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THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR
SALEM. OREGON, SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 1914.
PRICE TWO CENTS stands, nvB cenys
195 MEN HUE DEAD
FROM EXPLOSION IN
THE HILLCREST
143 Miners Still Entombed
in the Burning Workings;
All of Them Are Dead
BODIES WILL BE
UNAVOIDABLY BURNED
Flames Make It Impossible to
Enter the Shaft; Wash
House Is Morgue
Lethbridge, Alberta, June 20. With
143 men still entombed iu the explosion
wrecked Hillcrcst mine near here, res
cuers were driven out of the workings
by fire at 7 a.m. today
There was no question that those
still in the mine were all dead but the
rescue parties had striven desperately
to recover their corpses. The fire pad
spread rapidly and soon seemed com-
Victory beyond control, so it seemed
likelv the bodies would bo incinerated
i-vuisu:
where they lay. The only way of stop
ping the fire, experts said, was by seal
ing up the mine.
41 Escape Alive.
Mine officials revised their figures
today. There were? 236 men in the mine
at the time of the explosion, they stat
ed, and of these 41 escaped alive. , The
fatalities numbered 195 including Sup
erintendent J. 8. Quigley. The bodies
of 52 of the dead had ben "recovered
when the fire broite out. .
The mine wash house - has boen
r transformed into a morgue aud 200 cof-
' fins were ordered from Winnipeg. The
inquests were scheduled to begin this
afternoon.
Throngs of women and children, rel
atives of the victims waited all nigat
and were still waiting today at the
mine entrance.
Rescue Efforts Feeble.
Effective rescue work did not begin
until last night. Directly following the
explosion, flame made it impossible to
enter the shaft. The residents of Hill
crest, too, wore poorly equipped for the
task before them and though they did
their best, their efforts were feeble.
Two trainloads of expert mine work
ers finally arrived, however, and sys
tematic find scientific rescue attempts
began. The party was accompanied by
doctors and nurses, who cared for the
survivors, many of whom were badly
injured, as fast as they were brought
to the surface.
DISCOVERER OF TREADWELL
MINE SUED FOB $2,000,000
New York, June 20. Receiver
of ,1. C. Simms of the California
Safe Deposit and Trust of San
Francisco today filed suit for
$2,000,000 against John Tread
well as director of tho trust
ously valuable Alaskan Tread
well mines, asserting that Tread-
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2 well as director of the trust
company, borrowed the money
from it.
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Oakland Boy To Lead the
Flower of Rebel Army
Invasion of Lower California
Oakland, Cal., June 20. Major Emil ucated in the public schools of Ouk
T. Holmdahl of Oakland has been tie-! land. Later he joined the United States
tailed by General Francisco Villa, mil- : army and bhw much service in China
itnry head of the Mexican constitution- and the Philippines. During the great
alists, to equip and lend a military ex-' fire in ltMMi in San Tanciseo he was
Tiedition from the state of Sonera to ! the. sergeant in charge of the squad
hn territ.irv of Lower California. ' euarding the banking district, and his
Holmdahl. at the head of his column,
which will contain both Mexicans and
foreign legion, will Mivude Lower Cali
fornia from the ea. entering by way
of the desert stretch of 80 miles.
Three previous expeditions having
failed in. their attempts under Mexican
leadership, Villa has decided to entrnst
his final expedition to the Oakland boy,
who was formerly his chief of artillery.
Holmdahl left Ag ia Prieta for Nogales
last night, and following his departure
the constitutionalist officials announc
ed that the expedition is being formed
of the flower of the rebel fighting
strength in northern Sonora.
Has Seen Service.
Holmdahl, who is the on rf Mr.
