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Holdrege
Citizens’
Bank Fails
Former Attorney General De
clares Bryan’s Charges and
Delay Cost Guaranty
Fund Over $150,000.
Total Loss Is $400,000
Lincoln, Feb. 8.—(Special.) — The
Citizens State bank of Iioldrego fail
ed today.
Simultaneously, Clarence -A. Daviq,
vice president of the bank and until
January 4 attorney general of Ne
braska issued a statement here detail
ing efforts made by himself and oth
ers to gain Governor Bryan's consent
to some arrangement which would
have saved the bank. Its stockhold
ers, he said, offered to pay an as
sessment of 100 per cent upon their
stock, provided the balance of losses
Incurred by taking over liabilities of
the defunct Holdrege State bank were
made good out of the state guaranty
fund.'
Draft of 8400,000 Required.
Assumption of liabilities of the Hol
drege State bank saved the guaranty
fund a draft of $358,000 in May, 1921,
Davis declared. Acceptance of the
Citizens bank plan of adjustment two
weeks ago woukl have permitted the
settlement of the whole matter by a
draft of only $137,000 upon the guar
anty fund. Now, with the Citizens
bank closed, the b'ank guaranty must
he called upon for nearly $400,000, he
said.
•The publicity which has been
given ’ this matter during the last
week has caused the Citizens State
bank the loss of more than $75,000 in
deposits,” said Davis. "No banking
institution In the state can stand the
publicity of having its solvency ques
tioned and the legality of its deposits
doubted by the leading public officials
■ nd the daily papers of the state.”
Governor Silent.
Neither Governor Bryan nor Attor
ney General Spillman would comment
on the Davis statement.
Davis' statement to the public, to
which ho attached a letter addressed
' to Governor Bryan, February I, fol
lows:
"For nearly two months I have
maintained an absolute silence under
publicity and insinuations of a most
distasteful character. 1 have done
this because publicity was slowly
wrecking the Citizens' State Bank of
Holdrege and I did not care to assume ,
responsibility for any part of that
publicity.
"The program has succeeded. Pub
licity and delay have done their work.
Deposits have been withdrawn until
the bank’s reserves are depleted to
the point where It Is useless to pro
ceed-further. At least, I can now !
speak. The attached letter to Gov- ,
rrnor Bryan is complete. It sets forth
the extent to which the officers of
this bank have joined in an attempt !
to save It. Every proposal they have
made has been rejected. The draft on
the guaranty fund might have been
8137,000. Now it will be nearly $400,- •
000. The conclusion Is obvious.”
Every Art Approved.
In his letter to the governor, Feb
ruary 2, Davis offered to have stock
holders of the Citizen's bank pay a
100 per cent assessment on their capi
tal stock and to loan his personal
credit to save the institution, if Brjan
would permit a draft upon the guaran
ty fund for the balance.
Every art of the Citizens' bank and
himself, sinco the transaction with
(Tarn to Ps«e Three, Column One.)
Irish Soloist to Give
Song at Request of Mayor
•'Where the Fiver Shannon Flows”
will be sung at the concert of the
Irish Regimental band at the Bran- i
dels theater, matinee and evening, to
* day by Beatrice O'Loarj', famous
Irish soprano.
The request for the song was made j
by Mayor Dahlman and Police Com
missioner Henry Dunn. Both have
sung the song In public many times.
“I want to hear how an honest-to
goodness Irish lassie sings the song
so dear to the Irish,” said Mayor Dahl
man.
The band Is receiving high praise
everywhere, according to John Hop
kins, head of the Knights of Colum
bus here.
Visit to Forts Hcforc
Enlisting Is New Plan
Spending a day at Fort. Crook or
Fort Omaha an a guest of the Seven
teenth infantry is the method now of
fered prospective recruits to acquaint
themselves with army life, according
to Maj. John M. Fruyn, In charge
of recruiting*
Those who apply for enlistment are
permitted to visit the different organi
zations of the Seventeenth Infantry
and to select their branch of the serv
Ive. Visitors are received at the
Army building, Fifteenth and fledge
afreets, and given transportation
either to Fort Crook or Fort Omaha.
Pacific Coast Warships
Sail for Fleet Maneuvers
Oos Angeles. Feb, *.—Tho flagship
California and eight other , dread
naughts of the t ittle flept command
l »d by Rear Anmlral Fhorle, sailed
from here late today to participate In
the fleet maneuvers to be held off
•'entral America and tho canal zone
this month mid liegt. The battleship*
ran Into rain a* they cleared the
breakwater.
