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VOL. XLIII NO. 102.
OMAHA, "WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 15, 1913-SIXTEEN PAGES.
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SEEKING TO INCLUDE
TESTIMONY OF TWO
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Impeachment Managers Present Ac
tion at'Trial to Amend Article
Four f Charges.
INTRODUCED BY STANCHFTELD
Would Have Evidence of Peck and
Morganthau Placed in Record.
ATTORNEY ARGUES FOR AN HOUR
Asserts Court Has No Right to Take
Proposed Action.
JUDGE CADY TALKS FOR DEFENSE
JVo Suuifeatlon In Regard to Testi
mony of Allmt A. Itynn, Which
la Considered Blerely Cor
roborative. ALBANY. N. Y., Oct. 14.-A motion to
amend article four of the Impeachment
charge? against Governor Sulxer so as
to Include the testimony of Ambassador
Henry Morgenthau and Superintendent
of Public Works Duncan W. Peck, was
presented by the Impeachment managers
at the reopening of the trial of the gov
ernor today.
No action was suggested In regard to
the testimony of Allan A. Ryan. It was
explained that the. evidence which he
gave only could be considered as cor.
roboraUvo of other charges In the Im
peachment articles, unless a new article
should be added. This would have to
be done by the assembly.
The proposed amendment sets forth
that Wlllam .Sulzer "wrongfully and wll
fu'ly attempted to Incite and procure
Louis A. Sarccky, Frederick L. Col
well, Melville D. Fuller, Disncan W.
Peck and Henry Morgenthau to commit
perjury and to give false testimony" be.
fore the Fiawley Investigating commit
tee. Article 4, as It now stands, does not
mention either Peck or Morgonthau and
merely sets forth that Sulzer "?ractlcfcl
deceit and fraud and used threats and
menaces with Intent to prevent said com
mittee from procuring the attendance and
testimony' of Sarecky, Colwell and
Fuller.
The proposed amendment was pre
sented by Attorney John B. Stanchfleld,
who' argued for an hour that the court
hod a rlnht to amend the article. Judgo
D. Cady Hcrrlck for the -defense opposed
this argument at the afternoon session.
"I do not mean," said Mr. Stanchfleld,
"to argue here that this tribunal pos
sesses the power ,to amend the charges
In such a way as to be necessary to
contort or twist this tribunal into an
fmpeachlng body. I concede with the tal
nostSearikness that the assembly alone
Is the Impeaching power 'of lhl -stats-i
This by no means, precludes this court
from amending. the Impeachment so 16ng
as the amendment It not unjust to the
respondent.
"If, with this motion In view, the re
spondent feels now that he wlerwa 'a
person to make answer from the witness
stand or If he 'feels now, in the light of
that chargo, that there Is other testi
mony he desires to produce to meet .the
accusations, the door Is open and there Is
no objection raised by managers of this
trial."
Mr. Stanchfleld emphasized that article
four, as it now stands, charges Sulzer
with a misdemeanor, whereas, he main-'
talned, the testimony of Peck and Mor
centhau showed he was guilty of at
tempted subornation of perjury, a felony.
There seemed little probability that
the assembly would attempt to bring a
new charge covering the Ityan testimony
at this late date. This testimony was
that Governor Bulrer had besought him
to obtain the Influence of Charles E.
Murphy and William Barnes to stop the
trial. According to the attorneys for the
impeachment managers this constitutes
"tampering with the court" &nd should
not be fitted Into article four, or any
other article except as corroborative evl
donee on the general proposition that the
governor is unfit to hold office.
Mrs. Medlll McOormlck of Chicago, ar
ranged yesterday to make a whirlwind
speaking campaign throughout eleven
mitral Illinois counties In behalf of
Arthur H. Shay, progressive candidate
for .the Justice of the supreme court from
the Fifth district.
'
The Weather
Forecast till 7 p. m. 'Wednesday:
For Omaha, Council Bluffs and Vicin
ity Fair and cooler.
Temperature at Omaha Yesterday.
.Hours. Deg.
6 a. ra 30
a. m M
7 p. m , It
S p. m 60
9 a. m 64
10 a. m tx
II a, m "0
" m 71
1 P. m 7J
Z P. in Tl
5 p. m 77
A r In
fj 5 p. m. 7s
6 p. m 6S
7 p. m it
8 p. m Si
Comparative Local Record.
191S. lOli 1911. 1810.
