Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 11, 1911, Page 1

Page views left: 0

You have reached the hourly page view limit. Unlock higher limit to our entire archive!

Subscribers enjoy higher page view limit, downloads, and exclusive features.

Text content (automatically generated)

LIIL.—NO. 300 - ARE CLOSE NEIGHBORS OF EX-MAYOR ABE RUEF Both Will Start Work in Jute Mills Today, But James B. Will be Transferred if He Shows Symptoms of Tuber- culosis— Prisoners Enjoy a Bountiful Sunday Dinner— Trip From Los Angeles to San Quentin Made in Night. 4Indianapolis inquiry is expected to San Quentin, Cal, Dec. 10.—The M- Namara brothers Quentin penitentiary, where James B. o spend the remainder ©f his life for his confessed crime of murder, and John J., secretary of the International Assoclation and Structurzl Irom Workers, is sr,nfl - i A e fonced to ffieen years imprisonment | everything t ow. = 9 |ine to conceal and I shail consider it Cuty to glve the authoritles all my possession” after trips around the |bring into the limelight at Indianapolis therefore will be the cénter of the government’ today entered McManigal himself at the eounty jail today sald: “T'il tell any grand jury anywhere I have noth- for d¥mamiting. = Believe Themselves Marytrs to Labor | information McManigal. in custody of Detective Mc- was James B. who blew up the | country Laren, ziving testimony, Times building, 1. 1910, with the loss of 21 iives, and Joim J. who abetted in wrecking part fron works the fcliowing Ch losely guard- however at all times and bis trip the country will be in sec NEW HAVEN BUSINESS BLOCK GUTTED BY FIRE. and Stock of much for the results | Damage to Building Wholesalers Will Reach $250,000. ew Haven, Conn,Dec. 10—Damage ose to a quarter of dollars resulted from a fire early today which practically destroy husiness block of Miner and wholesale grocers, Water streets. orts and th Traveled on Night Train. @36 a half late: wharf on ihe sh The shackles San Quentin The loss, it is| tood, is fully covered by insur- The origin of the fire is known, it apparently started in a sec- tion of the #uilding always regarded by the firm as the least likely to be Charles W. Burns, fireman attached to a hook and lad- der company, was overcome by smoke, after a time. The burned block was a four story running _back Water street to the New York, and Hartford railroad and extending a considerable distance along State street bringing up against another wholesale house. of the building and at the edge of the ut” runs the trolley viaduct. Atten- tion was first attracted to the fire by the whistling of the Jocomotives in the By the time the first companies arrived the flames had gotten a hold on three floors and the Interior of the end farthest from Water street was | beine rapidly consums The blaze early assumed threaten- ing proportions and a second and then @ third alarm was sent in, calling out a large part of the fire apparatus of the city, and soon on the State street side a half dozen lines of hose were pouring tons of water into the build- ing, while a two inch stream from a stationed on the viaduct was boring into the structure Despite the best efforts of the firemen the flames gradually along the interior and Were only fin- jally stopped when proaching the Water street end, where the offices ware located. tion, however, did not escape serious damage as the water dripped and it and over type- | writers, desks and books in a steady i and down a short flight steps to the street. The section in which the fire start- |ed was filled with flour and general The boller room is lo- a considerable distance away and_well out The Joss on the stock; it was estimated, would Le more than $150, 000, while the loss on the building expected to exceed $75,000. of the office end of the structure dfitle more than the brick walls remain standing. side Sheriz W Angeles county. Skaved, Cropped and Photographed, As the prison <lock struck ten, John preceded by e, &tepped over the thresh- | ©id of the jail door with h directiy _belind James B. McNamara had become con- Tict 25,314 and John J. McNamara W measured for | sraphed in two po- Sitions. given a carbolic tinctured bath, shaved and and re-pbotographed within an hour, @nd turned over to John Murray, lieu- tenant of the yard, who took them to soking out upper yard,” a great cene of a fire. McNamara, ve minutes othing, photo; o @ver the prison’s fower garden Adjoins Ceils of Murderers. he