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How to amuse the Christmas party will cease to be a problem when you have read the page of new Christmas games in the splendid Christmas Edition of The Sun- r 1 day Call, which appears Sunday. . • VOLUME CL— NO. 21. Hicks Talks to Rescuers From Under Protecting Car SAILORS MUTINY ON TREASURE SHIP Captain and Passengers Awe Ruffian Crew, While Guard Stands Over Gold ONE OF THE SEAMEX ... . IS PLACED Es T IRONS Disaster on the Rocks Nar rowly Averted, and the Ship Labors in Storm SEATTLE. Dec 20. — Captain J. F. Blaln, maMrr of the steamship Penn sylvania, .which reached 'port yesterday aorninp, »lx days overdue from Val der, ajnelled a mutiny on the vessel when hi* ship was ° off "Catella, Alaska. One of the- seamen was ordered to perform a trivial piece of work and re fused. He was placed In Irons and locked below. ' At this time the vessel was laboring In r- sea and a ter rific sale was blowing. The master and pilot were .on the. bridge attend ing to the navigation of the ship in the dangerous waters off the mouth of the Copper River. Suddenly the crew ap peared below the 'bridge in a body and demanded the release of their ship mate. l /'Q'W Captain Blaln faced them alone and ordered them back to their posts. Just then the pilot sang « it that there were breakers ahead and the captain sprang back to -> bridge, ordering the course of the vessel changed in time to avert a catastrophe. In the meantime the men went aft. The offlcers were armed and patroled the decks... An armed guard' was stationed 'on the treasure chest in the captain's " room. .. In. - this chest was locked $300,000* in Fairbanks gold. Passengers hearing-of the, affair ,went to the captain and * offered*- aid 'iin' case. he needed assistance. The" men 'had threatened to stop the' ship and this constituted mutiny. Backed by .the passengers, the captain had no further trouble with the men. A charge of mutiny against some of them Is to be filed. The ship had an unusually stormy passage.' She was delayed' by the gales and forced to anchor In > the lee of the Scot Islands. She later went through the Johnson passage and Gulf of Georgia. She Is the largest vessel that has yet made this trip' outside of the cable-ship Burnside. ; -V Passengers on the vessel gave Cap tain Blain great. credit for his' actions, stating that his coolness quelled the mutiny. The delay of the ship was due to the heavy ..weather experienced. JAPAN WITHDRAWS AMUR DEMAND ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 20.— The Russo-Japanese commercial treaty is searing completion. Japan has aban doned her demand , for. international navigation of the Amur River and asks that the treaty, of .Algun .be . revoked only in so far as it concerns the navi gation of : the Sungarl River, which is entirely within Chinese; territory': in Manchuria, and is, without access to the sea through the Amur. Embessador Meyer, previous" to his departure from St. Petersburg for the estate of Prince Usupoff in Central Russia, where he will have a week of bear and wolf shooting, had a long in terview with Foreign Minister Iswol- Bky, and it is understood that'the Japanese situation was one of tire prin cfpal topics discussed. It is said there wu no suggestion of recourse to ar bitration or to the good offices of a third power. . VESUVIUS WRATH SHOWN AGAIN NAPLES, Dec.' 20.