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:, SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY.JMQilNING, FEBRUARY 10, 1923
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FIRE. REPORT
D Reply Made by "Angora
Government to Allied Pro
bst Warships Remain
la Harbor.
HUMORSSAY SHIPS ARE
.SUNK BY HIDDEN MIMES
Cbccrvers in Washington
--qclttva Treaty Will Ulti
mately Be Signed.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Feb. 9.
(Ey the Associated Press. )-r-So
tar as Is known here, the Angora
pr rnment has not replied- to the
illi.i protest concerning :tho Tur-
-f-i dacree for the departure, ot
CZii warships-from Smyrna har-
The situation - at - Smyrna . has
cot changed. - Several "foreign
r srships' remain In . the harbor
v 13 a few British vessels, are
c ' I. Signals ot the mail ship
I -ra. Lot!," for a pilot today
unanswered; ; she continued
tar voyage without entering the
trbor here. : . 1 '
TLere has been tnmors of the
'j'ilng ot one or more.merchant
r;:a by mines, but these are with
cst any5 confirmauon although
th foreign commissions are In
t stant wireless, touch with
::rrna.-: ' , ;v;;-'- - '.
It is announced that Mustapha
r-aal Pasha will go to" Ismid
I there meet Ismet Pasha, Te
rming from the Lausanne con
ence and accompany r him to
'WXsniNCTON, Feb. 9. (By
tie Associated Press)- Observers
t;re far 'Mat with diplomatic and
ciier official adtieei-oa-i&e Near
r. :t situation expect ultimate ac
c:; usee by the Turkl&h, national
ist authorities of a treaty ofeace
ct te:llnes of that, worked: out
ct I.iSsaane, -,...tfl- v 4
TLa natune ot reports which
tare reached Washington since
. tie conference delegations. depart-
c 1 en the refusal of Ismet aad Ala
Turkish' colleagues to" sign the
net has not been revealed but
It is evident that , they; are ot; an
;tiaistie 'trend,-,,;. .
Want Open Door . t
It would cause little surprise
be re if the Turkish authorities.
e'Xft- Ismet has submitted his re
lort at Angora, Initiated a aug
Eatloa' lhat "the Lausanne pact
U fclicj irtth the economic and
financial clauses eliminated and
, - tLat"a new conference be called
r to deal with these questions. It
, la net believed, however,- that
sach a course would be acceptable
to the allies, particularly tt Great
ErilAla and France, , In some
ff quarters it is said that France
has more at stake in the financial
agreement than any 6ther powr,
due to French loans in the Near
American attitude "on 'the
' 1 --..al economic agreement is
i . : sd ;-up , Sa the announced
r s of the, administration to
' i.-d enly for an open Vloor policy
i:
.3 Near East.
Property Restoration for
- Institutions Is Proposed
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Senator Corbett yesterday in
troduced tm providing a prop
j", erty restoration fund for 411 etate
institutions. The bill provides Tor
. an - appraisal of an property of
; sute lasUtutlona .by the board Of
control reach Tear 1 on or before
. Jane 39, Upon ascertaining, the
value the property the board
would apportion to each institu-
tion annually beginning July I,
1823, for the purpose of replacing
; or rebuilding any; property de
i'Jrcyed by, fire or btherwise, 'Uh-
- the sum ot: I3SO.00O shall have
, .w ululated. 'This fundlwonld.be
Invested by the state bond com
Eilasion as the fnnda of the indus
trial accident commission are In-
; vested. - ,- i ;:
: ni E WEATHER f. I
. OREGON: Saturday, praln
west; rain or "snow east por-
tW , '
LOCAL WEATHER ,
i (Friday)
Maximum temperature, 40.
Minimum temperature, 24.
River. 2.T feet; falling.
Rainfall, none. v
Atmosphere, clear.
Wind, north.
TELEPHONE
HEADS: MEET
IN PORTLAND
Washington and j Idaho Dele
gates Open Eighth Annual
. Oregon Convention
PORTLAND. Or., Feb. 9.