Cecilia Holmdahl of this city, was td-
PREMIER
ASQU1TH
GIVES
AUDIENCE
SUFFRAGETTES
Meeting Devoid of Any Sensa
. tional Features Whatever;
Not Satisfactory
NO SUFFRAGE BILL
GOES "AT THIS TIME"
Miss Pankhnrst, 111 from the
Effects of Hunger Strike,
Was Not Present
London, June 20. Premier Asquith
today received a delegation of six suf
fragettes at his official residence in
Downing street.
This was in accordance with the
promise extorted from him by Miss
Sylvia Pankhurst's threat to sit on the
steps of parliament house, neither eat
ing nor drinking, until the suffragettes
were given a hearing.
lieorge Lauabury, who resigned Worn
. . i
T ' .7 ! " uZ.. T
would not grant women the franchise.
accompanied the delegation. Miss
Pankhurst, very ill from a prolonged
hunger strike in Ilolloway prison was
not present, however.
Meeting Not Sensational,
The meeting between the premier and
his visitors was devoid of sensational
features. Neither was it satisfactory
to the suffragettes. The cabinet head
heard the delegation's spokesman out
and then announced that be could not
introduce anv equal suffrage bill in
parliament "at this time."
He 'flirt, however, ' promise to tonfer
with Home Secretary Mcrvcnna, wno
has charge of England's jails, relative
to the forcible feeding of hunger strik
ing suffragette prisoners.
Since the suffragettes insist on the
franchise immediately, it was thc.gen-
eral opinion that the premier's retinal
to introduce a bill at present will pre
cipitate a still more vigorous outbreak
of suffragette militancy,
HIGH CLASS SERVICE FOB
LIVE ADVERTISES
Soleman Cor, an expert advertis
ing manager, is in Salem for a few days
from San Francisco on a tour of the
Northwest. Mr. Cox is connected with
the McBoe Service Corporation, of Chi
cago, and last year was fourth iu the
list of the leading advertising men of
the world. Mr. Cox says newspaper
advertising is the only class of ad
vertising that is increasing at the
present time, showing that to be the
I medium which brings to the adver
$ ! tisers the best results. The live dailies
I in the smaller cities usually cover their
g i fields moro thoroughly than the big city
$ I papers, where there 'are more publica
g Hons ami the competition is keener.
$ j Mr. Cox is handling the highest class
g of advertising service ever shown here.
AUTO SKIDS AND YOUNG
MAN IS KILLED
Marshfield, Ore., June 20. Delos
Davenport, 20, of Myrtle Point, was
killed last night when the automobile
, in which he and three other young men
good work was favorably commented
upon by his superior officers.
At the beginning of the Madero rev
olution in litlO Holmdahl joined the
revolutionists in the state of Coahuila
and served throughout the rebellion.
At the close of the war lie gained the
personal frienasnip or rrnncisco i. jin
der.i bv leading an expedition into the
mountains of toahuila and rescuing the
bdv of Madero 's favorite nephew, a
voung army orricer wno nan urvn mu- ,
ed by adherents of Porfirio Diaz.
Rewarded for Bravery.
. t . i.a i -li .
For bravery nnd faithfulness Holm-
rl.ihl was made n captain on the staff
at General (icronimo Trevino, coninien-
der jf the military zone with hcadquar-
ters tit Monterey," and later saw active
9 PLUNGE TO DEATH
AIRSHIPS CRASH IN MIDAIR
DIRIGIBLE BURSTS INTO FLAMES
Aiscrafts Poise a Moment in Confused
Tangle' of Wreckage and - Then
Plunge Downward 2,500 Feet. '
Vienna, June 20. A military aero
plane accidentally rammed an Austrian
army Parseval dirigible at the aviation
field between Enzersdorf and Fisch
amend today, sinking the great airship
but itself going down to destruction
as a result of the accident, with a total
loss of nine lives.
The two air crafts were 2,500 feet
aloft when the accident occurred. The
aeroplane was swooping past the dirig
ible with a safo margin of distance be
tween the two, when it suddenly
swerved almost at right angles, presum
ably due to some mishap to the steer,
ing gear, and plunged at full speed, into
the big gasbag amidships.