— Another" portion of the crater ,of , Mount Vesuvius .'; fell today and caused a . great eruption of ashes, cinders ! and sand. It was not 'preceded or accompanied.' however, "by either detonations or earth shocks. This afternoon' for twenty ; minutes 'a rather heavy ; rain of ashes fell, over Kaplei?, and - an'otJier. portion of the crater on.the Bide, toward Pompeii fell; The rain . of ashes created ..consider able alarm in the more populous quar ters of the city. Women began praying to the Madonna . and \ the saints not to visit them' with another punishment at Christmas time such as came shortly before Easter, the time of the last; great eruntlon.\ .... ( The San Francisco Call INDEX OF THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL'S NEWS TODAY TELEPHONE TEMPORARY- S6 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1906; WEATHER CONDITIONS " VESTERDAX— CIear; northwest wind; maxi mum temperttnr^ 52: minimum temp«ratrue,* 43. , FORECAST FOR ; TODA Y— FtIr ; llzbt > north wind. ;;r;:,-{V^ "V... \Ttg9 11 EDITORIAL M«Jor MeLanghlln'* abnormal appetite for shell fish and hia rueplciona . of \u25a0 Japanese fisher men. ,- , Pare 8 Notable \ achlerementa -of \u25a0 the ' newspapers ; of San .' Francisco. - •\u25a0 . , .'. *-."-;' Paje 8 Attempt of the Southern Pacific and Santa Fe to bottle np the water front. , 'Fi{«S GRAJ'T SCANDAL . Special Agent \Burns on the witcess stand In timates that he has the eTidence on the trolley and telephone deals. . . Pages 1-S Louis Lery, secretary of Board of Public Works, forces theaters to sell administration candj-." _ Pa?« 1 CITV ;i vV;- . -.. _\u0084'•';' *\u25a0 '- k' - Supervisors finally pass ordinance prohibiting exaction of rentals from, refugees liring in , pub lic paxks. - Par« 9 Chester . F. . Wright, ricn property ; brrner,* is jailed as operator of .thieTes' ' fence, the; police harin g ' found a carload of stolen: tools on . bis premises.^ \u25a0 • ' - - -" \u0084 . Page. 2. Board of Education, in replying to letter, from Japanese missionary, scores RooseTelt and Met calf. , - I Page- 7 Because of the. rise of ' prices \u25a0 the Supervisors release James. A. Snook. from contract to supply butter and eg;» to city institutions. Page 12 Seizure of Channel-street -water way by J the Southern Pacific grab "bureau may be', lnrestl gated by the Legislature. - Pag» 16 Harbor Commissioners will • deprire coal trust of three of Its five docks today. . Page 11 Independent stage society presents » Oscar WUfie pUyln this city. . Pl * ft 16 Masons gather round ' banquet board.' Page 7 SUBURBAN . - Berkeley Troman's - screams saTe her from [ hands of a footpad. , Pag« 4 Lieutenant Colonel Perkins* transfer to Pan ama interests army and nary colony of Berke ley. \u25a0 - • ,'\u25a0':\u25a0; Pa*-e 4 Faculty committee of State University to j in vestigate hazing of Floyd Allen.'-, . • Pag« 4 Superior Judge F.- B. Ogden seriously ill, at hi» home In Oakland. * - . i' P»»« : 4 Six-year-old boy riarrowly". escapes . snffocatlon In trunk Into which' he had climbed. Page ,4 Commercial and Shorthand Teachers', Associa tion of California will \u25a0 open'conventlon. on" De- cember^^ ";\u25a0*\u25a0;*\u25a0.\u25a0.;\u25a0;\u25a0.\u25a0..- •' . T : ;P»«« ; 15' coast .'