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289 MINERS ARE KILLED IN ENGLISH DISASTER
HOME EDITION—ONE CENT
WEATHER
<%NE CENT IN CITY. ON TRAINS. FIVE CENTS.
PRATT MUST EXPLAIN TO CITY COUNCIL
FLAMES
BURN UP
VICTIMS
(By United Press Leased Wire) I
MANCHESTER, Eng.,
Doc. 21. —Two hundred and
eighty-ninee out of .'SOO min
ers working in the Little
Hulton company's mine near
Leigh, are believed to have
been killed in an explosior
and fire that has turned the
workings into a veritabh
blast furnace.
Eleven of those below the
surface of the earth when the
disaster occurred have been
rescued. The others were
trapped in the mine. Rescu
ers have brought out the
bodies of 20 charred and
mangled men. Since these
bodies were found close to
the mouth of the main en
trance, it is believed all the
other miners must have per
ished.
SHEETS OF FLAME.
The flames apparently spread to
all parts of the mine, and the heat
thrown Ottt from the main entrance
was so intense that those who
rushed to the rescue when the ex
plosion occurred were forced to fall
back. They fell back just as H
burst of flames shot from the shaft.
Although every effort was made to
smother the fire, little could be
done and it was many minutes be
fore the rescuers could again ap
proach the main shaft. After a
time the flames ceased pouring out
of its mouth nnd the rescuers at
tempted to enter the shaft, only to
find that the Inner workings were
burning fiercely and that the intol
erable heat and the fumes of dead
ly gases prevented any rescue
work. The explosion jammed the
cages in the shafts and interfered
With the Ventilation apparatus.
WOMEN FAINT.
With the first news of the acci
dent friends and relatives of tho
men employed In the mine rushed
to the scone. When the flumes
poured fro mthe main shaft many
women fainted and wore carried
away. Hundreds of men and
women crowded around the pit
mouth.
When tho fire had receded far
enough to permit of an attempt, a
small rescue party entered the
shafts. Not far from the entrance
the bodies of 20 men wore discov
ered.
ODO YOU O
; KNOW i
That the Cliff House is the old
est hotel in Spokane—that Is, of
the hotels in the original buildings
In which they were started?
That the first mining property In
the l.oon Lake mining district was
discovered by two small boys who
were out hunting grouse? They
brought back samples of the sur
face rock, and tho search for tho
vein resulted In the discovery of
the Kemp Komar mine.
Jkiat practically all of the plaster
'JBflkm Spokane buildings comes
from the states of Oregon, Mon
tana, lUah or Wyoming and that
much of tho best cement is shipped
in from Alberta, Canada, which
boasts some of tlie finest mines and
kilns on the continent?
That for Its size, Spoakne has
more hotels and rooming houses
than any other city in the north
west, and that In Bptte of this fact
they are always occupied and new
ones are being built constantly to
supply the ever-iccreaslng demand?
TWO HENS WORTH $22,000.
PHILADELPHIA, Deo. 21—Two
of the finest hens In the country,
in charge of two attendants, are
on exhibition at Philadelphia. They
are owued In Factoryville, Pa.
The mother hen, l,ady Washing
ton, B raven black Orpington, la
valued at $12,01i0, and her daugh
ter at $10,000. Their cubs are
worth $25 each.
Tonight fair, solder; Thursday
fair. Maximum temperature, 30;
minimum, 27.
SAYS GAS
DEPOSIT IS
ILLEGAL
Councilman John Gray took a
fall out of the gas company last
night on the floor of the city coun
cil, when he charged that its plan
of collecting a deposit of $5 on me
ters was in violation of the fran
chise of the company, and that
through this means the company
was enabled to at all times hold
from $250,000 to $300,000 of its con
sumer's money in its hands. He
asked for an opinion of the cor
poration counsel as to the legality
lof this charge.
PRATT 15
RESPONSIBLE
An investigation into the record
of Fifth ward trunk sewer No. 9,
the assessment roll for which was
approved by the city council last
night, phows that the contract has
the approval and bears the signa
ture of Mayor Pratt, although it is
$6000 higher than the estimate.
Further, It shows that the sewer
is awarded on the basis of $2.75 per
day for laborers, in spite of the fact
that it was figured against the
property at $3 per day. The con
tract containing the $2.75 per o"ay
clause had the approval of Mayor
Pratt, as his signature is under
neath.
PAY 5 CENTS, NO MORE.
• By United Press Leased Wire.
> SEATTLE), Dec. 21— Pat
• rons of tln> Seattle, Ronton &
• Southern line will bo able to
• ride for 5 cents hereafter
• anywhere within the city llnv
' its, provided they buy com
• imitation tickets in lots of
> $10. This was decided yes
• terday by Judge Gilliam after
» listening to arguments all day
> on tho Injunction proceedings
» instituted by tho company to
> restrain the passengers from
> refusing to leave the cars up
»on nonpayment of a second
> nickel at Orchard beach and
> a third nickel at Taylor's mill,
> The restraining order is not
> dissolved.
NEW ILLINOIS CENTRAL PRES
IDENT.
NBW YORK. Doc. 21.—Charles
K. Markhnm of Pittsburg was today
elected president of tho Illinois
Central railroad ns the successor
of James T. llanrnhnn.
MRS. KERSH FOUND
GUILTY OF MANSLAUGHTER
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 21.—
Mrs. Carrie Kersch. found guilty of
manslaughter for complicity in the
murder of Win. o.lhnson, a Wash
ington farmer at tho New Grand
Central hotel June 20, will bo sen
tenced January 5 by Judge Morrow.
The verdict was returned by the
jury last night at 6 o'clock after
the jurymen had boon out over 72
hours. Muring the deliberations
over 100 ballots were taken. It
was learned today that the obdura
cy of one juror saved Mrs. Kersch
from conviction of murder.
FEW CHANGES IN
CITY HALL PLANS
With but few changes, the orig
inal city hall plans of Architect
JCittel were approved by the coun
cil last night. Tho only changes
made wore to cut down the size of
the police drill hall nnd the wo
man's ward ot the jail in order to
allow more room for tho water de
partment and park commission;
and the addition of v Front avenue
entrance for the benefit of tho po
lice court.
• MORE CONTRACTS WITH- i
OUT BIDS. <
• In addition to the deals on <
> the Isolation hospital. It now <
> develops that tho board of <
> public works, with the ap- <
>proval of Mayor Pratt, has <
> awarded contracts for water '
> pipe ill excoss of $100,000 <
> without advertising for bids. •
> The contracts went to the i
> Holly-Mason company, agents •
> h.ire for the concern that •
> manufactures kulemano water •
> pipes.
The Spokane Press
First edition of a Newly Wed's work.
FINE TO BE "GOOD FELLOWS,"
HELPING 300 CHILDBEN
BY A GOOD FELLOW.
Well, well, fellows, maybe you
think I'm not the busy, busy geek
just about now. It's one awful job
to have to get all these Good Fel
lows in touch with the children for
whom they are going to provide a
Christmas.
There are so many children who
need Santa's help this year, and so
many, many Good Fellows who are
willing to help them; but it's a la
bor of love that I am doing, and I
only wish that there were twice as
many—and there are over 200 al
ready.
If you haven't gotten your letter
tolling who to piny Santa Clans to,
don't fret. Just keep your eye on
the mailman tomorrow morning
and he'll surely bring it to you, for
tho last of those letters are going
into the mail tonight.
And now let me toll you what we
are go ng to accomplish:
We are going to make more than
200 kids happy. I've told you that
before, but I toll you now that I
have very vivid hopes of bringing
the number up to 300 within the
next two days.
A man came In vest onlay and
left a two-bushel sack of apples.
They will bo divided up into n
number of parcels and will lie sent
out with the toys and nuts and I
candies nnd other good things
which will go out from the Good
Fellows who preferred to have mo
look after tho children for them,
they not having time to do It
themselves.
Another man left me 10 orders
or $1 each on one of tho biggest
stores In town. Every one of those
orders will make a kiddie happy.
And still another man came In
and told be that if there were not
I too many children who had writ
' ton in asking for shoes ho would
[see that they wore all provided for.
I have a number of children on my
list who need shoos, but not too
j many for this man. so all the kid
' dies who wanted shoos from Santu
' will ge them.
Then there was a man who of
fered three big dollies, with sleep
ing eyes. One of those will go 10
the little paralysed girl whoso pa
thetic little letter attracted so
much attention when published In
The Press tho other day.
I There is another paralyzed girlie
SPOKANE, WASHINGTON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1910.
EVERYBODY WRITING MUSH THESE DAYS.
EVA TANGI'AY IS AT WORK ON A BOOK ENTITLED "A jjvTNDRED LOVES."
who will get one of tho other dolls,
and tho third one will go whore It
will be loved ami eared for.
Several people wrote in telling
about their children and mentioned
that there was liable to be no
IT'S THE LITTLE HOME OWNER
WHO NEEDS PROTECTION
The small homo owners of the city, who are comptlled to fight
for their rights at all times, regardless of what the form of govern
ment Is or of who is in office, appreciate the stand of The Press for
justice for them. It was thus in the fight for watei In Cannondale.
and it is the same now in the contest against the unjust and unfair
sower assessment on the north hill.
Uist night Frank Atkinson, chairman of the mooting In Lldgcr
wood, said that ihe Press was the only newspaper In the city that
would print tho announcements of the meetings against the sower
In hauling for justice on", the Sfcvor assessment Tie Press Is pur
suing the policy that It has always? taken in such matters—of fight
ing for tho Individual home owner-Against any oppression or Injus
tice by city officials. The big propertl owner as a rule is able to
take care of himself. 2
WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH
THIS OLD {WORLD?
He's only one of the "down and I
out."
He isn't working.
Huh. must be a hobo.
Well, that's what be is. He says
so himself, In a Utter he has writ
ten to The Press.
He says that he has cone hun
gry for days. That he hasn't
Worked. That he has begged.
Oh. goodness. call the police!
Hut wait a mlnttte! Road bis
letter, and see it you dou't think
that maybe the follow who wrote it
might bo a hum.m being after ali.
Hero's what he has to say:
"Editor Press: Having board
that you have assist*d oilier poor
; unfortunate people in getting jobs'
i I thought 1 WOVld drop >ou a I no 1
[] am a voting man 30 years of :»g.'
[and broke. Have went hungry for
days. Hut heard through mill
other boys thai the) were girtfig
Four years later, second edition revised.
Christmas dinner —enough money
bis been turned in to make cer
tain that there will.
And now I want to tell you about
some of tho letters from the chil
dren. Those are all Interesting.
Mid handouts at the Sacred Heart
hospital (Sisters of Charity), also
at" tkmzaga college. 1 have been
going there, one meal at each place
a day.
"Ihlt it teems hard to have to do
thlsthis. as they feed on the aver
age of Mi to 90 •» day. How long
Caß they keep it up?
"Shall we have to stamp and
j frfese amid Christianity and civili
zation?
j "There is no jobs to be gotten,
unless yon pay the employment
ag< nt Hut when a fellow has not
i\>n got the price for that; what
then? L. I. J."
"P. S. (iod bless you for the
jjpod work yon are doing."
Don't yotl think, fellows, that the
nan who when in (be condition of
thi I po >i fellow, can fiud the heart
(0 |!i s> those who tr\ to help, isl
almost human after all?
s.-eni- as though he must be. |
I ATE NEWS BULLETINS
Li (BY UNITED PRESS LEASED WIRE.) U
COMPLAINS AGAINST BEATTLE TIMES.
SEATTLE, Wash., Dec. 21—Alleging defamation of character,
Wm. Mcl.ain Lindsay, one of the witnesses who gave testimony
against the police administration in the recent investigations con
ducted by the city council, has filed a suit demanding $10,000 dam
ages against the Times Printing company, Alden J. Blethen, presi
dent.
LEWISTON MAN NOMINATED.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21— President Taft today nominated Ben
jamin Barber as receiver of public moneys at Lewiston, Idaho.
MURDERED THREE PEOPLE.
RALEIGH, N. C, Dec. 21.—Nathan Montague, a negro, suspected
of murdering three persons at Durham, arrived here today In custody
of a sheriffs posse, which eluded a half dozen mobs bent on lynching
him en route. Montague, it is charged, entered the home of Leyton
Sanders, a farmer, nead Durham, Slew Sanders and his brandchild, 2
years old; attacked Mina Sanders, his daughter, and then cut her
throat.
ANOTHER RECORD SHATTERED.
PARIS, Dec. 21—By flying 322 miles without alighting, LeGag
neux, a French aviator, today broke the world's record for long dis
tance sustained flights. His time for the flight was 6 hours 59 min
utes. I'nless his record is beaten by January 1. next, LeGagneux
will win the $4000 Michelin cup. LeGagneux used a Bleriot mono
plane.
SENATOR ALDRICH IN HOSPITAL.
NEW YORK. Dec. 21. —Senator Nelson W. Aldrich was taken to
Roosevelt hospital today to undergo an operation on his hand, and
although it was given out that the senator was not in a serious con
dition, an ambulance was used to convey him to the hospital. The
ailment is described as a stiffening of the tendons in his left hand,
resulting from an accident that befell Aldrich a few months ago.
CHRISTMAS GIFTS WORTH $25,000
BURNED UP IN WRECK
(By United Press Leased Wire.)
CHICAGO. Dec. 21—Christmas
gilts valued at $230,000 were de
stroyed today in a wreck on the
Pennsylvania railroad, when a pas
senger train and a westbound
freight collided in the yards on the
west side. When the trains met
the boiler of the passenger engine
exploded, setting fire to a car of
ORPHANS TO SEE BIG SHOW
Spokane's orphans are going to
see the show. What show?
Why the big newsboys' show in
Elks' Temple tomorrow evening, to
be sure.
And what's the occasion?
Why, it's the annual show to
raise ' funds for the newsboys'
Christmas dinner Hut it was the
orphans we started talking about.
The children of all the orphan
ages of the city have been invited
to be the guests of the newsboys
at the big show, for the newsies
have great big hearts, and they
all know how the kids like a show,
especially such a show as the boys
are going to have.
And, just you better believe
that's going to be some swell show.
There will be the noted Hriggs
quartet They can sing so you can
almost tell what they are singing—
and that's going some in these days
or grand "operoar." And the Ed
monson twins. They're little, but
they are clever and never fall to
bring down the bouse when they
get busy with the boxing gloves.
Relnier's orchestra will furnish the
music.
Then there will bo James Potter,
the newsboy oometlst. chimmio ib
some tootist on a cornet, and if
you don't believe it, just ask any of
the boys.
limmv Hinnard, tho Imperson
ator, will also bo there. He will
show you how Hilly Van does
things, but ho won t toll Hilly.
ilammon and Forrester are the
people who will take part as repre
sentatlvei of the Washington the
ater. They are fun makers and
they deal strictly at wholesale. No
retail fun for theirs. It comes in
chunks.
From the Pantagos and the Or-
NEW RECORD
IN THE AIR
(By United Preis Lea.trd Wire)
C'HAI.()NB, Fiance, Dec. 21. —A
new world's record for a non-stop
' passenger-carrying aeroplane flight
was made here today, when Lieu
tenant Camuierman of the French
I army aviation corpa, accompanied
by Captain tlugonl, flew lAS miles
i without alighting.
The flight was made at the or
der of the mlnlßtcr of war, and is
jan official reoor<>. The start was
j made from Chalons, and the avia-
Itors flew to Montlgny-Sur-Aube,
721 i miles away, the turning point.
Counting deviations from the
course, the aeroplane really cov
ered more than 145 miles. The
! time for the flight was four hours
laud three miuutes.
ONE MONTH FOR 25 CENTS
You can have The Press delivered right at ,
your door early every afternoon for 28 eente
per month. Phone Main Main 375.
NINTH YEAR, No. 59 25 CENTS A MONTH
registered mail. After U»e fire had
been extinguished a police guard
was thrown about the debris, while
laborers shoveled the ashes of the
car into cans. Systematic sifting
of the ashes began and diamonds
and jewelry were recovered.
The engineer of the passenger
locomotive was probably fatally
scalded.
pheum will also come top-notch
acts, and the whole affair will be
finished up with a newsboys car
nival.
SNOW STORM
(By United Prem Leased Wire)
DENVER, Col Dec. 21.—A se
vere snow storm, extending from
northern Nebraska to southern
Kansas and from the middle of
Kansas to the continental divide, Is
raging today. Telephone and tele
graph companies report considera
ble wire trouble and trains are ae
layed. The storm, the first of the
winter season, is moving eastward.
NEW WOMAN'S AVIATION
RECORD.
By United Press Leased Wire <
ETA MPS. France, Dec. 21. <
—Mllle. Dutrieu established a t
new woman's aviation record <
here today. She flew 103 <
miles in 2 hours and 33 mm- <
utes. <
; DEATH HAS TAKEN
j THE FATHER OF 20
FINDLAY, Dec. 20.—Lawrence
Ryan, 69, father of 20 children,
died here late Wednesday. He was
born in Ireland. Thirteen children
and the widow survive. Ryan had a
splendid record in the navy during
the civil war.
WHEEL CHAIR USED TO HUNT
ST. CHARLES. Mich.. Dec. 21.—
A cripple since the age of 3, Roy
lirady. 26, has taken out a license
to hunt deer in the upper penin
sula. Brady has no use of his legs
and goes about in a wheel chair. In
company with George Shoran, he
will leave for the district above the
Straits, still In his wheel chair.
BIG CHRISTMAS SHOW BY
THEA TRICAL MECHANICS
The big Christmas show to he
given by the Theatrical Mechanics'
association at the Auditorium to
morrow afternoon promises to be
the biggest affair of Its kind ever
attempted in the city.
There will be between 16 and 20
acts on the program, including the
best attractions from the Orpheum,
i'antages and Washington theaters,
and the third act from "The Throe
of Us," at the Spokane, uiakln«
MAYOR IS IN
BAD STATE
NOW
Responsible for Armstrong's
Peculiar Actions—Must
Explain Friday. j
Just as anticipated, the effort to
make political capital in certain
quarters by sacrificing George W.
Armstrong, president of the board
of public works, with the hop* of
blackening some members of tho
city council, has resulted In a
roorback for the parties concerned*.
It means today that the respon
sibility for any shortcomings of
Armstrong, who is a subordinate,
must be borne by the power that
created him —Mayor Ne'son 3.
Pratt.
The purpose of bringing out the
Armstrong Isolation hospital scan
dal at this time was to discredit
the city council and to make votes
for the new charter. While It may
serve this purpose to some extent
it has raised a storm that the
forces which set the ball in motion
cannot stop.
PRATT MUST EXPLAIN.
The city council last night unani
mously ordered that Mayor Pratt,
the executive head of the city gov
ernment, tell the city council why
it was that his subordinate. Arm
strong, as appointee of the mayor,
was permitted to award the Isola
tion hospital contracts without ad
vertising for bids. The mayor haa
been ordered to report on the >ame
at an adjourned meeting Frloay
night, at which time his honor
must saw wood or the fur will fly.
The mayor's friends were kind
enough to set the thing In motion;
now the council asks that the may
or be there at the finish.
Councilman Lambert did not In
sist on the adoption of his emer
gency resolution last night. In
stead, he said that he had intro
duced it at the request of Arm
strong; that his confidence had
been Imposed upon, but that he
blamed the mayor more than Arm
strong for permitting this situation
to arise.
Today Councilman Belshaw. who
Is free from all alliances in tho
city council, said that Lambert had
squared himself in his eyes and
he was convinced that there waa
no blame to be attached to him la
connection vstrh the resolution.
Helshay sees the necessity for the
. executive head ot the city coming
out from under the cloud.
SMALL FIRE
Fire, breaking out in the base
ment of the building at SlO Mon
roe street this morning, damaged
the stock of the Palace Cleaning
company and of F. J. Gunman
tailor, to the probable extent of
some $500, as well as smoking out
the West End cafe, owned by-
Weaver ft Boyd next door. Shortly
Rafter 11 o'clock, smoke was seen
issuing from the basement win
dows and through the cracks of tho
first floor, and before the depart
ment could arrive much of the
damage had been done.
The fire broke out in the heat
ing plant in the basement as a re
sult ot an over-heated furnace, It
is thought.
CHARGED WITH FORGERY.
Lewis Larson, aged 19, a stu
dent, was arrested this morning by
Officer Hunt on a charge of for
gery. He Is alleged to have tried
to pass two forged checks on Sou
Hros., one for $1.75 and the other
for $2.25.
one of the longest nnd strongest
programs ever given In the city.
A feature of the parade, which
will be given tomorrow at noon
will be the big band, which will !•»
elude every union musician la tho
city, thus comprising the largest
band which has ever played hero.
The parade will start at noon, and
at 1 p. m. the performance will bs>
gin. and will run until nearly I
o'clock.