tier.of cells in| ned murderers are kept | tsiGe is cut off by a | down the row to- | is the cell of Abra- is serving a fourteen which cond accepting a bribe. Band Piayed After Their Arrival. fter the men entered the jail | they were 1 with a prison | Jrisomers who of the place. Prison Has mekchandise. under the pr wag 1n-Siripes. “There are their meals and services Some of the boarders ht, and even ten times ryirg other establishments. The on_and climate are the finest in Situated at the fobt of Mt Lnscrpassed. | SANDFORDITES SPEND SUNDAY IN PRAYER Tamaipais. in the grand and glorious Californis sunshine, fanned by the breezes of Sen Pablo ba 1s an ideal resort the y. E Enjoyed Good Bill of Fare. A list of house rules, otherwise jest- gils the back page. the MiNsmarss ate consisted of corn- beef, brown gravy, Boileé beans, stewed dried fruit, coffee cake. bread.and Refays of Praying Brethren Watch Tewers at Shiloh. Dec. 10.—instead of tomary Sunday morn ing service lasiing an hour or two, the r flock of the Ree. _W. Sandford, 1he leader of tho Ghost and Us soclety, who is now under bonds awaiting sentence on the Geath of six o his Polorern eath of six or ollow: nt the entire day In prayer today in the y While this service was being eld i the temgple, others of the faith- ful were on their knees in the two wate htowers in the main Shiloh build- holding ibe cusi 1neribers of the steamed potatoes, in Jute Mills. brothers passed the remainder of the day in their cells. they will begin work in the jute mills, Warden Hoyle said, but James B. on the advice of Sherift Hammel, wi examined for tuberoclosis and shows svmptoms of it he will be siven | other work. | Not Mowved by Sight of Penitentiary. | eing night und today were offered these towers, the Praying oues relieved from time to time, and - failed | the visil will be continued tonight. PRYCE LEWIS WELL | uguese dependeney in China, is gver- * KNOWN IN WATERBURY Granddauphter Wanted Him to Make His Home There. Dec. 10.-—Pryce | Lewis. tke World bullding suicid Waterbury. 20th he and his brother Matthew were well known in this vielnity, especially in Torrington end Litchfield, Mathew havine owned = large stock farm in East Morris. Lewis was an Englishman aud be- cause he had never taken out matur- lization papers, he had difficulty in tiing a pension &% recogmition of his sterling service as @ union spy during the civil war. His granddsughter, Mrs. Lou Gib- son of 45 State street, this city, went to New York Jast week to Induce him to come to Wa homs With relatives dynamiting all wage a1d _he raclize M"MANIGAL READY TO TALK. Says He Will Tell Grand Jury Any- thing They Want to Know. Tos Angeies, Dec. 10.—Ortie £ Me- will be taken to Indianapolls days to tell the federal there wimt he knows of the was closed to- of James B. and in the Sen Questin and make his A BIGGER BABIES BORN NOW. his duties. London Physician Says Height Weight Are Inereasing. i mmzist fn the case. ‘The in- tion mas be conclided hers this Cabled Paragraphs London, Dec. 10.—Queen Alexandra has been entertaining Sir Edward Grey and a small party at Sandringham for the week end. Paris, Dec. 10—Flive persons were killed and eight injured in a collision on the Northern railroad today outside the Paris terminus. Dorpat, Russia, Dec. 10.—Over 100 | fishermen are adrift on an ice floe on Lake Peipus, from which the winter fsh supply for St Petersburg is drawn. Chiasso, Switzerland, Dec. 10.—The official bulletin issued by the Italian government on the cholera epidemic reports 50 cases and 35 deaths in Italy for the week November 26 to Decem- ber 2. Al the cases are in Sicily. Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe, Dec. 10.—A heavy sea last night did great damage in Basse-Terre harbor. Four lizhters loaded with sixty tons of eargo from the steamer Cacique from France, con- sisting of merchandise, were sent to the bottom. Christianta, Dec. 10.—The Nobel peace prize has been awarded jointly to Pro- Pessor T, M. C. Asser of the Nether- Jands, founder of the Institut de Droit International (Institute of Internation- al Law) and the Austrian peace advo- cate, Alfred ¥ried of Vienna, editor ot the Juurnal ¥Friedens-Wartu. Each will receive $18,500. Rome, Dec. 10.