\u25a0 .._•'.; •" \u25a0 ; ,>. \u25a0; . _-,\u25a0': '; ' Contest, cf . election of ; Santa ' Clara County Re corder "l» Instituted. „: ,; .V. \u25a0'">: .: 2*t>*l& '\u25a0/ Sillors: mutiny ! during Btoria and trearare^sblp kamiwly . escapes ; d!ssster.'-- :r '-'v:^!-^';^/^ P*e« i 1 ' -:] EeEcce'of ' UScts, r'entoajbed : miner, : will >,take *p!acej ttls morninc- 1 > : . . ~ -^ '.• >. -.• >." \u25a0 \u25a0; , A ; \ ',: ; .* Cruiser < South . Dakota : is'ready, for • trial.' run : in Santa Barbara* channel. l\/.~ ._.•>\u25a0 \u25a0" -.T's DOMESTIC - T " .- : .-- /- : v~ : -Foraker lcsista npon Senate inquiry; into _ dis missal of negro troops by President. ;, Page 2 i Action attacking . validity .' of \u25a0 transfer 'of \u25a0' cash and securities 'of German". Insurance Company of Freeport to Royal of Liverpool Is begun 'in Chicago. ' - - P«*e 3 •Four -land thieves,; Including -two millionaires, convicted In Nebraska. Page 10 ' Governor Higglns commutes death sentence |of Albert T. Patrick, ; the New -York murder, to life imprisonment. . . ~. . . Pt * e , B . People In section menaced by coal famine are dependent on " the caprice of the weather to es cape great! suffering. \u25a0; • -,\u25a0, \u25a0 } \u25a0'i' i .J-~'.- Page 3 SUtute of : limitations prevents Investigation » of charges against General Pershlng. P*ge 3 FOREIGN • '\u25a0' French and Spanish . warships ' may land - men In Morocco. ' ' Page 1 Russo-Japanese' commercial treaty la nearlng completion. ' i*v.:*' ;*;"--*• '' 'j . .^'* a \ Premier Campbell-Bannerman -withdraws ;-' the British education bill. P««« * Another portion of the crater of Vesuvius falls and women pray for deliverance. \ ] Page I Vatican ', Issues -protest to • the - world ! against course of French Government. Page 2 WASHINGTON ' Government recommends change in law so that Americans living abroad may i- be expatri ated. • P«*« 5 President Roosevelt tells Harriman that It; la duty of Southern Pacific to repair^ Colorado River break: and railroad '\u25a0_ pretlcent. promptly orders company officials to proceed with '_ work. Page 1 SP9RTS . Followers . of Jockey Miller have another^ dis astrous day., at Emery vllle. ; .: v .Page 6 \u25a0Well-played long shot defeats, a field of sprinters. at Ascot .Park... „"...:_._. p *» c T Boxer Willie Fitzgerald arrives and settles down at Larkspur training quarters. . ; Page 6 Tex Rickard denies^ that he offered $50,000. f0r fight between Jeffries and Jack Johnson. . Page 6 social* * - - *",' . ' . .V -^' , -.'; - \u25a0 ,' '/',\u25a0 ' .^rmy officers give an enjoyable dance at Fort Baker. . ' Page 8 LABOR .Walters' Union-; No.'.. 30 passes \u25a0 resolutions strongly condemning Secretary Metcalf for hla report on conditions in "this city. Page 9 3IARIXE Liner Mongolia^ which narrowly , escaped ; de etroctlon Mt. Midway,- will , sail ; today fof I the Orient. P*»« 11 MINING .V. • - ...._ ... - . •' \- \'- Mining * shares decimed sharply ;' in the , local market beeitse ';\u25a0 of threatened '. strike . of * Gold field miners. „' , \u25a0'\u25a0'-,-.''\u25a0 '. Page 10 THpGALKI BRANCH GtFFICES Subscriptions and Advertise-;; "ments will be received iri San \u25a0 Franci&co at following offices : -1651 FILLMORE3 STREET r /Open until 10* o'clock every' night/ 'i Sis' VANi NESsI; AVENtIBv Parent's . Stationery- Store. M^TURK STREET - . At.theiSlgm;Of;the_Lain». "-'- : SIXTEENTH AKD MARKET STS. j Jackson's \u25a0Branch. - >; bbslhaight street "' Stationery j Store. • *. .. JO»«. VALENCIA VsTREET :.', -r^Si '" \ J Rothschild's] Branch- lßsi \ CHURCH i STREET " : . George Preirltt's - Branch, v \u0084 "\ '-" 23C0 1 FILLBIORIB^ STREET . *;'\u25a0-! -"*\u25a0\u25a0; Woodward's ; Branch.. \u25a0'.""