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VOL. XI. NO. 11
PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 23, .1912. TWO SECTIONS J8 PAGES.
- i i 1 ; 11 1 1 ' - - . - ... . v 1 1
ENGLISH STRIKE
CAUSING TERRIBLE
SUFFERING OH iSLE
t With V Coal Vanishing, : Thou
- sands of Families Are Re-
v duced to Want and Women
and Children Freeze.-
A III H IK I H-V r-H AKMII
RIOTS WILL BE GENERAL
Notify Government That Soon
It. WilLBe .Impossible-ta
: Maintain Order. '
(United Press Leased wire.
London, March 23. Appalling suffer
ing prevails throughout England, Scot
land and Wales as a result of, the pro
. longed strike of the coal miners. Every
district In the three countries' Is affect
ed. y K-'i- V-W:- ..-tV:
Thousands of , families living In the
cities have pawned their nrooertv. in.
eluding furniture, and are living In bare
rooms without fuel. In the Hanley pot
tery district, ; J00.009 men, women and
children are dependent on charity. Soup
xuenens have Been established In all
, communities of more than 6000 popula-
lion.
Infant Mortality Increases.
.Hie infant mdrtallty Is appallin. In
hundreds of thousands of homes a weak
gruel made of moistened meal is the
only sustenance given the babies." "
,. The J(ome office estimated today that
at least 8,500.000 persons are out of
worn as a .direct result of the strike.
Counting others depending on these for
a livelihoods the total' of those facing
""un exceeds 1U,0UU,0UU, ' !-:.'
Tood Blots Occurring.
Heads of the different municipalities
throughout England today sent word to
government officials that they will be
unable to maintain order unless the
trine is speedily settled. Food riots
already have occurred In Scotland and
WsU-s,, and he situation Is hourly be
coming more acute.
The strikers' funds are exhausted
. The majority of the cotton mills in
Lancashire-and Yorkshire have closed
.down today.
The gas worlts t Leeds is guarded
by the police because It Is besieged by
people bagging for coke. The foundries
Ht Lincoln have closed. The municipal
ity of Barnsley la feeding 2000 children
dally.:
Government officials here tonight are
hopeful that a conference to be held
Monday between the operators and lead
ers of the miners will result In a set
tlement of all difficulties. Great pres
sure is being brought to bear upon the
mineownere to accept the J minimum
wage scale which grants five shillings
a day to adults and two shillings to
minora. ; . .
NS BATTLE:
ER
Desperate , Fighting Taking
Place, North1 of Swatow;
Business in City Suspended,
(Culted Press teued Wlr.
, HonKong March 23. Rebels and the
troops of the republic are fighting des
perately totuy north of Swatow. In
1 that city business is suspended and all
foreigners are' warned to remain within
doors. '
Should the rebels- win the, battle it
Is feared that an attempt will be made
to sack the city.
Yuan Start General 8bakc-Up.
United PrM teued Wlro.f
Tien Tsln, March 21 Determined to
be rid of a number of "undesirables"
.who at present occupy positions in the
new Chinese . republican government,
President Yuan Shi Kai has undertaken
a general shake-up of officialdom and a
large number of changes in the near fu-
- ture are being speculated upon today.
Tho, president's task is a difficult
one, as a large portion of the men to
be weeded out are desperadoes and crlm-.
inals who simply seized their positional
during the general ehaos attendant upon
the revolution. These do not Intend to
. surrender lucrative posts at the presi
dent's order and they hava sufficient
military backing to put up a formlda-
uie resistance. i,
i ypicai examples of these officials
are General Chang Tso LJn, a former
nrigana cniet and guerrilla ; warrior In
the Russo-Japanese conflict, who lit nniv
virtually the military dictator of Man
churia ; Luk Lau Chlng, former outlaw
and West river pirate, and General Liu
Foh
ri.u, an ex-convici. i nere ' are
many similar characters in positions of
mgn trust, especially in the more re
mote districts. ..v
Peddlers Tortured and Killed.