—Cardinal ley, archbishop of New York, after attend- ing a dinner given in the Irish college today in honor of Cardinal Bisletti, took possession of his titular church, Sancta Maria Sopra Minerva. The cér- emony was solemn and imposing. The | chureh was crowded with 10,000 per- sons of all nationalities. Queen Mary today reviewsd a mas- nificent open air church parade, which was an impressive spectacle. Few Americans are attending the Durbar, epparenly being deterred by fears of | extortionae rates for accommodations. | At one of the leading hotels the min- imum rate for each person is 350 dally {for a minimum of 20 days. SHERWOOD PENSION WOULD ENTAIL COST OF $40,000,000. But Leaders of Both Houses Favor Pension Legislation. Washington, Dec. 10.—The refusal of John D. RocKefeller and his almoner, Rev. F. D. Gates, to accept the “invi- tation” of the house “steel trust” in- vestigaiing commottes to mppear and testify drew a polnted and laconio note from” Chairman Stanley of the com- mittee today. Mr, Stanley sent Dr. Gates the foliowing letter: “Sir: My recent communication to you was intended not to_ provoke a discussion of the value of Merritt tes- timony, or of your own personal in- tegrity, but to give you an ofportunity | _gefénd it.” There was no letter addressed to Mr. Rockefeller. The committee Wil re- sume its inquiry tomorrow and, with all differences in committee adjusted, expects to press its work to @ comelu- sion as speedily as possibls. Messrs. Rockefeller and Gates were not subpoensed because of the pen- dency of a government sult against tho TUnited States Steel corporation. Most of the congressional activity | this week will be in committe, though | | the Sherwood pension bill is to be vot- cd on by the house Tuesday and the | urgent deficiency appropriation bill, al- | ways accorded right of way to meet | government emergencles, probably will | be enacted into law before congress | tekes ifs Christmas holiday recess. | Leaders in both housss appear to favor some form of service fon legisla- tion. 'The Sherwood. bill, the debate on which has been largely directed toward the effect on the presidential | will be done by the committee at its | meeting Tucsday. As a result of the | held the last week in June. There will | be no fieht_for the chairmansnip of the | presidentiul momination is prade. Will- | chairman’and other officers, agreeable — | 1o the candidate, will e elscted by the Deln, Dec. 10—King George and|new committoe. 3 e | ed by unusual circumstances, the most The Bulletin's Ciroulation in Norwich is Doubls That of Any Other "and Tts Total Circulation AMARAS REMOVED TO PRISON r ted in Cell No. 18 at San Quentin, Ad- ning Tier of Condemned Murderers’ Cells Chicago Gets REPUBLICANS WILL NAME CAN- DIDATES THERE. PROGRAMME ARRANGED Last Week of June Favored for Gath- ering—Republican National Commit- at Washington Tomerrow. | Washington, Dee. 10.—With the ar- |rival in Washington today of practi- | cally ail the members of the republican national commitiee, reinforced by par- t vieaders from nearly every state, it became possible to forecast just wihat many conferences held today, the fol- l6Wing programume seemns to have been agreed upon: 3 Chicage to Get Convention. Chicago will get the nationai com-. vention apparenily beyond all gques- tion of doubt and it will be commitiee 8t this time. Former Gov. Jobn ¥. Hill of Maine, the vice chair- man, will be elecied to serve until the jam Hayward, formerly of Nebraska, but now of New York, will continue es secretary, After the comnventiony a States to Settle Oelegate Question. The question of selecting delegates at presidential primaries, or by the cusiomary delegate comveations wiil be lefr entirely to the various states to determine for themseives. Presi- dent Tarft is said to have favored this Qispositicn ¢f the matter The com- mittee will not act vm the resolution for a reduction of southern represen- tation, declaring ikis to be & question for determinatior by the convention itsoif. Hitohoock’s Resignation. Col. Haryy S. New of Indjana wil head the sll-powerful sub-committee of five to make nrrangements for the convention. Postmaster Geaeral Hitch- cock’s resignation ns clairman will be uccepted formally. It was tendered immediately after he entered the cab- inet, and is Geclared _lo have “no strings whatever” atiacken o it. Office Holders May Be Delegates. Fresident Taft will entertain the committeemen at dinner tomorrow night. This dinner probably will be the most important politically of any given at the White house during present administration. The tee will not bar federal office as delegates to the natlonal tion, - Presidential Primarise Would Bar Teddy. The