With delegates in .. attendance
from telephone companies ' in
Washington . and j Idaho, the
Eighth . annual convention of the
Oregon local telephone associa
tion opened here today. '
- At the first session a welcom
ing address by Mayor George L.
Baker was given ; I response by
Earl W. Gales of AfarafleJd and
address 'by the president Charles
E. Wells of HlUsboxo." Reports
of , officers and committees fol
lowed. ' : J ;v V -:
Charles-:' Hall, state .senator;
Thomas K. Campbell, public ser
vice commissioner ; and C. J.
Green, engineer of the public ser
vice commission, are to speak to
morrow , when the i annual busi
ness meeting will be held.
Governor Asks Legislature
Point Blank When They
Will Give Legislation.
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Members of the legialatune
were asked point blank yesterday
by . Governor Pierce; through : the
medium of a special message ad-
dnessed to . both houses, "when
are you going to give me the leg
islation I have requested?"
The message calls attention -to
the. fact; that yesterday was the
34th day? of th 40-day session,
leaving six working days In whjch
all "the Important legislative mat
ters"' are to be considered and
acted upon.' f ;
Among the subjecta upon which
the - governor reminded - members
of the legislature he had asked
remedial ; legislation, whlch to
date has not been passed, ane an
income tax law, consolidation Of
statej departments and bureaus,
taxes on foreign corporationa do
ing business in the atate that
wouId;yleld $400,000 annually,: a
revision of, . the assessment . and
taxation laws, a thorough investi
gation ot the irrigation bond situ
ation, the creation of the office
of state- market agent and the im
position of a severance tax. f
; The message in full follows: 1 -k
"The 32nd legislative , assem
bly la rapidly drawing to a close.
This is the 3 4 th day of the ses
sion. Your per1 diem expires In
one moire week." : Yet this legh
Iative assembly is faced with the
: (Continued on page 6) '
1CTHE8S to pw
Some -Frederick Films Not
- Sold bat Joseph Would i -
- Have Contract Price.
OS ' ANGELES, Feb.' ij Ex
! pert, testimony .that .a eom mission
of 10 per cent of the: salary earned
by Pauline Frederick, - actress,
under . a : motion picture contract
was reasonable compensation ! for
services rendered in securing' the
contracts for her, concluded the
nlalntiffV case: in the suit 6f
George? Edwin Joseph, New York
attorney, against : Wa FredertCk
for 336,000, he alleges to be dae
him, and her counter suit ' for
$46,647. ; . . i . ' I :
Richard J. TobinJwest$rn man
ager f Or a: motion; picture com
nanv that had Miss t Frederick un
der contract, testified for the de
fense that in April, 1921, his com
pany had invested between 200,
000 and 3300,000 in pictures
starring j Miss , Frederick r without
having received any ? return from
them. Joseph alleges that com
pensation is due him from Miss
Frederick for his efforts in secur
ing her this contract. - t ; .
: Rufus S. Cole, another officer
Of the company,, testified by de
position that his company paid
Joseph $5000 for securing Miss
Frederick for it, and also $10,-
UUU lor ulS worn, in Kueuivitut .u
secure a contract from Naximova,
motion picture - actress. , " Joseph
failed to get a contract from Nax
imova ; the witness testified but
had he been successful, the com
pany had agreed to pay him $30,"
000 additional. .
The trial will he resumed Mon
day. ' vV:;v:.'j:.;.-:r - .1
liTS 1TI0N
FR0P.1 SOLOIS
HOUSE VOTES
BRITISH DEBT
Final Count on Settlement
Measure Is 291 to 44;
One Republican, 43 Dem
ocrats Oppose.
NO EFFORT MADE TO
ATTACH BONUS RIDER
Amendment to Be Formally
Transmitted to Senate ;
for Action Today.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9. Ap
proval of the British debt settle
ment agreement was voted late
today by the house 291 to 44. '
. One Republican, . McCormlck . of
Montana and .: 43 Democrats op
posed . the settlement . while 227
Republicans, 63 . Democrats and
one eocialist : member, Meyer Lon
don of New York, voted for it. .