\u25a0'- \u25a0\u25a0 :SANit FRANCISCO^^FIUgAjY^gDEGEMBER^I- " 1906; ADMINISTRATION CANDY FORCED ON THEATERS Louis : Levy f Pses ; Position With Board, of Public 'Works to > Sell-Sweets! EMPLOYED AS^GLUB Playhouses Pind That It Is to Their Advantage; to \ Stand In v on the : Deal . \u25a0;\u25a0 - -.. \u25a0 . \u25a0- -:\u25a0. ... » .••\u25a0.. ...-- -. :. .- \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 The yonngr •\u25a0 millionaire In .embryo . ot the Board of Work* . staff, Lonla : Levy,' does not rely wholly for bl« prospec tive 'millions on the advertising: graft which he carried out vf ith. such, succesa tr /connect lon with the - official publiea- Jon. of the clty'a bnlldtnir lawii. -'-."\u25a0\u25a0 :.-. \ The candy graft" Is . fne . most recent method ; ;by . wblcb • . .this ":> resoureef nl young: gentleman la using: * his '\u25a0 official position to round out his .fortune.' His partner In this ' enterprise la ' Leonard Leavy, wbo \u25a0 keeps •' the books \u25a0: of < the Works Board, of which Louis Is secre tary. . ;.-- . "" •/... . ' "- ' \u2666'. The field of operation of the' Board 'of Works Candy Company, is \u25a0- confined .' to : the theaters.- The " result i 1 is; that; those i temporarily constructed playhouses tin ! wlilch ; th c Board '"of -Works 'sweetmeats are peddled ; between the . acts ; may ! be assumed for all "practical • purposes 'i to be \u25a0 safe structures, entirely:, complying with the city ordinance on \u25a0 theatera^ The ofilcial caramels : and ; peppermints ' may be received-, by., the* ' patrons; 1 as JV sort - of i jife.Mnsurance-~theyf ar^Vold> only. In ; theaters! with* which f the' Boardj of Public -Works* finds, no', fault ', \u25a0 y •-.-\u25a0\u25a0 - - . i -;"-- .> , ; ... -. ,v - -." ~ \u25a0 ' EXCLUSIVE PRIVILEOE '., " ' i; : - : Al ! though >tMa g^ swee^S>' and ? Insidlou*;' •'graft?!:! haS^^^^^or'saniz^n scarcely . more I thdn faf month,*J t) ? air eady|B*e^ ttiieTexciusive^privllege^ it /seijlniti -! in * nearly {ever y* theater "ih^town/ ' : The * Dreamland i Rink ;*; * would I naturally;^ be. found -among the: first ion /the list, and administration candy will sweeten future meetings of the Looters' - : League, which are ': wont to be held there. The Colonial and .the > Central' are also V on the list,; arid a; booth-" is being structed in"; the Novelty, Theater^ build-] ing for the sale \u25a0 of .administration: sweetmeats. ijAt: Is,-, in fact,^.intimated: that Sam Loverich has been' taken" into^ the candy, company. ' Influence was exerted .by .the two Board of .Works' .employes all along the line \u25a0-.'\u25a0 until- - only .• three .\u25a0 theaters i remain which have the hardihood to ', sell other than: Levy* candy.. They, are the Wig wam, 'the Empire and : the Mission, • and the '\u25a0'\u25a0 proprietors of these » houses * have been \u25a0 notified that .