Brides of Rhine Yanks
Find Dollar Is Dollar
in American Currency
Savannah, Ga., Feb, S.—(By A. P.)
—Some 400 soldiers who returned to
America yesterday aboard the trans
port St. Mihlet from the lthine and
the families of 24 of the men were
resting today at Fort Screven, after
a busy day here, during which they
paraded, feasted and danced.
Their fellow soldiers with whom
they represented the United States at
Coblenz, as the army of occupation
set out today for Charleston, S. C.,
aboard the transport.
The German, French and Belgian
wives today were becoming acquaint
ed with the poignant truth that $1 Is
just $1 and that a soldier in the
ranks is paid but 30 of them each
month. While some of the women
dismissed as a annoying bugaboo, the
matter of rute of exchange in Ger
many, others appeared to regard the
money question as having direct bear
ing on their future hryriness.
The latter recited that when an
American goes to a motion picture
theater, he spends as much for a
ticket as a German pays a servant
for a month's work.
Smyrna Reports
Show Situation in
Near East Easing
_ c
British and French Warship
Commanders Ordered to
DefehH- Selves If
Attacked.
Valetta, Malta, Feb. 8.—(ByA. P.)
The British supcrdreadnauglits Reso
lution and Emperor of India arrived
at Mytilene yesterday, ready to steam
Ihe short distance across to Smyrna
if the Turks take action on their
threat to foree the allied warships
from that port.
London, Feb. 8.—(By A. p.)—The
stiuation at Smyrna was considerably
eased today, according to, British of
flcial quarters where It i-aa thought
it was extremely unlikely that any
fighting would occur.
It is believed the "ultimatum” Is
sued by the Turkish chief of staff,
who is on a tour of inspection in Ana
tolia, will be withdrawn as soon as
the Angora authorities understand
the allies are firm In resisting the de
mands, that the allied warships quit
Smyrna harbor.
Pleasure was expressed in British ;
official circles that the American rep- j
resentatives at Smyrna Joined in the :
protest to the Angora government. j
Time Limit Extended.
Constantinople, Feb. 8.—The gov- j
ernor of Smyrna is reported to hav»
Informed the French consul there I
that he lias extended by 24 hours the '
time within which the allied warships i
must leave Smyrna harbor. The gov- I
ernor is said to have decided upon ;
the postponement in order that lie !
may receive instructions from the I
Angora government.
Cabinet Discusses Situation.
Paris, Feb. 8.—(By A. p.)—The Tur-j
kish order that the allied warships :
must leave Smyrna was discussed at
a meeting of the French cabinet to
day.
The French government is exchang
ing views with London and Rome re- !
garding the procedure to be followed j
in the efforts torench a state of peacej
Until further developments. It Is un
derstood in French official ciri-lcs that
the Lausanne conference w.ll he con- j
sidered still In l>el«g and will be re
garded as finally terminated only i
when the general secretary gives noti
fication.
It is supposed that all the allied
ships are remaining at Smyrna. These
include, the French cruiser Krnest
Renan, the French destroyer Somali,
the British cruiser Cambrian and the
Italian cruiser V'pnetia, besides the i
Dutch win^hlp Admiral Tronip and
one American, destroyer.
Premier Poincare Informed the
cabinet that the vail of Smyrna had
(xplained the order that the allied
ships leave by the fact that the Turks>
feared resumption of hostilities by
the Greeks and wanted to he free to
take such measures of protection In
Smyrna us circumstances seemed to
warrant.
The French government remains in
full accord with the British to resist
any effort by the Turks to profit from
tho break up at Lausanne.
U. S. lleMroyrr to Keniiiin.
A Constantinople dispatch to The
Associated Press filed late 'Wednes
day, stated that the destroyer Jikleall
constituted the American naval rep
resentation at Smyrna. It was re
ported, added the message, that the
Turks had defined her as outside the
prohibited class, both In tonnage and
as a neutral, and that it was expected
she would remain there,
Hinton at Kio Janeiro.
rtio Janeiro, Feb. <Ry A. P.V—
Lieut. Walter Hinton, tha American
aviator, arrived hero to .lay, complet
ing hi* neaplane flight from New York
fo Rio Janeiro.
swvr-s;
Postponed
Indefinitely
House Committee Votes 6 to 4
Against Muny Light Meas
ure—One Member Absent
—Action Unexpected,
Another Bill in Senate
By P. C. POWELL.
