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250 ENTOMBED BY EXPLOSION Of Fifty Rescued Only Fourteen Arc Still Living. Disaster to Alberta Colliery Comes Without Warnlnu and Cause Cannot lie Determined, r f ..ll. !.!.! 1 11 i . . ... ijuwiuriMKo, moorin A torrillc cx plosion, comlnif without warning, Sat urdny entombed 2G0 tplncrs employee it) in I no no. w, or tho Hillcrost Col llorlos, Ltd. Of llm CO rescued, only M wero living. Despite efforts of tho two-score mine exports, laboring urnld tliu poisonous gases nnd debris. hopo of, rescuing itllvo tho 200 men yet in mo mino is waning. At dunk a Miont group of wlvca unci mothers stood at tho mouth of tho mine which had been cloned by tho ox plosion, titlll hopeful that roHcuo would uo mtido. 'I ho explosion, which occurred about 0 o'clock In tho morning, nhook tho countryside for miles, lifted tho roofB from many minora' cablnH and domol- luhcd numorous small buildings. A moment after tho explosion, a Bcoro of jmnle-strickon Htirfaco workora rushed from tho mine, followed by u dense ciouti or smoke anil poisonous fumes. When the flrat rescue crew arrived a largo force of men Hot about to clear tho shaft. Thousands of tons of rock had fallen Into tho mine and It is fen red that the men, even had they escaped death from the poisonous rumen, probably wero crushed to death by tho falling debris. No information as to what caused tho explosion has been obtained, but it In believed it was due to tho form ing of gassc. 'I wo trains filled with expert mino workem, doctors, nurses nnd officials of railways arrived and tho work of rescue was begun. An tho rescue par ties entered tho mine they found, jumped in a chaotic mass, horses, tim bers, wagons and mining parapher nalia, the scene being Indicative of the force of tho explosion. Hindus on Japanese Vessel Refuse to Let Ship Sail Vnncduvcr, B. C. Rights of 37G Hindus aboard tho Japaneso steamer Komngntn Maru to enter Canada as sumed a serious aspect Saturday when tho Hindus took absolute command of tho vessel and Intimidated tho 30 members of tho crow, who had made preparations for getting up steam and leaving tho harbor. Tho Hindus warned tho crow they would fight rather than allow, tho anchor to bo lifted. Tho crow was held in terror. Furthermore, it was announced that newspapers inIndia had bared an al leged conspiracy to overthrow the British government In that country. TIiIb plot, It Is alleged, has been abet ted by Hindus who have succeeded in gaining entrance to America. 'I his, coupled with tho fact that tho v w i wti! jt tt iitCti fit v U been touring tho Pacific Coast and vIb itlng American cities are duo thoro Sunday morning, has given an unex pected turn to tho oituation, which threatens to take tho controversy out sldo tho pale of Immigration laws. Yale Rowing Crew Deals Harvard by Four Inches Now London, Conn. By n margin of lour inches Yalo won tho varsity four mllo eight-oared race In tho Thames river Saturday nftcr u struggle which will stand out in rowing history. Through n four-mile lane of steam yachts and motorboats tho 1G crewmen tolled at tho crimBon-und-blue-tipped oars as no galloy slave over labored undor tho lash, while thousands of spectators shrieked hysterically. When tho knlfo-Hko prows of tho racing shells had cut past tho final lino of fiagB nnd oarsmen dropped with heaving chests, few of tho thousands know whether victory had perched upon tho bow of tho Yolo or the Har vard racing craft. 1000 Land; Vessel Sinks. St. LouIb One hour nftor putting aBhoro nenrly 1000 telephono girls at Alton, 111., tho excursion steamer Mn jcBtlc of Peoria, 111., carrying a crew of 37, sank In tho Mississippi river just north of hero nt 1 :30 o'clock Sat urday morning. Tho Bteamcr had run into tho now intnko tower of the St. Louis water works now undor con struction in tho'ecnter of tho river. Woman Swims 7 Miles. Newport News, Va. MIbb Elizabeth Upton Mehohan, Saturday swam across Hampton Roads, thereby winning tho distinction of being tho first woman to accomplish the task. She swam from Pine Beach to Old Point, a dis tance of seven miles, in two hours and 28 minutes, considered by exports to bo splendid time, Federation of Women's Clubs Ends Meeting Chicago Tho 12th biennial convon tlon of tho Genoral Federation of Women's clubs passed