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DAILY ARIZONA SILVER BELT
VOLUME
GLOBE, GILA COUNTY, ARIZONA, SATURDAY, MARCH 30, 1907
Number 145
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CONCLUDE TODAY
Xnal Will Be Finished in Three
in Four Days if Thaw Is
Found lo Be Sane.
PRISONER'S MEMORY
ASTONISHES LAWYERS
VU'i'se Is Confident that Thaw
Will Be Pronounced Sane
ax Make Arrangements for
Resuming the Trial Monday.
V'MM'iated Pro.-..
KW YORK, March 29. Tho com
mi4i.m in lunacy examining the pres
,nt iiifiital condition of Harry Thaw
mn tiuisli its work tomorrow ami be
r,.a,v tn report to .histico Fitzgerald
M.mila The Thaw jury will report
M.uil.n morning and it is the hopo of
lb.- prr-tuiing judge, as well as the
iiiiiiiiii, that the matter of the de
1,-u.l.int ' -villi ty be disposed of by that
It' tlie commission submits a re
,f t.. the effect that Thaw fully un
Kriiinli the nature of the. proceeding;
jin-t In in and rationally advises with
uii-fi. lustice Fitigornld will direct
in. i r i.i I to proceed without making
i.ii, tin- commission's findings. If the
r, ,,-rt ilmnld be against Thaw, Justice
!!; i. iM will aunouuee tho decision
ir.m the bench, and if he deems the
(.re-oner 's release dangerous, he will
ign an order directing his confinement
t inine state hospital for the insane.
i .!n!il Mattewnn.
No Session Yesterday
r.l.n being Good Friday there was
M-mon of tho board and Thaw spent
(met ilny in tho Tombs. The session
.'imrrii will be private and thore will
i public liearings at all unless thy
'i Mi-sion decides to call witnedot
1. 1 than the defendant. It is possible
v -1'iorkeepers in the Toir.lis will be
I m give an opinion as to Thaw's
-In. t since his 'uenrcoration.
I- .. repo'ca today neither Thaw's
.w.-ii uiir Jerome will be allowed to
, .-turn witnesses who may bo called
i' t i inquiry. The commission appar-
,t h decided to keep the record
-.ir .it' t-xpert testimony. Any medical
,-"..n nhu-li tlie commission may de-
--. will i-otiie from Dr. Leopold lnt
' -it' the members.
Defense Is Confident
1 ik attorneys are so sanguine a
'' 'lti-oine of tho inquiry that they
" t-iilay making plans for the re
i'Uitinn of the trial next week. It
"in-, 'lint if tho trial is resumed the
mi-i will probably rest without fur
ti-Miinonr.
It I'h ; in tk-cided to be of sound
m:i.i In- trial should not Inst more than
'"r r tour days. During the trial
ill .tiicniits who examined Thaw and
oh i witc called to tho stand paid a
riliut.- to the prisoner's remarkable
.ii..r This memory led Attorney
Hjrtrnig.' to make tho statement:
Thau remembered more about the
' .1 I .lid."
May Hear One Expert
KU YORK, March 29. From
- "ii- as-turned to lie authentic it was
''"Mil .-.I late tonight that Dr. Allan
' I.i'm- Hamilton, tho alienist, will be
ii.. t t,. testify tomorrow before the
i iiininissiuii. Dr. Hamilton will
.n h witness on request of the
in .k.ii juitl will be tho only expert
iMiih. ,1
1 1 i laration that Hamilton woubl
I --I uas a surprise, as it has been
- "' ': uiiilerstood that the commis-
' ' i I.I not hear expert testimony.
'' ' .-'M Putzel, one of tho eomiuis-
' was explained, would bo re-
1 to detorinine any medical
led.
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II THE BUSTERS
l Demurrer to the Res
f the City of Globe
Other Court News
' government of Globe won
r -uud in the fight to disincor-
Hty yesterday in the district
Judge Nave sustained the
"murrer to the complaint in
f the Territory vs. tins Mayor
t al. Tho plaintiff, repre
r, Attorney F. C. Jacobs, win
r,'''n days in which to amend
.ii n The city was represented
" George If. Hill.
nc other suit was tried, olio
e by Gypsv L. D. Watson
Samuel Watson. Mrs. Watson
' ,pfreo and the custody of threo
"dren, who are now in tho
of tho husband, who is
be living in Tombstone. The
ivere sent somo time ago by
'n to her sister-in-law at Hnf-
t was acre that Watson se
cession of them'.
will be another session of tho
ourt this morninu. when tho
1c r
ti, ,
h-
n.
io four men indicted for riotinp
Btl,T ' 'PKet attp,"l,t ,0 b'n"n William
atVl11 will answer to the indictment.