Highest yesterday 77 71 C7 SO
Lowest yesterday 6S 48 47 3
Mean temperature 61 Ei 17 ;j
Precipitation 0) .00 .00 .00
Temperature and precipitation depar
tures from the normal at Omaha since
Maroh 1, as compared with the past two
years:
Normal temperature j6
Kxcess for tho day..., u
Total since March I, 1913 i...J7
Normal precipitation CO inch
Deficiency for the day 09 lech
Total rainfall since March 1. .30.01 Inches
Deficiency since March 1 8.00 inches
Deficiency for cor. period 1912. 2.03 Inches
Deficiency for cor. period 1911.13.97 Inches
Reports from Stations at T I'. M,
Ftatlon and Btate Temp. High- Haiti
of Weather. 7 p.m. est. fall.
Cheyenne, clear 13 m .00
Davenport, clear 68 TS .00
Denver, clear S3 72 .00
Dea Moines, cloudy ....... 74 76 .00
Dodgo City, clear 70 8s .09
LanAer. cloudy 44 i S2 .00
North Platte pt cloudy... W ' 68 ,00
Omaha, clear 64 77 .00
Pueblo, cloudy (4 &2 ,00
Kapld City, clear 4S 52 .00
tialt Lake, cloudy iS 63 ,0
Fanta Fe, clear 68 60 00
Sheridan, clear 42 , M .06
Sioux Pity, pt rloudy (3 72 .00
rv-lentlne. clear ... ....2 ct .00
T inrtli-ates trace of precipitation.
i. Jl- WrT SFT. Tnr-I Joriva if t.r. .
Traction Magnate
Says Fare Will Have
to Be Increased
Atlantic city. n. j.. Oct 14.
Fates will have to be increased If street
railway companies must meet the pres
ent da demands of the public and sur
vive!,' was the declaration made today
by George Harries of Louisville, president
Of the American Electric Railway asso
ciation in opening the thirty-second an
nual convention of that organization and
Its allied bodies. Unless fares are In
creased, he said, there will be a "suc
cession of more or less destructive ex
periences by now tier, now there; re
sulting on the one hand, from the broad
entng of the city borders and the con
sequent extension of lines: forcible mul
tiplication of transfer points, compulsory
wage Increases, conscienceless taxation,
arbitrary and unreasonable service re
quirements and growing cost of construc
tion and maintenance and on tho other
hand the fixed or rather-the diminishing
fare." 1
C. Nesblt Duffy of Milwaukee, one of
tho arbitrators In the recent dispute be
tween tho city of Cleveland and the
Cleveland Railway company, In an ad
dress, declared that low fares In the
Ohio city are being maintained only at
the sacrifice of service. Mr. Duffy added
that the sen-Ice furnished by the Cleve
land company and prescribed by the
city officials Is Inadequate and unsat
isfactory If measured by the standard
prevailing in many other cities where tho
rate of fare Is higher.
Oil Pipe Line Case
is Argued Before
the Supreme Court
WASHINGTON, Oct. 14.-Tho case of
the Standard OH and other oil companies
to prevent tho Interstate Commerce com
mission from regulating the operation of
oil pipe lines was the first one taken
up by the supreme court today. An Im
posing array of counsel wns In court for
tho oil companies to oppose Solicitor
General Davis of the Department of Jus
tice. The cases turns on tho constitutionality
of the "pipe line amendment" of 1905 to
the Interstate commerce laws. The gov
ernment contends that It had a right
as provided in tho amendment to require
all oil earning pipe lines engaged In
Interstate commerce to act as common
carriers. The commerce court held that
It did not and declared tho law unconsti
tutional. The oil companies contend the govern
ment cannot hold as common carriers
private Individuals or corporations which
have never posed as common carrier;,
but which carry oil only for themselves
and which enjoy no rights of eminent do
main and no powers from the state,
Widow of Admiral- '
Eatqh on Trial for
Husband's Murder
PLYMOUTH, Mass., Oct. 14. Mrs. Jen.
nle May .Baton was placed on trial for"
the murder of tier husband. Rear Admiral
Joseph Giles Eaton. The defense will
attempt to show that the poison which'
caused the death of the admiral was
self-admlntstered. The government's case
rests on the contention that Mrs. Eaton
gave her husband poison with his meals.