into history Thursday night as ono of tho most sue ccssful over held. I' caturcn of tho day wero a protest against tho Indorsement of miffrttgo for women and n burst of giving which poured $20,000 In comparatively small sums into the treasury of tho federa tion and completed tho endowment fund of $100,000. When tho women started out to get tho fund they evolved a plan whorcby for $G0 tho glvcr.rnoy name some per son or organization to bo listed on tho honor membership roll; $100 ad mits to tho roll of honor, and $000 to the founder s list. Mrs. Percy V. Ponnypackor, tho president, started things with an elo quent plea for fundB and New York state responded with a statement thnt tho women of that state hud completed their jthnru of tho endowment with 1700. Other states followed nuit and several women paid for the distinction for their husbands. Mrs. Robert J. Burdotto spoke for tho press: 'X.ftf lillulirinfl (if .1 nimaitnrkfllMHi ' .iijr iiuniiifiu in i iiuvvni'iti'u.iMtti., she said. "My two sons are newspa permen and I have ink on my thumbs. will give $100 to place the press on tho honor list." Tho program committee under-esti mated the interest felt in the confer ence of tho lcglslatutivc committee and the chairman of departments nnd assigned it to n scparnto hall. Tho crowd was so great here that tho Fire department protested and the oudltor- um, which was vacant for tho after noon, was taken and every scat was filled. General Villa Reinstated Head, of Constitutionalists Washington, D. C. Official inform ntlon reaching tho Washington govern ment Thursday from Consul Edwards at Juarez said General Francisco Villa nnd Genoral Vcnustiana Carranza, leaders of tho rebels in Mexico, had patched up their difficulties and Villa would proceed to take chargo of tho military movement against Zucatccas, where tho revolutionary forces recent ly mot reverses. Thnt General Villa had determined on a break with Carranza and had demonstrated his atiludo by imprison Ing Homo officers in tho first constitu tionalist chief's commnnd was verified in reports to the Stato department. It was declared, however, that Villa's action served the purpose for which it wan originated, and tho conqueror of lorreon and Snltillo would command tho military ndvanco ngninst Huerta from this time without interruption. I he internecine dispute in tho Mex- ican revolutionary ranks, while medi ation ut Niagara Falls rested, had stirred officials here, but Consul Ed wards' message served to relieve unxl- ety. Other official dispatches received wero to the effect that all the principal officers of the revoultlonnry movement sided with Villa in his differences with the constitutionalist first chief over methods of procedure in the campaign. and that Carranza had agreed that Villa should take supreme command in tho military operation against the Huerta government. Roosevelt Will Not Enter fall Political Campaign London Colonel Theodore Roosc elt is suffering from an affection of tho larynx as a direct result of the uirdships he endured in his recent Jrnzlllim trip, which will effectually prevent him from taking part as an orator in tho political campaign in the United States this fall and compel ilm to exorcise tho grcstest care for somo months to cornc. "This la my answer to those who Wanted me to go into a campaign," said Colonel Roosevelt in describing tho condition of his throat. "If any one expected me to do so, 1 cannot now." Tho announcement of tho cx-prcsl- ent's disability was after ho had paid visit to Sir St. Clair Thompson, pro fessor of laryngology and physician of iseascs of the noso and thront in Kings Collcgo hospital, a specialist horn ho had consulted when he was i London in 11)10. Tho exertion of addressing the Roynl Geographical society recently brought about a culmination of tho weaknesses which Colonel Roosevelt's friends obsorved on his arrival In London. It was on account of throat trouble that ho insisted on speaking in a small hall instend of a large ono in which the society had wished to hold tho meeting in order to accommodate the great number who had sought to ob tain seats. El Paso, Tex. Reports that General Villa had resigned as commander of tho northern military zone were con firmed partially here. Carranza's offices at Juarez were confiscated by Villa