Thei house ; vote was . , on , an
amendment to the existing fund-i
ing statute, which net only would
Specifically approve - the Jagree
ment : reached with r the ' British
government, 'but would authorise
the American debt commission to
make 'settlements "similar", but
not mor ;f avorable, .h In terms,"
(Continued on page 6)
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Architect for; New . Gymna
v sium Chosen--Building,.
Committee Named,
At the meeting "of the .Willam
ette university trustees, in Port
land Friday, C. .rA. Doyle Of Port
land was . chosen as architect for
the1igrnew!gymnaslam and the
central heating plant that are to
be built' on. the Willamette cam
pus this year. f r i . i .
. A building committed, E. C.
Collins and! A, M.; Smith pt Port
land, and Thomas Kayjind Lloyd
Reynolds of Salem, was named to
have charge of the building oper
ations. . rv- -i j
About $100,000 will be due on
March 1. on . the pledges , seen red
in the r recent" Lendowment t. and
building x campaign. -While no
money will 'be needed fo? the
building work W .that time, the
fundi should be ready! to prose
cute the work With the c utmost
vigor, once the' plans are adopted
and the weather permits. 1;
J. E. Purdy t of Portland was
named as . field agent for the
university, to &e the place of
Dr,i Elliott. ; r vice-president and
field worker, who - has been Mr
gently;calld to ihe east to assist
tn another university endowment
campaign. : .
, l ' President .: Carl G. Doney, Dr.
M. C.'v Flndley Dr, B L. teeves,
president of the board of trustees,
Paul Wallace and, C. P. Bishop at
tended the meeting frohr Salem.
;: All matters fl of changes In
course of stydy, and additions or
subtractions to the work orto the
faculty, will be cared for at 1 the
June meeting of the trust28.
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G ALL COi JFEI1ET CE
Resolution Is Introduced to
Authorize Meet of-Westr :
em Heads.
In response to,a , request of
Governor Pleroa made In his pe
cial message to the , legislature
yesterday,' resolutions were intro
duced la the house late yesterday
authorising the governor, to .can
hi conference of western ' gover
tibrs to "consider the Imposition
of taxes on natural resources, and
the appointment of a commission
or - live to Investigate J irrigation
problems. The resolutions were
Introduced, by. Representative Bur--dick
and 'Senator RItnfer. The Ir
rigation investigation resolution
provides for the appointment of
two hietobers of a commission by
by the, speaker, and one, by tb
goVe'rn'or,7 and call : for ' ah Im
mediate" investigation."7';
COLLEGE TRUSTEES
MEET I P
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PRO JECT FOR
WATER ROUTE
MAY BLOWUP
Cost of New Atlantic-Pacific
Canal Said Billion Dollars
i Plans Put Off
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9. Esti
mated cost of a new canal from
the Atlantic to the Pacific via the
Nicaragnan route places the figure
roughly "at . a billion dollars, ac
cording to army engineers, and
makes the project prohibitive tor
the present ' in the view of the
president and his cabinet.-
It was emphasized today at the
White House that the only consid
eration given to the canal matter
up to this time aside from the
diplomatic exchanges with Costa
Rica incident to the meeting here
of thei Central American confer
ence was based upon the thought
that ' prospect profits from opera
tion I of the Panama aanal might
pay for construction of a new
waterway. ;
CO TO JAIL
Prominent New York Distill
' ers Get Penitentiary Sen-
1 tences From Judge. .
i NEW YORK. FeJ). n 9 Jail
rentences for bootlegging were
imposed today oa-r the four La
Montague brothers, distillers,' all
ot them socially : prominent and
one ' internationally known as a
polo j player. : Bail of $15,000
each was continued until ; Thurs
day that they might wind up their
business r affairs before entering
the Essex county, N. J., peniten
tiary. - .-: . ? - :;f 1 ;
.-The quartet recently, were in
dicted by a federal grand Jury
which investigated a dinner at the
fashionable Racquet' and Tennis
club on Park- avenue t at which
liquor was alleged to have flowed
freely. The charges against the
brothers were conspiring, -to. vio
late the Volstead act and defraud
ing ;Tthe ' government' of-, taxes
through temoval of liquor from
bond on forged permits. - At. the
time the indictments were return
ed ! they were ? hailed by "govern
ment officers as . proof that none
was so high in society as to be be
yond the reach ot the dry. laws.
