EVENING EDITION , EVENING EDITIOli WEATHER REPORT. Fair tonight and Tues . day; cooler Honlght with frost.' Calling cards, wed ding stationery, com mercial stationery and Job printing to order at the East Oregonlan. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER CITY OFFICIAL PAPER. VOL. 23. PENDLETON, OREGON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1910. NO 7028 91 MINERS ARE ALIVE Explosion in Colorado Mine Shuts Off Avenue of Escape to Inmates. DESPERATE EFFORTS AT RESCUE BEING MADE Only One Chance In Million That Entombed Men Can Escape Allvo and Morgue is I lelng Prcared Relative Look on Preparations Stocially After Damp Emperlls Lived of Hewcuers Effort Being Made to Roach Men by Abandoned Tunnel. Trinidad, Oct. 10. Fifty-one min ers are In a living tomb today at Starkvllle with one chance In a mil lion of escaping alive. Scores of workmen are frantically tearing at the masonery of an old tunnel In an ef fort to reach the prisoners In the main shafts. At daybreak the workmen were trying hard to penetrate the main sho,ft, but were compelled to stop because their lives were em periled by the after-damp. Although the men Inside are alive, the ma chine shop of the Colorado Mine & Fuel company Is being transformed into a morgue while the women and relatives of the entombed men watch the preparations dully, hardly com prehending their significance. The explosion occurred Saturday night presumably from fire damp. The prisoners' only hope Is to force their way through the clogged and gas filled main tunnel or to malt their way to an old tunnel leading to the Englevllle mine which adjoins the Starkvllle workings. During a fire years ago this tunnel was walled up but now scores of workmen are tear ing the masonery down in the faint nope or saving the lives or those with in. One theory of the explosion Is that a miner opened his lnmp causing the collected coal dust to explode. The mine was considered safe as powder was not used, the coal being easily dislodged with a pick. No Gas Pockets. Theories advanced, such as the presence of gas pockets, dust and other combustible material, are not accepted by officials of the Colorado Fuel ft Iron company, as having caused the explosion. , Although every thing In the range of human effort was done, all day and night to rescue the Imprisoned men, the difficulty of overcoming the spread of the afterdamp told plainly upon the temper of the reseaers, who were visibly discouraged, but contin ued at work. It was learned that the helmet men had a narrow escape from death and were rescued by miners who had no helmets. v The helmet men had entered the mine and failing to emerge, another party was sent in and found the hel met men lying prone upon the floor of the short cut, or west entry, over come by gas. The oxygen In the hel mets had become exhausted. The most authoritative explanation of the cause of the tragedy yet secur ed was obtained from State Mine In spector John D. Jones, when he came into the camp to forward some tele grams. He said the Starkvllle mine had been Inspected officially by In spector Frank Oberdlng, three months ago and found In excellent condition and that it had been worked ever since Its opening In 1892 with open lamps because of the absence of gas. He was of the opinion that the mine was not properly sprinkled to keep down the dURt and said he could ac count for the explosion In no other way. He said that when Inspected three months ago the mine was notice ably free of dust. According to a statement given out officially by the coroner, there are known to be Iri the mine 18 Poles, three Russians, five Americans, .four Mexicans and one Servian. These nationalities represented in the list of the entombed were classified after a careful house to house canvass of the camp, made by a mine clerk and the town marshal. While this list only totals 4, the coroner says that he Is positive that there are 61 men Inside the mine, and explains the difference in figures by Baying that the nationalities of some of tho men believed to be among the missing are not known and no attempt was made to classify them. Some who are familiar with the working conditions of the Starkvllle mine express the belief that the to tal number estimated by the coroner Is too conservative, and they freely state their opinion to be that when the list Is completed, It will number nearer 80 than 50. Hardened by previous experiences and sights surrounding explosions in mines, the residents of Starkvllle, In most Instances, silently watched res cuers as they entered the mine and as they were later dragged to the open air for resuscitation. Tragic scenes usually seen at the mouths of mines where lives are lost by gas explos ions were not In evidence. SOCIETY GAMBLERS WORSE THAN WHISKY SAYS WOMAN Seattle, Oct. 10. More than a score of members of the Purity league are touring the west Investigating vice conditions and the white slave traf flc. They spoke at a special meeting of the