• they : must' come into line or . their- houses "will be * : declared unsafe for,- public; patronage. . • . As nearly^every theater in .the clty;is built on temporary, forms. of .construe-^ tion, and 'for that -. reason not; held strictly" within '.the letter of , the law,' the opportunity open to the enterpris ing i secretary of : the 'Works ; Board to force his candy- upon the .play-going public is, apparent at a glance. " DEFECT DODGE USED.' Houses which were tardy in recogniz ing the, logical; force ..of . the situation would: receive a call : f rom •• a . deputy of the board late; in I the j afternoon, . and some defect in the management of the footlights • or' an "exit; would be pointed out to the management.^ When; it was urged thatV- it ;.' v was; too late to.Vper mit the change to/ be made, before ' the evening performance ,the 'deputy would gently insist that it would - ; take but .an hour's work ; to make . the change./ But after one hourj had been lost in a hur ried; search for: an artisan the - job would; still ; be j uncompleted r when 1 the audl ence '-. began ; to arrive and the ) lady patrons would have -to lift itheir skirts" over- the ; sawdust^ arid'* other debris \u25a0* re sultingfrom': the change- insisted upon. --A ; little of 'this and : nearly > every, manager in 7 town saw the wisdom'; of having none ' other - than r ' Board 'i of Works candy sold in his establishment/ and the candy worked the \u25a0 charm .that the carpenter; failed I " at. ;' .. \u25a0••'\u25a0 ' ['• ;Frank Leavy," a ' brother of i Leonard, had some previous experience in .the theater candy business, ' and i his assist- ; ance was lent ,';', to 'the \ which 5 sells^ Its V Wares '.with a'ciub to ! r el uctant ; inariagers. .- . "At * first . East- | crn sweetmeats*: were -handled;; by itHe j lusty young • trust, ,; but .-that i limited I the ' profit, . and as the : trade' does •' riot i depend on \u25a0'_' the ' quality o f - the :\u25a0 goods I sold,; Levy is. bargaining; with- a*manu facturer of less than\world- wide fame f of; his. stock. ;\u25a0' -,.- - : r*.;/ . - v::>:;v ::> :; ..",\u25a0\u25a0; .' Lv.^CTSu PAY CHECKS ; DELAYED : TACOMA, Dec.; 20.'— Because i^theijr'pay checks did* not jarrive' on ; time;4<|fofmeif have; quit' work: at v the,; car; shops of the ; Northern^Pewjilc ; in-- South . ?^acomai' The i money iiof(- the 12000 is here/ ; ; but % the y checks ; come % f rbm| St. ? Paul; > and fare % by/ai: washed-* butVbrldge [near 7 Hotf Svrinzß^mSSSSßs RUEF TERRIFIED BY TESTIMONY OF BURNS Special^^Sigerit': Intiiimtes Trolley •• Graft Evidence Orders; A|torney for; Boss to Hasten M the --Inquiry I That HejHaS;SMSiitgd Special Agent "William Burns '^oc cupied., the \u25a0} witness 'stand {'yesterday through the morning and the greater -part of .-the; afternoon : in .the. hearing before '^ Judge-" Dunne^ on I the' motion -to set; aside the -indictments against Abe J Ruef.'- /Although -Henry, Ach directed volley, upon 'volley- of ;'aft-' ful I questions * at ' % the .^witness, \ the% re suit 7 , brought j" only : ;to the .'defense. - Ruef j took a more active I part \u25a0in "the \ than \ any ! time 'heretofore.-: .The' game? was/ a\big ; First Woman to'Converie With Hicks, Feeding: ; Him \u25a0 Milk Pipe | Scene' of the ' Plucky Miner's Imprisonment, - '?.:. -" : : and -One; of thePhyslcians Who Has ' Been' In Attendance ;., V £\u25a0;;;'^;.~l:'-- .':'.' ',Z t ' ?».*-.*> L." \u25a0:~;T?'