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NNffMMM bjul-uuuvivivimbj fiMrfawiMiiiritlfcidfiilMitf """" -' !rtgWi"r)i.''V'jJ! ff R AMtWitMill irlHIIl)l"8H!-l1")J iwiilBMBUg -wwfBSftyr' I H tf THE MARION DAILY MIRROR Wani -alii the News? Get by reading carefully tho Columns of tho ' The Daily Mirror Anything to Soil? Do It through tho Classified n Columa of The Daily Mirror Iff ; : .VOLUME XX NUMBER 191. MARION, OHIO, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1912. PRICE TWO CENTS s A MI DISASTE SPRING, WE GREET THEE v NEAR M'ALESTER. OF LABOR ri MBjIHWIDM A TRAGIC TALE OF POVERTY . s f If s. r a i la Which Nine lives are Reported lost Many Trapped Were Rescu edEntire Works Damaged. McAlestor, Okla,, Feb. 23. Eight minora wore killed oinrlght nnU ono la missing as a result of tho fire which broko out In Mlno No. 5 of tlio West ern Coal & Mining company nt iLo 1ilgh, near here. Ono hundred and seventy men wero 1n the mlno whon tho Jlro broko out at noon yesterday, nil but ten escaped, Eight 'bodies hud been recovered this pmrnlng and ono man rescued allx'i Tho Lehigh Is knJwn ns ono of tho dryest nnd hottest iil tho l(ite. Tho lire la said to havo been stoked by iprlnkllng tho dust "xyitli oil. It Is still raging nnd thero wio-iira but slight hopo of rescuing tho ono man still tmlsslng. Hcscuo .parties wore unablo lo penctrato fur Into tho work ings today on account of tho Haines nnd unless tho miner ,1s soon found :lio will 'bo abandoned 1o his fato and tho mlno scaled. The ten men caught wero In a new pnrt of tho mlno and did not know tho way out. W. T. Burgess, superintendent of ho government mlno rescue station hero nn'd a corps of assistants with oxygen helmets, worked 1n tho mlno throughout tho night nnd abandoned tho (nnlner workings only when tho flames drove them out. (McAle.stcr, Okla., Feb. 23 Tho stnto mlno Inspector hero todny declared tho doa'th list ns a result of tho .mlno disaster at rtohlgh, Okla., would not evcocd nine. Eight bodies havo .boon recovered and hut ono yet remains in tho mine. Tho others trapped In tho mlno were rescued alive. Flro iproko out In Mlno No. J of tho Mlchltn IMlnlng company, t noon yesterday. "Within a short tlmo it Was .beyond control and this morning was still niglng. It la not believed any of tho imen'stlU In tho mlno can ho nllve. Cons'orx'utlvo estimates phico tho number of men etlll In tho mlno at IB, although s&rno officials ''doelura -thoro may bo 3C. Such confusion Ox-Ists.'thnt-tlio mlno bosses havo not boon nbloto mako a complete check of tho men missing. "Moro than 100 men wore In tho mlno whon tho 'flro hroko out. A young Mexican boy nnd Chester Cnld wpll, a miner, saved a scoro of Hvoh by rushing through tho various naw ngefl and spreading tho alarm. Tho miners thus warned escaped. Tho government mlno rescue crew from McAlestor went to tho scone, and a negro was tho tlrst man (found allvo nfter an exploring party ontored tho mine. In tho samo room, however, tho seven dead woro found. Six men believed to bo xleudl rovlvcd whon theyrenchod tho outer air. Tho roscuo work was badly hamper d by tho families ot tho ontrwppod minora gathering about tho entrance. It Is hoped tho dead will ,bo nil recov ered toduy. It la believed tho entire Inner work ings of itbe mlno will bo dnmogod. For the New Constitution , Now Have Agreed on a Program, 51 to One. Columbus, 0., Feb. 23.-In a public Btutcment todny. President Illgelow that tho' Initiative und referendum plank agreed to at the Initiative nnd referendum caucus last night, and which will bo supportod by n mnj. orlty of all tho delegates, Is "a vast improvement over tho Initiative und referendum provisions of any state of tho union." 'On a percentage of petitions higher than in any othor state," continues Ills, statement, "a proposed law may be put upon tho ballot without first being' presented to tho legislature Uuti on n lower percentage than In inv other state u proposed law may bo first presented to tho legislature nnd then referred to tho people If tho iclslaturo 'fdlls or refuses to pass It, This iplan encourages tho uso of tho Indirect or leglslatlvo Inltlatlvo' au vocatcd by Thedoro Itoosovelt. "Tho plan agreed to by tho frends of tho Inltlatlvo nnd referendum has, met with their enthusiastic endorse ment and will bo ncceptnblo to nil ad vocates of direct legislation. "It is absolutely defensible nnd ar gument proof. It will bo adopted by tho convention without change, nnd tho peoplo of Ohio will oudorso it by nn overwhelming majority. "in tho famous caucus lnat night, out of which tho friends ot tho inl tlatlvo und referendum camo a united bond, tho victory of tho people was at last nchlovod, Our eyes have al ready seen tho glory of tho triumph of our .cause tho cnuso of all tho poo Continued cm Pe This), MANAGERS OF I. AND!PIM OPPONENTS OF MONEY TRUST Will Endeavor to Force a Real Investigation by Congress. Washington, Feb. 23 Anigcrod over tho announcement of tho merger of tho Mnnnattnn nnd Hankers' Trust companies in Nexv Yorlf, and tflio In timation that this was tho forerunner of a general merger of thoso two Morgan-controlled flnhnoint Institutions with tho Guaranty Trust (company, opponents of tho "money trusV' do clarod thoy will force a "real Investi gation" by congross. They Inslfttod that tho morgor shows that tho grunt financial interests nro satisfied with tho action of tho house caucus in dele gating tho monoy trust Investigation to tho regular houso comniltteo in stead of to a special committee. According to Representative Nor rh?, Hnpubllcan, Nobrnskn, tho Repub lican and Democratic Progressives ol tho house plain to (combine and thus forco tho adoption of tho Honry reso lution turned down nt the recent Dem ocratic caucus. Progressive loaders, headed by Norrls nnd 'Donroot, ltopub llcnn, Wisconsin, hold conferences to day to decido on a ijnan ot cnmpnlgn. Thoy then (began overtures to tho Democrats Who supported tho orig inal Uonry resolution for tho special committee. If thoy can got enough Democrats to securo succom, Ilonrj's resolution will bo 'dtijj up, re-offered, and a lec ord A'oto ktomnudod. "Tho rcsil roprosontntlves of tho peoplo .will mako a fight for a real investigation," said 'Norrls, today. "Onco more. Wall streot, with threiit and inducement, 1ius Invaded tho cap. 4tol and warded off tho Justice de manded by tho people. Onto more, tho grim, time-worn spcclro ot finan cial panic has been dragged from its Wall street closet anil with tho Wall streot IntcroFtH pulling tho strings, ha dangled its fettrsomo form .against tho s'tandput Democrats. of this house, "Foniful ot tho awful (powers of Wall streot. pnnlc-strlckim. at the threat of a iposalblo financial panic bo foro olectlon, and shuddering at tho proapect of closing tho ipurso titrlngs or thoso who (build up campaign fuivdn tho Democratic leaders sought tlio uheltcr tf tho secret cnueus. Thoro they battered down tho OG Dom,o cruts who woro convinced of tho neces sity of n teal investigation ot thoculi coutnitlon of tho monoy ipowor and brought forth a resolution a sop to tlvo domends ef the people for justlco from tho greatest trust of nil pro posing Hint tho ibankiug nntJ currency cominlttoo investigate tho Indefinite, oluslvo thing thoy called 'financial con dition.' "Up In AVnll street, th'e big money Interests lay 'back nnd laughed nt tholr success In vowing .tho represon-J tattves ot tho ipecac. And within a week J, P. .Morgan, tlito czar of Wall streot, In flno Irony, recognled tho nt tltudo of congress when 'ho quietly morged two of his money subsidiaries, tho Hankers Trust company and tho Mnnhattan Trust company, lrtto a slnglo gigantic corporation, contrail In? nearly, jaOO.OOO.OOO of depoHltora" money. Then ho let U bo known thnt soon tho two greatest llnoncral InstU tutlons of ,tho street this jiw Bank ors' Trust company, and tho auaranty Trust company will bo merged. This makes It aulto plain that tlio Demo cratic caucus action was satisfactory to Wall streot, "Now is Hho tlmo for tho real rep resentatives ot tho peoplo 1n tho hoilso to got together nnU mako a real fight for a thorough probo of tho monoy trust." Tho nverago Hfo of an elephant is one century, whllo a rabbit lives sev en years nnd a cow fifteen. Philisophical Phelix. J $Ki OLD p. )7'ly Pfo be Ho-r i WllVTHRIt tFOU OHIO. Vnv mid wanner tonights Saturday lutTctiHliig oloudluei) ami wanner with probably iiiln In afternoon or nltjlit. ft', vt NIAYUR SEIOEL TO M AGAIN For Mayor of Milwaukee. Socialist Rule of That City Has Been a Success. JIilVauHec Wis., (Fob. 23. "Tho first Socialist administration of Mll wnukoo has beon a docldod success, nnd wo baso our damaud for ro-oloo-tlon uiiou u rovlow of our rcoord nnd upon our ipraposltlon to Iiwtltuto city ownership of all rovonuo-iboarlng pub lic utilities." Mayor Emll Boldel, whoso cnndMacy for To-olerttlon has Just beon an nounced, In this statement today ad mitted 4io based Ills Htrongiwt hopo mpon tho municipal ownership plank in his platifonm. "Wo aro going to carry on our light for munlolipnl ownership of publlo utilities and win It, too." nld tho for. mer pattern maker, who left his work shop nearJy two yours ago to take tho mayor's ohair. "Profits t rovonuo- boarlng u'tllitlos whloh now (go to till tho coffers ot tho iprivllogod wealth, will then bo poured .into tho city treas ury, to ibo usod in holvlng tho iprobloms of municipal life. "It Is noticeable," ho oonthvued, "that municipal aotlvltloa which aro non-rovonuo-bearlng aro loft to tho ovorago American city to perform. All ravonuo-tboariiig son'loo Is controllod by tho monopolies 'by moans of ifrun- chlso gmnts."' , Quoting from tho party idatforni, tlo mayor outlindJ in brief tho achievements of tho post (administra tion which 'ho claimed would forco tho average honest voter to return tho Soolnllsts to offlco. "In spllo of tho oiiwisltlon of old party politicians In tho council. In tl stato legislature andvon the tuurts, tho administration ihas built tho ilwt public lavatory In tho city. l on- structlng nn olectrlc lightlm, i '1 nt, ac- nitlrlng a municipal wtone. iiuiury; building a municipal arospl'tai l" a oons,oiduted lira and poiue at ivm fy turns I'stablbthlng a city tolenii'""' ser Conlliiiiwl on Pago Vhc. Straw flats -and linen Dusters Now in Vogue. Switch of Current Oc casioned Probably By Earthquake id .Aleutian Islands. Washington, Fob. sa.Slmw hats and linen dusters aro bolinr worn In Alaska during tho mlldok iwlmter on record because tho Japan current has tiuuacauntably swltuhsd k toward tho Arctic territory. This romarknblo condition, which It Is said, may mako AlnsHa a winter resort, was reported today to QoA'ornoE Clark, of Alaska, by tho navy hydio grnphie office. "Our In"estIgntIona Indicate tho AlauKnn ellmnte Is oomplatoly ehang od, iposrtbly forever," said Captain Harry S. Knaipp, chlof hydrogrnphor, todby. "Wo 'now think tho warm water of tho Japanese ourront ha,H boon divert ed to Alaska, causing tho unprece dented warm weather. Wo think It posfil'blo that 'the change rwlll lio por mnnont. A thorough JnvoaUgntlon Is bolng mndo, reports being recel"ed by exports in Alaska and 900011 naviga tors" Governor Clark was told today that rocont eaithquukefl in .th Aleutian Islande, rniay havo cnusijd tho Japanese ourront to trlko Alaskb,, . "For tho tlrst tlmo 1n -Alaska his tory, no snow has faIlQpln.,tjho bouth orn portion elnco OhrJsjmhs," said Oovernor Clark. "All along tho const thoro has never boon sucfli' a warm season, Uxon in Dawson traw huts havo 'boon worn." Women'H fhitTruRlstri, I4idon, Fob .':).- Toii'ithijusand nr dont advocates of womoiw suffrngo will paok Jtoynl Albert jfhaU tonight for tho formal rvponlng 'Qf their win ter canip.ilgu L.loj'd-aoorgo, chan cellor C the ex'hequer. will ho tho chlof opeUker, ami tho womon haxe assured him tint thero would bt n rough-liouso at tho mooting. Wilson Led But 1 he In dependents Forced a Compromise and He and Clark Each Get Ten Delegates. Oklahoma City. Fob. 23. Tho Okla homa Democratic stato convention curly today adopted me report or "Al falfa THU" .Murrnv, tho Wilson floor leader, pledging ten of tho stnto'n del egates to tho national convention nt H.iltlmoro for Wilson and ten for Champ Clark. Tho amendment to tho compromise resolution providing for tho oudorseiuoiit of Clark was lost by a voto or 314 to 2S0. Tho convon tlon then adjourned until 10 o'clock this morning. Whon tho compromise was neooptod tho Wilson vnion woro controlling tho eonvontlon by tho nominal majority or 30 x-otoK, but forced tho compro mise In fear that tho tables x"ouId bo suddenly turned again. Tho .light on tho selection of a na tional committeeman was taken ui.j xx'hon tho convention reconvened nt 10 o'clock, Tho light throughout tho conx'ontlon xx-as apoctnoulur. Judfio Thomas Doylo, an ax'owod Harmon supporter, xx as chosen temporary chairman. In tlio preliminary skirmishes tho Har mon nnd Clark forces combined, but, with th plodgod Wilson delegate!, tho unlnstructed delcgatos still hold the balance of poxx'or. "Alfalfa Tllll" Murray, floor lender for tho Wilson foreos, xvorkod tire lessly throughout tho night ondoax'or ing to muster a majorfty. It Is bo- Clark nor Wilson dould gain any on- tional icommtttoman. Ho Is not com mlttod on tho 'presUlontlol Isetio. Oklahoma City, Okla., Fob. 23. AVhon daxvn broko today in ono of tho hottest lights over soon In Oklahoma, 'tho Democratic stato convention xxas still dood-lookod on tho question as to xvhothor tho etnto's dolegatos to tho national eonvontlon should bo pledged to Qovern&r Wilson of Nexv Jorsev or Champ Clark of Missouri. All efforts to compromise on a wpllt (delegation had failed Tho 190 unlmttruetod del egates from 'tho county eonvontlon still hold tlio .balnnco of poxvor and swung tlrst ono way and thou (the othor In such a manner that neither t'lark nor Wilson ould iganl any np preciotlvo adx'antago. At 2 o'clock this morning Oo-ornor lYuco was called upon for a upoech .xiul In an attempt -to bring tho 0011 xe'itlon to soino (decision ndxaneed tho nanio of Governor Mawhatl of In diana Ho (pleaded ithat f o convon non end tho fight hotxx en Wilson Continued on lngo Mu-cc. Mi A ROOSEVELT .Compared by Our Columbus . Correspondent a Noted Railway Case. ColumbiM, O., Feb. 23. "nig 'busi ness usually shudders when I make the statement," said ex-President Iloose velt In the course of hi superfluously platitudinous speech bpforo tho con stitutional convention Wei:ncdny. The comment xx-ns maUo after he uttered omo hnrah genernlHIoiiconcernlng big coiiponitions and their ivthod)i ot fleecing tho pooplc. It Is xery ixxell for Mr. Itoosexolt to toH nbout dealing xvlth "big buslnenn" In n xx'ny that Is popular, but let us see tho real Hooscvelt xx-hon dealing xxJth it laxv-bronklng corporation. fllnrk in 130(1, Mr. Itoosovelt while president Hppolntod Judson Harmon, now govornor of Ohio, and Frederick W. .UidfKu, to Investigate tho charges of ribntlng ngulnst the Atchlsom To peka & Snnta Fo rallwuy They 'traced "tho robatlng to tho door of I'aul Mor ton, nn official of tho company, but fct the time of tho Investigation, a muinber ot ProaMont Itoonevelt's cnb luet. "OuIIt Is iiorsonal," ild Judson Harmon to President Hoosevolt, and ho was for prosecuting tho guilty par ties. "Guilt la Imporsonnl," In offect said UooscA'olt. "Punish guilty officials," wild Hnr mon. "So. IPunloh tho conporntlons," said lloiwovolt. When they xxero not permitted to proceed iporsotially against officials of tho Atchison, Tupoka & Santa Fo iMiVway, Mr. Harmon and 'Mr. Judnon In a. lettor to Attomoy Oenoral iMoody, v'atod Juno 5, lUOr., retired (froin the ca. Tho folloxvlng is an oxtract from that letter. "What xve havo wild Is peculiarly truo of itho groat contor.v Huns ot our day. They can Jiot be Imprisoned!, and punishment by lino Is not only liiadetituitu but renelies tlie teal culprits only lightly; if at all. Tho lxIIh x Itli xx-hkh wo aro now t-onfroiit. ed aio oorporato In iMume, but Iiull xldual In fact. Guilt Is alwuys per boiuil Ho loiitf as officials can hide In hind 'their corporations no remedy .in lie effective. xVhen the govern- iiuiu searehes out thoullly men and makes cornorato wrong-Wolng menu jiei-sMiial ii'Uiilrlinieiit and dishonor tho l.uxs will bo obeyed." Is It plain mw xvhy the people in tho 11)10 camimlgn xvo Goxornor Harmon his blgot 'pluralltliw In the counties xvhere Mr. iltooeelt upoke'. Words alone do not win tho conlldence of the people. Action of tho right kind is necossary. And "Tuddy" wild "big buslneHw" shudUVrs nt his mandates. Well, It nny stool trust inugnate Jarred his physique when tlio cx-prewldent. dur ing his administration permitted the steel trust to take over practUully Its only competitor in the country the Tennessee. Coal & Iron loin.xiny. It wns rrom smtlos or satisfaction and not from whuddorlng. Kdltor AVarron G. Harding, who was dofoatiUl for Governor of Ohio by 100. oon .nlurallty In 1010. haa frequently slneo that rout referred to Governor Harmon as bolng a "trimmer. .Mr. Harding ought to know. It's the Usual Way. A mass mootliiK has boon nnnouncod for tho afternoon or tho 25th Instant, at 1 o'clock, and tho Van Wort county Progressive Democratic club will bo organized. Tho notices do not, cnrij Wo'rd or tho object ot tho organiza tion, but It Is undorstoou tnnt mo prin cipal slogan will rest in opposition to the presidential aspirations ot Gov ornor Harmon. Van Wort Cullotln. It icortolnly must strike tho uivorago roador of average Intelligence, that It Is a "decidedly quoor (proceeding that a Uopubllcan nowspapor of tho malig nant typo of tho "Bulletin should chose to moke an announcomonti for a Dom ocratlo organization, especially as no Democrats can bo found xx-.ho ore cog. ntzant of such a club or plans for Its formation. It will bo xvlo for all to look with sudplelon on such an an nouncement. Vnn Wort Timos. Tho Domocrntlc executlvo comniltteo r T.'nnv nnnntv has clx'on a ritrong 011- dorsomont of tho administration of Gov. Jlaraion and also ot his candi dncy for tho nomination for president Tho resolution ndoptod roads In ipart: "Tho Democratic executive committee of Knox oounty, Ohio, appreciating 'tho xvlso and economical aiaminlstrn tlon or Hon. Judson Harmon as gov- .rnnn r.f HhlO! JllS nntlrlllff OffOltS which have beon crowned with sue- cons In placing tho control aim mini, ngemont ot tho stato Institutions upon a 'business basis; tho socuring ot the ono per cent, tax law, resulting in placing tho burdens ot tantlon upon mil property in tho stnto upon an equitable basis; and In procuring the nniieiinent and enforcement or imoro ipi"agrossDx 0 legislation than has hoen accomplished uy any "" "'" In !i.hn Jitstorx' (of tho sta.o, do most heartily endorse his candidacy for tho nomination ns tho uemocruuc vuiuji dato for in Mdent of Me United States His (display of oxt optional executive uhllity us (governor of Ohio dwmon Contlnued on Vase l'he. In The Cotton Hills of Ihe South, Made Pub lic by the Government Bureau of Labor. Washington, Feb. 23. As sordid and tragic a tale of the poverty of labor nr xx as txer told In a government pub lication, was unfolded today In tho report of tho standard of living among southern cotton mill xvorkers, made public by the bureau of labor. Gov ernment Investigators selected txven-U-one typical southorn Icotton milt families and studied their Income and expenditures In dotnil for tho year l'JOS. In almost every case the condi tions xx-ero found: The father and two or three of tho nlder children nt work in the mill, t the total annual Incomo of the mmiiy breadwinner often less than 1 000 n venr. The nccount at the company store running steadily above the ramlly In come. At the end of the year a debt, xvhlch Is met by nn appeul to a loan shark. ro meet ths added demand or In terest and principal, for tho debt. nn. othor child Is sent to xvork, nnd so on ' until tho trspped family has sont all its child! en Into tho maw of tho mill." Then the report lecords shocklnc statistics of llsea nnd death dccl mntlng tho stunted, weukencd popu lation. 1 "In othor lndustrlos." says the re port, "the father may fool thnt he can nevo.r hopo for anything more for hltn sefl, but ho can at least plan nnd struggle for a hotter life for his chil dren. Hero the mill demnnds tho chil dren as xvolt ns the rnthers. Tlio co c.illed normnl fnmlly fnther, xvlth x.ifo and children dependent upon him for support Is not found among tho txventy-ono typical families studied. LarKo famlllos nro the rule, tho aver age of thoso studied being 8.G mem bers, Including boarders. Tho over age number of wage earners xx-as 3.C. "Cornbread, biscuit, pork nnd coffee fonn a largo part of tho diet of nil families. Pork inennn fat pork, salt ed, contnlnlng verv littlo lenn. Sa xvhoio xviih nny oxpendlturo noted for alcoholic liquors. "Over ulnoty-ono per, cent, of nil operatives llvo In company-owned houses, it is a common occurrence to find tho mother nnd small children evidently Insufficiently xvnrmod, hud died nlxmt u smnll fire In ono of tho rooms. "Measles, malailal fever. t3'nhold. pneumonia, skin diseases and tuborcu IomIs, aro piovulent. That tho peoplo r.ie not healthy Is shown by tho fact that every family studied xvns obliged i Ilhor to employ a doctor or buy med icines. The people prescribe for thc(r oxxu Ills, and are burdened xvlth patent Continued on Vaaii Tlireo. AUTHORITIES That the Eight Babies Which Died Under Sus- picious Circumstances Were Poisoned. Now York, Feb. 23. "With eight bublos dood slneo Sunday, ono (bellox-ed to bo dying, and hrea others very HI, tho polleo xx-ero unablo 'today to solx'o tho mysterious ipolsonlng of 'tho In font Inmatoa of tho (Brooklyn nursery and Infant 'hospital. Theiols no ques tion that nil xvoro ipoisoned but wheth er by nccldont or design has not been determined, Tho hotipltai authorities admitted this afternoon that tney have called alienists to examine Winifred Ankers, a serx'ant In the place. Under instruc tions from tho head nurses she bought oxalic acid on Fobruary 1'5 and sho says sho used It to sterlllzo the oper ating taiblo. She has been acting very etrongoly for somo tlmei the polleo ray tho nursos roportod thoy feared ho was becoming insane. Sho Is tho mother of a uluo-montha-old baby xvhlch da nn Inmnto of no hospital, but xvhlch has not 'been 111. Tho "hospital authorities aro now certain -that tho poflson xvas placod either directly In tho bottles from xvhlch tho children xvoro fed, or in tho 1lmo water sued to modify tho milk. Each of tho 30 babies in tho hospital had an inde pendent formula xvhloh xvas usod In preparing their food, but tho llmo xvutor all camo from tho eomo .bottlo. Now York, Fob. S:. Until tho re port of the chomlst examining tho con tents of tho stomachs of eight babies xvho died under mystorlous circum stances In tho Hrookyn Nursery and Infants hospital, Is complete, tho au thorities will take no further steps today In tho matter. While convinced that tho eight Infants xvho have died since Sunday xvoro polsoneu. and that oxalic acid mixed with tho milk xvoa the cause, the fact that meningitis might possibly havo been thu actual Continued, on rgo XIitm. CONVINCED ni i-fl V n i 1 1 m 1 ;(' ft I