Head Gets Two Months
z Charged, with having released
30,000 gallons ,of liquor, : the
brothers at d first ' entered pleas
of i ; not ; guilty to both charges
against them. : Today, however,
thiey changed their, pleas to that
of guilty. '
Montague La Montague, presi
dent of the corporation, was sen
tenced to two months in Jail and
fined $2000. " Four months in jail
and fines of $2000 each were im
posed on the other three Rene
M. the ol6 player. Morgan E.,
and William A.1 - ? ' 4
Form : in Which Veterans
Code' Passes House Raises
, - Interest Bate.
. ; .
Final passage ot the revised administrative-
code . of the World
war veterans state aid commis
sion 1 ih tbe form In Which it
passed the house yesterday after
nnon. Will r make , unnecessary the
appropriation M of i $120,000 ? rei
quested by the budget commission
for this deeartment. it was an
nounced by supporters of the bUL'
The new code, th result Of an
aareement 'between the American
legion bonus and loan 'commis
sion and the committee on .mili
tary, affairs, provides among other
features, that the. final date-of
application for the state loan shall
be December. 31, 1927. - ,
Veterans Of the special service
branches of the; military forces.
Including . the 'spruce " division,
must pay4 f per 'cent .interest in
stead of 4, under the- new code,
and must repay the money , with
in five . years. i, To protect . the
state during the' period that the
funds , ar4 held in escrow' by the
banks,, the law . now provides that
such funds are not subject to at
tachment.! :--t , -.
, PflOEXfX. Ariz..; Feb. The
house of i the Arizona legislature
fn committee of the whole,, voted
late today tor ratification of the
Colorado river compact with rea-
BOOTLEGGERS
iOTKECESSM
FRENCH HE
HEADWAY IW
RUHR SLOWLY
Coal Shipments Average
Under 5,000 Tons Daily;
Food Situation Said Grow-
ing Worse. ; , s
RAILROAD STRIKE IS
STILL FULLY EFFECTIVE
Wines Reported Practically
n Idle Both Sides Follow
Waiting Policy.
vDUESSELDORF, Feb. 9. -p- (By
The Associated Press ) . The
French occupational authorities
are devoting much of their time
and energy to efforts to organize
shipment of coal by rail and river
from the Ruhr area to j France.
They ' are making slow progress,
however, the shipments averaging
under 5,000 tons of coal and coke
daily. . '', ;'' ' '. ' '
; ; Seven, hundred carloads of coal
and coke have been concentrated
in thei Wedau railroad yeards near
tulsburg. From this point three
trains are leaving daily for Alx La
Chapelle, where the coke Is di
verted to Belgium and the cOal to
France. 'From three to six barges,
each containing 1,000 tons' are
leaving Ruhrort daily.
The food ' situation is growing
worse, despite the reports 'of Dr.
Luther, the German food admin
istrator, that there are flour and
Cereals enough to last until March
15. The Germans are preparing a
schedule of restrictions which are
to be enforced beginning Monday.
. . , Strike Still Effective ' - , '
. These will include a prohibition
against the servings ot eggs' for
breakfast 'and ; meat will be per
mjtted at only one meal each day.
. t The railroad striks Ltfstlll com
pletely effective throughout the
entire French zone, but the locks
on the, Rhine canal have been re
paired , and, navigation reopened.
Acts of sabotage continue. Six
telephone lines were cut today in
the vicinity of DuesseldOrf and 17
in .the , region Of Ratigen, where
the director of telephones was ar
rested and expelled. ' . Eckiing
hausen, . where : the French ? on
Thursday put v down a , demon
stration of protest against the de
portation of the chief of police,
continued today a center ot agita
tion. The shopkeepers 'and hotels
and restaurants-closed their doors
at 2 o'clock this afternoon and an
nounced that they would not re
open until 6 o'clock; Saturday eve
ning as t an additional protest
against the action of the French.