(United Press I.esiwd Wire.)
Kluktang, China, March 21. The re
publican provincial authorities, today
started a belated investigation of a
case of torture, murder and cannibalism
which occurred here In February. -
The victims, a msn of 60 and his two
sons, came here to sell.lsetchup. A re
port spread that the .trio wre imper
ialists bent on killing republicans and
that the ketchup was poisoned.
Without the slightest attempt to test
the ketchup. mob of reoubiicnn mi.
-de selBwTttnrr)rfe'Tirar
fliers, lonurea tnem into unconsclous
rncss with red hot irons, revived them
and then - beheaded them and tore, out
and ate their hearts and livers. , (
It was later proven that the ketchup
was harmless.
CHINESE
rebels
and
mm
FOREIGNERS
N DANG
in of m
LAID TO REST 111
I!
Thirty-four Flower Bestrewn
Caskets Interred in Arling-
ton National Cemetery at
Washington. '
(Unitrd Pre'! LeiMit Wire.)
Washington, March 23.- With im
pressive military rites, 34 caskets, cov
ered with flowers' and containing the
bones of the victims of the: clowing up
of the battleship Maine In Havana har
bor 13 years ago, were buried in the
Arlington National cemetery here at
4:30 o'clock this afternoon.
.PresldentTaftad -the-member-of
his cabinet, .a number of diplomats and
high offkjers of the army and navy
were present. All flags in Washington
were placed at half staff, and the build
ings alona; Pennsylvania avenue were
draped in' crape. ;'.;
Twenty-five thousand personsVatched
the procession as the caskets were
borne along the avenue toward the navy
building! where at 2:30 o'clock the obse
quies were solemnised.- One thousand
soldiers and sailors, all wearing crape,
escorted the caskets from the. mw
yard, where the remains were taken
rrom tue cruiser Birmingham, which
bnraghtthem from Hampton Roads.
The procession halted at the south nor.
tlco of the navy building,, where Presi
dent Tart, Secretary of the Navy Meyer.
an trie onreau chiefs and a number of
army and navy officers were In wait
Ing. .! "v. .'f'.; , .
' ' National Salute Itred.
Chaplain Bnyard of the Washington
navy yard delivered a brief nriivr.
after which president Taft spoke eulo-
gisiu-aiiy or tne dead sailors. Monvls
nor Chid wick, who was chaplain of tl,
Maine , when . it was . blown up, also
spoke. After firing a national saluta
irom the battery near Washington
monument the cortege ; then proceeded
to the cemetery.
Monsignor Chldwick nd Chaplain
najara oriiciatea at the services in
Arlington, where Vtops" was sounded as
the coffins were lowered into their
places In a new sectjon ofthe cemetery.
near tne graves ot the other Spanish
war heroes. ,. , ,., , .
Two companies of bluejackets then
presented arms and fired three .volleys
across the 84 new graves. : v ; :
In his eulogy over' the caskets' of the
34 victims, President Taft said in part:
"It is well that we halt the wheels of
government and stay the hum of In
dustry in order to note appropriately the
dent we. owe to those who gave their
lives for the nation.
Given Honorable Burial. .
"We raised the shin from the mud
at the 1 bottom of Havana harbor and
gave her remains an honorable burial
in the blue ocean. We now consign
to the sacred soli of Arllnrtnn th
revered bones of those who : gave the
Maine her personality and made her . a
living weapon of protection for our na
tional honor and our vital interests. .
Those honored dead were hurled into
eternity without the inspiration of an
ticipated tattle or the hope of victory.