Staff ( orr. himndrnt The Omaha l»e».
Lincoln, Feb. S.—(Special.) — The
house committee on cities and towns
tonight voted to postpone Indefintely
the Howell (Omaha) municipal light
bill. The vote was 6 to 4, for in
definite postponement, with Rourko,
the 11th member of the committee, ab
sent and not voting.
The motion to Indefinitely postpone
was made by Broome of Sheridan
county. Those voting to sustain
Broome's motion were Hybali, Staats,
Allan, Beldlng and Gould. Members
voting against the Broome motion,
were Regan, Smith, Collins, G. B.
and Vance.
A vote on the bill tonight was un
"expected. George Dyball, chairman
of tiie committee, was asked shortly
after the meeting opened if action
would be taken on the light bill.
"No, I don't think so,” he saJd.
“One member is ill. and we want ev
eryone to express himself.”
Little Debate on BiU.
Later Ih the evening, Dyball made
[the announcement of the committee’s
action.
"There was little debate on the
bill," he said. "I feel sure that if
Rourke had been present the vote to
kill it would have been 7 to 4."
Those in sympathy with the Howell
bill may lift it over the committee's
adverse report any time within the
next two legislative days with a ma
jority vote of the lower house. If the
attempt to lift is made after the
two days, it will take a two-thirds
vote to put the bill on general file.
Howell has a similar bill reposing
in a senate committee. Tills senate
bill was introduced by Senator Sturde
\ant on the last day left for introduc
tion of bills. Ilowiell pursued similar
tactics two years ago. After his Nil
was killed in the lower house, he
pushed the senate bill through that
body and forced a second considera
tion of the measure in the lower house.
Kill Tlmme Bill.
>he same committee on cities and
towns by a unanimous vote killed
the Tlmme bill which would havft
placod rate and fare regulations of all
public service corporations in Omaha
under the Omaha city council Instead
of the Nebraska railway commission.
"It was the unanimous opinion of all
that the bill'Was unconstitutional,”
George Dyball. chairman, asserted.
"They killed my bill without giving
me. a hearing." Tlmme said.
However, Representative Elaaseer,
Omaha, who has fronted for a majori
ty of Tlmme's measures, asserted he
thieved the committee was correct in
i randlng the bill unconstitutional as
many of the Omaha public servieo cor
porations affected operate not only in
Omaha but out of the state and their
outstate business is Interlocking with
their Omaha business.
After placing these bills in their
coffin. the committee rerommended
another Rowell bill, Senate File SS.
for pasrnfro.
This bill makes it possible for some
one other than nti engineer with cer
tain qualification* to fin the vacancy
In the managership of the Metropoli
tan 1'tllltlo* dlstrlet. after Howell re
signs’to enter his new duties in March
as Junior United Stales senator from
Nebraska.
Mom rll Surprised.
"Certainly, I believe that efforts will
b» made to give members of the legis
lature a chance to consider tho Omaha
municipal light bill on Its merit*,’’
said It. It. Unwell, when told that the
cltle* and towns committee at Lincoln
had voted to kill hi* bill.
"I am surprised that tho committee
decided to try to stifle such legislation.
I think that the 100 tnenil»ers of the
house have a right to express their
opinions on It, and 1 believe they will."
I'drill I.alior Wagon Fall.
Washington. Feb. 8.—Decline In
farm labor wages, ranging from 3.1
per cent to 6.4 per rent in the three
months period of October to January
were disclosed by the Department of
Agriculture.
Day farm laborers for the country
as a whole were averaging $1.38 a
day without board and $1.47 with
board, while by the month Hie aver
age wage was $46,30 without board
and $27.81 with board.
My the month without hoard the
highest average was $62.71 In the
western division, wlilrh also had the
highest average by the month with
board, #12.78.
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Barney Google
and Sparkplug
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i 33 Printing Plants and
12 Paper Plants Busy
Turning Out !\ew Marks
Berlin, Feb. 8.—(By A. P.)—Thirty
three printing plants and 12 pape.f
I mills are kept busy supplying Ger
I many with the new currency being
| issued at the rate of 45,000,000,000
marks a day. The introduction shortly
of notes of 60,000 mankfi denomination
is expected to increase the daily out
| put by 15,000,000,000 mnrks.