question of presidential prima- ries had promised to be the most in- teresting and far reaching in its polit- ical effect of any to be brought before the committee. Its apparemnt amicable aljustment “cut of court” wes attend- significant of which was the fear of frionds of Col. Theoders Roamewetc it the primary system, if ndopted at this time, might cut off the possibility of nomivating the former president for & second elective term. At presiden- tiaii primaries the voters would be culled upon to elect to sup- port certaln eiection, would involve expenditures cstimated at from $40,000,000 upwards | for union veterans who served 50 days | gr more, the monthly pension to range | 'from $1§ to $30, according to length of | service. | The Russian passport question, with | the proposed abrogation of the Rus- | slan treaty of 1532, will be threshed out | nomination, his supperters say, must coms through au outburst of enthus- at a hearing before the house commit- | tee on foreign affairs tomorrow. | MORE PLOTTING AGAINST PORTUGUESE GOVERNMENT. | Blusjackets Who Fomentsd It Sent | orf Voyage to the Azores. = | Lisbon, Dec. 10.—Another serious | plot has’ been uncovered. The blue- jackets of the cruiser Sao Cabrlel had planned in conjunction with the stx- teenth infantry and a body of ofvil- ians to attack the republican guatd Which on account of its having been | the royal bodyguard, has always becn suspected of lukewarm devotion fto the republic and is now in espociaily bad ordor among ultra-republicans because of the violence with which it pressed recent disturbances, when many ultra-republicans were killed or Wounded. The authorities learned of the plot and circumvented it by sending the Sao Qabriel to the Awores and with- drawing the guard from patroiline the | streets. Nevertheless, a great agita- the efforts of the repubiican leaders to convince the peeple of the felly of | such_dissensions, It is reported ihat Maeao, the Port- run with Chinese refugees, the Port- uguese gavrison being powerless te keep them fn hanmd. I is added that Portueual js threatened With the loes of this celony. HARTFORD PASTOR TENDERS RESIGNATION But His Retirement fs Not t Take Effect Until July, 1912, Hartford, Conn., Dec. 10.—Rev.. Jo- seph H. Twichell pastor of the Asy- lum Hill Congregational church for the past 46 years and the only pastor the church has had, tendered his res- ignation t to take effect™in July, 1812, Rev. ichell was one of the close personal friends of the late Samuel Clemens, is a member of the York voluntesta He i and lvanced years is given Teason for his Wishing to remiemuins The A. Waller, aiso wssistant pestor, Rev. H Rev. Howard ter the misslonary fleld. Hiis secvions a very general semtiment anwong the us @ central body, to diciate to the states what they should do or should |not do. HEach state, it was argued, | ¥hould be free to determine the man- ner of choosing delegates. to be favored as 15 a rule that delegates to the conven- tion must me seiected at least thirty days prior to the convention in order to give ample suthority for the ad- ing this rule in the oase of South Da- tion prevails in the eity n spite of | kota or other states which find it im- possible or ineenvenlent to select their delesates befors Jume 1, #0 as not to | earry the date over Inte July. arch on ‘the pert of the police today ac on police fafled to bring to light any clue to tie 15 year old lad, who is wanted in con- rection with thie attempted shooting of James HL 3 leather fuetory own. er, and the hoiding up and robl at the point of a revol of Wi i Cunningham, prietor of a about 340 from revolver record is announced by Sec- Yale corporation and during the Civ- | retary-Treasurer J. B, Crabtree of the 4 war was chaplain of the Tist New | United States Revolver assoclation, 78 years old | which Jobn A. Detx of the Manhattan Revolyer club of New York now appears, a_choice betweer President Taft and Senator LaFollette of Waell Defined Movement for Rooseveit. No attempt is being made here to atfmsev.mumzm-nh;v-u defined movement in favor of the nomination of Culonsl Roosevelt. His iamn at the convention itseif. Each State Left Free. Behind the Roosevelt phase of the situation, however, there secms to be members of the national ccmmittee that they have no righ, cr at least that it would be decidedly. iitic, Last Week in June Favored. While the lzst week in June scoms udication of any contests. It is like- ¥ that an order will be adopted waiv- NO TRACE OF YOUNG SALEM DESPERADO. to 8heot Another Man. Satom, Mass, Dec. 10— hereabouts of Brnest Brovilletie, an ore in South Salem. He Cunhningham. A New Revelver Record. Springfield, Mass, Dec. 1¢—A new |Fine Showing By Hitchcoc THE POSTOFFICE DEPARTMENT SHOWS A SURPLUS. Convention| FIRST ONE SINCE 1883 Deficit at Beginning of Present Ad-' ministraticn Was Largest on Rec- ord—One-Cent Postage is Coming. ‘Washington, Dec. 10.