerness to submit bids. Two telegrams that arrived today are of peculiar sig nificance in view of nswa dispatches to the effect that traders In municipal bonds have refused to bid for the latest paper Issues of the city of Seattle, ow Ing to tha fact that the bonded Indebt edness of tbe Washington metropoll has overreached 7 per cent of the total valuation of Its taxable property. That Portland, long recogniced as the most conservative city on the western lope, la coming at last Into Its Own and that the big ' bond merchants real ise this la only too apparent, declare experts. . . telegraphic queries received by the city auditor Is that capitalists are asking about the Broadway bridge bonds. A night lettergram delivered at the city hall today states that Spltser Rorlck & Co. of Toledo, Ohio; are In the market for $600,000 of these 'securities to be sold April 2. The message further stat ed that the company's "legal depart ment will doubtless approve the bonds unless they are found unconstitutional (Continued on Page Three.) MYSTERY CLOAKS ESTATE CLAIMAN T PLANS TO ABOLISH ALL FEE OFFICES Mayor-elect Carter Harrison Will Establish Flat Sal ary Rule. Girl Who Says She Is Daugh ter of "Lucky" Subject of Strange Reports. Black Hand Informer LMk, 4"f s j , . Vv -til r , J fc - f, II ;-.' . , i? II Uii '' V "' 0 II .'s ' :'y II fife " ll OR. LANE WILL BE CANDIDA Abhatemaggio, the Camorrist, who ia appearing as a witness against his former associates at Viterbo, Italy, in their trial for the murder of Grennaro Cuoccolo and his wife. BOSS' LORIMERS ,111 DERIDES FUNK'S CHARGES "Amount to Nothing," He De clares "Whole Affair Part of General Scheme to 'Get' Senator." (thittod Preaa Leaned Wire.) Boston, April 8. Mystery surrounds Beatrice Anita Turnbull Baldwin, claimant as daughter to the millions left by "Lucky" Baldwin, the deceased turf mngnate of California. It Is as yet unknown whether sha has disap peared or Is safe at home at the resi dence of her foster father here. Late last night the police were asked to hunt for the girl, who was snld to have vanished. Only a few hour after ward her family communicated with the police and said she was safe at home and the report that she was missing was a mistake. Today neither the girl's mother nor her foster-father. Dr. Turnbull, would discuss the episode In any way, and the police are at sea. It was declared late this afternoon by her family that Beatrice Turnbull had been found. She had been at the home of a music teacher, they said, for 24 hours. (Doltad Trru Leased Wire.) Chicago, April 8. The charge made by Clarence S. Funk to tho Illinois eglslature that a $100,000 slush fund had been used to elect William Lorlmer the United States senate was derided here today by Judge Hanecy, Lorlmer's ounsel. Denying that Edward Hines, the lumber magnate, had ever raised the SlOO-,000, as Funk charged, Hanecy made tho following etatement to the United Press: "The charges amount to nothing. They are all Innuendo, based on hear say. Who Is Funk? He has nothing. People are not going to somebody's hired man to ask for jl 0.000 to elect a United States senator. The whole af fair is simply part of a general schema to 'get' Lorlmer. They . want to get him because they can't use him. By 'they,' I mean the newspapers who have been fighting him. When they failed In attempts to use him, they immedi ately opened the attack. "Funk told nothing of evidential value. Nothing from nothing leaves nothing." Efforts are being made today to serve E, IF HE GETS NOMINATION Selection as Head of Demo cratic Ticket Must Come Without Effort by Him, He Tells Friends. HIS PLATFORM WILL BE ANNOUNCED LATER Entrance of Former Mayor In to Campaign Insures a Lively Fight. Dr. Harry Lane will become a candi date for mayor. If the nomination comes to him without effort or solicitation on his part. Friends of the ex-mayor to day authorized this announcement, with the statement that they have received assurances he will accept tha nomina tion If it comes to him without making a scramble for It. Dr. Lane himself has authorized no direct announcement, and today referred Inquiries to his friends. But after the great pressure that has been brought to bear upon him by men of both .parties, who ' have appealed to him day after day. he has yielded against his own in clinations to the extent stated.- Thl remove the great standing en igma of the campaign, and his friend ' predict that he will capture tha noml- ' nation of the Democrats, who are ex-; pected to write in his nam on tha bal- V lot. in a uffldeBt number, ta.maka. him tha candidate of that party. Whoever ... receives tha Republican nomination, . therefore, will be assured Of a real contest at the June' election. Dr. Lane's attitude has been that ho did not wish to become a candidate. After hi experience of two former terms, he ha told his friends, be did not wish to take up the burden of d- y ministration again. He has emphasised ? the need of securing a clean council - that will -work for tha interests of tha city; and the possibility of securing a good council has been one of his chlet. concerns. Later on Dr. Lane la expected to give ; his opinions on tha Isaue of tha city campaign, but hi record a mayor give ample Information as to the attitude ie will take In opposition to apeolal in- terests and the making of a greater ' Portland. It Is because of this record , and his stand for tha "square deal" that he has been so persistently urged to . become a candidate by men of all par- ties, who want to sea a change In