-?l • . one, ; and a determined effort \u25a0waslmade to 'f force'" Burns to. show i his hand;,' ' v AtJ one ;: stage of the < proceedings Ruef 's ;-• interest \ rose^to ; : great\^pitch/ He; leaned ' over [and ; whispered fto j'AchJ In > a ; , moment- his ;; attorney/ asked r^ \ } ; ; r ; '"Sir. ; Burns,'; !\u25a0 It': not • true "that \ In ; a con vernation T»i th • Mr.; Oliver, /foreman' of -> the ' Grand Jury, ?. you - told* him that you ; had ' no f evidence [ as \u25a0to - the . aale of trolley » or .^franchiies, ,' hut that you intended to take a few French* restaurant \u25a0- men* before 1 , the*'. Grand ' Jury, and 'force* anil Indictment *!'!;"_." . i. Ruef | bent J forward \u25a0 In ;' his < eagerness to:;catch':,thei«iuiwer.; ;; ;^' v >' : -,;\u25a0:' ••• : " : ' " : '-, : " s'?NoS*~' replied ' Burnaj,'; **t or that would fc»ye\been.'a>lle. w ;i ' - * - ' - , ' The, color r shot (from' Ruers 'cheek. T * -Referring .. to r the l : incident \otd Burns blockfnVAheT attemp t|of (Charl es I Hag- ; iffertV.^R^efsSoffl^T-Voy^r'o'rcoramuni-, cateTwYth 'Jean 1 ! Loupy^ ; the iFrench ires; taurant^ keeper,'.^at .the .door^ of the Orahdfjurorbonw f Inquired: l^^jßM v "How s long i have \ you'jknownfe Charlie f^y;-{M^B^.r^|;Mg^-;^ " "I i; have known'- him • for -some \u25a0 time," wa»-?the "reply. ' " \ ' , \u0084 \u25a0 .\u25a0 S&'lfdecHneito {answer. 1 :.- -. If Aj^lnSthejg shock -was | re flec tedk on HARRIMAN WILL REPAIR RIVER BREAK (Roosevelt »Tells:Hi!fi - He Must ;Saye; Imperial^ and He Obeys Promptly GO^RNIVIENT HAS- /•; President 1 Promises" He Will : i^Later :TJrge Congress [;tq ' Help Out ; in the Expense C SPECIAL t DISPATCH TO" THE CALL. '\u25a0'\u25a0.~J / ''} \ \u25a0WASHINGTON, Dec^ 20^— The^ rSouth* ' crn * Pacific .' Railroad will repair I.' the break In the , Colorado \u25a0 River. • E.^HJ Harriman, president of 'the* road, ' In- , formed ; President ', Roosevelt t oday : th at. he had directed ; the offlcer* of [the road to "proceed at once with, the work. ..This ; : action 'i followed -;\u25a0 a " conference held -fat - ' the White - House 'this morning ' between k th"c"7 President/ 1 Senator.; Flint, : Director j Walcott of the Geological Survey, and Director '\u25a0' Newell • • of '.the . Reclamation : Service. '"...;. ''.\u25a0;''.•\u25a0;;\u25a0'.\u25a0-•:." ';'-.. : Z:: ''i--' : v , After 'the- conference', the President telegraphed f Harriman ; that : the'- Recla-; mation » Service't could -. not : do ; the' ;^vork - authority;' of J Congress" . » v and isuitableTagreement ,: with .Mexico, and Ihatthis^ could not' be "at,once obtained. Helsaid thatiit .was imperative- duty of 'the i iCalif ornia ";*; Development rCompany. to close'- the I breakV at *once, i and? thait the i-; v company. *, and )\ this -^Government "could f%thenc takeV up ''_ the : '' questfpn ~}:ot providing/. 'Jagainst^the; recurrences of , the j danger. • ;: . ;.„ .' i.[ ".•\u25a0".,\u25a0"'";' ,/-&:\u25a0([ ->;: : C'ORDEBS'BiIE^*REPAII«!DVrv;':* : • Harriman ;; replied \u25a0" that s the 4 develop ment!companjCwas nbt'a" Southern ;Pa-f ciflc concern,- but ; that *he ;had .^ directed the frailroad- offlcers to repair. the'l^eak ' in , view *' of \u25a0 the Y ?Tesident's telegram; andlwcTuld jtrust'to ith'e', future ff or ;G©vy ernmeot ; ald ';in -carrying f the ;\u25a0 burden? jThSfPreaident U put \u25a0- the Reclamation Md|said |that^b^wouldjr^cornmend^to Congress, legislation - 'pfoviding>sfor - • In answer \ to fal telegram^ the|Pr««l> dent * Informed p. Governor^, Pardee £ that ; \u25a0\u25a0 """ '- . \u25a0 \u25a0 ;: v ' i ." - • :\ ' \u25a0 ..fiy. I ~.