It was expected that tho selection of a
Jury would occupy the whole of today's
session. More than 160 talesmen were
summoned, so nearly filling the court
room that there was practically no room
left for spectators. Chief Justice Aiken
of the superior court presided. District
Attorney Albert F. Barker Is In charge
of the prosecution and Mrs. Eaton's chief
counsel Is William A. Morse of Boston.
While Mrs. Eaton has been confined in
the Plymouth Jail she has written a com
plete history of her life since her mar
riage to the admiral In 1908. She has
taken exercise In the Jail and is In excel
lent health.
Champ Clark Cancels
His Lecture Dates
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Oct. 14.
Champ Clark, speaker of the house of
representatives, will not come to Callfor
nit to fulfill lecture engagements next
month as he had planned. In a Iettr re
ceived, today by President Alten I
Chlckerlng of the San Francisco Commer
cial club, the speaker expresses his de
termination not to leave Washington
during the present session.
"it Is not right as I see It, for a man
to take the government money for dis
charging the duties of an office and then
neglect the duties of that office," states
Mr, CUrk In his letter. "Twice the
democrats of the house have bestowed
upon me the highest honor In their gift
and I don't propose to neglect the duties
of that office to go on the lecture plat
form and lecture for money. It does not
seem air to them or to the country."
RELIEF STATION TO
CLOSE DOORS TODAY
The general relief station, whKli was
organized for the relief of the sufferers
of the Easter tornado, will close Its doors
today as the relief committee has com
pleted Its work. Four houses are still
In thJ course of reconstruction and tbess
will be handled directly by the commit
tee. Fifteen houses are In the hands of
the contractors and these wilt be com
pleted under the supervision of McAl
lister and Krause, who have had charge
of this work and who have formed a
partnership to do general contracting
work.
NEW EXPRESS RATES WILL
BE EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 1
WASHINGTON, Oct lt-Tho new ex
press rates recently prescribed by the.In
terstate Commerce commission will be
come effective on December 1. Instead of
tomorrow. A request for extension 1y
the companies was granted today, but a
request that the new scale be revised
was referred.
BANKERS TOLD THEY
MUST TAKE MEDICI
Representative Bulkier Sayj
Will Have to Submit to Go??
, crnment Control.
TO FOLLOW THE RAILROADS
Senator Owen Predicts Success of the
Currency Measure.
DEFENDS COMPULSORY CLAUSE
Speaks for Provision Making Manda
tory Joining Reserve Body.
REYNOLDS STATES OBJECTIONS
Dirells Upon Rrror In Present Pop.
nlnr Conception Ilelntlve to Cen
tral Money- Institution nnd
Its Sonrce.
NEW TORK, Oct. 14.-Three members
of congress, all of them prominently
identified with the administration's ef
forts to enact the pending currency re
form bill, vigorously replied today to
criticisms levelled at the bill, particularly
by the American Bankers'- association.
Senator Robert L. Owen qt Oklahoma,
chairman of the senate committee on
currency and banking, and Representa
tive Robert J. Bulkley of Ohio of the
house committee on banking and cur
rency, came over from Washington 'to
present their views to the national con
ference on currency reform, held under
the auspices of the New York Academy
of Political Science. Representative Car
ter Glass, chairman of the house com
mittee on banking and currency, was
unable to be present on account of Ill
ness. His speech was Incorporated In the
record.
tlnlkley In Kniphatle.
Representative Bulkley gave as his
opinion that, whether tho bankers liked It
or not, the time had come when they
must submit to' government control.
"Tho report of tho American Bankers'
association currency commission," said
Mr. Bulkley, "seems to have been writ
ten In bad temper."
The railroads, Mr. Bulkley said, had
been brought under government control,
although their business was less of a
private one than tho banking business.
"There Is going to be government con
trol of banks," he said. "The Time has
come when the bankers must see and ac
cept this situation."
Senator Owen predicted unqualifiedly
the success of Uie bill, defending the
provision making It compulsory for na
tional banks to' Join the reserve associa
tion. Ilnnker Stnten Objection.
Opposition to fundamental features of
the-Glats-Owen currency bill, now before
congress,, was expressed today by Arthur
Reynold, president of the Ds Mplpes
National bankaml p.resjde ofthej.Ainer
lean' Bahkng"rassociatl5n. '
"The error in present popular concep
tion relative to a central bank," he said,
"arises from the fact that the people re
gard the main features fo such an In
stitution as purely centralization and fear
Its powers; whereas, when properly or
ganized and administered it becomes rep-,
sentattve of responsibility and disinter
ested public service."