churches yesterday. Mrs. A. S. Sim, who styles herself a reformed whist player, declared that society gamlbling between women is doing more injury than all of the whiskey consumed. She said: "Eighty-five per cent of the fashionable society gamblers are church people, that Is they are members of some church Card playing among church members If the beginning of the undermining of their faith In Christianity. Other sins follow, so by it we are betrayed." HONDURAS SOLDIERS ARE GUARDING AMERICANS New Orleans, Oct. 10. Honduran soldiers are today guarding American property in the island of Amapala ac cording to private cablegrams. It Is expected the gunboat Princeton will soon arrive and land marines to re gain properties. The soldiers took charge on the order of the command- ante of Amapala who Is radically antl- forelgn. The lives of the Americans are believed to be safe. IS UP BY PRISONERS DARING J AIIJ1REAK IX SANTA ANNA. CALIF Two I nma les Listen to Services by Mfcvrtonary, After Which - They Knock Officer Down, Iock Him In Cell and Fxiyc, Santa, Anna, Calif., Oct. 10. Pos ses are searching i.ie foothills for RoBario Sains and Alejo Mairis, prls oners of the county jail, who es caped after overpowering Sheriff Lacy and locking him in a cell with Miss Christine Kerl, a missionary worker who was conducting services In the bastlle. Sains Is charged with murder and Mairis with forgery. Miss Kerl had concluded her services and the sheriff had unlocked the cell. when the prisoners struck him be tween the eyes, tossed him Into the cell and locked the door. They se cured a rifle and revolver from the Jail office and escaped on stolen bl cycles. Great Apple Show. Watsonvllle. Cal., Oct. 10 Jajaro valley, the home of the Bellflower and the delicious Newton Pippin. Is the scene of the largest state apple show ever held In the United States, the big exhibition opening today to continue through the week. Scores of carloads of fruit are on display In one of the largest pavilions ever erect ed In the west, the city of Watson vllle Issuing bonds to pay for the structure. Next year It Is proposed to mnke the show a national affair. Northern California Is rapidly making as great a name for Its apples as southern California for Its oranges, and buyers from Europe, as well as from all the large cities of the east and central west, are here today. In this vicinity thee are a million trees bearing, with a half million more coming Into bearing next year. Register in New York. New York, Oct. 10. Registration of voters In all boroughs of New York city, commenced with a rush this mor ning and will continue, between the hours of 7 a. m.' and 10 p. in. tomor row, Saturday and next Monday. Reg istration In all other cities In the state and In villages of more than 5,000 in habitants will begin Friday. In ham lets and country districts, registration will begin Saturday. The period for the filing of party certificates of nom inations with the secretary of state at Albany expires today, but Independent certificates may be filed up to Friday. The Tammany congressional conven tions In this city will be held Thurs day. Labor Men In Polities. Worcester, Mass., Oct. 10. Massa chusetts labor organizations will take an active part in politics this fall, ac cording to some of the delegates to the annual state convention of the Ameri can Federation of Labor, opened hi";e today. The union loaders will vigor ously oppose those whom they hold responsible for the failure of Import ant labor legislation. The matter of postal savings banks will also be dis cussed during the convention, and several other matters of Interest to organized labor will be acted upon. Passenger Men In Pallas. Dallas, Tex., Oct. 10. Members of the American Association of Travel ing Passenger agents, representing all the leading railroad systems of the United States, Connda and Mexico, be gan their annual business meeting here today. The deliberations will be con cluded tomorrow, and the remainder of the week will be spent In touring tho Lone Star state. The delegates will return to Dallas next Saturday to attend the opening of the Texas state fair. FIB TAKE TERRIBLE TOLL Forest Fires in Minnesota and Canada Make Thousands Homeless. SEVEN TOWNS DESTROYED, DEATH LIST APPALLING Worst Fires) In History Sweeping Away Million of Dollars Worth of Tini Iht, Devesting Towns, and Driving People to Seek Safety--Estlniated 2000 Persons are Missing Sixty Hodle Have Ilecn Recovered Wa gons Iittuded Willi Bodies Enter WllllliH?g. Winnipeg, Oct. 10. Seven towns, Baudette, Spooner, Graceton, Pitt, Ce dar Spur, Swift and Roosevelt have been destroyed by forest fires in this vicinity. Five hundred people are missing and the death list will prob ably total a thousand. Lumbermen declare the loss of standing timber runs Into the millions. Reports from Kainy River are that the dead are being brought in by wagon loads from outlying districts. Rainy River citi zens have formed a vigilance commit tee, fifty men