—“For the first Umeé since 1583, the annual financial statement of the postoffice department shews a‘'surpius instead of a One Cent Postage Coming- This is the burden of the annual re- yort of Postmaster General Hitchcock, made public today. He indicated that acing of the pos: -sustaining basis meant an im- provement and extension of facilities, and, at no distant day, one cent letter Big Deficit Two Years Ago. At the beginning of the present ad- ministration in 1 pointed out, the tment showed a. deficit of 317,479,710, the largest on tecord. In two years this deficit has been changed into a surplus of $218,- important _extensions throughout the service. These exten- sions include 3,744 new livery of mail by tional ecities, 2,516 n in 186 addi- rural mall 60,679 miles, and 8000 additional postal employes, with tlte salary roll greater by than it was two years ago. 7,500 Postal Sa The postal savings bank system, less than a year old, now is n operation in practically all of the 7,500 presidential postoffices. Preparations are made to establish fourth class offices that do 2 money order business. Deposits Aggregate $11,000,000. In eloven months hanks deposits aggregated $11,0 and they are expected to reach §40,000, 000 or more by July 1. In view of the successful operation of banks, Mr. Hitchcock strongly recom- mended e establishment by 30 an adequate parceis- sald could be put iuto operation In a few montha. Mail by the Air Route Mr. Hitchcock sald: ‘“The progress in_aviation encourages the hope that ultimately the regular conveyance of mail by this means may be districts conditions preclude other means of transportations T ey e coure \ 'WEIGHS 736 POUNDS. Happy Pair Had to be Taken Home in about 40,000 post, which he | Harrisville, R. L, wi PRICE TWO CENTS ' the Targest In Gommaotiont . Proportion 80 T ¢ i EIGHT MANGLED BODIES RECOVERED Very Little Hope Entertained That Any of the 100 or More Entombed Miners Will be Rescued Alive Condensed Telegrams The Total Number of Bucks Killed this year in Vermont was 2,494, The Gridiron Club Gave its opening dinner of the season, President Taft being one of the guests. Pension Commissioner. explained the estimates of $152,6 for the pension system for mext year. Rear Admiral Nichclson, chief of the bureau of nuvig st his fight to avoid being sent to command the Asi- atic fleet. Fire of Incendiary Origin Destroyed |the Old South >Methodist church at | Reading, Mass., ~Saturday, the loss reaching $20,00 One Lone Dollar is the Total of the deposits In 14 weeks in the postal sav- ings bank maintained at the Stanford university postoffice. Suprems Court Justice Desmer of Towa, was uggested by the lowa sen- | ators to fill the vacancy in the United States supreme court, Campaign in French Political agelust Premier Calllaux con- tinues, and ‘he senate is strongly hos- tile to his financial policy. The American Sugar Refining com- pany, eommonly known as the sugar trust, is disposing of some of its hold- ings in beet and sugar factories, Death Met John Feeney Saturday in the eicvator shaft in which he had spent 26 years of his lifo at the Re- vere house, Boston. He leaves his wid - ow $100,000. Johin D. Roeckefeller and Rev. Fred- erick T. Gates decline to appear be- fore the Btanlay Steel Investigating committse to answer the allegations of the Merritt brothers. Princeton University Afnounces that | Josepl H. Choate, former United States | ambassador to Great Britain, waw ac- gepted the position of Stafford Litte | lectarer on public afaird. Paul Aron of Paris, one of the larg- esy feather Gealers in the world, and 1ated a muiti-millionaire, died sud- denly of heart failure in his room at a New York hotel Saturday. Paul Pohlavski, Son of a Russian army officer, has been arrested in St. Petersburg, ‘charzed with victimizing insurance companies by “dying” some 80 times and colleoting Insurance. A Fiery Denunciation of “political cowards” “who vote for “big graft” in the shape of pension legislation was delivered in the house by Representa- tive