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'Ihey lite A. U. (luthrie, Fret! Toiiimc,
I. 1. Houston and Vance Bnyless.
Cases which will be tried today are
Kuthryn 1. fluthrie vs. A. E. Guthrie,
divorce.
0. M. Gregovieh vs. K. V. Hhunley,
iippeal.
Harclay, lligdon & Co. vs. C. Al. Walz
et nl., dnmages.
Paul H. Gregory has been appointed
court ericr for the United States court
vice K. K. Heaver, resigned.
Tho following suits have been filed in
the district court this week:
.Mary llillman vs. John Fit'.pntriuk,
appealed from the justice court by the
defendant. This in n uit for the ios
session of property.
George Miller vs. Eliznboth -Millor,
a suit for divorce, was filed by Wein
berger & Fdliott as attorneys for the
plaintiff.
Charles K. Oswill vs. Miriam K. Os
will, a suit to annul n nmrriago, filed
by F. C. Jacobs and K. J. Kdwards ap
pearing for the plnintft.
David Fuller vs. Mary Fuller and
Annie Frances Neal vs. Daniel Edward
Neal, are tho titles of two divorce- suits
filed yesterday. George K. .French is at
torney for the plaintilYs in- both cases.
MacArthur to Rotlro
Hy Associated Press.'
MILWAUKEE, March 20. General
MacArthur will make application to io
placetl on the retired list, according to
a letter to a friend in this citv.
SENSATION III
GRIGA60 TRIAL
Young Defendant on Murder
Charge Dashes from Room
While on the Stand
Hy Associated Pros.
CHICAGO, March DO. Leonard Leo
pold, co-defendant with Howard Nich
olas on the charge of murdering Mrs.
Margaret Leslie, an actress, today testi
fied in his own behalf. He dooied all
knowledge of the murder and left it to
Nicholas to explain the possession of
diamonds owned by Mrs. Leslie, which
wcro recovered as the result of a con
fession by Nicholas.
Leopold, when asked if he killed Mrs.
Leslie, replied:
"1 did uor."
"Did you ever bco her!"
At this Leopold suddenly sprang from
his seat in the witness chair and dashed
from tho room. liailiffs, lawyers and
spectators rushed nftur him. Ho had
gone but u short distance in the hall
when he fainted. It is not believed
that the rush from the room was an
attempt to escape, but due to n nervoii
collapse.
A
FELONY III TEKAS
Is Penitentiary Offense Play
Cards for a Prize and Go
to Jail Now
Hy Associated Press.
AUSTIN, Texas, March 20. Gover
nor Campbell today signed the bill mak
ing gambling n felony in Texas. The
bill provides a penitentiary offense for
nnv tierson convicted of gambling, a
jail sentence for any person owning a
building in which gambling devices are
kept and imprisonment for thirty days
for any person found guilty of playing
cards in a private house for a pri?,e.
William J. Bryan spoke tonight in the
hall of the house of representatives at
the invitation of the Texas legislature,
discussing national issues. Bryan spoke
at the University of Texas today, con
fining himself -to higher educational
matters.
COLUMBUS GRAFTERS
HELD TO GRAND JURY
Bv Associated Press.
"COLUMBUS, Ohio,-March 20. Fred
J. Immel, a former member of tho city
board of safety, and Attorney Franklin
Kubrecht, were bound over to the grnnd
jury today on charges of bribery. They
are charged with getting a graft of five
cents a bariel on cement furnished the
city by tho Alma Cement company of
Wellsville. Tho total amount of graft
is said to bo ft million and a half. Wlion
arraigned in the police court today they
waived hearing and wero bound over.
CALUMET & HEOLA IS
STILL UNDER INJUNCTION
Bv Associated Press.
'GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., March 20.
