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SALEM, OREGON, fVURDAV, APRIL 8, 1911.
NO. 84.
ANOTHER MINE HORROR If GEORGIA
75 NEGRO
TEN FREE LABORERS KILLED
EXPLOSION OF GAS POCKET
WAS CAUSE OF DISASTER
The Explosion Came at 6 O'clock This Morning, Just as the
Day Shift Went to Work Seventy Corpses Have Been
Removed up tri Noon Bod ies Were Found Lying in
Groups of From Three to Seven, With Arms and Hands Interlocked.
UNITED rREBS LEASED WIRE.
Scranton, Pa., April 8. At least
76 persons are known to have lost
their lives in the disaster yesterday
at Throop, Pa. At noon today 70
corpses had been brought to the sur
face and six others had been located.
Of the large force of men working
in the China vein at the time of the
explosion, only Fire Boss Vckers es
caped. The men were all suffocated.
Rescurers said today that the
todies had been found In groups of
from three to seven with arms and
hands interlocked.
Mine Inspector Williams ia here
today Investigating the cause of the
fire.
Birmingham, Ala., April 8. A
telephone message this afternoon
from Littleton says that 133 negro
GEORGE W.
M'MILLAN
IS KILLED
CATGUT BETWEEX TWO BOX
CARS IX FRONT OF HIS GRAIN
WAREHOUSE IN PORTLAND AND
CRT SHED TO DEATH.
UNITED F8ESS LEASED WIBB.l
Portland, Ore., April 8. George W.
McMillan, president of the McMillan
Crain company, and prominent in
athletic circles in the Northwest, was
killed at 13th and Johnson streets, in
front of his grain house at 6 o'clock
last night, while attempting to climb
between box cars that were being
switched on the terminal tracks.
After leaving his office he encoun
tered a" long string of box cars and
it is supposed he climbed between
two of the cars In order to avoid
waiting until the cars had passed.
McMillan worked on the Stanford
I'nlversity football team in 1893, on
the Reliance club In 1895 and on the
famous Butte team in 1896-1897. He
also served as captain of the M. A. A.
team of Portland in 1898. McMil
lan served . as deputy sheriff under
Sheriff Frazier. His wife Burvlves
htm. :,-
THE MARION
IS PLEASING
ITS PATRONS
The Marion Hotel is making every
tort to please the traveling public;
nd especially the residents of Sa-
'em, and the effort they are making is
readily noticeable. The dining room
Is now full for all meals, and their
patrons certainly seem to appreciate
the treatment they are receiving.
The hotel company has a chef who
w feel safe in saying is second to
none in this part of the country. He
18 a member of the Universal Cook
ery and Food Association and has
wen employed by the best hotels in
'he United States, Canada and Old
Mexico City. For 11 years he was
wth the Hamburg American steany
"lip lines and has been in the hotel,
c'ub, and cafe work for 20 years.
Splendid music is furnished for the
Sunday dinners and the grHl will he
open every night A specialty will
made of accomodating after-thea-ter
Parties.
CONVICTS KILLED BY GAS
miners were working in the Pratt
mines at the time of the explosion
this morning. Sixty escaped, and
the remaining. 8 5 are believed to be
dead. There were, In addition, 10
free laborers working in the mine.
Practically all the men working in
the mine where the explosion occur
red were negro convicts, except for
the bosses of the various working
crews. The Pratt Consolidated Coal
Company of Birmington owns the
mine.
It has been learn'ed here that the
disaster was caused by the Ignition
of a gas pocket, but the extent of the
fatalities Is as yet difficult to deter
mine. The explosion came at 6
o'clock this morning, Just as the first
shift went on for the day.
State Mine Inspector HUlhouse
and the- crew of the United States
mine rescue station from here are en
route to the scene ef the disaster.
Owing to the Isolation of the mine, it
has not yet been learned here wheth
er any of the bodies of the 145 men
said to have perished have been re
covered from the blazing pit.
To Lociite in California.
f tTNITBD PRESS LEASED WIRE.l
Grand Rapids, Mich., April 8.
Forsaking the charms of his native
state, Lightwejght Champion Adolph
Wolgast, who Is known as the "Mich
igan wild cat," declared today he
would move to San San Francisco
and would make his home in the
coast city.
Bull Netted $5,000.
UNITED I'BESS LEASED WIDE.1
Milwaukee, Wis., April 8. Check
ing up of the proceeds of last night's
municipal ball for the benefit of the
10,000 unemployed In Milwaukee, to
day showed that $5,000 had been
raised. The ball was managed by the
city council.
PERFORMED
THE LOREIIZ
OPERATION
DR. ELMER SMITH, OF PORT
LAND. PERFORMS DIFFICULT
OPERATION, WHICH APPAR
ENTLY WILL BE A SUCCESS.