Great Altman Art
Collection is Left
to Public Museum
NEW YORK. Oct. lt.-The Metropolitan
Museum of Art will receive the great art
collection of Benjamin Altman, the de
partment store millionaire, whose will
was filed here today for probate. Mr.
Altman was a bachelor and his collecting
occupied most of his time outside of
business hours. He had what is said to
be the finest collection of porcelains In
tho world.
Mr. Altman left the Metropolitan
museum 1150,000 to be devoted to the caw
of his collection.
The Mount Slnal hospital of this city
receives JIOO.000. Other public bequests
amount to $80,000. Employes of the Alt
man store of twenty years' service re
ceive 2,f00 each. Those of eighteen years'
service It.COO and those of fifteen years'
service J1.000. In addition, eleven of the
oldest employes are left JF.OOO each. Mr.
Altman's two secretaries receive $10,000
each. The will leaves to each of the
neccs ai:d nephews $100,000. All real
estate Is willed to li. Altman ft Co.
Mrs, Blake Will Push
Million-Dollar Suit
Against Mrs. Mackay
NEW YORK, Oct. 14.-Counse! for Mrs.
Blake, who recently sued her husband,
Dr. Joseph A. Blake, a prominent New
York surgeon, for separation, obtained a
supreme court order today permitting
them to file a complaint and summons
In Mrs. Blake's $1,000,000 suit against Mrs.
Clarence H. Mackay for alienation of Dr.
Blake's affections.
Mrs. Mackay was served with paper
in the suit some time ago, but It was not
until today that the matter came Jnto
court. There had been talk that the suit
would be dropped.
Southern Pacific
Off Three Points
NEW YORK, Oct It-Southern Pacific
was the weakest feature of th Haw.
heavy mi-rket Uie stock declining three
points to S5H, Its lowest price In almost
five yeais. The direct cause of the de
cline wan a recent announcement t.v v-
Oepartmtnt of Justice at Washington
that It purposed to bring suit against
the company to force it io rellnnuuh h
Central Pacific.
Sales of the stock were unusually
large an1 represented In part at least
liquidation by shareholders who seemed
concerned at the latest move of ih tA.
eral authorities. While no statement has
been Issued by the Southern Pacific in
connection with the prcposed dissolution
It Is understood the company will oppose
the government move.
.11 ifHfr-iCM M
"HOW OMAHA REDUCLD , IB':'. K. tr: 'hp'; W( ;
ITS WATER RATES" U p f ! jL-4i
Drawn for The Beo ty Powell,
TWELVE THOUSAND REGISTER
This is Number to Bate' at the Dif-
" ferent Towns,
CROWBfJ AT BROKEN BOW
i
System Well In Hand at All Towns
and Itnsh to Secure Sqnnre
mile of Ground' Keeps on
Unabated.
BROKEN BOW. Neb., OcJ, lt-(Bpclal
TeJigarri.)-Thi second, day of 'the. land
regiairation nere snows a steady
ofeor&mlhg-and'iroTrfirl AM o'citic
till afternoon the total registration was
6,iX, AconurvatlvA estimate, based on
telegrams received from North Platto
and Valentine this1 afternoon places tho
number of those registered tn tho three
town considerably over 13,030.
Ever)' train arriving on the Burlington
has from five to eight extra coaches fot
the accommodation of the landseekers.
Eastbound No. li was held two hours to.
night to give the people who arrived on
the morning and early evening trains a
chance to register and get away be fort
morning.
Tho system of registration Is so well
organized that between COO an COO people
an hour can be handled without any con
fusion whatover, enabling a person to
make the round trip In a, 'comfortably
short time.
Jay Gould, a young man tl years old,
who claims tho distinction of being a
third cousin of the lafo Jay Gould, ap
peared at the booth today and took his
chances along with Che rest.' Mr. Gould
Is a Callofrnlan, but at present Is man
aging a large ranch for his father at
Elsmere, In the sandhill district.
The number of atuomoblles to arrive
since Sunday night will exceed 1. They
are from all over the middle west and
each was rcowded with applicants. Sev
eral cars are here from Iowa and Illinois,
. " I
KEEK INTEKKST IN DRAWING
Railroads Taxed 16 Handle Crowds
to Reg-latratlon Polnta.