But they were on duty when they went
down: they , wore the uniform of our I
beloved country and are classed well to
the ' fore 1n the list of naval heroes
whose steadfastness . and courage, have
given the American navy its high posi
tion among the navies of the world. '
"The Spanish war Is a thing of which
everyone may well be proud -because it
was fought without a single selfish in
terest and was promoted by the most
altruistic motives. Beginning with the
self denying ordinance with respect to
Cuba, we were forced into the attitude
of taking over the Philippines and our
course witKjthose islands reflected the
highest credit upon our purposes and
our civilisation.' v'v -
COAL miners can not
. AGREE WITH OWNERS
Waited Press LssteA Wlrs.l .
Cleveland, O., March 23. After sev
eral days sessions without making any
advance in their efforts to , avert the
impending strike of bituminous miners,
the conference of miners and mine own
era took recess today to meet no more
until next Tuesday, , Monday the min
ers' pollcy commlttee will meet. -
"Disagreement means that the bitum
inous mines will close tAprll 1," de
clared President White of the mine-
workers here today. "I 'thlnfc it will
be at least 80 days before they will re
open, rto matter how quickly we may
get togetner again."
APPEAL TO REASON TO
SING ITS SWAN SONG
Kansas CSty, Mo., March 23 The Ap
peal to Reason, leading Socialist period
ical of the United States, .Is soon to
uenne I'uuucauon, Becoming to an
nouncement maoe nere today. The ed
itor, Fred D. Warren, .declares that it
Is too hard work to keep the paper go
ing, and says that the Appeal's present
fight with the United States courts and
the postoffice department over the 1.
leged Leavenworth prison scandal is the
paper's "swan song." The .Appeal to
Reason is published in Glrard, Kin.
MOTHER ARRANGES '
SON'S MARRIAGE-AS
. DEATH LURKS NEAR
(United Press Lessrd Wire.)
San Francisco, March 23.
Within 24 hours after tho desth
of the bridegroom's mother, and
at the request of the dying
woman, David M. Berry, a young
engineer, and Eva May Petty, a
nurse, are . husband and .wife '.
here today. y- .... .
Miss Petty saw ' her j future
husband for the first time a week
ago, when she came to nurse
his. mother. An attachntent
sprang up between tfle two, and
when Mrs. Berry realized that
death was nesr shB elicited from
'
4 rar-tro-apromlHa that tliey
. would marry. Miss Petty's on
4 mother died only a few day be
4 fore she went as a nurse to the
Berry home.
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tlW I
S
nil irnniii i nirtiinn !i irrrMii r.niATrft irpnrinii aaka
uALlrUKnlA DlotlUr LArrtKli Utvultb ! rtUtKAL I KUUro MAY
LIS
PREPARED FOR BALLOT
Eminent Divine Tells Baltimore
' Methodists That Equal Suf
frage J s' False Ideal,-,
(United Press Lessed Wire.)
Baltimore, March 23. "Woman suf
frage Is not democracy. ; It is a: false
ideal. The lesson of the acres has hnen
that woman Is inferior to man. A wo
rnan is built to be hdpmate'of mani'not
to make his laws." .
Denouncing woman suffrage, in these
terms snd declaring that It has been
laiiure m California, Bishop Edwin B.
Hughes of that state createdji sensation
here today. . The.anti-suffrage. address
was made before 600 prominent Bait!
more .Methodists. The bishop was es
pecially bitter In denouncing the mili
tant London suffragists, but said that
he did not hold this as an argument
against sensible women in America hiv
ing the ballot
women in the United States." said
Bishop Hughes, "and we "may thank our
siars ior it, nave mostly common sense,
even if they haven't sense enough to
studs' political questions." Bishop
Hughes declared that woman lacks the
intellectual fiber which guides man to
be conserve tire, to weigh matters in
the balance aruP to help him to decide
questions wisely and justly. It Is Im
possible except in rare and exceptional
instances, ne claimed, for woman's in
tellect to equal that of man.