Dr. Elmer Smith, of Portland, yes
terday performed the Lorenz opera
tion on the dislocated right hip of
Fred Schroeder, son of F. W. Shroed
er, of this city, and as near as can
now be determined the operation is
successful. The boy Is 11 years old,
four years oldter than the age at
which It is generally considered safe
to undergo the operation. Resetting
of the Joint was accomplished In 30
minutes.
The child's leg was placed in a
plaster cast, where it must remain
for two months, when the cast will
be removed, the leg straightened
and a new cast placed on the leg'to
remain for another two months.
Then the physician says the patient
will be fully recovered and will be
able to walk.
Millionaire Suicide.
nSITXD rKS LEASED WIRE.)
PhlladelDhia. Pa., April 8. "Sui
cide" was the verdict rendered here
today by a coroner's Jury which In
vestigated the mysterious death of
Cralge Llppincott, the millionaire
publisher, who was found dead In his
home here.
A syndicate of Eugene capitalists
took up the second Issue of Sluslaw
bonds, $115,000, this week.
A Pitiful Story.
Ddnver.Colo., April 8. Beu
cause her husband, 90. had been
missing for two weeks, Mrs.
Richard .Carty, 92. committed
suicide Sunday. Today local
authorities received word from
Los Angeles that Carty had
been Injured la a runaway on
March 27, and was confined In
the county hospital there. The
injured man does not know that
his wife is dead. Carty went to
Los Angeles to get work, and
secured a job In a barber shop.
The State Loses Its Cuse.
St. Paul, Minn., April 8. United
States Circuit Judge Sanborn today
filed a decision against the state and
In favor of the stockholders in the
Minnesota commodity rate case.
The decision enjoins the enforement
of the passenger and freight reduc
tions ordered by the state. The
court held that the reductions effect
ed discriminations between localities
In Minnesota and adjoining states in
violation of the comemrclal clause In
the constitution and that It operated
to deprive the railroads of their
property without just compensation
The Northern Pacific, Great North
ern and Minneapolis and St. Louis
roads filed the suits. By the decision
the state railroad commission's or
der reducing passenger rates to two
cents a mile, merchandise rate 2
per cent and commodity rates seven
per cent are nullified.
ABE RUEF IS
PREACHING
TO CONVICTS
CONDUCTS A BIBLE CLASS WITH
NINETY MEMBERS AND HAS
, BEEN INVITED TO DELIYER A
SERIES OF SERMONS.
UNITED PRESS LEASED WIRE.
San Quentln, Calif., April 8. Every
evening after dinner finds Abe Ruef,
former political dictator of San Fran-
Cisco, conducting a bible class In San
Quentln prison, which continues un
till lights out time. The class has
grown from his two cellmates until
it now numbers about 90.
Ruef's ability as a teacher of the
Bible has been heralded around the
prison with such rapidity that he has
accepted an Invitation to deliver
series of sermons from the prison
chapel. Ruef will preach his first ser
mon tomorrow morning.
The Portland police Friday round
ed up the gang that has been looting
South Portland stores. There were
four of them, the oldest 26, thi
youngest 18 years old.
IT DELAYED
SELECTION OF
THE LOCATION
UNITED PRESS LHASED WIBB.l
San Francisco, April 8. Because
of the failure of congress to provide
funds for the transportation or tne
United States fine arts commission to
San Francisco, the selection of the
site for the Panama-Pacific expos!
tion will be further deferrred.
President Taft announced recently
that Attorney-General Wlckersham
had Informed him that owing to the
present condition of finances the com
missioners must go to San Francisco
as Individuals and not as officials.
As a result the commissioners are
not likely to look over the available
sites until the latter part of April and
the announcement of the site selected
probably will not be made until late
In May.
Mrs. Priscllla Hod son, aged 82,
who came to Oregon . 32 years ago,
died at Newburg, Friday. '
4-
!
Flat Salary, In Chicago.
Chicago, April 8. Mayor-
efect Carter Harrison an-
nounced today tnat he will
abolish every fee office in the
city government, putting all mu-
nicpal office on a flat salary
basis.
Harrison Will not assume of-
fice until April 17, as he wishes
to give Mayor Fred Busso plenty
of time to clean up all the loose
ends of his administration.
AID IS III
A
Colonel Lajol Is Outgeneraled,
ana an Linqs or netreai Are
Cut Off, He Must Either Win
or Surrender.
REBELS H0IID PENINSULA
Practically All the Northern Part of
Lower California, Which Is Its
Most Important Part, Is in Control
Wf the Rebels Army Men Pre
dlt AmerlcanJ Troops Will Cross
the Border It Rebels Win Next
Fight. '
UNITED r RES LEASED WIRE. ....
San Diego, Cal., April 8. Indica
tions today pointed to a resumption
of the insurgent warfare in Lower
California, west of Plca'chos Pass, at
any time. Tla Juanans and Ensen
adans hold to the belief that General
Berthold and his whole force are still
operating west of Picachos Pass, and
that the general Is holding the most
stragetlc position that developed in
the peninsular warfare. With the
whole Mexican army across the Pi
cachos, and a rebel force there to
"hold the federals where they are,
the rebels are virfually in control of
th'e best of the northern part of the
peninsula.
Tia Juanans are sufficiently
alarmed over the change in the sit
uation to throw up additional breast
works around their custom house.
They already had breastworks about
the cuartel nd at the upper end of
the town, but the placing of the new
fortifications near the customs house
today indicates that an attack is ex
pected from another source.
It was with a shock of surprise
that the residents of the two little
Mexican towns awoke to the fact that
the federal army under General La
jol had Inadvertantly placed! Itself
in a most embarrassing position. In
case of a rebel victory at Mexican
tomorrow, there is positively no
chance for retrea by the federals,
for the only possible outlet is by way
of Plcachoe. The army is bottled up
If it retakes Mexicali it will have
done bo only at the cost of Tia Juana
for there are practically no soldiers
there or at Ensrtnada now to resist
the 200 men under Bertholdl.
Army men in San Diego express
the belief that Amerclan troops will
go into Mexico if the Mexican feder.
als are defeated, although no espe
cial plans are yet being made for
moving the brigade.
GOVERNOR'S
SYMPATHY
AWAKENED
HE PARDOXS AX EASTERN ORE
COX MAX, WHO WITH HIS AGED
MOTHER A YD LITTLE SOX LEFT
FOR HIS OLD HOVE THIS MORN
ING. When the Oregon Electric train left
the city early this afternoon with
Portland as its destination, it carried
among the other passengers a wo
man aged and Infirm a man in the
prime ot life and a child with the
roses of health) in his cheeks and a
CORRAL
SALEM'S GREATEST OF HORSE SHOWS
A PIIEK1EML SUCCESS.
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President Taft Dodges.
Washington, April 8. Presi-
dent Taft today told an Arizona
delegation that he would nelth.
approve nor disapprove the
Arizona constitution, until con-
gress acted upon It. He wants
to hear the arguments of con-
grew before deciding whether
the recall of Judges provsllon Is
compatible with the United
States constitution.
.' President Hunt, of the Arl-
zona constitutional convention,
headed the delegation which
sought the president's views.
smile of happiness upon his lips.
Their ultimate destination is Prairie
City, a little frontier town in eastern
Oregon.
Nnw thnrA wfla nnthlner particular-
ly about the woman, the man norths
child to distinguish and set them
apart from the other passengers, but
for all that there centers about tha
three a story which had its beginning !
In a tragedy in the little frontier
town and which terminated here to
day when Governor West Issued a
pardon to the man, and' here it is:
Mnrslinl Convicted of Murder.
The man's name the governor de
clines to disclose as is his policy in
all pardon cases. The woman was
his mother and the child his son, and
now for the story.
A number of years ago the man was
city marshal of Prairie City and he
was serving as such when the trag
edy came. Prairie City is situated in
the heart ot an Immense cattle and
sheep country and sometimes when
the cow men come in from the ranges
they are wont to Imitate the practice
of the old time cowboy till up on
firewater and shoot up the town.
Now that seems to be what happened
when the man in question was city
marshal and he entered the saloon
where the trouble was brewing and
when the smoke had cleared away a
man was carried away dead. Maybe
he was too quick with his gun, or for
some other reason was to blame, for
when tried he was convicted of mur
der and sentenced to the penitentiary
and there he remained until today.
Mother Appeals to Governor.
Desiring to be as near her son as
possible and alBo desiring that his
son should have an opportunity to
visit the father frequently, the mother
shortly afterwards moved here and
has lived in a tent on the outskirts
of the city. Every week she would
take the little boy out to the state
prison and let him have a visit with
the father and then the two would
return to their home in the tent.
Yesterday she appeared before Gov
ernor West and told her story. He
was impressed with it and after in
vestigation of the case and the con
duct of the man as a prisoner, as
sured her he would pardon him.
Overcome with emotion and happi
ness she was unable to frame words
with which to thank him and walked
out of the office with tears of grati
tude trickling down her withered
cheeks.
YET ANOTHER
FINE RESIDENCE
TRACT TO OPEN
Within a short time another resi
dence addition will be placed on the
market. The name will be Rich
mond and the location will be about
eight blocks from the state house
building, east. The owners do not
wish to announce themselves at the
present time, but street Improve
ments, cement sidewalks, sewers,
etc., will be assured by them. An
nouncements will be made In this pa
per In regard to the property and a
half page advertisement concerning
the same will be found in today's
Issue.
o
John Arzner, aged 84 and for near
ly half a century a resident of Can
yonville, died Wednesday. He was
for many years employed as horse
shoer ' for the Oregon-California
Stage company before the railroad
was built across the Slsktyous.
NOTHING SUPERIOR TO IT
EVER SEEN IN THE STATE
IT DREW A GREAT CROWD
Despite the Threatening Weather This Morning, the Stream
of Visitors From All Parts of the Country Came Pouring in
Early, Joining the Immense Throng Already Here The
Sale This Afternoon Promis es to Be Lively, and Much Fine
Stock Will Change Hands. ; .
The two day horse show given by
the Salem Horse Show Association
will come to a close today; and when
it comes to an end this evening, It
will go down in history as the best
show of its kind ever given In the city
ot Salem' one of, the be8t and
most successful exhibition of horses
ever given in the state of Oregon.
The day broke cold and cloudy and
" looked tor awnlle tnouSb
show would be marred by a rain. As
the day progressed, however, it grew
warmer and the rain clouds faded
from the sky and while the day has
not contained as much sunshine as
yesterday, the weather has been fair
and pleasant
Crowd Attending Large.
Despite the threatening weather,
the crowds poured into the city from
the country side early and by the time tion sale was commenced. This was
thai, the Judges had resumed their! an attractive feature of last year's
work of passing Judgment and ' show and it Is proving equally more
awarding prizes for the horses on ex- bo this year. Many fine horses have
hibltion the city was full of people, been entered for sale and lfls'pre
Most of the people availed them- ( dieted that before the ' day Is over
selves of an opportunity to view the ' many sales will have been made.
On South Commercial St Car Line J
i HAS NO EQUAL ON THE :
I MARKET IN THIS CITY ::
SThe owners are not afraid to Put a price
on the Property and Maintain it, and feel
i m.m.1 n m. :ii 1 U "
inaiineir rrupcriy win ucni yuur viuo-
est Investigation.
You are Offered High Class
Property in Moutain View
Any real estate man will tell you that Mountain View is the very
cream of Salem property, that it has the soil, the trees, the view ;
and the location where property Is advancing all along the line.
Now is the time for yon to Pick a home on this most desirable of
all tracts ever put on the market, and you can get terms that will
be easy for any one wanting a desirable home site. Those who have
bought lots are all holding for advances, and especially the lots
fronting on Commercial street, where a 15-mlnute car service has
been ordered on, will double In value In less time than any lots
now offered to- sale In this city.
In the Orchard Bloom
As the days of the orchard bloom come along that Sam Simpson
wrote about certain parts of the city begin to attract attention
for their beauty, and most beautiful of them all is Mountain View.
There you are not only In the midst of orchards, but there are
orchards for miles to the south, and the perfumed air that comes
over the Coast Mountains from the grand old Pacific ocean is laden
with the smell of a million flowers on the fr it tracts toward Lib
erty, Rosodale and Sunnyside.
The Scenery Grand
The grandeur of the mountain scenery from every lot In this
tract must be seen to be understood, and Sunday, if the weather is
line there will be hundreds going up there again and taking in the
sights that extond to the t. unmade range on the east, and enow
peaks like Hood, Jefferson, Adams and St. Helens. The whole val
ley spreads at your feet with the city and state institutions in the
foreground. If the day is line the big Kelly auto truck, with seats
for 30 or 40 people, will be there to meet all cars, and give you a
free ride over Mountain View, from 2 to 5 p. m. Do nrt miss this
little excursion for your fnmlly on Sunday afternoon.
Lerge Home Tracts
The lots in Mountain View, excepting those right on Commercial
street, are from two to four times the size of the ordinary lots sold,
and each lot has choice fruit trees In full bearing, or small fruit,
and all the lots are Ira perfect cultivation, having natural drain
age, and rich garden soil, without rocks or stumps. The soil is not
worn out farm land, but has been kept up In the hlghst garden
tillage.
We are ready to take intending home buyers out to this proper
ty and show them Just what it Is.
Mountain View Is outside of the city limits, and is the only
property of high residence class still left unsold on South Com
mercial street that commands the beautiful views to the east.
E. HOFER & SONS
201 U.S. Nat. Bk.Bldg. Phone 82
ENDS TODAY
many handsome horses on exhibition
at the arena at the exhibition grounds
but there remained a large portion ot
the crowd on the streets and the
show houss and places of amuse
ments have been doing a splendid
line of business. As a whole the
crowd has been liberal In Its praise
of the show and the entertainment
provided by the management ot the
association.
Closing Feature Is Sule.
The closing feature of the show Is
the awardment ot prizes this after
noon at the exhibition grounds and
the sale being held this afternoon.
Premiums were awarded this fore
noon for saddle horses, combination
horses, graded draft horses and
graded draft teams.
Upon the conclusion of the award
ment of the premiums the great auc-