supporters. Similar confiisca tions "are authentically reported to have taken place at Chihuahua City and at Torreon. Just after the bureau of information at Juarez hud announced to tho Amer ican press the receipt of a message from the front above Zacatccas, Col onel Ornclas' soldeirs entered tho tele graph office and tho bureau and or dered that no pnpcr'be touched. An American newspaper man wus seated in the information bureau when the soldiers bunst into the room. They ordered Perez Abrea, in charge of the bureau, not to touch a paper. The same soldiers, in pcrsonnl 'command of the Juarez commander, shortly berore had taken over supervision of the tele graph office adjoining. Tho American finally Blippcd through the line of soldiers and arrived here. This action followed conflicting re ports from the south regarding the failure or success of troops under Gen oral isatora, carranza appointee, in attacking Zacatccas. From Nntcra official reports said that the attack wus progressing successfully, while from other Bourccs details were given of Natera's rout. General Villa, in the meantime, had remained at Torreon, although ordered to proceed to the assistance of Nnteru by Gcnerul Carranza. It was said by Carranza officials that Angeles, the constitutionalist secretary of war, had left Torreon with GOOO pf Villa's troops, including a full division of ar tillery. Natera had complained of luck of cannon. Federation Women's Clubs Hear Expert's Plain Talk Chicago George J. Knccland did somo plain talking to delegates to the General Federation of Women's clubs in convention here. Mr. Knccland is director of the de partment of investigation of the Amer ican Social Hygiene association. His remarks were based on statistics gathered by his investigators. He found thnt a prolific source of supply to commercialized vice comes from girls between the ages of 1G and 18 years, tho dangerous age of the devel opment of the sex instinct, nnd that a startling minority of these come fr6m homes other than those of poverty and 'ignorance. Mr. Knccland s agents in the last year have gathered complete histories of 300 girls not yet professionally im moral, but well Started on the down ward path. Contrary to the general impression nnd the reports of some investigators that a majority of these girls were feeble-minded or subnormal, Mr. Knee land said that the majority of the girls were intelligent. --Borne oi tnem, no asserted, "come from such homes as yours; some live at home in idleness and ease. We have letters from them showing marked intelligence and facility of expression. You will agree with me they are typical American girls. daughters of respectable and prosper ous parents. "But it is only fair to say that the majority are poor, coarse and ignorant, with a wide knoweldge of evil and little conception of good." GREAT BALLOON RACE FINISHED Aeronauts in Air Many Hours and Go Many Miles. Fourlh'Excursion Lost in Wilds or Forest Reserve and Wander Aimlessly Five Days. Fancy Trunks Arc Doomed. Detroit Freak trunks, embellished with conica protuberances, slant sides nnd unusunl tops, soon mny bo unpop ular among the best trunk society. Tho American association of Genoral Baggago agents opened Its annual convention hero with tho. avowed pur poso of taking concerted action to urge tho Interstate commerce commission to consider n plan for the standardiza tion of trunks, both as to size and construction. "Eugenic" Law Sustained. Madison, Wis. Tho Supremo court uphold tho so-called "eugenics law," which .had been hold unconstitutional by a lower court in Milwaukee Tho eugenic mnrriugc law requires male applicants for mnrriago licenses to un dergo blood tests as to a condition to granting of n license and wub enacted by vho last logisluturo. Fierce Tribe Dispersed. Oudja, Morocco Columns of French troops undor General Bnumgnrton and General Gourard, nftor four days of almost continuous lighting, hnvo dis persed tho fiorco Rinta tribo. Tho troops burned tho villages and killed and wounded hundreds of tribesmon. Tho French lost 11 killed and G3 wounded. 20-Year Ilill Advanced. Washington, D. C. It was an nounced by the house lenders that the 20-year reclamation extension bill which Westorn membors are pushing for consideration will bo brought bo- foro tho house this wcok. Mexico Mediation On Verge of Total Failure Niagara Falls, Ont. Justice Lnmar and Frederick W. Lehmnnn, American delegates to tho mediation conference, went to Buffalo Wednesday and talked for four hours with Rafael Zubarnn nnd Luis Cabrera, pcrsonnl representa tives of General Carranza. Their pur poso was to find some way to bring the constitutionalists in hnrmony with the scope of mediation. The mission was a failure. The constiutionalist representatives who hnd come to Washington to see tho American delegates told them why they could not agreo to an armistice; why only man a prominent in the con stitutionalist ranks would bo accopt ablo to them for tho provisional presi dency, and finally they believed the constitutionalist army would settle tho Moxican problem soon if left unhamp ered by foreign complications. Tho Americans roturncd to Niagara Falls feeling thnt so far ns tho politi cal pacification of Mexico is concerned, mediation had accomplished nothing nnd probably tho end of the confer ences was near. Dispatches of tho forcible seizure by a Villa official of tho telegraph offico nt Juarez hold previously by Car ranza officials served to confirm sus picions which have boon current in many quarters hero or a breach be tween Villa and Carranza. Convicts to Aid Harvest' KansnB City Fifteen county pris oners nro on their way to Kansas wheat Holds to assist in tho harvest, as the result of an ordor mndo by Judgo Lntshaw, of tho criminal court. Tho mon wero paroled by bolng sent to tho harvest fields. "You have tho best chances to mako good," tho judgo said in paroling them. "Kansas needs men Hnd you need liberty." Alaska's Greatest Mount in Alarming Eruption Seward, Alaska A light fall of sulphur dust here Wednesday night has caused the belief that Mount Kat- mai, the greatest volcano on the Alas kan peninsula, 300 miles west of here, is again in eruption. The fail of sulphur dust followed an unusually dark day, during which the sky was overcast with heavy clouds high in the air. Reports from Valdez Buy a severe earthquake was felt there but no seismic disturbance was noticed here. No reports from Kodiak or other points in the vicinity of Mount Kat mai have been received, and whether the volcano is in violent eruption or has merely discharged a large volume or salphur-laden smoke is not known. Two years ago last Thursday Mount Katmai burst forth in violent eruption, covering Kodiak and adjacent islands und the mainland within a radius of 100 miles of the volcano with a deep layer of volcanic ash. Eight Hours' Rain Storm in Paris Brings Death to 8 Paris The death toll from Tues day's tempest stands at eight.. Eight other persons as far as is known, have disappeared and 70 were injured through the collapse of sections of the Paris streets. One of the finest quarters of Paris can hardly be recognized, so extensive was -the wreckage caused by the storm. Police keep back the curious specta tors, for the wood pavement for yards around the great cavities caused by the flood undulates under the pressure of tho moving earth undeneath. Police, firemen, soldiers and laborers arc clearing away the debris in search of bodies, but the work is slow. Public opinion has been aroused by the disaster and the press is unani mous in its attacks on the authorities, who, It is pointed out, have permitted the capital to be honeycombed by sub ways, electric, water and gas mains, -without a semblance of supervision. lhreo additional caverns occurred at the Rue Gluck, the Plance do Rome and nt tho Saint Lazare station and at the Place d'lenn. At one 6f these points a telephone junction box was destroyed, cutting off 3000 subscrib ers. At Troyes lightning struck a mili tary tent, killing a soldier and injuring j several others. Boy Keeps Long VigiL Tacoma, Wash. Terror Btricken, 8-yoar-old Stanloy Gilmore stood a lone death watch for eight hours Wednes day over tho lifeless body of his 4-ycar-old brother, Hubert, who acci dentally shot himself while their par ents, Mr. nnd Mrs. H. O. Gilmore, of Wilkeson, wore in Tacoma. When the mother and fnther returned home they found little Stanley lying on tho floor by tho sido of the bed, on which he had lifted his brother, whom ho found dead nt noon. He was in a nervous collapse. Sheep Die Mysteriously. Pendleton, Or. About 400 sheep running on