FIVE-CENT FARE VAR
tfnlted Press Lessd ' Wlm.i " '
Los Anseies, March 23. War to the
end is on today between thu Los An
geles Railway cempanr and 'the resi
dents of the suburb of Eagle Rock, who
have refused to pay more than a S cent
fare. The first clash came last even
ing when 100 citizens hoarded .
cifled , car and refused an additional
nlckrl after passing the city limits. A
miniature riot became a real battle when
10 husky streetcar men and a dozen po
lice arrived on a special car. The com
muters still held the upper hand until
the car crew threw off the fnrtr An.
clared the ear technically "dead" .4
had it towed to the-ham.
The protestants who remalnnt n th
car from 6:30 to 9 o'clock, wer served
with coffee and sandwiches by; women
residents of Kagle Rock. - ,
PENITENTIARY TERM
FOR ANN0YER OF GIRLS
.;'.' ''.;'.; ffnlted Press' iMsed WlrcJr 1-
San Francisco, March 23.' Because
he annoyed a party of small girls in
a nickelodeon, Samuel P. Hlebrect wss"
sentenced to five years in San Quentlu
by Superior Judge Dunne here.
SUBURBANITES START
Republicans Denounce Tfilrd Terra.
' " Sp''ll to The Journal.)'.
.w lotk, March 23. The Republican
d ub.ol ewXurk xltyJaatvUgUt.Bs.i
rcscliitloris indorsing President Taft and
his administration and attacking Roose
velt by declaring against a third presi
dential term for any one mnn. The doc
trine of tho recall of Judges was "con
demned as "yepujlstic to an extreme de-
are-'b . -; -.( -
riOT :PAGEINPAMPHLETTO RAPTURE JIN1INEZ IN
EXPLAIN FLIRTATIONS : FIERCE BAHLE TODAY
Would-Justify Act in Sendin
. Gallery Card to Washington
',; Uirl Whom HeHad.Not Met
(Sslem Boroau of The Jonrnat.)
osiem, ur.p March 23. Congressman
waiter Lafferty devotes nearly oho
luurm or. tne four pages he has pur-
inea in tne voters' campaign pamph
let. which will soon be ready for dlstri
bution, to denying, defending nrt v,
plaining his episodes M-ith various girls
nd women.' - He Justifies his act , in
senoMig an invltatioji to a young Wash
ington girl, whom lie had never met, in
y""t' woras:. ..,..,,:...:, ...;,
livery man of msrrlairiMihio ... t',.
mo riKni vo commuflieate the fact to a
young woman similar! situated that ha
-i . -.--- ....
OU10 IlKfi the honor Of hP a,.nl.aln.
rivxuru ne noes so-in a respectful
manner, and lie would not be much of a
man u ne aid not hava the nerve to do
"They called me n Mlriv -m.ik..'
and
saia i nad been arrested for inmiiin.
married woman on the streets of Port
a
;iiu rijey Knew that was a lie when
they printed it in the Oreeoninn
The rest of the rot printed about
me na equauy raise, insofar as facts
In any way reflecting- udoo ma wr Mn.
cerned. The younsr ladv to whom i nt
the gallery card in Washington Is 20
years of-age, and her father has nevor
uttereo one word of complaint about it
in iny presence ana he never will."
nen Lrrerty was first eallorf to
account for his advances to Miss Kubel,
a Washington hieh school rlrl ha
blamed one of his clerks and said the
letter had been sent without his knowl
edge. , Xater he admitted authorship of
ine letter. -
iJiiteriys campaign statement that
the girl's father made no comprint to
him is untrue. Kubel confronted Ijif.
reny, -Torred admission that' he Wrote
it, and Laffcrty, made an abject apology,
writing it letter to pacify the Indignant
fathni" '
WESTERN UNIVERSITIES
LEAD IN WAGE SCALE
(t'ollert Prwu I.rascd wtre.) '
i-nicago, March 23.-i-GraduateB of
western universltlPS are worth si) of
jd per weeK. m the oo n on of Pr.i.
dent Charles F. Thwing of Western Re.
serve university. . .
An educator In the , oast' recently
placed the value of eastern tramta
at 38 per week,", said President Thwing
today. "My experience la that went rn
graduates can command at leant i
more than that." , ,
Iloosevelt ioes to Maine.
Ullt Press )asd Wire.) j
Boston, March' 23, Colonel Roosc
velfs train was late In arriving here
today and he was forced to rush across
he city -to catch a train for Portland
Maine, .where he speaks tonbrht. The
former president Is accompanied on his
trip by Medlll McCormlrk of Chicago,
one of his chief- supporters. Colonel
Roosevelt is scheduled to -speak today
from the rear platform of his train, at
Dover, N. H. - '
ll 'lilti'd PVrss iAtA Wlr. k . ,
Cairo, 111., March 23. With the stage
of the Ohio river standing at 47 feet,
and the water rising one " Inch every
hour, tho lowlands In this section are
fioodcdji and the farmers are moving to
higher ground. ,..'.
General :Aubert Marches i on
Revolutionary Forces; Dan
ger ,of Famine Disappears.
' ftJnlted Press Leased Wlrs.l
Kl Paso. Texas. Maroh !i!t tiv,,,-.
aged by his victory yesterdav near Fa
cslon over General Ynes Salazar and his
"OO .rel troops. General TruCy Aubert
leading BOO federalists, is marching on
Jlmlnea today to give battle to revolu-
twnary : forces. General Salaxar.is re
ported "to have retreated in that" direc
tion and the rebel force at Jlmlnes will
be reinforced by his command. A battle
is expected before night."""-;-"--"' ''""""'"
'Reports received here today from reh.
el sources deny that the revolutionists
were defeated by General Aubrt, main
taining, tr.at the rebel commanded suc
ceeded in checkina- the ad
federalists. A surprising number of fed
eral troops is appearing in various parts
of the Btate of Chihuahua, Indicating
that President Madero is determined to
wrest, control from General Tascual
Orozco, commander .in rhief of the rebel
forces. ..... . , ..
All dancer of a food famine In north
ern Chihuahua has been eliminated by the
oraer reopening Juares as a port of en
try for foodstuffs. This order followed
a cabinet meeting at Washington vester.
day when President Taft nd his ad
vtsers decided not to interfere with the
legitimate exportation to Mexico of food,
clothing, dry goods and hardware.
LITTLE CHILD SAVED
FROM TERRIBLE DEATH
' BpeHal to TIic J..urnal.i
'Ilcpiiiier. or,, ; March 28. Kd Temple-
ton, a fireman on the Heppner train,
wun me assistance or Engineer I M
vvouuworiu, inaue a sensational rescue
of a small baby on their run to Hepp
ner from Heppner Junction, last even
ing.-.'. f . ; - - ; .
auBi, iieiurn leaving- lnnn. inn en
gineer saw far ahead In the middle of
the track what he thought to be a raa-
no pain no particular attention to it.
On approaching he saw It was a small
imoy jciri wrucn turnea its head to-
warns tne. oncoming danger and com
placently watched the approach of th
train apparently not realizing that its
life was in danger. .
Engineer Woodworth immediately an-
piled the emergency brakes and shouted
to Fireman Templeton. It was impos
sible to bring the train to a stop be
fore reaching the spot where sat the
little gnu. Fireman Temnleton aaw
this at once and was out on. the nllot
Instantty and Just as the train swent
up to the child he reached, down and
picked her from the rails and deposited
her safely on the pilot beside him. A few
seconds later , the engineer broua-ht tn.
train to a stop. The child's name was
not ascertained and its mother proba
bly does not know, how near to death
it was.- It is presumed it belonged on
one of the ranches near by.
I irmir"TetwhWT-RoogeTelt. 11 '"'
' -V-dlnltHl ' press Lcsa-d Wlr.
Grand. Forks,. N. D., March 23. With
60 precincts in North Dakota vet to
be heard from, Senator Ia FoUette Ib
today leading - Theodore Ruosevelt in
he recent presidential ' primary elec
tion by 8319V y.teal -
FUKFOR1IS0II
GIVOJ BY FRIENDS
innmiiiTn nnui
AlilUIMI) olilALL
Vick Answers Question of Sen
ator James Reed, of Mis
soun: "Where's All the
Money Coming From?"
(tTnltra Pr iMmi Wire.) -
isew lorK, . March 23. Where the
money is coming from with which
Woodrow.' Wilson's partisans are push
ing his ' candidacy for the presidency
was set forth here today by W. W. Vick,
vntirge or tne Wilson headquarters
n-itj, in response to a challenge by Sen
attrr-Jamer Reed or Mlisonri " -
"Where's all the money coming from,"
af.ked Reed In Detroit, "whereby, the
Wilson men are onntn h.ii.,. ......
Iq every stated placing high salaried
men in cnarge, ana rioodlng the country
wnr mcrature? 4 asK this ss a chal
longe." - -
Vlck said In renlv:
"The contributions to Wilson's fund
arc BDOntnnf on vnlnnl.n bnJ
sonal. by political friends and ,, mostly
, "It Is true tllfr ( Wlknn
Hon in practically every state organised
mm maintainea Dy Wilson's friends who
oeueve ills election would see the esfab
lishment of clean government .
"I agree with Reed's statement that
Champ Clark won't go into the Baltl-
niuio cunvenuon tne strongest .man.
wiuiam sr. -Conibs,, who Is generally
me v u.ion campaign, has re
peatedlv elvnn nnhiin ntior.i.. .
definite nature concerning the cam
paign of expenditures. )t is hoped
Clark's friends will be able to exhibit
their expenditures. I am afraid Reed Is
not laminar with some of the expendi
tures made in Iowa. Ark
sin. Illinois and Michigan In the interest
or uiarK, . . .
EARLY INDIANA RETURNS
TAFT'S LEAD
. Tnlted Press Leamd Wire ) :
Indianapolis. March 2S Complete Irl-
niary returns , received today from 60
IiidUira counties indicate that President
Taft's lead will not b sufficient to con.
trol the ReDublh'Sn rnnvcnilnn k
convenes here next" week. Earlier re
port iea chairman Harry 8. Kew of In
dlananniiH. ot ti.a
leader of the Taft forces in the state, to
predict that President Taft would cap.
t'.lie the lOtir dplairat.a . f
Indiana. " ."' '' "'r
The ramntnlno- rmmtU. r.1 t..
are tlertlng delegates today, but the out
come will not be accurately known until
lot. IamImI- . j
HITCHCOCK DEFENDS
' GQVERNR HARMON
(I'litted Prms t.Mtvil TVir.
Washington March 23. Rushing to
the defense cf Governor Judson Har
mon of Ohio here today Senator Hitch
cock of Nebraska bitterly attacked Wil
liam J. Bryan's intimation that Wall
street was promoting Harmon's candl-
aacy for the Democratic presidential
nomination and his declaration that lis
would not support Harmon In any event,
Hitchcock said: . ' ; "... , :
"I regard Bryan's statement as an
attempt to repudiate the Nebraska pri
mary law. I expect to abide by tha
law." '
2 MEN FOR EVERY WOMAN
REGISTER IN TACOMA
(United Press Leased Wlrs.l
.Tacoma. Wash.. Marrh . JS Vearlv
- . - -w ' . v . i .. aQ-
Istered for the comrtig municipal elec
tion in Tacoma. r The men are 14,619
and the women 8087. Last yesr the wo
men numbered 10,600 to 16,326 men.
Women are especially few in the
downtown saloon wards this year.
twica n K manv mon aa n-nman
Kob Rich to Feed Poor. -
; (Cnltrd Prass tss.ed Wlre.l
Llshon. Marrh 19 Pnrhirtiai. Ini.