guarding against the activities of thieves and ghouls. It Is known that seventy are dead and la ter reports indicate that two thousand are missing. Sixty bodies have been reclyered. The majority of the miss ing are believed to have taken refuge In Isolated villages. The towns of War Road, Minn and Sprague, Manitoba are threatened with destruction. Fire Is within seven miles of Sprague. The Canadian Northern railway has dispatched spec lal trains bearing apparatus and fire fighters toward the War Road, which is reported surrounded by flames. Railroad saves Many. The work of relief carried on by the Canadian Northern railroad saved thousands of lives. Including practi cally all the Inhabitants or Spooner, Beaudette and Pitt, who escaped by the special trains that the company provided. The people had become so accustomed to the haze In the sky caused by the burning timber that they could not be made to realize that the situation was becoming dangerous. The Canadian Northern railroad has been running relief trains In every di rection, stopping at every point where frantic people were to be found along th track. Several trains have been run through suffocating smoke and over burning bridges, regardless of danger to the crews. Among the most dramatic Incidents was the escape of 2000 persons In a long train of box cars. The throng of men, women and children awaited the train while their homes burned. Lumbermen Incinerated. War Road, Minn., Oct. 10. Cour iers today say scores of lumbermen were caught by the forest fires along the border and Incinerated. The de struction of seven towns means con-Bi-rvatlvely 750 dead they say. The fire zone Is 80 miles long extending from Gravel Pit spur to Stratton, Ontario. Minnesota Is rushing fire fighters to the scene by special trains. Herbert Strohm. well known young mnn of Hermlston, was a visitor In the city yesterday. 'S TO A boomerang la a peculiar missle used by natives of Australia. When a native throws it from him It de scribes several flip flops In the air and finally comes back to the throw er. It will hit the native in the eye if he is not careful. T. P. Giliiland, who is seeking des perately to retain the county judge ship, has thrown a boomerang. In a local paper which is supporting Judge Giliiland, the following appear ed yesterday morning: "Yes, this county collected the sum of $441,665 In taxes and of which Judge Giliiland paid $114. How much did Jim Maloney payT Never did a benighted bushman act more foolishly than did Judge Giliiland when he sent that paragraph forward, or was It some fool friend who did It? It Is a boomerang and here It comes back straight to the eye: Investigation of the county records with reference to the taxes paid by Messrs. Maloney and Giliiland show the following: For the year Mr. Maloney paid a total of $141.75 In taxes. Of this amount the sum of $128.10 was upon bank stock owned by Mr. Maloney and mm BOOMERANG BACK M ELT GOMES TO EARTH TWICE Aviator Trying for $30,000 Prize Experiences Hard Luck on Trip. FIRST DESCENT MADE 12 MINUTES A ITER RISING Forced to Land by Carburetter After Traveling 11 Miles Repairs Made During Night ami Sccoiid Ascent Made Tills Morning' Falls Aguin After Going Short Distance Field of Eight Entries Dwindles to One. Chicago, Oct. 10. Aviator Ely, at tempting a flight from Chicago to New York for a $30,000 prize met with the second accident of his trip today shortly after he ascended from the Beverly Golf links, where he spent most of the night fixing his aeroplane, broken when he first fell. He as cended a Bhort distance and then fell. Unhurt, he set about repairing his machine again. He started on the record-breaking test yesterday afternoon, but remained In the air only 12 minutes. In that time, however, he traveled 11 miles. The aviator descended because of a clogged carburetter. The repairs were a matter of a few minutes, but in the rapidly gathering dusk Ely In trying to again start ran the machine upon a rock and the front running wheel was torn away. A new wheel was brought up and the force of me chanics began work while Ely went to Geary to spend the night. Owing to the chill of the air and a smart northwest wind, only a small crowd igathered at the Hawthorne race track to see the start of the trial which, despite the fact that a field of eight starters originally counted on dwindled to one, it is still the most ambitious flight yet attempted In the United States. Willard and Curtis made technical starts, flying over the race course, but as previously an nounced, it was not their intention to make a race of it. Their machines were quickly taken apart and ship ped to Gary, Ind., to be ready to sup ply any parts which lily might need. It was from one of these machines that the spare running wheel, needed by the "Boston racer," was secured. Two hours after the start Curttes. Willard, McCurdy, Ely and a number of mechanicans went over the biplane In the most careful way. The pro peller developed a thrust