Inquiries by wire for Information In
regard to the land drawings In Ne--braska
were received at the 'Union Pa
cilia hadquarters In Omaha from per
sons In Massachusetts, Virginia, Washing
ton, D. C, Ohio and Kansas. Phamphlets
will be mailed Immediately, The , flrt
morning mall to the Union Pacific
brought 51$ letters asking information
about the lands. 'Over 100 personal tele
phone calls came to the colonization de
partment of the road Monda over tho
telephone asking 'tor Information. The
trains are carrying many hfJmtseekeri
to North Platte, which Is one of three
points of registration. .
Northwestern passenger No. A was de
layed over an hour out of Valentine on
account of the great number of passen
gers to be taken on who wars leaving
Valentine after having registered for the
land drawing. Besides a heavy traffic
out of Omaha, the Northwestern is pick
ing up good crowds along tha line be
tween here and Valentine and also bring'
lug down many from west of iValentlne.
A telegram from the statloii agent at
Wahoo stated that twenty-nlns tickets
had been sold at that point for Valentine
They make connection with the main
line at Fremont.
The Burlington has extended the service
of passengers Nos. 37 and 33, w(iloh have
been plying between, Lincoln and Ra
venna. Until the rush for Broken Bow Is
over these two trains will run from Lin
coln to Broken Bow and back Instead of
simply between Lincoln and Ravenna, At
S o'clock Monday night after, twenty
hours ofreglstratlon. 3.E1T had registerer at
Broken Bow. Thirty-five notaries are
working in relays. Three trains Monday
morning took 73 )andekers Into Broken
Bow. Many hav been Inquiring sa to
whether they might register on Sunday.
Thla la Impossible, aa the registration
offices will be closed all day.
With the arrest of three girls and
tight boya, ranging in ages from 14 to
1$, the police of South Bend, Ind., believe
they have solved tho mystery of a recent
series of robberies.
Omaha's Five-Foot Shelf Exhibit
Great Britain Must
Meet a Japanese
Issue of Its Own
LONDON, Oct. U.-8lr Hlchard Mo
Bride, premier of British Columbia, hrt:
Imposed on Sir Edward Orey, British
secretary of state for foreign affairs, th4
task of reconciling Great Britain's pro
Japanese proclivities with British Colum
bia's determination to enforce Its de
cision to exclude Asiatics from Its terri
tory. J'm. Ttto . Japejsegoverp.menL.haavheen -pro-kYfestlng
against the ottlt'jie taken tip In
Canada, especially dwelling On the Jura..
nese bolng debarred from cutting timber
nnd excluded from the flaherie.
Tho object of Sir ltlchard Mcnride'a
visit to Lbntlm? was to Impress the for
eign office with the fact that British
Columbia's determination Is Irrevocable
and to obtain the support of the Imperial
government for Its action. He sails for
American tomorrow, leaving Sir Edward
Grey to find a way out of the difficulty.
oftor giving him a firm Intimation that
this must be In accordonce with Can
edlan view.
Some Prison Schools
Are Better Than
Public Schools
INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 14.'There Is
not mucli difference between the prison
school and the public schools of the coun
try," declared Bert E. Merriam, educa
tional director of the New Jersey refor
matory at Rahway, who addressed the
American Prison association today. Prof.
Merriam said they had all classes at th
New Jersey Institution, but that they
fitted the work to the classes Instead of
making the classes fit the work, as Is
done In many of the public schools,
A. C. Hill of the New York state de
partment of education told of the educa
tional system In vogue In New York penal
Institutions. There the head teuchers
are civilians and the under teachers uru
convicts,
A plea for the convict teachers was
made by several officers of the Salvation
army during tl.o discussion. They told
of personal experiences In their prison
work where convict teachers, especially
In the south, were successful.
Extreme Stylbs
Are for Men Also
CHICAGO, Oct. It. Sklmplncac pre
dominates In the seasons styles for nn's
clothing as shown In the tall exhlbttli.i
of the Chicago Society of Merchant
Tailors which opened today.
Men's coats are to be tighter, more
narrow shoulders and shorter. Trousera,
cut so close as almost to preclude the
presiince of pockets, are to be cuffiess
and high i-nouyh to expose a flash of
hosiery as the wearer strides.
Waistcoats are to be six-buttoned and
high enough to show above the low lapeU
of the coat.