Martin Dies, democrat, of Texas. The Purchase of Three Rembrandts, At a cost of $1,000,000, by P. A. B. ‘Widener of Philadsiphia, who purchas- With the .qlnn’nhfl the New Year lose one of its principal fna: when the United In a Hay Truock. Dover, N. H., Dec. 10—SamuelChes- ley Drew, the pride of the New Eng- | association, ~who weighs 457 pounds, 18 back home here aSter a honeymoon with his bride, who was Miss Rose Lavigne, of Rochester, self tips the scales at 278 pounds. As there was no carriage in the town ca- | pable of transporting the happy patr they were carried from their home in a hay truck. *The marriage of Mr. and Mre. Drew was the culmihation of a romance, which had its beginning dors of state hospital and poor farm here. Drew is the head chef and Mrs. Drew chief nurse in the insane ward in the corri- | Wil be held at Washington tonight to | protest against the old threat to re- © consin. L | duce sou: CHICAGO POLICE HAVE CLUE TO WOMAN’S8 MURDERER. Mrs. Kaufman Wae Killed by Holdup Man Who Had Auto. Dee. 10.—The murderer of under arrest late ofofals dead woman papers ment of $2,000 reward offered Mfs. Kaufmen was shot and killed on the North Side a week ago by a hold- :rmmmmmdmmm.m le. Police Inspector Nicholas Hunt, who has been directing the search for Mrs. Kaufman’s slayer, admitted that he had received informafion which he expect- 4 would clear up the but declined to make kno when police of the | fatied. | fered $10,000 to desist, wn his infor- TO REORGANIZE THE UNITED WIRELESS. A Moeting of Stockholders Called ‘For That Purpese. New York, Dec. 10—It 45 announced that steps fo re-organize the United ‘Wireless Telégraph company, got into financial dificulties, as the | resuts of the mimconduct of former offi- cfals including President Christopher serving a jail sentence meeting of stuek- | Holy Ghost and U | W. Ellot of Harvard university, who holders here | A, Ellot. The mmecmr- signed d Attempted |- | by the notea scholar dents amounting te { form o new eorporation of the Samé e issaning new steck doilar for dol- | @n°ed by Mra. Ji STRICKEN BY DEATH WHILE WATCHING FIRE. atttalion Fire Chief Dies of New York, Dec. 10-—Aroused to itoh of excitement while wabelr- . his window the efforts of = o I¥ing in a crevice in the woods a. | Leak's. physicians as @ chance Yulo university, States Worsted company will give up |its miils there 2nd remove the business | to Lawrence, Mass. Richard N. Durbotow, general su- perintendent of motive power of the | Ponosylvania _raflroad lines east of | Pittsburgh, with headquarters at Al- | toona, died wuddenly Saturday in & ho- | oclock el at Philadeiphia. The Man Who Somersaulted Down |from zhe dcme of The World buiid- |ing 375 fest to death on the sidewalk | Wednesday, was identified Saturday ns Pryce Lewis. sald to be the first fed- eral spy of the civil war. A Conference of About 25 Members of the republican national committes ern representation in wme repubiican rational conventions. Peter Royd, a Well Known ancier of Philadeiphia, and widely known in republican political circles, shot and Xilled himself. Mr. Boyd was pres- ident of the Tradesmen's Trust com- pany of Philadeiphia, which recently Maxwell Edgar, Chicay Lawyer, who, in 1907, led a legal fight to force the 'International Harvester company 0 pay more taxes, testified Siturday before the Lorimer senatorial investi- gating committes that he had been of- A Thick Blanket of Snow extsnding from the head of Lake Michigan on the north as far west as the Mississippl 1iver, mouth to Springfleld, IIl, and as far east as Fort Wayne, Ind., tied up telegraph and telephons traffic in that territory Saturday. Guilty of All 8ix Counts for caus- ing the death of six of his followers, was the verdict found against Rev. Frank W. Sandford, the head of the moclety, by a jury in the United States district court Saturday. Sandford will be sentenced December 18, Reassuring Messages as-to the con- dition of President (emeritus) Charles was operated upon for appendicitis at Kandy, Ceylon, Sunday, were received est, his son, Rev, Dr. Samuel S Dis ins 4 tNowsani' congoount Moun'ain conl min {l1e dead tonignt, while th of their tomb, hoping agains allve when rescuers reac) n and mangled been brougat forth at nighifall withini the the entoribed m tie mountain village belleves thut ang” living thing in the mine has survived the terrific explosion of coal dust that wre ked the workings Salurday moin- tion of the certaint