of 820 pounds, worn wires were replaced and nuts and screws tightened. To make assurance doubly sure. Curtlss made a trial flight of a few monents and upon alighting pronounced the ma chine ready for the start. There were 20 gallons of gasoline in the tank to feed the 60 horsepower, eight cylin der engine, and lubricating oil In pro portion enough to have carried the flyer 150 miles. Ely was garbed from head to foot In light brown leather. On his right wrist a compass was strapped and In front of him attached to the ma chine was a watch. The latter Indi cated precisely 4U1 o'clock when the propeller began whirring. In nine seconds the aviator left the earth. A snappy wind was on his quarter nlniost at his back. That it was a great accelerate of his speed is shown A which ownership is shown upon the records at the court house. The re maining $13.65 was charged to L. Hodgens & Co. and which sum Mr. Maloney paid personally, he being now the sole owner of the property of thnt company, Mr. Maloney paid $141.75 this year as his share towards maintaining the expenses of this county. This is a truthful answer to the question, "How much did Jim Maloney pay?" Anyone desiring to do so may verify the state ment. Now as to Judge Gilliland's taxes. The tax records show that he paid (axes this year as follows: Personal, $10.92; real estate, $63; total, $74.92. This Is shown by the record. Look It up if you care to. Why did Judge Giliiland, or his foolish friends, bring up this sub ject? They knew Mr. Maloney was a heavier taxpayer than Judge Gilii land or could easily have found It out. But they thought they would be sharp and give out the false Im pression that Mr. Maloney does not pay taxes, it was dirty politics and such tactics can only hurt Giliiland. It is a beautiful case of the boom erang. The striker himself is hit and he deserves the biff. COMES IT W by the fact that in the 12 finutes he was In flight he covered 11 miles. SPAIN TESTS LOYALTY OF RESERVE TROOPS Madrid, Oct. 10. There Is Increas ing turbulence throughout Spain and outside agents of the revolutionists are smuggling arms Into Barcelona, and other border towns. The Span ish government is taking stringent measures and the leaders admit an uprising is Imminent. The govern ment called its first reserves of the aimy to colors today and it is believ er it did so to test the loyalty of the troops. The republicans openly claim the troops will desert when the up rising starts. SfMJSEVELT TAKES SLOW TRAIN THROUGII ARKANSAS Hot Springs, Oct 10. Colonel Roosevelt arrived at Hot Springs to day and opened the Arkansas state fair with an address, after being for mally received at the station.' Before opening the fair Roosevelt watched a picturesque ceremony typifying the Arkansas desire for peace in which one little girl In blue and another In bray released two- white doves. Gov ernor Donaghey Introduced the Colon el. It was announced Roosevelt would spend four days In the southwest to make speeches defending the position he has taken on the tariff question. POLICE BATTLE WITH ITALIANS AT DEPOT NEAR-RIOT ENSUES WHEN OFFICER'S ORDER IS IGNORED Nightwatchman Armstrong and Glenn Uiishee Injured In Rattle With Da goes who Wished to Make Beds Down in Ladies Waiting Room. A near riot occured in the O. R. & N. passenger depot last night when Special Officer John Armstrong ob jected to the plans of a party of Da gos to make a sleeping apartment out of the women's waiting room. Both men and women were in the party and all became involved In a general imbroglio when the officer insisted on enforcing his demands. When the battle became too warm for the officer he called for assist ance and soon, night operator, night ticket clerk and night baggagemen all Joined in an effort to quell the disturbance which is said to have lasted more or less seriously for the better part of two hours. Night Of ficer John Kearney finally arrived on the scene and also joined in the scrimmage. One of the women is said to have drawn a knife but was prevented from using it. .Officer Armstrong is nursing a bad cut over one eye while Glenn Bushee, one of the night baggagemen was struck back of the ear with some In strument in the hands of one of the belligerent amazons. No arrests were made, the bellig erent party being allowed to .take their train out when it arrived. MONKS AND VUXS ARRESTED WHOLESALE Lisbon, Oct.. 10. The arrest of monks and nuns continued through out Portugal today, accompanied by looting by uncontrolled mobs. Gov ernment is at a loss where to send the priests condemned to exile. Car dinal Netto, former patriarch of Lis bon and Bishop Vasconiellos of Beja were escorted across the frontier Into Spain today. Children of parochial schools have returned to their homes. Abstainers meet. Springfield, Mass., Oct. 10 A dio cesan convention of the Catholic To tal Abstinence, Union was opened here today. William J. Larkin, secretary of the union for nearly a quarter of a century, will voluntarily