Crash To Earth.
Tnstantly the dirigible burst into
flames.
The aeroplane did not fall immedi
ately but remained entagled in the net
work by which the Parseval 'a car was
supported from the gasbag.
In a moment, howover, the bag itself
collapsed and the two vessels crashed
to the ground together, both blazing
fiercely.
The seven men on board the dirigible
and the two with the aeroplane were
all dead before those who rushed to aid
them reached the spot. It was impossi
ble to tell whether they were burned
to death before they struck the ground
or wore killed by their fall.
The victims included Captain Von
Blaschke, a very well known Austrian
aviator, a naval officer, a civil engineer,
four lieutenants and two machanicians.
The aeroplane, with Lieutenant Platz
acting as pilot and Lieutenant Buchta
as observer, had undertaken to over
take the dirigible, commanded by Cap
tain Hauswirth, who was given a 30
minutcs start and was forcing the big
airship to its utmost capacity.
The aoroplanists overhauled him eas
ily, however, and were trying to pass
him when the collision occurred, t
INITIATIVE BILL IS
SAID TO BE DANGEROUS
The Manufacturers' Association of
Oregon, David M. Dunn, president, has
filed a petition for an initiative bill
making it the duty of state and county
boards and officers to award public con
tracts for supplies and material to the
lowest bidder, specifying Oregon manu
factured products when said bid is not
more than five per cent in excess of the
lowest bid received, and to provide that
an aggrieved bidder may enjoin the ex
ecution of a contract in violation of
this act. It will be noted that nothing
is said as to quality, and that thus,
under this bill, if it should become a
law, boards and officials making public
awards would be precluded from con
sidering quality; and would be com
pelled to award a contract to the Ore
gon bidder if the bid was not more than
j five per cent greater than any other
bid, and this no matter how poor that
quality might be.
In its present form the bill is said to
be not only objectionable but dangerous.
were riding skidded in the loose earth
of a road recently graded and went
over an embankment between Myrtle
Point and Coquille, according to news
received here today. His companions
were uninjured.
London, June 20. Walter ij. Brock,
American, today won the London
Manchester and return aviation race.
in
service under General Huerta at tho
buttle of Bachmihu and the campaign
against Orozco and Snlnzar. When Ma
dero was killed, Holmdahl deserted the
federal army and joined Francisco Vil
la. He commanded the rebel artillery
at Torreon, Santa Koealio, CI-"unliua,
Juarez and the battle of T'l ieru Blanca,
but retired to the secret service under
instructions from Villa, who made him
major for gallantry in action.
Villa recently recalled Holmdahl to
his personal staff and on account of
his friendship for the Oakland boy and
his belief in his abilitv, has appointed
him to lend the expedition to subdue
Lower California for the constitutional
ists. If Holmdahl succeeds with bis
mission, be will have accomplished
something which all other invaders of
Lower California have failed to do.
Heretofore no expedition to conquer
Lower California has ever survived.
The members have always either been
butchered by federals or driven across
the line into the arms of the United
, States soldiers.
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TROUBLE IS
BP
CARRANZA IS PLOTTING
VILLA ISSUES A PROCLAMATION
President Wilson Still Hopeful That
Mediation Negotiations Will Not FaU
Through Utterly Success Doubtful.
Niagara Falls, One., June 20. That
General Villa has issued a proclamation,
addressed to Americans, declaring Gen
eral Angeles president of Mexico, was
asserted by the Huertista delegates
here today. ,
At the same time, the Huertistas an
nounced, General Carranza is preparing
forcibly to depose Villa's friend, Senor
Maytorena, as civil governor of the
state of Senora.
The text of the Huertista statement
was as follows:
"The Mexican consul at El Paso tele
graphs that, from private messages in
tercepted at Juarez, it has been learned
there is no truth in the report that the
differences between the Villista and
Carranzista factions have been satais
factorily adjusted.
"Villa has issued a declaration ad
dressed to Americans proclaiming Gen
eral Angeles president of Mexico.
Plana To Use Force.
"Carranza is completing plans to de
pose Governor Maytorena of the state
of Sonora by force of arms. T, this
end he is quietly increasing to 2,000 the
forces under Elias Calloa, military com
mander of Sonora."
Angeles, though Carranza 's secretary
of war, is a close friend of Villa and
has all along been the latter 's candidate
Electrical Pageant Will
Be Attractive Feature
of Biggest Cherry Fair
Route of Parade Is Chosen Will Form on Chemeketa
. Street and Wind Through Salem Thoroughfares in a
Brilliant Procession of Colored Lights "Solitude of
the Forest," "Coming of Jason Lee" and "The Glory of
the Cherry" Will Be Feature Floats in the Parade.
The Chcrrians announce their inten
tion not only to pull off tho biggest
and best fair ever attempted in the
city but to mako the final night of the
fair one that will long be remembered
by the fair visitors and will make suc
ceeding fairs work hard to surpass or
even equal. Tho committee in cliargo
of tho electrical parade under the lead
ership of Stanley Barton has worked
out the details for six of the floats that
aro to be illuminated for tho occasion
and have chosen the route. Tho parade
.will form on Chemeketa street near Cot
tago street and will march west to Lib
erty street. Then south on Liberty
street to State street; west on State to
Front street and north on Front street
to Center street. Here tho parade will
turn east to Commercial anil then will
proceed south on Commercial street to
Stato street and north on State street
to Winter stroer, wnero me paraue win,
, , . . i. . - i -.1,
disband. I
"The Solitude of the f orest" will be j
the title of the first float, depicting ;
the depths of the forest glade before)
the advent of the white man and sym-,
bolic of the Willamette Valley at the
time of the first explorers. "Coming
of Jason Lee" will be the title of the
next float showing the coming of learn
ing and the early missionaries who fol
lowed the trappers aud hunters. "Win
ning of the Land" will follow repre
senting the work of the Pioneers in
clearing me mini ami uim. i
sod for the production ul crops to bus-
The Weather
1 ?v
Oregon: Unsettled
tonight and Sun
day and probably
showers andouth
westerly winds.
I
MAY
NTO GREASER CONFLICT
for provisional successor to President
Huerta.''
Maytorena has been at outs for some
time with Calles, a Carranza partisan,
and it was said Beveral days ago that
Calles would have forced him from of
fice and arrested him if he had not re
ceived warning from Villa that he
would be held personally responsible
for whatever happened to the civil
governor.
Dispute Causes Friction.
The Calles-Moytorena dispute was
understood to be one of the causes of
friction between Carranza and Villa.
The latter was befriended by Mator
ena during the days of his poverty and
Villa is devoted to him.
There was every prospect today of a
break in the American-Mexican nego
tiations here and the failure of media
tion. Nevertheless the American en
voys still expressed the hope that Presi
dent Huerta would weaken at the last
moment and instruct his representatives
to acquiesce in the American demands.
President Is Hopeful.
Washington, June 20. In comment
on the conversations held Friday be'
twoen Argentine Minister Naon of the
'A. B. C." mediators, President Wilson
and Secretary of State Bryan, the
White House issued the following state
ment today:
"Regarding the visit of Minister
Naon, one of the mediators, all tho
president cares to say is that it was a
general discussion of the mediation sit
uation. The president is still hopeful
that mediation will succeed."
Up To The Mexicans.
Niagara Falls, Out., June 20. Argen
tine Minister Naon of the "A. B. C."
mediators was scheduled to report to
his colleagues this afternoon the result
of the conversations he hold yesterday
with President Wilsou and Secretary of
State Bryan. In the meantime the sit
uatiiin remained ' unchanged.- It was.
considcred that it remained for the
mediators and the Mexican envoys to
decide whether or not to terminate
negotiations. "the American envoys, it
was stated, had said their last word.
tain them away from their base of sup
plies. Soldiers To Be Represented.
. Here the representations will make a
long jump over the years of develop
ment of the west to the late wars when
a tribute to the Spanish War veterans
will bo paid. "The Return from
Manila" will be the name of tho float
showing iue bronzed soldier of the wars
in the tropics who took up arms aftor
40 years of peace which saw the Wil
lamette valley grow from a wild
frontier to a prosperous country. "The
Glory of the Cherry'' will bring the
parade down to iluti) and a flout show
ing the wealth of blossoms which grow
into luscious cherries which have estab
lished the fame of tho Cherry City will
be depicted in bright colors ami electric
lights.
Car Will Be Beautiful.
"Queen Ann", the royal car, will end
. .-.: wlti, . niVria.l of colored
lights. The queen nnd her retinue will
ri(,(, nn Mj) fmt wni(.h (f ,(ci ,eror.
atC(, wilh ffll.p b T M
man of 10rtlull,i, ,;,,0r ,fl Pettingill,
.. ,. .. . ..,.,.. The H..lem
Klectric Company, and W. H. Welch,
Salem Kleitriiians, will attend to the
wiring of the floats and take particular
care that there is no danger attendant
to the electrical work. .
The Salem Motorcyclo club will pro
vide 20 motorcycle riders who will be
anuniiitcd special motnrcvcln cops for
this parade to police the course. It is
,,wntia thnt tlfl ,.row, im ,.fje,l
to tha side walks if the effectiveness
of the parade is to be viewed in full.
- Is Salem Show.
I . "The committee feels that this Is not
a Cherrian show but a halem siiow aim
the people should assist iu making the
best of it, said Stanley Barton," and
it is absolutely necessary that the' peo
ple of the city stay on the side walks
to get tho best effect of the illuminated
parade. The line of inarch is a long one
and there will be plenty of chances for
all to see it and it is not ne-essary
that the spectators crowd the streets
to sea tho j arade."
The parade will start promptly at 9
o'clock in order that the Kosarians who
will march in the parade muy be able
to get their train back to Portland.
DIME S
TO
MAY FORCE U. S. HAND
MEXICAN SOLDIERS INSULTING.
Pillaging of Baggage of Passengers
Traveling Between Capital and Coast
Begins Villa Lingers at Torreon.
By William G. Shepherd.
Vera Cruz, Mex., June 20. President
Huerta was bolieved here today to be
planning tome overt act of hostility
against Americans as a means of forc
ing the United States to intervene in
Mexico and save him from the rebels.
Arrivals in Vera Cruz from Mexico
City said they were convinced he was
only awaiting tho failure of the Niag
ara Falls mediation negotiations to as
sume the aggressive. They added that
they believed he was deliberately stir
ring up anti-American fueling .in the
capital.
Mexican soldiers in the vicinity of
Vera Cruz were lus ofrequontly insult
ing and jeering at tho American out
posts. For tho first time, too, since the port
was occupied, Mexicans were pillaging
the baggage of passengers travoling bo
twecn the capital and the coast.
Villa Lingers at Torreon.
Torreon, June 20. General Villa was
still lingering here today, heavy rains
and washed out roads having rendered
his departure for Zaeatocas or any ox
tensive movement of troops impossible
it wns learned that the general is
dissatisfied with the manner in which
the rebel representatives in Washing
ton are handling constitutionalist ne
gotiations with the Wilson administra
The parade will he eight blocks long
and beside the Chcrrians and Rosarians,
the Chomawa Indian school will pro
vido two batallions in uniform and with
Company M, the Pionoers, bareback
riders and fraternal floats the parade
will be crammed full of interest. Two
other electrical floats will be mado but
the dotails have not yet been worked
out.
Veterans Will Parade.
The Spanish War veterans will be in
enventin in Salem during the Chorry
Fair and have promised that their Drum
Corps shall be at the service of the
parado committoe. The veterans will
arrive at 10 o'clock Friday morning
and will be met at the train by the
(horrinns who will escort them down
to the baby show. At 1:30 the veterans
who will begin a business session at
the Armory and in the evening at 6:30
will hold their banquet. At 9 o'clock
Saturday morning they will hold an
other business session and after that
will give themselves over to the busi
ness of enjoying themselves at the
Chorry Fair.
HUERTA
ATTACH?
CHERRY FAIR PROGRAM.
Thursday, June 25.
9 to 10 a. m. Band concert on street.
10 ::J0 Coronation exercises in Wilson park. Crown
ing of queen, etc.
11:00 Folk dance by Salem High School girls.
Miss Merriam, director.
11 :l0 Balloon ascension.
1 :00 p. m. Grand auto parade.
2 :::0 Street sports.
5:00 Baseball game on Willamette field.
7 ;00 High dive. Carnival attractions on street, etc.
7::!0 Regatta and water sports.
9:00 Dance at armory.
Friday, June 26.
9:00 a. m. Registering for children's parade and
beauty show on Court street between Summer
and Winter streets.
9
!0 Band concert on streets.
in-:1,!) Rahv narade in Wilson nark.
11:00 to 12:00 Judging and awarding of prizes in
baby show. Mammoth exhibit of cherries at
Ryan hall.
2:00 p. m. Band concert.
2 ::i0 Street sports. Motorcycle races at the fair
grounds track.
5:00 Baseball game on Willamette field. '
7::0 Water sports.
8:30 Band concert and electrical display in Wilson
park.
tion, that he thinks Senores Zubaraa
and Capmany especially have failed and
that he plans to send emissaries of his
own,, having chosen Colonel EuseDio
Calzado and John W, Roberts for the
purpose.
Calzado was general manager of the
railroads in northern Mexico after the
rebols captured them, and unquestion
ably did brilliant work, but was forced
by General Carranza to resign because,
the latter was said to have contended,
Calzado failed to consult him as fre
quently as he should.
Roberts is an American correspondent
to whom Villa has taken a great fancy.
He speaks Spanish fluently and has
been with Villa since he captured
Juarez last November. Formerly he
was secretary to Congressman Curry.
Carranza Removes Angeles.
El Paso, Texas, June 20. General
Carranza was reported in Juarez today
to have removed General Angeles from
his post as constitutionalist secretary
of war.
Angeles Is a supporter of Villa and
his removal, assuming the reports cor
rectness, was taken here as indicating
a widening of the breach between Villa
and Carranza. Carranza is now at Sal
tillo; Angelos It with Villa at Torreon.
it was rumored also that Genera)
Chao, ex-governor ' of the state of
Chihuahua, known as a Carranzista had
been exocuted at Villa's order.
'
McNARY-BENSON CONTEST
GOES INTO COURT.
Portland, June 20. Court ac
tion to settle the Multnomah
county returns in the contest
for the Republican nomination
for the supreme judgeship be
tween H. L. Benson of Klamath
Falls 1 and C. U Me Nary of .
Salem is now practically cer
tain. An agreement has boen reached
between the two that a stipula
tion shall bo submitted to the
local court asking that duplicate
tally sheets in 18 precincts
where thero is question as to
tallies be ordered brought in and
counted.
Hindsight or foresight Which gov
erns your actionst Dou you take ad
vantage of your opportunities, or do
you merely wish that you hadf Do you
realize that now is the time to build f
Or are you waiting until real estate
prices advance and material costs
morot We'll help you get the money.
We have helped others and they are
glad of it. Lefler t Bolinger, 406
Hubbard building.
'' According to the local undertakers,
the death rate in Salem of late has
boen unusually low. For the past few
days there has not been a death in the
city and (he city physician reports that
thero is littlo if any contagious diseases.
Thcso reports are indicative that the
Capital City is one of the most health
ful communities on the coast.