The clov-flttliig style has spread to
overcoats. These are to be of knee
length, with neither the roll of flat lapM
and collars. The fuzxy ones with belts
In the back are expected to be popular.
The black silk vest Is to replace th
gray or white which has for some time
bten worn with the dinner coat. The full
dress coat will be cut tight and so scant
In front that. It cannot be buttoned.
The National Capital
Tuesday, October 14, 1013.
The Senate.
Not In session; meets Thursday.
Banking committee continued work on
the administration currency bill.
The House.
Klght for a quorum resumed with Re
publican Leader Mann forclqg roll calls.
Adjourned at 11:30 p m. to noon, on
Wednesday,
YOLTURNO inTIIii AFLOAT
Campania Passed Blackened Hulk
Sunday Afternoon.
PARENTS ABANDON CHILDREN
Nnmhfr of MUle One Apparently
Left to Take Cure of Them
elres Sarvlvora Show
Signs, of. Violence
, LONDON, Oct Jt,.-Th. Vo)(urno wag
still afloat on the afternoon of 'Sunday
In -latitude 47,l7-northf-longtraao"33.43
TVt. There la apparently a possibility
of the hulk yet .reaching Jand.
"Thb CahipanU was 'n Its yldnlty at
2:lfi October 13," says Captrtln Roitron
In a wlroless dispatch to the CUnartl
conipatiy". "The wreck was going then
southeast, making about a knot an hour.
Itu hull appeared to be In good condi
tion and likely to float Indefinitely. A
cAre'ful search was made by us for the
missing boats. The Loralne six hours
lattr continued the search, but did not
seo any boats."
"The crew of the Voltumo, most of
whom were Dutch, behaved In a cowardly
manner and were brutal to the passen
gers," Is the verdict of most of the thirty
survivors of Uie Volturno who arrived at
Graveaend .on board the Minneapolis thla
evening.
All the survivors are men, Russians,
Hungarians and Poles. They are to pro-
ced to t.ielr destination on board tho
Olymplo tomorrow, '
Children Apparently Abandoned.
PARIS, Oct II. Many of the survivors
of the Volturno showed signs of violence,
recording to passengers of the Touralne
arriving In Paris today. One woman
bore scatches and bruises all over her
body which she received during tho
struggle to get places In the boats. A
child arrived on board the Touralne com.
pletely naked. Most of the survivors had
llttje clothing and what they had was
torn.
One of the most striking facts, ac
cording to the passengers of the Touralne,
was the arrival of children from the
Volturno apparently not belonging to any
one and seeming to have been comploetly
left to take care of themselves by their
parents.
HAVnE, Oct 14. La Touralne of tho
Ktenoh lino, second .of the rescue ships
which figured In tho Volturno disaster
to reach port, arrived at Havre this
morning. La Touralne had forty-two
survivors on board.
On the forward deck of the Touralne
when It arrlve'tt at the quay was a group
or eight children froin 3 to 12 years old
who had been rescued from the Voltumo
and whose parent either had perished
or were aboard other rescuing steamers.
The children had been made much of
tmce they were brought on board.
Two other children with their mothers
and twenty-seven sturdy Polish peasants,
with three of tho crew of the Volturno,
made up the total of forty-two rescued by
the I.a Touralne.
Many Remnnanla of Kninlllea.
LIVERPOOL, Oct. 14.-The Leyland
line steamer Devonian, commanded by
Captain Traut, arrived here today, bring
ing Volturno survivors. On board the
Devonian were many remnants of fam
ilies crazed with grief and terror at the
tragedy which they had passed. Ernest
Hermann, a German passenger, was the
first to notice the fire In the hold of the
Volturno, He says the flames even then
had made such progress that It was evi
dently Impossible to subdue them.
Among the rescued was a baby which
the hysterical mother had flung Into the
sea. Arthur Haxolwood, a seaman of the
Devonian, sprang overboard and rescued
the child.
Another pathetic figure was that of a
tiny girl of 4 years, whose Identity and
nationality even Ts unknown. She stood
among the survivors, bewildered, un
recognized and unclaimed.
A. B. Kerlln, who made a sensational
trip from Spokane, Wash., last winter to
fbkt nls vot. as a presidential elector for
Wood row Wilson, having arisen from a
sick bed to do so. was found dead at his
horns at Devils Lake, N, P., yesterday.