tho rango in tho mountains near Meacham, in tho eastern part of Umatilla county, have died mysterious ly in tho last few days, according to reports received hero by Al and Wil liam Slusher, who have a largo flock in that district. Al Slushor hurried to tho mountains with a crow of men to investigate. It Is reported that the sheep apparently died of poisioning. The National balloon race is over. Catpain Watts, in the Kansas Citv III, won with a distance of between 76 and 80 miles. Roy Donaldson nnd Aide Henderson. who sailed away in the Springfield III, landed at Blue Lake, northeast of Portland, a distance of 45 to GO miles, and won second place. Captain Berry, of St. Louis, won third, and Captain Honeywell fourth. The four balloons that started from Portland during the Rose Festival are accounted for, their pilots and aides arc safe, either at home or on their way back to Eastern cities. It was not until Wednesday, nearly a week later, that the public generally breathed a sigh of relief and relatives of Wilbur Henderson and Roy Donald son rendered thanks when the joyful news of their safety was announced. The news was flashed by telephone to Portland from a ranger's hut, in the wild and savage country to the east of Bull Run reserve, that the two emaci ated men, almost on the point of col lapse, had staggered towards his door begging for food. The three other balloons had been accounted for by the following Satur day. When no news had come of the last, the Springfield, the delay led to general alarm, which gave place in the minds of the majority of people to a feeling that too much time had elapsed for either of the two occupants to be alive. Each hour had lessened their chances, while the possibilities of find ing them by search, remote at any time, had been still further lessened by the various ' rumors .and fictitious reports that the balloon had been seen here, there and everywhere. This is why the telephone carried such welcome news. The aeronauts were safe. No one knew definitely any more than that. Then the search parties organized, by W. M. Davis, who immediately had telephoned the glad tidings, set out from their headquarters to go to Aims and from there to Walkers Prairie to find the wanderers. It is considered remarkable that, with all the searchers at work, forest rangers, deputy sheriffs, private citi zens, dwellers in the neighborhood, working almost night and day to find them, these two men found themselves. Until they walked Jnto the ranger's cabin, not a person -had seen them nor a word from them could have come to any living soul unless there haa been a man stationed practically on every five yards of ground. . The landing places and results of the race are as follows : Watts and Fawcett Winners with a;flight of 75 to 80 miles. Watts gets first prize. Landed 9 :20 Friday morn ihg 11- miles north of Cascadia, Linn county. Donaldson and Henderson Winners of second honors with a flight of 45 miles, landing near Blue Lake, in Bull Run district, at 7 a. m. last Friday. Berry and Morrison Winners of third honors with flight of 27 miles. Landed at 8 p. m., same day of flight, near Clarkes, Clackamas county. Honeywell and Stewart Last in race, with 18-milo flight. Landed 7:30 p. m., same day of flight, near Beaver Creek, Clackamas county. All four of the balloons landed in Oregon. Notorious Chinese Brigand Escapes With 1000 Men Pekin "White Wolf," the notori ous Chinese brigand, together with 1000 of his followers, broke through the circle of regular troops which had surrounded him on Lily mountain, 1000 miles to the south of Lanchow, since June 4. "White Wolf," after devastating the provinces of Nan and Shen Si, on June 4, attacked Tao Chow, in the ex treme south of Kan Su, and, after robbing the inhabitants, burned the town to the ground. He and his fol lowers wero surrounded afterward by the regular troops. Father of Duchess Sued. New York A slut for $100,000 dam ages for alleged breach of promise has been brought against Eugcno Zimmer man, of Cincinnati, father of the Duchess of Manchester, by Miss Icy Warehnm, a dog fancier of this city, it was lenrncd hero. According to an affidavit by Miss Wareham, reciting the grounds for suit given in tho com plaint, the alleged promise to marry was rnado in OiIb city on or about De cember 20, IhbU