It,is estimated that by the end of
the month every day will see 125,000,v
000,000 marks in new notes pouring
into circulation through the issuance
of notes of 20,000 and 100,000 marks,
as well as by an increase in the flood
of 10,000-mark bills.
Mathews Shows
Strain of Trial;
Case Is Near End
Evidence All Submitted and
Attorneys Will Open Argu
ments at 9 This
Morning.
Attorneys In the Dr. John T. Math
ews case that has consumed four
days will begin their arguments at 9
this morning. The caso is expected
to reach the jury by 4.
Dr. Mathews, who is charged with
performing an illegal operation that
caused Loretta McDermott's death,
for the first time -sfhee the trial be
gan showed signs of nervousness.
During the entire 10-mlnute recess
Thursday afternoon he paced the
courtroom floor.
County Attorney Henry Beal I
strengthened his case against Dr.
Mathews by the rebuttal testimony
given by three Omaha newspaiiertnen,
who talked with Dr. Mathews the day
of his arrest.
Told of ( heck.
”Dr. Mathews told me that a doctor I
named ‘J. R. Howland, living 'some- I
where’ in the state, gave him a check ;
for $100. for a patilent. named Loretta
McDermott,” one reporter said.
Attorneys will be given two' and
one-half hours to present their argu
ments, 'according to an agreement
made with District Judge Goss.
The defense rested their case at S
yesterday afternoon.
Dr. Mathews was used in rebuttal
but for one question. He denied that
he made such statements to news
paper men.
Other w itnesses used in rebuttal for
the state were Detectives Trapp and
Munch, and Mrs. H. J. ftokolof, Twen
ty sixth and Cuming streets.
Testifies for Dorlud
Mrs. Etta Eagon. 209 North Nine
teenth street, and V. T. Kelly, 3224 .
North Fifty fifth street, both testi
fied for Dr. Mathews. They were*
both in the oflice. they slated, when
the mysterious "Dr. Hansen.” who
has be<-n mentioned in statements at
tributed to I>r. Mathews and gave Dr.
Mathews a 3100 check.
George Townley. private detective-,
testified that he a ccom pooled pr. 1
Mathews to several towns in search
of ' Dr. Hansen ’ and Henry Lattin.
who is alleged f0 have been the*
father of the uhborn child
Yesterday mornings testimony was
taken by the defense to oorrohorate
the testimony of Mrs. Fled Sleverling
at whose home the state charges the
Operation was performed.
Omaha Will Lose
Flying Field Cost
I Ions** Committee Ri-jpctn
Measure Reimbursing Cities
for Air Mail Mangars.
Washington, Feb. s.—(Special.)_
Western cities which offered the post
office department the use of hangar*
arnl landing fields ho the nif mall
"rrvire plane* would stop there, will
not be paid for Ibo service.
Omaha, Cheyenne nnd North Platte,
among others, recently filed a claim
for $175,000 lo cover the cost oflmng
•us and flying fields, which thn air
mall planes were utilising ss part of
Lb" transcontinental route.
Tbe house postal committee ap.
pointed a subcommittee to Investigate
the entire matter, postal authorities
Informed the members that the under
standing had been that no charge
would lie made for the *rrv|cr Thn
committee thereupon Anted against
Paying Hie $175,000, and the full cm
inlllee yesterday approved the no
t loti.
The eommltiee did pot take up the
Oormon bill to penalise tho govern
ment when mall department employe*
are required to work (overtime, by
making 50 minute* constitute an
hour s time for the purpose of reck
oning the pay roll, n was scheduled
to be Considered, but was not reached
and protiably will be acted upon Frl
day, if present plans do not miscarry.
"Little Phil" in Texas Jail.
Houston, Tex , Feb. “Little Phil**"
Alguln, wanted in Los Angels* to
answer t«t • charge of murder. I* In
jail today gt Abgleton. Tex , after
he was landed from the Freeport Sul
phur company's Tanker No. a at Free
port. Alguln, who bud been in chain*
since yesterday, wo* taken off the
boat shortly before (l o'clock. lto
srrrned In good splrlls and told re
porter* bow bn w-u* arrested nnd d<
ported to thv l lilted Ututes fgpui
Mexico
i
“I Wish There Had Been a Boy Scout Organization When I Was a Boy”
/s/0*et‘(
Congressman From
California Dies
•_ - j
Representative Henry Osborne
of Tenth District Expires
in Los Angeles.