If o Coal Brought Out f
; ; The committee of defense in the
Ruhr Is. distributing funds' to coal
workers." The money s has been
subscribed in various parts of
Germany or advanced by the Ger
man government.
Virtually no coal is being
brought out ot the mines. , No un
toward incidents were reported to
day. Both sides to the contro
versy seem to be pursuing a pol
icy of watchful waiting.
. Every shop keeper in the Ruhr
today found in his letter box -a
circular signed by the association
to safeguard the interests of the
Ruhr, enjoining him first to resist
requisitions or orders from the oc
cupying authorities, second, for
bidding any dealings with French
men or Belgians, whether in occu
pied territory or their, own coun
tries, and, third, warning against
unemployment and striking unless
on specific orders from Berlin1.
Exception was made in the second
item of the circular in favor of the
Industrialists, who are permitted
to . buy iron ore in Lorraine and
Luxembourg.
Moser's Probate Measure I
Ts. Approved in Senate
The senate . ' yesterday passed
Moser's bill: providing" for the
probate of the estates of per
sona who have not. been heard
of tbr seven years, and that af
ter 12 years .the heirs receive
their shares of , the estate.
; SHIP IX DlSTRlfes
BOSTON, Feb. 9 -Distress sig
nals for . immediate, assistance
were received, "here tonjght from
thei Brttish steamship City pi
Canton, which sailed from "this
port this; morning for New 'York.
The C'essera "postibn . .was given
as four miles southeast of Great
Round Shoals lightship, off Cape
Cod. No. details of. the vessel's
predicament were given, J
POINCARE TO
SEE CHAMBER,
NEWS SUDDEN
Premier Changes Attitude Un
- expectedly rNear. East
Situation f b Be Told
3 PARIS, Feb. 9.- (By the As
sociated to - comply with the re
quest of the foreign relations
commission of the chamber of
deputies to appear before it and
explain the Near East and other
situations. No date, for the pre
mier's appearance has . yet been
fixed but it probably will be after
he receives a . list of Questions
which the commission will , draw
up at a meeting Tuesday. , 1
The premier "suddenly changed
his .ttltude toward the request' ot
the commission, having ail along
flatly refused to appear before it:
His, contention was that as head
of the-government, it was his pri
vilege to select his own time for
making explanations to parlia
ment. , -.-
War-time Conduct of Port
land Attorney Before Ap
. ' peals Court.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 9 Tne
war-time conduct of - Joseph
Woerndle, Portland, Or., ' tattor
new, was criticized and defended
in the supreme . court of appeals
here today when oral arguments
were heard on the appeal of the
government from the decision of
the federal court in Oregon which
refused to cancel i citizenship pa
pers held ; by Woerndle since
1904. The case was submitted.?
. "If Woerndle were, before the
court today fot1; citizenship ,. pa
pers." said John S. Coke,, United
States attorney of Portland, "his
application would ..be denied j on
the ground 'that he" was ashamed'
of the conduct - of . ' the United
States during the war; that he
aided Hans Boehm, a notorious
German spy to escape from the
United States to" Germany, and
that America was not the country
of his first allegiance.
Wou ld Consider Feelings i f
: "This man," continued Mr.
Coke, "is one who- ought 'not to
be exercising the . high privileges
of citizenship - and - the power
which accompanies it."
C. T. Haas, attorney for . Mr.
Woerndle, asked the court to con
alder the extremities of affection
which surrounded Mr. Woerndle's
acts.. It is not fair to Judge the
Boehm passport incident in 1914
In the spectacles of 1923.
"Suppose the ; United .States
had joined with Germany instead
of England. " would this man -be
here defending his citizenship on
the basis of his actions In 1914?"
Mr. Haas asked the court in con
cluding his argument.
MIA RELIEF
r GIVEN APPROVAL
State Will Accept Bonds of
Stricken City Without
interest.
: Legislation for the relief of As
toria was approved by the ways
and means committee last, night.
The measure approved provides
that the state purchase Astoria
bonds in the sum of $250,000
without interest requirements for
a certain period of years. -
Jhe vote on Astoria relief was:
Y For Brownell, Peirce, Mann,
Fletcher, Hunter, Hurd, Edwards,
Fisk. . '; ' ' ''-: u .-5
t Against La Follett, Taylor,
Zimmerman, Thome.