Is suffering from an anldamln nt r.hii.
atithroplc brigandage." according to an
official report from the governor of
Goa. Th handlta whnaa ilitnrailiiKnni
have been Increasing of late, are pro-
itjcceu oy tne poorer classes ot the peas
ants, among whom they distribute lib
erally money and food. When pursued
bv-trOADS tlis nMaanla aaaiat th.m- 4m
escaping. The government has ordered
that martial law be declared and that
all brigands captured be summarily
shot. , .
Three Children Cremated.
I (Jolted Press Leased Wire.,
Shawnee, Wis., March 23. Three chil
dren of Fred Zelmer, the oldest 6 years
old, were cremated here today when
Zelmer's farm house burned down. ' The
father and mother were absent at the
time. 1 . .,''
WIFE OF JUDGE PAYS
FINE FOR "TALKING -BACK"
IN COURT ROOM
(United Press Leased Wtre.)
4 Sterling, 111., March 28. Be-
a cause his wife "talked back" to
s him while he was hearing a case
4 In court. Judge Irving Beeman
4 fined her $25 for contempt and
d compelled her to pay the fine
4 under threat of committing ner
d to Jail. Judge Beeman said his
4 action was necessary to main--
S tain the dignity, of the court. ,
a , Mrs.- Beeman was waiting in
4 the courtroom for her husband
4 to complete a ease before going
4 on a shopping tour. The plea of ,
4 a prisoner aroused her symps-
4-rmrB.-n(TrferrpTriTre(T'(r iur
tercecje in his behalf. Judge Her
man remonstrated pnd a family
row wss beewlng when the
bailiff .came to the rem-iie. The
shopping trip wss postponed.
LETTERS OF Ml
V
v GIRL CENSORED ;
BELGIAN ACCUSED
Missives "of Julia Francois
Were Opened Before They
Were Received by Young
Man and Her Parents.
WILL BE TURNED OVER
TO RIVERSIDE OFFICERS
Brother of Murdered JVom an
1 Believes; Baurvaerts Tried "
to Conceal Conditions.
Julia Francois of The Dalles, iv!i-
was murdered in California.
' l 'Special to The journal.
The Dalies, Or;, March 23. l.ettei
which were written to Gustave -Schml'li.
a young1 draftsman employed by, the
United1 States engineers at Big Eddv,
near The Dalles, by Julia Krancols. wiil
be sent to the. authorities st River
side, Cal to- be used against Frank
Baurvaerts, who is charged with tho
murder -of the girl - and Mrs, Harriett
Guyot, the Portland widow.
The; parents' of Julia Francois here
have corrected the statement, that tho
girl was engaged to be married to a
young man Th-Brussels, Belgium. For
five months she had. been correspond
ing with young Schmidt. Her letteis
to him, sent from Paso Verde, (a).,
were, it has been discovered, opened bv
some one' before they were received by
him.
N'estor Frsncois, brother of the mur
dered girl, " has taken charge of the
girl's letters to 'Schmidt and also ot
her letters to her parents, which, also
were opened before they were received
by the old people. He said todsy:
"All of these letters were opened, un
doubtedly by Baurvaerts. This - fact
leads me to believe that the ..murderer'
had premeditated the crime long. before
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GAS CHOKES JT LIFE
OF SIX PATIENTS IN
NFIIARY AT NIGHT
Attendants Find Victims When
,. Wards Are. Opened in the
Morning,
- ft'ntted Press teawd Wire.)' - '
Norwalk, Ohio. March 23. Six In
mates of the Huron county Inflrmsrv
are dead and seven are in a critical con
dition pa a result of being overcome
by gas last night. The victims wera
discovered this morning when attend
ants opened the wards. ',....
Coroner- Crecelius declared that th
victims hd been overcome with car
bonic acid gas. '
"It appear that ' one or more mn
were taken sick during the night," he
said. "The windows were closed and tb,
ventilation was Inadequate. It was en
tirely possible that enough carbonic art I
gas was cast off by the sick men
breathing- to poison, the other sleeper."
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