Rescuers Work Without Feed or Sleep. han 26 hours every viving miner in this region had toiled with no thought of food, sle to remove the debris and force frosh into the innermost recesses of the Rescue Work Moves Slowly. Work of rescue moved slowly today | and tonight, partly because most of the tombed men are belieyed to be two | miles from the opening | cerdiy black damp. all work to be stopped for a time Lhis afternoon, but by nightfall it Flectrical devices for moving shattered by the work of the Amerioan Red C; soolety. John Logan of Atlenta, rep cars in the workings w the explosion, and debris cloared awa in the tunnels is being hauled by mule cars to the surface. night said it would be days befor been penetrated. the Jaterals that the most bodies are | expected to be found. Food Suoply Exhausted. At least ten thousand persons visit- ed this hamiet today, and willing work- The throng of visitors 18 largely responsible for the exhaus- tlon of food supplies in All stores wre weat-iungry tonikh all will be provided for, Train Brings 1756 Coffins. pared to administer refief 1f oa upon. lateral had ers were many. Bricoville to- ed The Milis for a sum gaid to be in the neighb ng from the mine opening are the relatives of victims anxiously awaiting some word of life within the rning mouth of the death trap. iituation becomes more tenso as ewch car of debris 18 brought to the surfac for its driver might brin or with the debris might wome loved one. some word e & body of The #hrill whistle of the spectal traln bringing coffing at Bunday morni brought an- | habitants of the littl ht 175 boxes and they ar the mouth of the mine. Torrible Pall Only eight of these boxes were open o dtoday, but the others st monster, silently waiting the assignment of Sorrow. silent sorrow existed about the mouth ity’s Population RELATIVES WAITING AT MOUTH OF THE MINE Some Stand For Hours in One Spot While Others Restless- Iy Move From One Point to Another—Rabid Preacher Adds to the Sufferings of the Anxious Watchers—In dications That Disaster Was Due to Dust Explosfon ing mementarily from on. wge to Another Rabid Preacher Adds to the Misery The single disturbance of this scen of sllence was Auring more hours Sunday, when the Rev, 1, M Ritcble, pastor of the M. 1. ohurch Eouth, at Coal Creek appealed Lo his hears in behalf of thelr souls’ malvation ax declared again and egain that God sent this visite of His provider upon the community us a demonstr of death and th ever uncertainty of Ufe, The minlate puspended his dlscourse at rvals and burst nto song in which are jolned. Prayoerful supplications als characterized the im tu mervices The preacher hed chosen a command ing eminence, high sbove the main en trance to the mine, as the point fyom which he spoke, and his powerful votos carried his message to tho ears o every one of the mauy thousands whe were within the wide range of his speech. Red Cross on the Bcene. Bteps have been taken to estabil resentative of the soolety wenched the meone Bunday night. In the meantime tho Red Croms flag lind been conapl ovaly wuspended from the federn] mine rescue car and its attendants were pre The worl of Mr, Logun probably w be first to investigate as to the nes of necessities of life among the wome. apd children eand teke steps to supy these. Probably Caused by Dust Explosion No official or wemi-oficial opinior has boen given ont as to the cause o the Almaster. Tt is generally belleved however, that the disaster was due to a “fust explosion.” An undertaler wh oxamined the corpses found in th mine stated that in exery instance the healw of-the victims were bruised s If they had been thrown violently agatns the ceiling of the mine or fhe timbe on the wide walls. Thi argues in favor of the theory. The mine had passe fnapections within the past fow wee and was thought to be perfeotly maf Mine Officials Withhold Faots. Mine officials contimme to decline ¢ give out any positive information as to the number of men who went to work in the mine Saturday morning, but it ju thought the numbor wes between 100 and 300. Another Rescus Car on Way. Pittsburg, Dea. 10—Twenty or more trained helmet men with another res cue car in being ruwh, mine Alsaster at Drh expected to arrive there in the morr ing. 1 tonight to ths yilie, and 1 FIFTY MOUNTED POLICE AS ESCORT TO GOVERNORS of Eight Western States Arrive in New York. New York, Dec. 10-—The governors of eight northwestern states on thoir bearing also agricultural