*. - — -'._.' - \u0084 — — ......'. V- Ll Robert f Louis ' Stevenson spent ;ai very , lonely; Christmas in San Francisco once, ." and -his letter 'describing it, written on that very 'day, is 'the feature of - a~/handsbme : i Stevenson page in the Christmas Edition of The^SundayiCali. : Out Sunday.., ; r rr7iHE' rescue of Hicks 7; the -miner entombed^ the, tunnel at 'A- Edison,/ will take^ place this .morning, surely, -is the latest ; report. 1 -Extreme caution has caused more delay than expected. ' r < : Hicks . is Stalking to ' the rescue : party. • Relief Delay ed A gain Because of Extreme Caution Used FEARS TROOPS WILL JOIN RAINSULI ;,; PARIS;- Dec.V26.-^-The exact situation inlMorocco^is/as^foilows: The diplo matic "J- representatives ?;at ' '.Tangier : are committed>to;Compelttheoretlrement of Raisuli J -from {his*! present '^position. '.If Sid ?; Mohammed r;Gabbas," the Minister ) of^'ar,; is .^not • strong enough to 'compel: theVbandlt? to •withdraw, :the Frenchj^and; Spanish* warships will "land men*, and ; restore i the < authority * of , the Sultan. »-\u25a0\u25a0•-./ • \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0:•'. ' '; \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0'\u25a0>' \u25a0\u25a0 . \u25a0'\u25a0 -. : sifThei.^ impression 'prevails: her© that Rai suli: will* flght|and' it* is 'feared that a"| large >' portion -f of * the : troops under Gabbastwlll^desert'to him. ' : ??-•) FILIFIN OS TO J BE ; SENT ' HOME .Va.~, Dec.'- 20.— The fourteen Filipino members of the crew ofj^^eitranspjprj^^ea^^which^aVrived |h«r€^»everBj^ weeks t ago it ronii Manila, :andlwho*^-w«rSTdlscharge^d," will ; be sent bomel byttbe^WariDepartment^leavinax here jDecember.j26(and "going, by; rail, to San . Francisco, - where " they - wil 1 • take \ a steamer; for^Manlla. r <^^n|i|BHHf PRICE \u25a0: FIVE? CENTS. Buried Miner Gives ; Out :a Jocular . Statement "{BAKERSFIELp, Dec. 20.— The rescue of Hicks, the en tombed miner, "who has passed hi! fourteenth* day: in the darkness of the* steel shell that saved him from death invthe, cave-in in the Edison tunnel, 4 " is* virtually '"in ; company \u25a0witH his rescuers. ' • From the up turned earth car beneath which he lies like a mole under a tin cup, he is talking freely with his rescuers, and has rather reversed one feature of the tense situation;* It:is he\whc)-ts speaking .words of encouragement ->toi- the - party of biirfowers ' now: '' He urges them to keep" up -their strength, and says they will surely succeed in theiVwork before. much more time has passed? , Hicks said jocularly tonight, that he would 'prefer to be in a Pullman under some circumstances, tout tfiat the' steel earth. car, which kept the few hundred, thousand tons of granite from drop ping; on. his ribs, .was ! much" more [ ap preciated .In \u25a0 his existing predicament. ; , The seemingly >' Impossible .has again happened - in" the " prosecution of - the .^work [at however. Late advice's : state'; thaUin all probability » the lburied man 'will^ not 'be >taken out before morrilng,^sQlsrr«at.l3^the;cautlon;,belns ; exejc.is^^b7^h'^ reicuV^pafty ? to* avoid last;, minute. .