J.os Angeles. Feb. S.—Congressman
Henry Z. Osborne, whose health had
been failing for several weeks. d^d
at hla home hero tt-dav.
Hr. Osborne was serving his fourth
term In the housn of representatives
from the Tenth district at California.
He seemed to lx* improving for a time 1
after ho returned, from Washington,
but a few days ago he suffered a re
la pee.
II.. was fiorn in New Lebanon, N.
V., October 4. 1S48, and became an
apprentice at the printing trade when
ho was 14 years Old. At 18 he en
listed as a private in tho civil war.
After the war he worked as a printer
and later became a correspondent of
the Chicago Tribune.
Mr. Osborne came to California in
1878 and established a iv-wspaprr at 1
Kndie From 1*84 until 1837 be pub
lished and edited the Los Angeles
Express. He hold many pohticnl jxwi
tions and t^as prominont in the repub
lican parly in California.
Nine Workmen Killed
When Gas Main Breaks
Toronto. Ont., Keb. 8—Nine work
men were killed and several other per
son* overcome by fumes when a large
main burst on the premise* of tlio
Consumers Gas company.
Three firemen and a policeman were
overcome while attempting reaeuea.
Most of the dead «'r" suffocated by
the sudden rush of fumes One or two
are believed to have been killed by
flying fragments of the msin.
The workmen were engaged in in- i
stalling a "booster" at the pinnt "hen
the main burst.
(»en. Alien Bid# Farewell
In Hliinrlulul (iotinnis(>ioM
Uoblon*. Feb. S MaJ. Urn. llcnry
T. Alien l .nl'r Tar* well to thr Rhine
land high < ■ wnmlnwion at u *pr<-tnl
tho^tin* of that Imriv \ o«itM*il.i \ With
Kio inrmbrrn of hi* ntnff hr intends
to Kail f«*r thr United Htstcs Febru
ary 21, on thr steamer tlrorjpr Wash
ington, arriving homr about three
weeks aftrr tl>r landing on \mcri<nn
will of thr last of thr American Rhine
land army, of which hr wa* com
mander-in chief.
Steals $00,000; If ins
$500,000 at Rararat;
Poker Ruins llim
I’sris, Feb. H.— Camille Itegrti, a
clerk In Morgan llarjr* bank, con
fessed In court yesterday that lie
had stolen 'DO.IHMI francs
“I went tu Iteuvlllr and won
1.100,1)00 francs In less Ilian Id
hours." lid said. "I intended In re
turn to tin- hank and restore tlie
stolrn money, hut thru I changed
trom baccarat to poker anil Hie
races.
"In less than 13 hours I had lost
every thing except 0 francs, which
Hi* police found In my pocket^
Prompt Action
on Debt Funding
Bill Predicted
XX n\ » ami Means Committee of
Houne Reports Measure
Favorably — XX ill Be
Brought Up Today. ,
By UEORtiE F. Al'TtUER,
Ui.hliifton I orrnimndfnt The Dmslia IW.
Washington. Feb. > S.—{Special.)—
Immediate favorable action by the
l-ouso and ultimate action of similar
rltaracter in the senate on the debt
agreement reached with threat Brit
ain was forecast today by action in '
the house.
The ways and mean* committee re
port—I tlie hill favi-r ihljr by a vote ,-f
12 to 2. two democrats on the com
mittee. < risp »-f tieorgia and Martin
of Louisiana, voting with the repub
iicans. The throe ilfra- rats who
made the partisan lineup against the
measure were Car>w of New York.1
OldAeld of Arkansas and Collier of
Mississippi. ^
W hen Representative M- rdell. lata
ihis afternoon, asked unan
rent to bring the bill up trmoi
Representative Oarrett of TenUbj-;
democratic floor lender. explain^*!
Ihere was no disposition to delay
consideration of the bill, merely arm
ing assurance them wphibl t«> ’time
enough for delrate, Tie received
favorable assurance on this question.
The democrats plan to level shafts
cf criticisms on the administration s
foreign policy for the purpose of mak
ing thunder, but the bill will puss the
house without doubt.
While favorable action in the se-t
s.te is confidently expected, the date
of the u-'tlnn remains uncertain,
owing to the president’s insistence
upon a vote on subsidy first.
The bill repoited leave# final ap
proval of any action taken relative
to other governments with the presi
dent and limits the debt funding com
mission t« arrangements ’’similar but
not more favorable’ than the British
agreement.