Not voting Smith. '
1 Absent Strayer. ."
I The committee iSst night made
Cuts under., the recommendations
of the budget cbmmlstin amount
tog to $24,829.80.; The following
appropriations were approved: -i
Governor's office Recommen
dation! $41,200; amount approved
$35,000.
State printing board Recom
mendation , $13,000; approved,
HO.OOOt v n,.
1 Child! welfare - commission -v
$18,000 as recommended, allow
ed. Board of inspectors of Child la
bor $6750 allowed as recom
mended. - . Board of conciliation $2000
allowed aa recommended. ' . ...
Publio service commission
(Continued on page 6
CASE RESUID
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n.'.,DWS0N"- M- Fqb- 9-By the Associated Press)
While Dawson waits and watches in grim repressive silence
bowed down with immeasurable grief at the frightful disas
ter which afflicted her yesterday rescue crews and volun
teer workers continued tonight to comiT the labyrinth cf
stygian passages in Dawson mine No. 1 for the dead and tho
r: At 10:30 o'clock toniirht
from the subterranean tomb jn which they had been struck
dpwnT by the shriveling blast of flame laden dust at 2:30
o clock yesterday afternoon. Two mem vwhose ingenuity and
presence of mind saved thepn
which foUowed the explosion,
their families.
" ' '
Number of Those Believed
Dead Placed at THiriy
five -Many Injured.
CUilBEBLAND, B. C Feb.
Wlth the death toll placed at
35, . the first steps were taken
here tonight to Investigate tin ex
plosion of fire-damp that oc cured
last evening in mine No. 4 . of
the Canadian Collieries (Duns-
mulr) Limited, while the night
shift of 300 was at work. .
Thrty-one .bodies had . been re
moved ifrom tha jwrecked: mine.
which is two . miles frem , here.
and four ; men, , believed to be
dead, remained- to be accounted
for. Six mem, terribly injured,
hovered between life and death
In the . hospital here. ;
- Jury Empaaineied' '
A '. coroner's Jury was imme
diately impannaled, and 'vVilliam
Sloan, British Columbia minister
announced from . Victoria that he
had ordered an exhaustive inves
tigation. - George Wilkinson, for
mer cnie - inspector; of , mines,
already on the ground, was in
structed by Mr. Sloan to "proceed
at once with. -an iaquiry; ,
Offers of assistance have been
received from Pacific coast cities
and from . hearby . . towns'. The
disaster was one (f the worst in
the history of Vancouver -Island,
which includes an explosion in
the same1 mine last AuA'gust that
co6t 13 lives.; . ' v
Fourteen ' of . the , dead were
white men .and the - entire .dis
trict is in mourning. t Many
families were bereaved and, sev
eral lost their, bread winners.
Widows were left, with large fam
ilies. , Twenty-one ' of the dead
were Chinese. . '
Fireman Knocked Down s
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EIS
PLEASAHT EVEWT
Even
n?r Starts With Rnr-
lesoue and Ends- With
- Dancing fn Lobby.
Some cynic looking on at the
antics of the "third house"; at the
hall of representatives in the state
house last night remarked that
"he didn't know the legislature
had started - to hold night . ses
sions." Real pages and .pseudo-pages,
selected from the senate and
house membership, rushed ice
water to those whose cracked
throats, threatened to give out
under the strain ' ot endless conversation.-
I "i ;
;There was music. . ,
There was dancing.
Glenn O. Holman of Dallas,
veteran . Impersonator of speakers
of the house, filled his old role
wit haccustomed grace.
The citizens . and aliens of Sa
lem laughed at the antics of the
mock celebration. .
'The cynic, was finally persuad
ed that this was the kangaroo ses
sion of the legislature and; was
not intended to be a continuation
of what has been going on for the
past four weeks. - : , , t "
" Committees . meeting - in scat
tered parts of the state house tried
to concentrate on income ' taxes
aand highway legislation to the
tunes 'of populair music, and some
of them, functioned nobly and
well. - , . ... :
- Shortly before midnight the last
danc was danced and the "third
house" passed into, history. ?