meth ods at tha city halt (Continued on Page Three.) ABE RUEF RECRUITS BIG BIBLE CLASS IN CALIFORNIA PRISON (United Pre Leased Wire.) San Quentin. Cal., April 8. Every evening after dinner finds Abe.Ruef, former political dictator of San Fran cisco, conducting a Bible clas In- San Quentin prison, which continues until "lights out" time. The class ha grown from his two cell mate until it now number about 90. Ruef's ability as a teacher of th Bible has. been heralded around th prison with such rapidity that he has accepted an invitation to deliver a ser ies of sermons from the-prison chapel. Rucf will preach his first sermon to morrow morning. t ,. r BURNED IN SICK (imtfrd Pre Leaaed Wlra.l Fort William. Ont.. April 8. Two lit tle boya, named Frost, John. 2 years old, and Joseph Francis, IS months, were burned to death last evening In a one-story shack In the foreign quarter. Mrs., Joseph Frost left Jier four chil dren at home while she went to a store. While .; fche was gone, the eldest girtj aged . t, went outside and tha . three mall boys were left in the frame ''shack alone.-; : The -eldest, 4 year ol, swys John., aged 2, climbed up on a table' to get matches. He lit ne and In a mo ment, the place - was In flames. The oldest child ten outside, thereby saving hla Ufa. The others perished. ANOTHER m T PORTUGAL FEARED (United Preu Leaaed Wlre.t Lisbon, April 8. The Portuguese cruiser Adamastor today Is scouring the coast In searh of the mutineers who seised a steamer and started sea ward after being repulsed in an attack on a government arsenal. A new re volt with the object of restoring King Manuel Is feared.. (United Preaa Leased Wlra.) ChlcagqaoAprll 8. Mayor elecjj Carter Harrison announced today that he will abolish every fee office In the city gov ernment, putting all municipal officials on a flat salary basis. Harrison will not assume office until April 17, as he wishes to give Mayor Fred Busse pUrnty of time to clean up all the loose ends of hlu administration. DESPITE THEIR DEFEAT PROGRESSIVES HOPEFU L Battle Is Renewed. (United rr. Leaitd Wire.) Los Angeles. April 8. The lengthy battle waged In the superior court re cently by Anita Turnbull Baldwin for a portion of the estate of "Lucky" Bald win which resulted In an adverse ver dict for her, will he resumed in the supreme court of California. The first steps in an appeal were taken today, when notice was served upon County Clerk Inland to prepare a transcript of the proceedings in the lower court. Formal notice of appeal will be filed within a few days. The ground will be that of erroneous Instructions to the jury. TRAGIC DEATH CLAIMS POPULAR CLUB mEMBERAND BUSINESS MAN "FAREWELL" WHISPERS JOHNSON, NEAR DEATH (United Pre Leaaed Wire. I Cleveland, -April 8. Tom L. Johnson )i today almost at his, last gasp and his death Is a matter of not more than a few hours. Johnson sank rapidly last night and Is not expected to last out the day.. "I am through talking" were Ma last words before sinking Into; a tate of coma, "Farewell." (United rreas Lia4 feln-i Washington. April 8. Debplte the election of Thomas Staples Martin of Virginia a minority leader In the sen ate, prpgreaalve Democrats here today declared that th majority of the Dem ocrats are of their stripe. Martin wa elected by ' progressive Democrata who pledged themselves to his candidacy before - the lines were closely drawn. Senator Owen of Oklahoma todajf as serted ' that progressive Democrata In the senate- .can poll ZS . vote If, the oc- f. HUSBAND MISSING, DENVER WOMAN, 92, ENDS HER LONG LIFE (I'nltedi I'reaa Leaaed Wire. I - Denver, Colo.. April 8. Bo- 4 cause her husband, 90, had been missing for-' two weeks, Mrs. 4 Richard Carty, 92, committed 4 suicide last Sunday. Today local 4 authorities received word from Los Anelea that Carty had been e -Injured in a runaway March 27, and was confined In 'the county 4 ' hospital there. The injured man e does not know that his wife is p dead." Carty Went to Los An- 4 4 geles to get work, and found a 4 job in a barber shop. ' irM , George. McMillan, one of Portland's best known tind best loved business men and formerly president of the Multno mah Amateur Athletic Club, was caught between tho cars of a freight train at Thirteenth and Johnson streets at 6:10 p. m. yesterday and killed. Thousands of his friends heard the news last night and besieged every pos sible source of Information for hours, hoping to be told it was all a mistake. At 8 o'clock yesterday evening Mr. McMillan telephoned his life-long friend. Gay Lombard, from his office, only a block from the place where he was kill ed. He waa then Just starting for his home at 171 King street, where his wife and little daughter, Consuelo, were waiting for him. Fifteen minutes later, Mr. Lombard took down the received to call his friend at home and at the mo ment the message of death came over the wire from the Multnomah club. The body Is today at Dunning Mc Intee's where an Inquest la to be held at 4 o'clock this afternoon. The fu neral services will be held at 4 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at Trinity church. corner Everett street and Trinity; place. The honorary pall bearers will be Mayor Joseph Simon, George W. Siroorm, M. O. George. Walter Holt. Judg tJatena,". L. Mills. Edward Cooklngham and A..B. McAlpln. f The following; bav been se lected a active ,jall bearers: . W, ? B. Fechhetaiier, Th'ima O. Fttrhrelf, George D. Schalk. U M."tarr, J. P. Cooke, C. R (Continued on Fag. Ten.) r 'If lit ..;! ? X-. r f.'eort'O Strn.'l i' 1