-— ".Thi^ re«cuer»J fear: to ; ' so J" ahead '^without, first •\u25a0YuLvlng -Zmzd* s»ar«'sthat^evprything -is b^rac&d-?sa.tiafactortly 'and /hoVevil .". re" *ult"s {can .•occur.V'jtonfldent^ at. daylight the'* end- of " : their libor « w'as ln ; ; slglit. the*; rescue party . is again; somewhat nonplused, and this time In -the very -sight and hearlns ~\at the' object ' of their -effort's.' Worklngr at the'very ;3lde "of the" ore car that shields Hicks from- harm,' they are un able., to say how soon they will havai it-unde*rmlned"Bo that' they may :drag him : forth. . ' . - HICKS MAKES STATEMENT ;The plan determined on this after noon \u25a0In conducting the work is still being adhered to, and the miners ar» burrowing beneath the car ' In ] an*eff ort to ; gouge .'. out v a. .hole .large; enough to permitrlth©^. passage : ; Hlcks' body lntottlie^laVse7j6penlDsiof?the'tunE«L r > Hicks *; repeatedly -shouts words of encouragement, to tha men across car.who are approaching hlni' At mid night he made the -following state ment, to Dr.* H-'W-'Stinchfleld: * . ' "When I get out of here 'l 'will run .youVa/ra€<> down -the hill for an eggr sandwlchr*'l .will go up* to your 'house wlth-yoir for*;a "nice^dinner, but ,I: can't stay/Uor iltwlll * have',to make ' a ; stake some placed,"-.'- .- " ** "Some ; people \u25a0 think ~'lj will" hasten from < this* place". !but" it seems 'to m* just^ da Jgood'.a place as any :. to * make my-^take in, and here I may 'stay ßafter I am released. ' \V ' "You cannot keep , me , in ' the ' hospital long, for "I -will be in a hurry out ;and - help \u25a0 release .the bodies -of :'niy s dead^companlons.">- " At B 'o'clock this morning the rescue party was directly : over Hicks, the ' en tombed'; miner, 'and* hfs protecting car. and .it: was felt .that'the rescue would surely be" made by nightfall *or maybei \u25a0 . . .-• + •\u25a0. . - \u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0 > .-.--\u25a0 a few hours - later. - Hicks -could'hear his '- rescuers "<.wbrk" distinctly .a nd fre quently interrupted conversation over the pipe, with ; exclamations . of delight at .'the i "prospect of a speedy release. He : shouted 7 through the narrow tube : -HELLO,' PALS," SAYS . HICKS " - "All. of ; you boys/ run ; down , the hill 'and * bet every man ;In \u25a0 that ' gang \u25a0 that they won't shake" hands with j me ,~ be£ for 5 o'clock •: this ' af ternooni I hop* I 'lose;' for I want to begin doing some thing to show my appreciation of their great work." ' ', "': ' For^ a^time ;ln. the morning worle slackened while ': tlife ;' engineers :wer« takln g the lay \ot the" cave- Int., to .de ,clde oia most advisable means for reacbllng^ Hicks/ It * was • finally \u25a0 • a ,gr eed that the : nearest .-'and most faaslble plan wast that originally held— to dig straight again at" the near side of th» ore car ' and to T sink a hole under it through which ' Hick3~'could be : pulled. At : 6 -o'clock Uhis '{ evening - the rescue party was startled to hear a voice from the dearth -ahead of them call out: Are you .here la3t?" "From that; time on the completion of the task \ was assured. Inspired by the .vole© \ot \u25a0 their ; hapless companion th« 'workmen^flew' at (the v debris ' with ; thi determination of wild -men. - ; AU-^day ;.long^ with -anxious L voices, people have applied in a steady ; streaqt