Pilots ^ ill Attempt to Set
ISew Kitduranee Record
Dayton. O. Feb. S —IJent* John A.
Marllondy and Oakley Kelli, McCook
field pilots, holder* of the world* psc
ord of sustained airplane flight, will,
hop off at Wilbur Wright field at 6
Friday morning if conditions nr* ft
vornld*; in nn effort to br> .tk their
record of It", hour* and 1fi minute*,
made at San Diego l ast fall.
Several date* have been set for the
flight, but weather condition* made
postponements necessary. Seven hun
dred and thlrtv 4tvo gallon* of goo
line and 4<> gallon* of oil will be oar-'
vied alvoard Hie Fokker transport. th«
T-2, when It leave* the ground. It la
estimated this amount of fuel will be
sufficient to keep the ship in the atr
<1 hour*
Harrison Say* Harding
Insulin! Senate on Ship Mill
Washington, IVh. v Criticising
President Hauling for coupling Hie
"•tip *ilh*idy Issue with the Hntlsli
debt funding report in in* eddies* to
eongrvaa yesterday. Senator lie it I son.
democrat, Mississippi. told the senate
loilay that the president had "descend
it! from III* high pedestal end in
suited the senate.''
Amalgamation Bill
Passed bv House
J
Measure Authorizes. Con.*oli
dalion of Diplomatic and
Consular Services.
Washington, Keb. S.—The adminis
tration bill providing for the consolida
tion of the diplomatic and consular
services, was passed today by the
house.
The measure now goes to the sen
ate.
Amalgamation of the foreign serv
ice into a single organisation with
diplomatic and consular branches and
complete intcichange ability of per
sonnel would be provided by the bill.
A single rev .sed salary wale would be
inaugurated and extra allowanees
would be authorised for representa
tives of the Vnlted Stales .it foreign
capitals, the purpose being to Elimi
nate the possession of large private
means an an essential qnaMicaticn
for appointment.
Increased compensation would be
given many consular and dlpkimaUo
officials below tli* grade of minister
;.nd the civil service retirement act
would be extended to the f- reign serv
ice.
Representatives Sink and Blanton,
democrats of Texas, led a fight as -el
the measure, Mr. Blanton objecting
to tile added expense, which, he said,
its passage would entail, and Mr.
Black opposing features of the bill
dealing with, the civil service.
“Aerial Dare-Devil"
Loses Fight on Scribes
Washington, Feb. s —An effort by
Representative Herrick. republican.
Oklahoma, the ‘‘aerial daredevil of
congress ' to reply to an article in the
Washington Herald purporting to de
scribe hia alleged ‘•romance'' with a
Washington girl, created something
of a stir today in the house.
Wavwig the new spa per anode In
Ills hand. Mr. Herrick ro«e to a point
of personal privilege, but Speaker
Gillette, after reading the .article, held
that personal privilege was not In
volved, since the article did not deal
with Mr. Herrick in Ids capacity as a
representative
Representative Blanton, democrat,
T \ss, then took up the fight for Mr.
Herrick, declaring he wanted to know
whether i member was to be denied
hi* rights In the house. Instantly
half a doii-n republican leaders were
on their feet with points of orvier.
which were sustained Mr. Blanton
then appealed from the ruling of the
chair and the house promptly laid the
appeal on the table.
Mr Herrick had to he satisfied with
that for the present, but said lie would
make an effort later to call up a res
olulion to bar representatives of the
Washington Herald and Washington
Times from the house press gallerias.
The Weather
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Hourly Trmperaturea
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Day Shift
Caught by
Explosion
Concrete Work at Mouth of
Main Entry Wrecked—Wire
^Communication Defetroyed
by Force «of Detonation.
Crowds Gather at Plant
Last Las Vega*. X'. M., Feb. t —<
Approximately 125 miners are en
tombed in soft coal mine No. 1 :it
Dawson, X’. M., following an explj
sion today, according to a telephor.g
message received here.
The explosion, which occurred at
about 2:30, wrecked telephone line*
out of D-wson and communicatien
with tlm town was impossible. Th*
information received here was from
Dawson Junction, near Dawson.
At 4:30 all the miners of the day
shift who were in the mine when the
exQ^osion is reported to have occurred
were still entombed, according to tho
message.
The mine is owned by the Phelps
Dodge corporation. Calls for he n
have been sent to "the St Louis.