Judgo Knappen today continued until
April l.rj tho restraining order issued at
tho opening of litigation botween A. S.
Bigelow of Boston and tho Calumet &
llccla Mining company over stock which
the latter company purchased in the
Osceola mine.
Cornmcal for Chinose Relief
Bv Associated Press.
'OMAHA, Neb., March 20. Captain
Hacker of tho sustonance department
of the nriny, connected with the De
partpient of Missouri at Omaha, ha')
beon notified that ho has been appointed
purchasing agent of tho Red Cross soci
ety for tho Chinese famine work. hs
was authorized to purchase 3,740,000
pounds of eornmcnl for immedinto ship
ment to China.
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W
TRIES TO FORGE
FIVE TO RE
Schmitz Attempting to Prevent
Supervisors from Revoking
Purchased Franchises.
CHIEF BRIBE GIVERS
TO PEN, SAYS SPRECKELS
All Identified with Prosecution
Carrying -Guns Attempt to
Rescue Ruef by Force Is Not
Entirely Unexpected.
By Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., March 29.
No meeting of the grand jury was hold
today, pause being given in the bribery
graft investigations so far as oflicial
nctiou was concerned. Tomorrow the
grand jury expects to conclude, at least
temporarily, its investigations into the
alleged bribery of supervisors by the
Pacific States and Home companies.
It is the understanding that no more
indictments will be returned this week.
On Monday the grand jury expects to
resume the investigation of the alleged
bnberj of super visors in granting trol
.ley franchises to the United Railroads.
The trial of Ruef on the French restau
rant extortion cases is scheduled for
Tuesday. Should Heney desire to go
ahead with the bribery investigations,
the trial of Ruef may be again post
jKined. Trying to Forco Resignation
A sensational statement was given out
today by Burns and other members of
the prosecution that Mayor Schmitz -is
desperately trying to force the resig
nation of five supervisors so as to defeat
the alleged intention of tho supervis
orial board to revoke certain public ser
vice franchises which the prosecution
claims were secured by bribing the
board.
The board of supervisors is composed
of eighteen men, sixteen of whom (au
the personnel now stands) are in the
list of alleged confessers. One of these,
Sanderson, is absent for an indefinite
time. He is mortally ill. Two others,
Tvcitmoo and O'Neill, were appointed
long afte the" franchises were granted.
This situation leaves fifteen supervisors
aligned, or one more than is necessary
to override tho veto of the mayor.
The statement of the prosecution is
that fourteen of these are prepared to
revoke .certain franchises alluded to,
and the mayor, backed by the Corpora
tions which formally accepted them by
wholesale bribery, today began silently
campaigning to induce five of them to
resign in order that ho may appoint
five " dependable" iu their places, sr.
as to destroy the power of the board to
revoke the franchises.
Plenty Monoy to Prosecute
The mayor today refused to be inter
viewed on this subject, or any other
subject! Rudolph Spreckels, financial
guarantor of the prosecution, today
gave out a statement respecting ihe
fund of $100,000 which he guaranteed.
It was iiHtn this guarantee that the
bribery graft investigation commenced.
Spreckels said thus far less than half
as much has been expended and it has
been contributed by citizens of San
Fmncisco. He added: "The prosecu
tion will never be hampered by lack of
funds."
Spreckels said that the prosecution,
without reservation, expects to send nil
the chief bribe givers, high public, ser
vice corporation officials and others to
the penitentiary for the crimes charged
against them. He thought that the
investigations and prosecutions will ex
tend throughout the present year.
All Carry Guns
The statement that every person
openly identified with the prosecution is
carrying a revolver conceal.ed about
him, that several of tlio more prominent
tire employing a body guard and that
an attempt to rescue Ruef by force is
not unlocked for was made today by
one of the chief investigators. It was
also said and later confirmed that Elisor
Biggy has given orders to Rucf's seven
guards to "Shoot Ruef first, pthcrs af
terwards," if an attempt to rescuo the
indicted boss by armed forco is made
The owners of tho Fillmore street
house to which Ruef has been removed
threaten a civil suit against tho lessee
of tho dwelling on the ground that he
allowed it to be turned into a prison.
Tho district attorney's oflice has ad
vised Elisor Biggy to "stand pat."
NOT (ET FOUND
Supposed Abductors Threaten
to Kill Teacher Who Heard
Conversation
By Associated Press.
'DOVER, Del., March 29. Tiro report
that Horaco W. Marvin Jr., tho kid
naped boy, had been found in tho woods
near tho home of his father at Kitts
hammock has upon investigation been
found to bo incorrect.
Tho report probably gained circula
tion owing to the fact that the school-
KIDNAPED BOY
house near the Marvin home was broken
into Inst night and, "practically torn in
side out by unknown persons. This is
tho school at which Lucy Killion, tho
young woman who was held up Tuesday
night by two men, is the teacher.
Pinned to the blackboard in the
schoolroom was a - note which bore a
skull and crossboues and which read:
"Boware, you toid."
When Miss Killien came upon tho
two men they were talking about the
kidnaping of the ftlnrvin child. They
drew revolvers and threatened to kill
the girl if she broithed to any person
tho conversation sUS had overheard.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC IS
SUED mAY GOVERNMENT
Bv Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., March 29.
The government began today in tho
United States district court twonty-ono
suits against tho Southern Pacific com
pany, alleging that tho company has re
peatedly broken the Inw regarding the
number of hours which cnttle being
shipped by rail can be kept without
food, water or rest.
Over Falls to Death
Bv Associated Press.
'NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y., March 20.
An unknown' woman jumped to death
over the brink o the American falls
from Prospect Park late today.
Fanner Burns Beats Parr
By Associated Press.
' OMAHA, Neb., March 29. Farmer
Bums defeated Jim Parr, tho English
wiestling champion tonight at cutch-as-cntch-can,
winning the second and third
falls in fifteen anil one half and thir
teen minutes respectively. Parr took
the first fall iu thirty-six minutes.
GLOBE DISTRICT
Says Globe Has Been a Neg
lected Camp Take Over
Inspiration April 22
J. Parke Channing, consulting engin
eer of the Lewisohn syndicate, which re
cently took an option on tho Inspiration
mine at a consideration of over $-3,000,-000,
leaves this morning, accompanied
by Waltor Harvey Weed of New York
and George W, Wallacp of Detroit,
Mich. Mr. Weed is one of the foremost
geologists of .the country and Mr. Wal
lace is identified with the iron and steel
industry.
Mr. Channing, who has become fam
ous throughout the country through his
knowledge of mines and mining meth
ods, when seen by a Silver Belt repre
sentative last evening at the Dominion
hotel was somewhat reticent regarding
tho Inspiration deal, which was engin
eered by himself.
"The Inspiration mine," he said,
"has not yet been taken over by us
and will not be until April 22, the date
set in the contract. Until that time
.work at the mino will be prosecuted by
Mr. Coplen. Good headway is being
made in tho driving of two tunnels nt
the Inspiration.
"As to tho properties which I took
under bond last November adjoining the
Inspiration, can say that tho work
under Mr. Alsdorf has been vigorously
pushed and that it will be continued.
The shafts on the Captain and Red
Springs claims are 200 feet deop and
di if ting has begun from the bottom of
both."
However reticent he was in matters
which he considered not of a public na
ture at this time, "Mr. Channing was
extremely lnudatory regarding Globe
and its principal industry.
"Globe strangely enough," he said,
"has been neglected to a considerable
extent and the district is just beginning
to come into its own. There is no ques
tion that the Globe district is one of the
greatest in the country. The recent
strike iu tho Old Dominion mino shows
that to a great cxtont, but it is to the
puzzling geological conditions of 'the
district largely that the past neglect by
the big copper interests is principally
due.
"The ore body on the lth level of
the Old Dominion would bo considered
a strike of vast importance in any cop-'
per district in the country and Globo
people have a right to become enthused
over it. It is not so much the size of
tho oro body, but its richness through
out, that makes it such an important
one aril it is roally tho finest thing
which could happen to the district gen
erally." Mv. Channing, in company with
Messrs. Weed, Wallace, Wright and Als
dorf, paid a visit to the Old Dominion
yesterday and went underground.
Mossrs.- Channing, Weed and Wallace
will go to Kelvin this morning, where
they will visit the Copper Buttos mine,
in which Mr. "Wallace is interested.
Mr. Channing expects to return here
within a few months.
Ico Trust Fined
By Associated Press.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 20. C. M.
Kainard, manager of- the Crystal Tee
company, and William F. Holly of tho
Frankliu Ico company, recently found
guilty of ontering into a conspiracy iii
lestrnint of trade in fixing tho price of
ico, were enc.h fined a thonsand dollars
todav.
COLORADO TO FUND
DEBT OF THREE YEARS AGO
By Associated Press.
DENVER, Coio., March 29. The bill
to fund the debt incurred by tho state
through operations of tho state militia
during tho striko of tho coal and metal
liferous minors throe years ago reachod
its final passage in the legislature today?
FEDERAL AID TO
SETTLE DISPUTE
Government Officials Will at a
Conference Today Try to
Avert Impending Strike,
BOTH SIDES REFUSE TO
MAKE ANY CONCESSIONS
Otherwise Will Do Everything
Possible to Assist in Bring
ing About Settlement
Meet This Morning,
By Associated Press.
CHICAGO, March 29, Whether or
not there is to be a strike of the em
ployees of the train service of western
railroads depends upon the meotiug to
be held here tomorrow morning botween
two government officials and representa
tives of the unions and railroads. The
meeting was brought about by the gen
eral managers of tho railroads, who up
pealed to Washington for a settlement
of the dilliculty finder the terms pro
vided iu tho Erdmunn act. The govern
ment will be represented by Martin A.
Knapp, chairman of tho interstate com
merce commission, and. Charles P. Noill,
commissioner of labor, while O. R.,
Brown, chairman of tho board of man
agers, will be spokesman for the rail
roads and Grand Chief P. H. Morrissoy,
of the Railway Trainmen's union, and
Chief Conductor A. B. Garrison of the
conductors' organization, will look after
the men's interests.
- Will Help to Adjust
Before leaving Washington today for
Chicago ou the mission to bring about
an adjustment of tlie trouble, Knapp
and Neil) had the assurance of both
opposing interests that everything pos
sible would be done to prevent a strike.
The same stumbling block that prevent
ed the railroads and men from reaching
a pen cea 1)1 o settlement still remains,
however. The railroads declare that
they Ijave conceded everything they
po-tsibly can and the union representa
tives are just as emphatic in their dec
larations that further concessions will
have to be made by tho former or to
morrow's meeting will be a failure so
far as preventing a strike is concerned.
Both sides held separate meetings to
day, but nothing now developed, as it
was generally the sontiment among tho
representatives of the men that nothing
should be done until tho government
representatives had an opportunity to
try to sottle the trouble by mediation.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire
men are still trying to settle their dif
ferences. Look for Settlement
DENVER, Colo., March 29. Officials
or the Colorado Manufacturers associa
tion and the Denver Chamber1 of Com
merce received telegrams from Chicago
tonight expressing the belief that an
amicable settlement of difficulties be
tween the employees of the western
railroads and the goneral managers as
sociation will be had. The telegrams
were iu response to appeals addressed
to the manufacturers association to use
every influence to prevent a general
strike.
A
Bitter Fight Over Mayoralty,
Hearst Papers Being Dunne's
Only Support
Bv Associated Press. .
'CHICAGO, March 29. Chicago is ex
periencing one of the bittorest mayor
alty campaigns in tho history of the
city. Mayor Edward F. Dunno is the
Democratic' candidate, while tho Repub
licans are seoking to elect Fred A.
Busse, tho postmaster of Chicago. At
tlie beginning of the campaign street
railway ordinances were the issue, but
such a bitter personal fight developed
that the real issue has been almost lost
sight of. Every newspaper in the city,
both morning and afternoon, with the
exception of two, are supporting Post
master Busse and tho traction ordin
ances recently passed by tho city coun
cil over Dunne's veto.
The interests of Dunne are being
looked after by tho two nowspapers of
W. R. Hearst and the voters are being
treated to some choice political argu
ments. Ancient history, somo of it
said to bo tmo and a great' deal o it
declared to bo false, is being rpsurrqeted
and as tho result one libel suit involv
ing i!2,i)00,000 has been started and
inanv more threatened.
Bomb Kills Two
By Associated Press.
CONSTANTINOPLE. March 30.-
Thore was a bomb oxplosion in the Pera
quarter of this city today. Boyond tho
fact that two men wero killed no deaths
have as yet been roported.
DYNAMITE EXPLOSION
FATAL TO FIFTY:FOUR
By Associated Press.
.-JOHANNESBURG. TransVaal. March
,29. Four white men and fifty nktive
n
were instantly killed and threo whites
and sixteen natives injured by an un
expected explosion last night of two
cases of dynamite at tho Dreyfontain
mine. One of tho white men killed was
an American named William Harvey. A
native tampered with the dynamite,
causing the explosion.
PREVENT STRIKERS FROM
COMMITTING ARSON
By Associated Press.
GENEVA, Switzerland, March 29.
Workers in various lines who wont out
in sympathy with strikers in the choco
lato factory at Vovoy, continue to at
tack non-strikers and forco them to
coaso work. Troops today prevented an
attempt to burn tho offices of the Steam
Navigation company here.
OARSON CITY ORGANIZES
BOARD OF PROTECTION
By Associated Press.
OARSON, Nov., March 29. Citizens
and business men of Carson City held
a meeting today and organized a board
of trado for the protection of mutual
interests and to actively co-operato with
merchants and business men of Gold
field and other places for tho mainten
ance of law and order and to settle nil
existing labor troubles.
STILL TOTING TO
STOP IM06LIO
Report that Costa Rica Recog
nizes Provisional Govern
ment in Honduras
By Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, March 29. Active
tolegraphic correspondence has been in
progress between Washington officials
and diplomatic representatives of Cen
tral America and Mexico for tho past
forty-eight hours relative to the Cen
tra! Americnu imbroglio, but becauso
decisive results have not yet been
reached no statement for publication
giving details of the negotiations could
be obtained.
Captain Fullam, commander of the
gunboat Marietta, reported by cable
from Cortcz that everything was quiet
ou the north coast of Honduras and
that ho was sending a long report by
mail telling what be had done under
his instructions to protect American in
terests and incidentally to mitigate the
severities of warfare as far as he could
without violating the rules of neutral
ity. The news that Costa Rica had rec
ognized tho provisional government of
Honduras lacked oflicial confirmation
up to tho closo of the day and was ac
cepted with reserve.
At least sixty days will be required
for the election of a president by the
provisional government in Honduras
and the establishment of the adminis
tration on such basis that can command
tho general recognition of the world
powers.
SHIPBUILDERS REFUSE
TO WORK WITH FLY COPS
By Associated Press.
"LORAIN, Ohio, March 20. Because
tho Amoricnn Shipbuilding company
employed as strikebreakers private, de
tectives, all the men remaining at work
at the yards here walked out today.
Six hundred wero out before, making
1,000 men now on strike.
The company has now only forty
strikebreakers, detectives remaining iu
tho yards, and tho plant is completely
tied up. The company, it is declared
by strikers, tried to put in more strike
breakers last night, but tho strikers met
them at the railway station and turned
them back to Buffalo, whence thoy
came.
FIRE DESTROYS ENTIRE
SOUTH CAROLINA TOWN
Bv Associated Press.
'NEWBERRY, S. C, March 29. Fire
today swept both the business and resi
lience sections of Newberry, causing n
loss that may reach a half a million.
Two hours after tho firo broke out the
entire city watet suply was exhausted
and tho town left practically at the
inercy of tho flames.
Brewers Walk Out Because De
mands for Increased Wages
Are Refused
By Associated Press.
ST. LOUIS, Mo., March 29. Brewery
workers to tho number of 850, said to
involve the workers from overy brewery
in $t.. Louis, wont on a strike this af
ternoon" for increases in wages ranging
from j5 to 00 por cent. Tho strike is in
accordance with a decision reached last
niht when a conference was held with
tho boss brewers of tho city.
The brewery workers, it is said, wero
offered a general increaso of 5 por cent
BEER MAKERS IN
ST. LOUIS QUIT
in response to their demands, but de
clined to accopt it.
A similar strike took place this af
ternoon at East St. Louis, when forty
mon walked out, affecting tho local
brawefiSs.
.4' ' i
INVESTIGATING
GOLTON WRECK
Coroner's Jury Hears Testi
mony of Switchmen and to
Conclude Hearing Today." .
CREW DID NOT KNOW
WHEN TRAIN WAS DUE
Six of the Injured in Precarious
Condition and Will Probably
Die Section Boss Dies from
Witnessing the Wreck,
By Associated Press.
COLTON, Cal., March 29. The ros
tor of those who met death in tho wreck
of the Sunset Express, which occurred
yesterdaj' afternoon in the Southern Pa
cific yards, was completed tonight and
search for additional bodies supposed to
be buried under the demolished cars has
beon abandoned.
The corrected list of dead, including
two men who died last night, numbers
twenty-two. Eighteen were Italians,
nearly ail of whom were immigrants .on "
their way to San Francisco. The others
were:
ALBERT S. SHIE, mail clerk of Los
Angeles.
GEOROE L. SILVRPE of Muncie,
Ind.
II. I. WALTERS of Sacramento, Cal.
PATRICK EGAN, Southern Pacific
section foreman, residence believed to
be at Colton. Egan, who died this even
ing, is not bolieved to have been on -board
tire wrecked Overland. Ho was
found unconscious near tho scene of the
disaster and taken to Los Angeles. His '
death is believed to bo due to an epi
leptic fit induced by witnessing the acci
dent. Moro Will Die
' Fully a half dozen of the injured are
tonight reported in condition so pre
carious that death is but a matter of
hours. With but four exceptions all the
injured have been removed to Los An
geles or have proceeded on their jour
neys. A great many of those who sus
tained minor injuries and left Colton
on relief trains were able -to proceed o
hotels after reaching Los Angeles. The
investigation which is to fix tho blame
for tho disaster will probably bo com
pleted tomorrow night when the inquest
commenced this afternoon by Coroner
. an Wie will be finished. Trainmen who
testified this afterpoon one after an
other disclaimed actual responsibility,
each affirming that somo rule of the
company, violated by another, was the
cause of the wreck.
Inquest Ends Today
Responsibility for the act will not bo
officially determined until tomorrow
evening, when tho coroner's inquest,
which begun today, is concluded. An
adjournment was taken iu order that
depositions of tho injured engineer and
fireman of the Overland can b esecured.
The witnesses examined numbered a
half dozen, including thctswitching crew
which has been blamed for the accident.
The testimony deemed of most impor
tance was relating to the experience of
tho men who composed the crew. It
was admitted that one had been at work
two days; tho service of the second
had been of two weeks duration; tho
third had been employed three weeks.
One, tho fireman of the switch engine1,
had never read tho rules of tho yard.
Crew Foreman Testifies
L. E. Alvord, foreman of the crew, . .
testified that he had been notified at
5 o'clock in the morning that the Over
land was eight hours late and that he
received no subsequent notification ef -its
whereabouts. Other members of the
crew received tho information concern--iug
tho Overland through Alvord. Fur
ther than this, each man testified that
up to the moment of its appearance
thoy believed that the Overland had
gone through. During the taking of -the
testimony tho rules of the yard were
extensively quoted. It was declared
that Engineer Warmington of tho Pyer
land violated one of tho regulations' by
entering tho yards at n rato of speedf .
variously described as from thirty to .
fifty miles an hour, when tho train
should have been under complete con-'
trol. ' ' "
Left Switch Open
Immediate responsibility for tho 6pen
switch was assumed by Grucssmeyer, ,
ono of the switchmen, who admitted
that he had left tho switch open after' "
tho ongino left the main lino. He after-"
ward vainly attempted to flag the fast
coming overland. Gruessmeyer has
beon working in the yards only since .
February 12 last, but displayod more
familiarity with the rules than other
members of tho crew. He assorted that
they should have been notified when tho
Overland was oxpected.
TORNADO SWEEPS OVER
THREE TEXAS TOWNS;;
By Associated Press.
FORT WORTH, Texas, March- 29.r
Meager details reached hero today: of
a tornado which passed over Cook coun
ty last night. A small child was killed
by flying wreckage. The tornado passed
from southwest to northeast, caueipg
much damago at Midway, Muensler and
Myra.
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The Weather , .
WASHINGTON, March 29. Forecast
for Arizona: Fair Saturday and Sun
day. ' ' &
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