and minersl exhibite from their territory, arrived here th ing and spent & busy day in the me- The party was met at the Jersey Cfty rafioad terminal by a committee of city officials, members of the chamber of commerce, chants’ - assoclation Mountain olub. The governors woro the river in a police sutomobilos the trial of Rev. eson, indioted for the murder of Miss Avis Linnell, is expected to be asked for by his counsel, former BSenator Wiliam A. Morse and Phillip . Bun bar at e conference with Chief Justice Alken of the superior court on Mon- day. The two lawyers stated tods that they could not get ready om Jun uary -15th, the date set for fhe tri and furthermore they intended to ur the Chief Justice to make them t personal counsel for the prisoner, u it has transpired,that he has no fur with which to pay for his defense Two southern lawvers have been ir the city during the past menth, but they have neither appeared at ( court house. forried across boat and on this were in walting and fiftty mounted po- licomen with & bugler escerted visitors to their hotel, The governors were guests of Will- tam R. Hearst at luncheon and yerious members were guosts of the C. A. branches wheve they mede se erul wpeeches. All f the governors urged that thelr territory offered fine opportunities for the relief of congestion of the cities. In their section people Lived nin the acre, it was pointed out, while in | the east peopis lived forty to the more, and in spots almost forty to the square The party was entertalned at dinner tonight by John Hays Hammond who alno invited offiolals Mountain club, the Californis associn- tion and Governor Dix of New York. FRIENDS WILL BURY THE DEAD UNION SPY. of the Rocky er Miss Mabelle Allen of Brookly: As the Result of Mard: ~ threo wecits, whan he and her hus- band, an attorney of Cambridy were lost in the mountains for .lfii | daps during which time a severe bl |zard raged. Mrs, liadden urday om u train bound for Denver from Rifle, Col. A Decision Afiirming the Right ot Ebeneser J. Foster Bddy of Montpeller, adopted son of the late Mary Balk- er WAy, to bring action to sel astde gertain large bequess to the Christian Bclence church in the will of Mrs. Hd= {dy, was made public last night by {Judge EBdgar Aldrich of the Cnlted | States circuit court. WIFE OF A YALE INSTRUCTOR SUICIDES Body of Mrs. Albert E. Gublemann |vory old and feeble. He an Found in West River. New Haven, Dec. 10.—The body of Mrs. AWert E. Guglemann, wife of Dr. Gublemann, instructer in German at Mo itovei tn vpm, [ MANIwIIAC X ppeared Sat: ned urday to she was going to the uni meet her husband. Lats in the day !&n wmbreila and fur were park - searchars to Icok for her body in the iriver, She was 33 vears old. N. Man Who Jumped frem Deme of shant Boston who died in 1838, or World Bullding was: Pryce Lewis. | whether g e ML whether she I8 “legnily dead” is n problem which 1t is sald will be de olded by the depositons of Dr. Cy the University of Minhesote-and Mrs. Northrop. Dr. and Mrs. Northrop were soguaint ed with hor when a child and that ther depositions will go fTer toward When he took his fatel plunge. T e e e A. Barnes, who had Lefrl said today that in his absence on the day Lowis killed nimasi¢ Gipson ,of Waterbury, Conn., & third cousin of Lowis, cailed gt his ailoq gt His omco, une or of Miss Allen's. T » Dr Roctheop et “but = o swenr thas Mrs. Lew | posite my house. in Hawve, RICHESON LOSES EDMANDS’ ‘SUPPORT Clorgyman is Now Without Funds t Defend Himeslf. Boston, Dec. 10—A postponement o haries V. T. Rich Bhortly after the arvest of Rishe som, it was wnnounced that Mowes G Bdmunds the father of the young lu to whom he was engaged, would be financial backer at the triwl, but sinoe then tn drawn its support. Pamamws family has with Richewon remains in Charles otres Juil and. receives very few friends MISS ALLEN LIVED AT NEW MAVEN AS CHILD. Must Prove Identity To Win @hare of Jonathan Merry Estate Minneapolis, Minn., Dec. 30—Wheth Y., ix ontitled 1o o share of the on )t one Jonathan Merry, & mer Northrop, prosident emaritus ot Miss Allen's attorney asserts that “1 know nothing of the Cove ange lived op- Long Boeach, Cal, Des, 10—aA, ¥ 'Rodgers completed the Inst lex of his | crows-continental filghe end landed on the shore of the Pacifio this afternoo:. The final lap of his trip was 13 miles. Radgers started at Comptan, whers ha foll on Novenwber 19. A ovowd esti sons saw the fnisb.

Other pages from this issue: