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The Omaha Daily Bee WEATHER FORECAST. For NrbrauVa Snow. For Iowa Kaln or anew. For weather report aee par; 9. THE OMAHA DEE a elnn, rHlabta newpr.rer that U Emitted to each and every homo. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. VOK XXXIX NO. 130. OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 15, 1!0!. F0U1UIUNDRED BUR1EDJN MINE BOAT FOUNDERS; SHARKS GETr.VD Attempt to Kill India's Viceroy with Bomb Fails PASTORS EMPLOY MTTERCENSURE Clergymen at Cairo, '111., Use Lash Upon City Officials, Urging ) Nejlect. Mine Officials Find Number of Miu Ninetf-Five Passenger of la ing Men Within Few of Thii Number. Drown in Tropical Wate j lice Exercised at Activity of After Collision. Native? Ilostile to British Rule. SIXIY-ONE SAFELY RESCUED V V. LYNCniNGS NEEDED TO AWAKEN riJ UVM v. ANC.8sutaV i 1 J! .0HfA.O J DntOiMNU Al Y Vr4 vr rot- I Shoali of Sharks Surround Vessel at Victims Sink in Water. FIGHT WITH SAILORS FOR BODIES Steamer Almost Cut in Half by Blow of the Onda. SEVEN EUROPEANS LOSE LIVES I'.aron and Baroaru Bfnlpikjr and Captain of La Seyne Loot ruHtnirn Caught In Berths. SINGAPORE, Nov. 14. The mall steamer La Seyne of the Messageries maritime icrvlce, running between Java and Slnga Kro, and on Its way to thin port, waa In eilllslmi early this morning with the iteamer Onda of the British India lino and ank within two minutes. Seven European mssengers, Including Baron and Baroness Jenlczky, the captain of La Seyne, five European offlccra and eighty-eight others, roniprlHlng native passengers and memhers )f the crew, were drowned. The rescue f sixty-one persons, practically from the i laws of shoals of sharks, formed a thrlll ng Incident of the wreck. The accident occurred about 4 o'clock In he morning In a thick haze. The vessels vero steaming at good speed and the L leyne waa cut almost In half. There was ) 10 time for panic nor for any attempt i.n he part of the officers of the foundorlng iteamrr to get out the boats. The majority of those on board were taught In their berths and carried down ith the vessel. The force of the collision jrought the Onda to almost a dead stop ind lis engines were at once slowed and loata lowered. The rescue work proved hrilllng, for not only were the rescuing artl. s impeded by the darkness, but shoula f sharks were already attacking those Ringing to pieces ow wreckage In the rater. Sixty-one persons from the 111 'ated steamer were finally dragged Into .he boats and brought by the Onda to this ort. Many of them had bee nbittcn by iharks and several are severely Injured. ROBBER THROWS MAN FROM FREiGHT CAR J. I., Pnreell, Dakota Ilouirilrndrr, Mnbbed and Robbed, bat Kara pea with Life. STURGIS. 8. D., Nov. 14. (Special Tele gram.) A daring holdup took placa here last nJghtr?"Wen,'T.': L'.' Ptrreell, a Claim holder near Brush!, was badly slashed and "stabbed with a knif. and robbed of $337. .Purcell was In a car enroute from Huron with his horses and household effects at tached to a special freight train. When within a few miles from town a masked man opened the door of the car while the train waa moving rapidly and Immediately attacked Purcell. After he had cut Purcell several times and secured hla money, he threw him out of the car door of the mov ing train, probably thinking him dead. It la thought that the robber rode In the car until the train began to slack up for the station, when he Jumped off. Purcell, receiving o injuries from hi fall, walked to town and notified the authorities. Pur cell thinks tli- man got on the train while pulling out of Tllfoid. He will recover. No clue was found up to tonight, though a fca.ij of band'ta is thought to be working l.i ink U.ack Hills. TOO MUCH WIND FOR AEROPLANES AT LAT0NIA' Cwrtlm and Willar Make Short Flluhta to Please Crowd, but Accomplish Little. CINCINNATI, Nov. 14. -The closing day . 1 1 ot the aviation meet at Latonia race track was a disappointment. The summorllke weather brought out an Immense crowd, but a strong wind which prevailed durlns the afternoon deterred tho aviator. from iltempiing any flights until almost dark. Finally, when tho thousands were about '.o leave, Kuabennluc and Ileuchey brought Hit their dirigible and made a couple' of ixcellent flights. Their frail machines seat thtlr way Into the wind in a manner .hat brought the spectators to tholr feet sheering, but the gathering dusk compelled :hem to descend after a brief period. WU ard and Curtiss ulso rose In their aeru ilanes, but only covered the race track itretch. Two of the three balloons which were to lave started ln a race to the coast met alth accidents which compelled them to thandon the attempt. The third was not r.fluud until dark and it was decided to leftr Its Mart until tomorrow. FPCHVuS FORMER WIFE I -vliLLIONAiRE'S WIFE Ji.!i :ll.ut-jti, After Nevada Divorce, .leitmr It ride of Wealthy Tacoma Man. UMNO, N'ev., Nov. 11. Miss Margaret lit nfcti-n, the actress, divorced here WedntFday from Daniel Frohman, New York theatrical manager, married Edward J. Bowes, a millionaire real estate operator of Tacoma, last night. The wedding took place he.e The couple 1. 1 at once for Taro:i'. F0REICNEH3 DEAD IN FIRE tir. I atdeatiflrd Men Ilura and l ive Others Severely Injured In I'lttsburc lllaae. P1TTS131RU. Nov. 14 -Three unidentified men, ail foreigners, are dead; five othera re seriously Injured and twelve men and women are suffering from bruises and shock, the result of an early morning fire In a lodging house on the river front to day. When the fire broke out at 4 o'clock bout thirty reri-ons were asleep In the building. Firemen awmsed them and car- lie 1 the women and children to safety. The bodies of the unidentified foreigners, known to be street laborers, were not dis covered until tills afternoon, when persons clearing away, the debris found tiielr charred bodies under a stairway. The damage to the lodging house is In excess of Slo.OCt). On account of the mysterious C0'p of the blase, the police are oen (Mtii a rigid Investigation. ..HMF.DARAD, British East India, Nov 14 Lord Minto, the viceroy of India, and Lady Minto, had what Is believed to be a narrow escape from death or Injury yes terday, and following previous outrages and attempts at outrage the Incident ha' caused grave anxiety. The viceroy and Lady Minto spent the day In driving about the city and as they passed -through one of the streets a botnh exploded only a little distance from their carriage. Police and others attracted by the explosion ran up and found a man on the ground with his hand blown off. Lying beside him was u second bomb, but this was still Intact. Attempts have been made In India against Lord Minto. Lord Kitchener end Sir An drew Fraser, lieutenant governor of Bengal and many other officials, and for a year or more there has been fear of an up rising against Riitlsh rule In India, bused on these almost dally attempts on the lives of Hrltlsh officials. Assassin Kils Chief of Police and Secretary Supposed Anarchist at Buenos Ayres Succeeds in Design, but Fails in Suicide. BUENOS ATUHS, Nov. 14.-The chief of police of Buenos Ayres, Senor Falcon and the police secictary were assassinated to day while driving In Callao street. A man, supposed to be a Russian anarchist, but not yet Identified, sprang from a secluded spot, where he had been In waiting, and threw a bomb directly under the carriage. The vehicle was blown to pieces and both Senor Falcon and the secretary were ter ribly Injured. They were carried to the sidewalk and later were transferred to a no"PUa'' fcut both dl,'d shortly afterward. "" " u ow ii.g, me oomo in' assassin drew a revolver and shot -him I self. His wound, howevt r, is not exp'-cte, I to prove fatal. Boston's New Museum Ready Beautiful Structure with Fifteen Millions c-f Treasure Will Be Open to Public Today. BOSTON", Nov. 14. Boston's magnificent new Museum jf Fine Arts In Jhe Fenway will be thrown open to the publlo tomor row with Its $15,000,000 worth of treasures. Massive in its proportions, built of cut alone in Greek and Roman style, the new museum building, which was erected through private subscription, covers twelve acres. The east wing of the main building con tain a collection of Greek and Roman relics, while the west wing la filled with the Chinese and Japanese collection. Other sections are given up to Egyptian collec tions, while tapestries and paintings, old and modern, take up a considerable area. WASHING I ON MEMORIAL . FOR NATION'S CAPITAL Fund of Two anil Half Millions Being; Raised for Home of Societies Devoted to Cnltnre. NEW YORK, Nov. 14. Announcement waa made today that distinguished men and women are behind a movement to ral8e 2500 000 l"'ore February 22. next, for a George Washington memorial building at Washington. D. C which, shall serve as headquarters for scientific, patriotic, edu cational and art organizations of the coun try. Amonfr those who have given the move ment their endorsement are S:nator Klihu Root, Dr. S. Mitchell, eGneral Horace Porter. Prof. H. Fairfield and Dr. Rem son. POSTMASTERS AND CARRIERS am- of Lucky Men Who Will Secure Places In Iowa and South Dakota. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Nov. 14. (Special Tele, gram.) Postmasters appointed today were: Iowa Bernard. Dubuque county, Dominic F. Maloy, vice P. C. Maloy, removed; Granite, Lyon county, Mary E. Hilton, vice A. M. Parker, resigned. South Dakota Mcintosh, Coroon county. Fldon J. Cook, vice W. L. Chapln, resigned. Rural carrlera appointed for Iowa routes: Aredale, route 1, William D. Ufford, car rier; Clint Ufford, substitute. Elliott, route 1. O. R. Klrby, carrier; Charles Hlpwell, substitute. Fort Atkinson, route 3, J. J. Slndelar, carrier; no substitute. Leon, route 6, Carl M. Reynolds, carrier; no substitute. Rowley, route S, Richard I. Buckley, car rier; Edwin P. Buckley, substitute. Shells burg, route 2, Melville E. Montgomery, carrier; John W. Montgomery, substitute. Japanese Baroness Shocked at American Woman's Dress The dress of the American woman Is little less than barbarous, ln the opinion of Baroness Shlbusawa, wife of the baron who dictates to the Wall street ot Toklo. In her compartments on the train which brought the honorary commission to Omaha the baroness spent the day ln quiet retirement, while her husband and the business men in the party were busy with Omaha's industries. The other women of the party were occupied with social func tions, but the baroness preferred a day of rest aftrr 'he strenuous days that have past. Clad In a ttriklngly beautiful kimona which no nu re man dare attempt to de scribe Haiontss bhibusawa aat watching the rain btal on the car window. The 'ears have been kind to the barons and like her husband, her features are those ot but a person of middle age. "How much more comfortable, and I think beautiful, too, la the native garb of the JapaaeiMt," said the baroness. "The While Not Sanctioning Method. They Say Result Will Be Good. LEGAL MACHINERY IN ACTION Judge Butler of Circuit Court Will Call Grand Jury. FULL INVESTIGATION PLEDGED Bad Weather Keep Crowds Away from (llr Which Ilia I.onsc Heen Mecca for Sunday Rev elers City Qnlet. CAIRO, III., Nov. 14. Cairo was In the grnsp of a firm authority today and ex perienced the quietest Sunday that has been its lot In years. No saloons were open and the few attempts to evade tho orders of Governor Dcnrcn In this regard met with quick detection, several arrests being made by the military patrols. A heavy rain kept away the excited crowds from surrounding towns and the clement that usually makes this city a Mecca for the "dry" communities on the first day of the week, turned back when they found that liquid refreshments were as difficult to obtain here as In their home towns. definite indication thnt the legal ma chinery of the state would bo started in an effort to bring the lynch leaders into court came with the arrival at his home here of Judge W. N. Butler Of the circuit court. He indicated that he would call a grand Jury to take up the work as soon as the adjourned session of this tribunal is assembled, December 8, and said the matter would bo called t'o tho attention of the county commissioners within a few days. Pastors Criticise Officials. Despite this announcement from Judge Butler there was no change In the attl- iido of the city regarding court proceed -igs In this district. Half a dozen pastors m this state which continually ana per ished the constituted authorities without , latently refuse to aend in their election tint, telling their congregations that the j '"turnB according -tr. law. The law specifies ynchlngs were likely to prove a blessing i J1'8' when these returns must be made to n disguise In the long run. "Cairo stands disgraced before the world, out the disgust Is not In the lynching," said Rev. George M. Babcock of tho Church of the Redeemer, Kplscpallan. "The real disgust lies in the fact that the city haa allowed lawless elements to control civlo affairs. In the same alley in el,t down Its return Saturday, but the which Miss Pelley waa murdered there 1 package failed to get to the secretary of have been four assaults on young women' tate that day. Of the others, six have within a year. This defiance of law anditent ln tn original returns, but foiled to order made the lynching necessary for en(1 in duplicates, so 'they cannot be the infliction of Justice." 'opened until the State Carwaaalng- board The lynchings were the harvest of the'S seeds of lawlessness that have been sown ln Cairo for years," Bald. Rev. A. S. Bu chanan, minister of the Presbyterian church. "In this case It seems that the lynch ings were necessary to arouse the peoplo. 1 do not mean to say that the crime of lynclilng Is ever Justifiable, but Cairo's cldzenstilp had to be aroused to a sense of Its own responsibility by some great hcrror like this." People Side with Clerary. The declarations of the clergymen were endor ed by many of the townspeople. Ca ris disgrace Is nut the mob. bur .the condl'lon which made the mob neces- I Fary," tidd E. W. Thiclcke, editor of the ,rlP to tn west end ot tne SUL8- Th Cairo Bulletin. "For these conditions tho'rallway commission haa Interpreted the authorities, from the Judge on the court !law t0 m'-an tnat persons eligible to re bench down to the deputy sheriffs and cele a Pass m08t devote a major portion bailiffs and the police department of the ' their time to working for a railroad c.ty, a o responsible." company or members of their Immediate Henry Salnner, the second victim of the ' lamllle8 dePendent upon them. As Mr. mob. was buried at Anna today. Only I l'"b-on !b city engineer of Lincoln, the members of his Immediate family, lnclud- commission has not yet been able to flg lng the two boys orphaned by the violent iurge Just how no could be devoting a ma dcaths of their parents, accompanied the Jor Portion of his time to the business coffin from this city. At Anna no clergy- of tne Burlington railroad. The fact that man was at the grave to commit the body ! tne P"s as slven to Mr. Dobson was to tuitii nor was there any indication from sl"Wn In tho report of the railroad to the the townspeople that the fate of their j commission. fjrmer neighbor had aroused any lasting Normal nonrd Case. inureai. CAMPANINI TO DIRECT f I 1 1 A I n n n . . UnlOAbU UnANU UrtnA Former Musical Director of Metropol. Itan Opera Honae of New York Goes to Chlcaao. NEW YORK, Nov. 14.-M. Cleofonte Cam- panlnl of Milan haa accepted the position of general muslncal director of the Chicago Crand Opera company, according to an an nouncement made here today by Audreaa Dlppel, administrative manager of the Met ropolitan company and honorary manager of the Chicago company. Campaninl was musical director of the Manhattan Opera House company of New York during the season of ltiOT and 1908. John O. Carlisle Improving;. NEW YORK, Nov. 14.-John G. Carlisle, who waa secretary of the treasury under President Cleveland, was reported today as restlns more comfortably at St. Vincent's hospital, where he lies seriously ill with acute Intestinal troubles. Japanese woman does not depend on the questionable aids of artificiality for what cliarm she may claim In her flowing gown j she may, unhampered by stays and strings, display her inborn grace. Hera Is a natural beauty. She need not look as though 'made up' for the occasion. "Oh, these American girls that I have seen! Their waist line seems to be Jour neying always. Now it la up and then again It is down. "Why must the mode always be chang UgT Surely the rose blooms Just the same every season and no one would say that the sweet blossom should have petals with a new curve or pattern." The baroness was ln a pleasant good humor despite her arraignment of the America woman's garb. She talked In a low, soft voice, which rendered the strange accents of her language peculiarly pleas ing. Her niece and companion, Mls Tak anashl, acta aa Interpreter for the baron-sa MB? tm mi"' Ir. .'J 1 (MATING- etf or TOK lew ' T U14IBAV1I From the Cleveland Tlain Dealer. WHY VOTE COMES IN SL0YL Several County Officials Do Not Comply with the Law. NINE YET ABE InREPOBTED Railway Commission Jl'tll Consider Giving rasa to Citr Engineer Adna Dobioa of Lincoln br BnrllnKton. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Nov. 14. (Special.) The State Canvassing board may take a notion to make an example of some of the counties the state board and there is a penalty at tached unless that law is compiled with. The counties which have not yet aent in returns are the following: Boyd. Doug las, Fillmore, Furnas, Holt, Hooker, Mc pherson, Nance and Scott's Bluff. It was n ported unofficially that Doufc a's had - 8 togetner next Tuesday, This will cause a delay, because the to tals cannot be made until all the counties are ln and these counties which have not sent In duplicates cannot be tabulated un til Tuesday. The state haa notified the other counties to get In their returns, but no one knows whether they will be here Tuesday. So the state may do some prose outing or s. nd a messenger after the re turns at the expense of the derelict county. Adna Dobson'a Pas. When the State Railway commission gels over its present rush of work It may find tima to Investigate the acceptance of a pasa by City Engineer Adna Dobson of Lincoln from the Burlington to make a Prohablv no ease nendlne before the su- I I preme court has had as many predictions made abou: It as has the normal board Oae, wt.erein the legality of a law creat- lnB a ntw normal board enacted by the late kghiluture Is at stake. As early as last September It was pre dicted by many that the case would be decided by Octpber 11, and that date was fixed by the new board to Inspect the claims of several towns which aspired to be the home of the new normal school, ! 'or which an appropriation was made by the late legislature. But the decision did not come down and neither has it been filed with the clerk of the court at this time. At first the tips which several parties claimed to have were only regarding the tlm4 the opinion would be filed, but a few week ago parties claimed to have tips on the decision Itself. One day the tip waa the law would be upheld and the next report which started was to the effect that the law would be declared unconstitu tional. In the meantime every day this week there have been anxious inquiries from either members of the two normal boards or from those Interested regarding the de cision, and now the hunch Is that it will come down Monday. The decision Is more Important than merely saying which board Ib legal. It will permit the auditor to Issue warrants for many outstanding bills and for salaries to teachers and employes, which have been held up since the new board came into exibtence. Auditor Barton refused to honor vouchers from either board because there was a doubt of the constitutionality tf them bothv The Wayne Normal school cannot be bought until the case Is decided and neither can the new normal school be located or the buildings at Peru and Kearney be con structed. Consequently a lot of people have been very much interested, not so much In the outcome of the legality of the law, as to the lime the case would be de cided. Lincoln Charter Auala. The city ot Lincoln intends to be pre pared with a new charter for the considera tion of the next legislature and to that end the mayor has already appointed a com mittee to draft the instrument. The com mltlee la to get busy at once. When it hai completed ita work, then the people will have ample time to discuss the measure and reject or accept It before the legtsla (Continued on Second Fag) UK K.-OTANI BARON 3Hi2T'A (HAIHAN O" "M" teM'Si'ON. ANO NOV 8. Ol. swLrnoKtC cio With the Japanese commfcriwert. Burglar Secures Load pf Silver in Drug Store Bell Pharmacy Coin Disappears to the Amount of $125 Fur Thieves Still at Large. The Pell drug store, 1216 Farnam street, was broken Into some time early Sunday morning and silver to the amount of $125 stolen. Entrance was effected by break ing a cellar window. There were seventy silver dollars and the balance in quarters and dimes when the store was closed at about midnight Saturday and It was all gone when the place opened for business Sunday morning. There la no clue, unless someone happened to be aeen Sunday with an unusual amount of silver coin ln hia possession. The police have been unable to find any trace of the thieves who stole the furs from two establishments Saturday. At tun La Book & Tost establishment. Sixteenth and Howard streets, a Russian sable set, valued at $400, waa taken, whllo furs valued at $100 were stolen from the Western Fur company's store at 512 South Sixteenth urMt. DEATH OF EDWIN DAVIS, SR. Had lie-en a Resident of Oman for Over Two Score Yeara and Served In Council. Edwin Davis, sr., for forty-one yeara a resident of Omaha, once member of the city council. Identified for many years with various business Interests of the city and many fraternal orders, died Sunday morning at the home of hla son, Edwin Davis, jr., 744 North Sixteenth street, ln South Omaha, The deceased was 73 years of age and had been in falling health for a long period. Edwin Davis came to Omaha In lSiiS. For fourteen years he was connected with The Boo as lessee of its city circulation. Later he devoted his attention to the real estate business, among other Investments erecting the Windsor stables on Daven port street, between Fourteenth and Fif teenth streets and (he apartments at Sev enteenth and Burt streets. In the fraternal world he waa perhaps most extensively known. He was a promi nent member and officer In the Scottish Rite Masons, was a Shriner, a member of the Knights of Pythlaa, a phomlnent Odd FelloW and a charter member of the local chapter. Older of the Eantern Star. Mr. Davis was born at Oneida, N. Y. He went to Lyle, 111., In 184.., removing to Omaha twenty-three years later. In 1S74 he was united In marriage to Miss Eliza beth Clifton, who died In M He Is sur vived by an only son, Edwin Davis, Jr. The deceased w as the last of a family of eleven children. Funeral services will be in charge of the Masonic order. Midnight ceremonies will be held Monday night and the inter ment will take place Wednesday afternoon at Forest Lawn cemetery. NO RED CAP F0R AMERICAN Plana Are Abandoned at Rome for Appointment of Cardinal from United Strtcs. ROME, Nov. 14. It Is nowt announced that the next consistory will not be held before Easter, and It Is also stated that the plan to create a new American cardinal has been abandoned, partly on account of the claims announced by Latin America and Canada and partly becouse of the difficulty ln selecting an American prelate who would be agreeable to the majority. Labor Federation Favors Suffrage for Women TORONTO. Ont., Nov. 14. The conven tion of the American Federation of Labor went on record Saturday as favoring woman suffrage, an eight-hour day for postof llce clerks, legislation for better protec tion of actors and actresses from the "extortion and corrupt business methods" of so-called theatrical employment agen cies; a postal savings bank system, deep waterways projects, a continuation of the fight against tuberculosis, the granting of American citizenship to the people of Porto Rico and the construction of a twenty-six-foot channel through the Great Lakes from Buflalo to Duluth and Buffalo to Chicago. Resolutions looking to the establishing of tha national defense fund by the federation to aid unions In distress were voted down. On the ground that employment agen cies are used aa strike breaking organi sations, the federation will attempt to if ! I Co SCAMELL HITS THE YELLOWS Catholic Bishop of Omaha Excoriates Sensational Newspapers. DOESN'T LIKE WOMEN IN POLITICS I.ark of the Virtues of Faith, Hope and Charity and Kitravngaot Hlch Held to Be Responsible for Anarchist. Rt. Rev. Richard Scannell, bishop of the Catholic diocese of Omaha, scored the yellow Journals In the morning sermon at St. Cecelia church Sunday, , saying they should not be permitted ' to circulate and that the state should exercise supervision over the press. The bishop also said that women were Inconsistent tn .thf Ir position, ln that they would meet ln convention ln the forenoon and quibble over little thlngs.and then do Juat as bad things in the evening, when they attended the theaters, ell a-.ld they would strain at a grat In the convention i hall 1 nthe morning and swallow a camel at the theater In the evening. "Instead of these women striving for total abstinence they should be working I In the cause of temperar.ee." said Bishop Scannell. "Men have a practical Judgmonl In' this matter and do rot look for the Ideally perfect. Therefore, I see no ad vantage to be derived from the women being admitted into the, political arena. "Faith, hope and charity these are the virtues which constitute sanctity. The word saint la a term often misunderstood and in the minds of some Is associated with miracles, prophecies and heroic vir tues. This Is wrong, for when God was asked by the sinner aa to what he should do to be saved the answer was simply "keep the commandments." We all know we can keep the commandments by God's grace and our own will. Most of the trou bles of today are traceable to the want of faith, hope and charity. Large masses i of the people are destitute of these three virtues. It is worse In Europe than In this country, and It will be worse after a time than It Is now. Atheists and anarch ists and anti-church movements are more aggressive In the old world than ln this. Unlimited Freedom Dangrroni. "These people demand unlimited freedom of the press, tenchlng and speech, but this cpnnot be granted because of the things they lead to. No government could grant these things and live. It Is apt to bring about such an upheaval In Europe that they will have military government. "The first cause of this state of affairs is the perversity of the humnn mind which j mining insp, ctors Into the air shaft, which Bays there Is no God. There Is a deplorable I wai opened lata today. Three tlmea Mr. decay of faith. It would be far better ifwi l ams and Henry Smith, one of the all thought they would have to account volunteers, were lowered Into the mine for their actions In the hereafter. Faith in a buck.t. Euch time they succeeded in is decaying because of bad example. Caesar , per.itrating deeper Into the shaft. Each does not want any power but himself. ) time they were assured that the tempera Those who will not obey Ood will not obey iture was bearable. men Though to cpen the sealed main shaft "The seoond cause is the social and com- j an of ,he mln" "vas Impossible to- merclal condition of our day which enables !Jay and ,urll",r Progress to Investigate few skillful one. to amass fortune Hht have fanned into a flame a few Those who do not succeed are Jealous nd there la but one step between Jealousy and hatred. Those who hate men hate the law both civil and divine. The rich flaunt their disregard for both the civil and the moral law. They lead silly lives. A rich man who gives a ball costing from $10,000 to J20.000 Is more of a promoter of anarchy than one who preaches It. "The third cause Is modern education, which provides man with a faculty which he uses to a wrong purpose. A man reads exciting things, such as the repulsive de- (Contlnued on Second Page.) have' enacted national legislation for their regulation. A resolution urging the executive coun cil to do all in its power "to stop the mad expenditures of public money for war purposes," stirred up a lively divis ion of sentiment and It was referred back to committee. The executive council was authorized to make recommendatlona to the president ot the United States re specting appointment tions. to Judicial post- "Labor Sunday" la a suggestion laid j before the American Federation of Labor In. a resolution Introduced at to-j daily the women whos4 husbands are be day'a session by Secretary Frank Morrl-. lit v d to hava been buried alive, and the son. The resolution would designate . children who w ill be fMhei leva were weep the first Sunday in September of ln- unii moaning ln the agony of their each year as the occasion when the suspersr. Bt fore noon t lie St. Paul mine churches of America devote some part of the day to a presentation of the labor question. It also recommends that various central and local labor bodies be request rd to co-operate In every legitimate way with ministers who thus observe labor's day. SIGNALS COME FROM BELOW Farmers Over Half Mile from Mala Shaft Hear Concussion!. KAY OF HOPE SOME MAY BE ALIVE Third Effort to Explore Workings Shows Fire Probably Oat. i MEN IN OXYGEN CATS GO DOWN Mark Doabt that Life Coald Kxlal, I'nder the Condition Enalaeer Causes Death of Resca In a- Tarty. CHERRY, 111., Nov. 14 Nearly 409 hu man beings, men and boys, It is now be lieved, are dead or perishing In the St. Paul mine here, though experts, who suc ceeded In penetrating the smoke-filled air shaft to a depth of J00 feet late today, re turned with a ray of hope for tha grtef strlcken relatives of the entombed men. That the fire has been extinguished was the conclusion of mining experts and In spectors sent here by Governor Deneen to Investigate the calntnlty and Its rouse. For more than thirty hours the pris oners have been cut off from fresh air, and undoubtedly have been subjected tfl smoke-filled veins. That life could exist under such conditions Is doubted by many, but because no trace of high temperaturt was found In the depths of the mine to night, friends of the minors and even ol those of the company here, hope that th victims may have found safety ln remote recesses of the mine. A. J. Earllng, president of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Poul railroad, who hat not slept since arriving on the sceno of the catastrophe, received an encouraging report after heroic efforts had been made today to open the mine for the release of the entombed men, or the discovery Of the much feared mass of dead. Conrnsslona Mile Away, From the son of one of the missing miners, a young man named John Reld. the railroad president heard that a con cussion of the earth had been felt by farm ers half a mile south of the main shaft. The report was sent to Henry Burke, an official of the mining company. Burke rushed to President Earllng in the office of the company. "I've heard signals from the men," he said excitedly. "What do oufmean?" asked the railroad president. "What signal?" "John Reld'a boy said that he and farm ers whose land is over the -aouthern end of the mine felt several rpnauaslons of the earth this afternoon. There were several shocks, and the men who felt them are convinced they were shots fired by tha Imprisoned miners and that they were meant for an assurance that at least some of them live." "Oh, I hope to," said Earllng, "that Is at least encoursglng." The glimmer of light to the darkened homes in Cherry tonight followed othtr encouraging, though doubtful theorlea of some of the experts that the entombed hundreds may not have been suffocated because of failure of the flames yesterday Igniting the hay in the stables, and that oxygon enough remains ln their vein to keep them alive until the shafts may bo reopened, the draft fans put ln operatloi and rescuing parties sent Into the dark though foreboding recesses of the earth. Third Attempt to Explore Mine. After the third attempt to explore th conditions today, R. Y. Williams of Ur bana, 111., of the United States geological survey, who superintended the work of volunteer explorers protected with oxygen caps and apparatus, telrgraphrd to Vrbana for more of the apparutua. Tlis Is cxpecled to arrive on an early train tomorrow and a score of men have volurteer:d to accompany the experts and ; amolde: lng embers yet remaining, the state lnt-pe. tor here, among them James Tay lor of Peoria, David Ross of Springfield, Henry Hud on of Galva and others an nounced to Mine Superintendent Steele tl-at they felt assured definite results could be secured tomoriow. When explorations were abandoned tonight It was announced that th m:-n fitted with the oxygen armor would resume operations as early aa possi ble. List of Missing Grows. The list of the mi-sing was complied to day in the offices of the mining company and It reached tha astounding total of .'85, Including the dejd whose charred bodies were taken from the burning cages Saturday afternoon. It was declared to be p:ob:.bl that this list might be Increased. One hundred and seventy men who en Itrred the mine Saturday morning have 'been Ecroumed for. The company had scores of tracers at work rounding up ths employes, and at nightfall the company offl Ills admitted that the number, of men ln the mine waa greater than they had at first believed po-slble. Among tho missing are many Americans w!:o have lived for years and reared their fanillrs in the mining section of Illinois so often the scene of terrific tragedy. Though the maorlty of those who never miy be found alive are foreign-born, yet all had their homes here or in the sur rounding towns and villages nd the grief over their probable fate has cast a pall over the community. thirry today held thousands of persons. j They cam? with sad faces. Many, espe- v us rurrounded by an almost uncon trollable mob. Officials early in the day swore in a ' force of deputies to handle the crowds, i Scores of traina from Htreator, Mendota, jLadd, bprlng Valley, La Salle, Ottawa and