Rocky Mountain and Pacific company
at Raton.
Second Blast in Decade.
The mine where the d.saster is re
ported to have occurred is the largest
in the Dawson district. It was the
scene of an explosion in ISIS, in which
many miners lost their lives.
All the heavy concrete work at the
mouth of the main entry was destroy,
ed by the force of the explosion, in
dicating that the extent of the blast
m the deeper workings was tremen
dous. according to information receiv
ed here.
The debris choking the entrance
was partly removed by 4 o'clock this
afternoon and a rescue crew, which
was accompanied by vr. D. Brennan,
general manager of the mine, made
an entry. Their report was not avail
able at a later hour.
Hundreds of women and children,
members of the families of the work
men on the shift, gathered about the
mouth of the mine. A cordon of
i guards was formed to permit rescue
! workers to enter the workings.
261 Killed in 1913.
Denver. Feb. S.—Today's mine dis
aster is the second in a decade ex
perienced by tho little mining town
of Daw in, N. M
Entrapped In a tunnel of the Stag
Canyon coal mine, also owned by
the Phelps Dodge corporation, which
owns mine No. J, where today's ex
plosion occurred, oji Tuesday after
noon, October 21. 3512. by a terrible
explosion, 261 miners lost their lives
before rescue crews could reach them,
and two of the rescuers were kill'd
by the fatal gases as they sought to
reach their comrades in the fume
filled death chambers underground.
Twenty three men—all but six of
whom wore in a distant portion of the
mire when the blast wrecked the In
terior workings—v.'ere all who sur
lived. -
To add to tlie horror of the disaster,
fire, smouldering in the ruins of the
blast WTeekcd tunnels, hampered th*
work of rescue gnd constantly im
perilled attempts to bring from th*
mine the bodies of the iictims.
l5odir» Mutilated.
Mai.' of the bodies «\en!ua!!y re
covered were found to ha'e been
mutilated almost beyond recognition*
; by the explosion, others had been
; crushed by tailing rock and timbers,
and r ores had suffocated Jn the
Mack damp which swept through ths
workings as the af’eruiath of tha
Mist. —'
For more than a week rescue rne« s
braved the dangers of fatting deb-ls,
ftro and gas, before the last bodies
were recovered.
Oftl ,a!s at the tape were unable tt*
account for the egf'I.xcon, but fol
lowing the accident, declared it ws*
i their belief that .*% miner w-tth so
open lamp had encountered an un
known p acket filled with gas, wh; *
! wa* exploded.
War \ .* toraii \\ ho Fought at
Shiloh ant! \ irk-hurp Pies
M«rr,"on Moyer 77, crir nwr for !
K\arts Mt\irl laundry for over 4«>
' ears died in a local hospital x f*.
tsrxlay. Mr Moyer made his homo at
tho laundry. IVath xxa* due to hard*
| ruing of the arteries.
Mr Moyer wax a civil v.tr \ftcran*
having fought in the kxttlcs of Shiloh
ruul N .oKshisig Ho had a n who
fought .n flu* Spar >h Atueri-mn war
ind who w marriotl to a piinma
n the Philippine Island." later dying*
«f f»'\cr Another n, K Movag of
Rosa. Wyc ; a brother, W. II Moyer,
f Torrmgton. NVyo., and s% grandson*
• ’ Roland Moxer, n - lu-.g at the Oma«
ha Y. M v' arc gurvivor*.
Ftmeml aa ill he in » hargo of f a
G A K at llnulcy ar.d 1 VrrafKW
oltapel. Friday afternoon at 5. Bur
ial will l*e in the O A. R plat at
j Foreat laxxxn cemetery.
\V autla llivlfti, Film Actr<*y»,
Fil«'.- Vet ion for Divorce*
less Angeles. JVb S,—Mrs Selva
1 taxrley. motion picture actress better*
known .u V\ in.!' Haw o' Piet suit
for divorce In the lo« At'gele* *.;»
perky court today, charging her bus
t»i'd, Allan burton I law try, w ith 'in
sertion and cruelty.
The Hawley* were married Septem
tier 1< 151k. *mt sspantnl October IS,
t*IJ. it . recited In the "'inplalnt.
The p,i|V' j. woe tit-xt thiough an *1*
i torne> Mir llawley Iwirg in Kurope.
i> ■ordmg to friend. lire husband
j said to ba m Mew \®rk Utjj
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