TOtLSfrJTS
THIRD
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34 bodies ' had ben
from- the deathly afterdamp
were -at home tonight with
. .", . . .
' tn the mine. Komn. buried -
neath' huge - mounds - of debris,;
others lying behind mammoth cb-btrttcUons.that--:
blocked rescua
workand others far back, c:.-.2
where in the dark 'depths of .Xl.4
many passage ways not yet clear-
DlVimn 'tin ' nt " . n . '
hope lhat they : will be bfousU
forth alive. A - -T,
The arrival of two mine rescue
cars of the lUaited States bureau
of mines from.Tncsoni Ariz., tnd
Hanna. Wyo., tomorrow is fceiss
anxiously awaited by local rescue
crews. . ' ' . .
Justice of the Peace T. L. lifs
ney late this afternoon impa
neled a coroners Jury, which lias
begun the work ot Identifying the
bodies tr the dead; a tempcrary
morgue has been ; established la
the local opera ; house bulldl s,
the largest structure in the city;
suppilea Ht9 being rushed o'i::i
No. 1 for the ttse iii robuildln tla
Interior of the gutted tunnel cad
preparations for the burial rr
uawson a aeaa tomorrow are be
ing made.
,SV;HCWu -Unknown -The
cause of the explosion sUll
remalns-nnelalned J. K. Har
row, outside ; superintendent cf
tne,jninojdeciared it would .lj
impossihrs-Jto'fDr the exact cafiaa
of the blast at this time, owir-' l-
the. dismantled conditioss of tha
Interior o7 the property. C sa
theory is that, a column, of duat.
raised by. a passing motor in tia
main shaft of the mine may have
been,; ignited by a short circu t.
Another.ris that a spark," t-. ,1
by a plcav striking against' a rw.
in the mine, may have set fire ii
the accumulated dust.
J ust prior to the' explosion, tha
fan-system, whiclr drives fresh ail
throughout; the entire workin n
and prevents the acoumulalion'ci
gases, was in operation. : Official!
are at a loss to. account for tat
blast as a consequence. ; ' . ; . j
From the condition ot the four
bodies taken from a point near
the center of the mine late this
afternoon indications are" that tie
blast centered near the heart of
the workings, . The four bodies
were I terribly . bu rned, every vts
tige of clothing had been burned
away, and their' forms "were seared
almost beyphd recognition. . ',
V, '.f-. j ; -Two 5Ien Hscape. '
Other, bodies taken out of the
mine earlier today-did not show
such barns.'' Officials, are incErui
to the belief that the lour were
caught by Uhe' full force ?ot tL
detonation. , . . . . ;
Tunnel Ko. II south, has been
almost completely Wreckei by tha
blast. This cut is H conilderatle
disunce In the interior.
The two Men who miraculously
esca'ped the death-dealing "ooncu
aion of the explosion were work
ing In crosscut , 4, north.. This is
believed by mine officials to indi
cate that that section of the work
ings was "not so tadly damaged as
other parts of the haft.
Rescue worken and .'mining
crews, penetrating slowly Into the
mine entry, declare the openints
mo xjifl , crosscuts nave been
crumbled by, the blast, making it
neceesaryTtd rebuild such porticos
Of lila.'tnntliil. ,A .
fore proceeding furthtV. From
these reports, it is. a virtual cer
tainty, according to experienced
miners here, that, the whole Inter
ior of the mine was affected -by,
the explosion and the entire wcrk-
will require several months to re-
; Fcwllemaln at 5t -
Only a' handful of spectators Te
maided about ,tho mine tonight.
Among them - were: wives, sisters
and 'sweethearts of the tollers
whose fate ta still unknown. la
the homes of the workers tifra
are those whose' loved ' ones per
ished and .who have seen s hus
band,' father or brother carried
from the undergrownd tomb on a
stretcher tbat is always tarried
back. -. :
Thus far, only seven famlHes
have- been left -fatherless by U13
explosion. ' Three-fourth of tl ;
(Continued pa pag 2