recire at the present session. Lutheran Convention. Charlerol, Pa., Oct. 10. Delegates from 128 churches are represented In today's convention of the Lutheran church synod. The sessions will con tinue through the week. Stationers in Baltimore. Baltimore, Md., Oct. 10. Baltimore will entertain this week the 'annual convention of the National Association of Stainers and Manufacturers. Photo Is Cupid's Weapon. Logansport, lnd. Falling in love with the picture of Miss Carrie Loser, which as a graduate of the Indiana Commercial college, appeared in sev eral papers about the state. Forest Graves, druggist and city clerk of New Ross and a graduate of this in stitution, wrote to the girl. She was impressed with the letter and answer ed it. Correspondence continued and the romance which developed will culminate Friday In marriage Miss Loser Is now a resident of Craw fordsvllle and the marriage will be performed at her home. More than 5,330,000 horsepower Is developed by the harnessed waters of the United States, the average per wheel being about 100 horsepower. AT L Rumored That Combine Has Been Formed to Reap Big. Profits From Ditch. TAFT WILL PERSONALLY INVESTIGATE CHARGES - Despite Secreecy Information Relative to Hugo Graft Scheme Leaks Out Revocation of Taft's Decision Re gardlng Trip to Panama Taken as Substantiation of Report Will Leave Soon to Investigate Com bines Would Have Monopoly. Beverly, Oct. 10. Information that' combinations have been formed to reap a big graft at the Panama canal have been received here, according to a rumor. This Information was guard ed with the utmost secrecy but the an nouncement that President Taft has revoked his decision not to visit Ja nama until March, but will go at once is taken to mean that the information Is credible. According to his present plans, Taft will leave for Panama the first week in November and It is said, he will go to learn of the alleged graft at first hand. Supplying coal to ships passing through canal at mo nopoly rates Is said to be one of the activities planned by the combine. nOMER PIGEONS KILLED BY SHOCK OF WIRELESS London. Wireless telegraphy is de clared to be responsible for the ever' Increasing loss of homing pigeons, and experts declare that the ether waves entirely upset the homing in stincts of the birds. Captain Fraser, mayor of Move, a well known breeder of homing pigeons, declares his con viction that the increased loss of his birds during recent years is due to the new electrical influence. Wireless telegraphy, he says, in terferes with birds in flight, disturb ing that mysterious sense determining the direction In which they wish to fly. It is possible, he adds, that the ether may even kill the birds. Any--way, the fact remains that within the last few years the percentage of losses has Increased from some half-" dozen to 60. TRAM CAR IS FIFTY YEARS OLD. Senil-Centennlal of First One Operat ed Celebrated In England. London. Recently there was cele brated the semi-centennial anniver sary oX the introduction of the first tram car In Europe. It was run at' Bukenhead by the late George Fran cis Train. Mr. Train had an office boy named Clifton Robinson, now grown Into the English tramway king. Sir Clifton Robinson on the tramways' jubilee day, described the - modest beginnings of the splendid system of tramways which is to be found In most towns in this country. Speaking of the future of tramways In England, Sir Clifton thought it lay In the direction of combined tram ways, tubes and railways, under one . management. WORLD'S BIG CHEESE Bunvr ox flat car Appleton, Wis. The biggest cheese the world has ever known has been completed here. The cheese weighs 4029 pounds net, contains the Fri day's milk from 5000 cows, amount ing to 40.2S0 pounds, and required the services of seven cheese makers two days to build. The cheese will be on display at the national dairy show l. Chicago. It has already been sold to a Chicago retail house for $1409.80. It was built on a flat car. Raps Student Tactics. Washington State College, Pullman. In a talk to the student body. Miss Grey, dean of women at the Belling ham normal, caused no little comment by her remarks as regards the civic morals of the student body here. "I do not wish to come here with criticism," said Miss Grey, "but I do wish to speak of the terrible marks and signs that I see painted all over the town. "I have taught In many schools in my career, but even in my experience in Chicago, I failed to find this roush and rowdy spirit and the small boy tactics of spreading paint In the tene ment districts by the rougner element there." Dublin Offenders Are Illiterate. . Dublin. Of 5696 males arrested in this city during the year, 502 could neither read nor write; 5130 could read only or read and write Imper fectly. Has Heart Stitched Up. Vienna. A man who had his heart stitched up at a hospital at Schaer ding. Austria, seven weeks ago after he had been stabbed, has left the hos pital In excellent health.