FOUR HUNDRED MEP
ENTOMBED III COAL
MINE Nl CARDIFF
Shafts and Machinery of Universal
Colliery Are Wrecked by Ter
rifio Gas Explosion,
NINE HUNDRED MEN AT WORK
Five Hundred Besoued Through
Tunnels to Other Mines.
INTERIOR OF MINE TAKES FIRE
Officers Say There is No Hope foe
juen still iJeiow.
RESCUED MEN ARE INJURED
Victims Tnken from Pnrt of Aftne)
Where Ventlfotton Is Fairly
Good Are llndly Bnrned
Relief Work Stops.
CARDIFF, Wales, Oct 14. More than
40) Welsh coal miners perished. It Is be
lieved, from fire and after-damp In tho
Universal colliery near hero today. A
terrific explosion shattered the worka
shortly after 031 meh had descended the
pit.
It was nt first stated that the day
shift was composed of 740 men, but later
the' larger figure was given out by the
officials. About BOO were brought to the
surface alive by rescue parties up to
noon, and the managers of the mine then
oxprcssed the opinion that there was no
further hope for those remaining below.
Mnchlnery Illoirn to Atoms.
The dny shfft descended the shafts In
the cages at S o'clock. An hour after
ward a deafening report brought the In
habitants to tho vicinity ot the mine run
ning to the pit head, where they found
the ventilating and hoisting machinery
had been blown" to atoms. A man who
had been working sixty feet away had
been decapitated by the force of the
blast
Rescue parties of miners belonging to
the night shift were soon on the scene
making preparations to enter the mine
In an endeavor to save their comrades.
The fiery condition of the mine, how
ever, gave little hope that any of thoaa
below could bo rescued alive.
An entrance was found by way ot an
adjacent shaft On descending tho res
cuing parties came across several ftroup?
of men huddled together tn portte, oC
the mine where the air was still tod.
Ry noon they had picked up and brcl4ht
to the surface altogether E00.
The same pit was the scene of an x
plosion thirteen years ago, when 1 mln
era lost their lives. Only one of those)
below at that time was res?d alive.
The rescued miners, the members ef
iha life saying sHmir .ond- t-hs-efflcaJa
of the mine declared that they could
hold out no hope for those of the mineral
still beloW,
Wrecked Part of Mine on Fire.
Tho men brought to the surface ware
found on the east side of the mine where
tho ventilation remained fairly good, On
the west side, where the explosion oc
curred, fire soon added Its terrors and
the rescue parties were untble to make
any progress.
The officials of the mine found It neces
sary to call a detachment of polio to
keep back the women and children who
crowded round the entrances In hopes
of obtaining some news ot their relatives.
Most of the rescued men presented
pitiable appearance. Nearly all were suf
fering from bums, shock or the effects
of poisonous gases.
Alt the men In the east side of tho
mine reached the surface by 4 o'clock,
but 418 were still In the workings tn tho
west side, which were on fire.
Colonel Pearson, chief Inspector ot
mines, In giving thla informttlon to tha
press lato this afternoon added!
"The fire Is In the Intake airway and
everything Is being dono to cope with it,
(We are hoping to tho last"
A'nti-Frat Law is
Upheld by Courti
CHICAGO, Oct 14.-The appellate coure
upheld today the right ot school bofcrds)
to rule against high Bchool fraternities!
end expel pupils refusing to obey orders
prohibiting them from joining such so
cletles.
The decision was on an appeal from)
an 6rder from tha circuit court directing
the Hoard ot Education ot Oak Park, o,
suburb, to reinstate a boy, won, with
aeven companions, was expelled In 1913
for disregarding the ban against hlgn
school fraternities.
The upper court ordered the dismissal
of the petition which the circuit court
had sustained,
The Great Breadth
of Advertising
If you would go through tho
advertising; columns ot thla
newspaper and carefully com
pile a list ot all of the various
activities touched upon, It
would astonish you, especially
if you have never given tho
subject much thought.
Nothing much that Is worth
while goes on that Isn't bene
fited by newspaper advertis
ing. Merchants use It because,
they have demonstrated more
than any other class of adver
tisers that it pays. Also it U
a part ot the merchant's ser
vice to bus patrons to keep
them Informed ot bin doings
and his wares.
Tho newspaper la indeed a
veritable index of all 'that la
going on In this community la
the way of business and pro
fessional activity. The field l
so completely covered that tha
advertising news is aa import
ant as tho regular news.
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