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THE OAKLEY HERALD
VOL 21
OAKLEY. CASSIA COUNTY, IDAHO. FRIDAY. JUNE 15, 1917
NUMBER 26
Til HUNDRED MEN
UPPED IN MINES
BLAZE IN BUTTE PROPERTY
CAUSES GREATEST DISASTER
IN HISTORY OF CAMP.
Fire Started in 2400-foot Level and
Shaft was Soon a Roaring Chim
ney, Men Having No Chance
of Escape from Flames.
Butte, Mont.—At least 200 miners
met death in the Speculator and Gran
ite Mountain mines of the North Butte
Mining company, on June 9, us the
result of a fire in the mines.
When the fire was discovered 412
men were in the mines. Of this num
ber, 222 were rescued from one prop
erty und 00 from the other. Hope of
finding any of the missing men alive
lias been abandoned.
The (ire started on tlie 2400 level
when a carbide lamp came in contact
with insulation on an electric cable.
The Granite Mountain shaft caved in
for a considerable distance.
The city has gone into mourning.
Flags are at half-mast and all publie
-amusements have h$en suspended be
cause of the disaster.
Twenty-seven men, rescued alive
from the 2400-foot level of the Specu
lator mine, owe their lives to the
heroism and resourcefulness of Manus
Duggan, 11 20-yenr-old nipper, or tool
boy. Young Duggan, displaying rare
presence of mind, showed his older
fellow workers how to bulkhead them
selves from the dangerous gas and
preserve their lives until their rescue.
The Granite Mountain shaft, 3600
feet deep, was soon a roaring chimney,
and with the destruction of its sup
porting timber's the ground was cav
ing, compelling all work to be directed
from the levels connected with ad
joining mines.
The Speculator, another shaft about
800 feet distant, connects with the
Granite Mountain on the different
levels.
That, sbart a;»o was In danger, as
water from the levels was running
Into it and had caved a portion. There
was no fire in tills shaft, however.
,Tons of water was poured into the
'Granite Mountain shaft and from
points on connecting levels with ad
joining. mines as near 11 s it Is possible
to get to the scene of the accident.
It is believed that the mine damage
will exceed $1,000,000.
While the morgues were being filled
with bodies, a dozen or more men over
come by gas and rescued from the
workings were revived at the mine it
self by first aid methods and a dozen
more were removed to hospitals for
•treatment.
The fire, which started on the 2400
foot level, communicated quickly to
smoke, which poured from the shaft
in great clouds, returded rescue work.
(Miners from adjoining properties, or
dered up from underground as a pre
caution, went to work as rescuing
gangs, aiding national guardsmen, who
'had been culled to the scene.
BILLION DOLLAR AIR FLEET.
Campaign is on for Inauguration of
Aerial Fleet In America.
Washington.—America's drive for a
.billion-dollar air fleet Is on in earnest.
Representative Murray Hulbert ot
.New York, who, with Senator Morris
Sheppard of Texas, has introduced a
Dill for the creation of a department
of aeronuutics as tlie first step in a
comprehensive offensive and defen
sive program, had a conference Sun
day with Rear Admiral Robert E.
l'eary, chairman of the national aerial
coast patrol commission, and Howard
E. Coffin, head of the aeroboard of tin
national council of defense, on the
whole general aerial subject.
They mapped out plans for the crea
tion of tlie department which Ohall
have exclusive control of nil aeronau
tical matters and whose chief shall lie
a member of the president's cabinet.
The aerial sponsors also want, accord
ing to Mr. Halbert a vast sum, prob
ably $1,000,(XXI,000, to give the United
States tlie geratest air fleet tlie world
t'ver saw.
Roosevelt Talks to Telegraphers.
Philadelphia.—Theodore Roosevelt,
in an address here Sunday, at the an
nual memorial services of the railroad
brotherhoods and the Order of Railway
Telegraphers, asserted tlait this coun
try's new army should he "on the
French, Uie democratic, model ; not
on Uie Prussian, tlie aristocratic,
model."
Shortage of Food Container«.
Washington.—Growers and shippers
ef foodstuffs were urged by the de
partment of agriculture on Saturday to
order Immediately all barrels, crates,
hampers, baskets and other containers
needed for the season. A shortage may
develop unless demands can he antici
pated, the department warns.
IN THE GEM STATE
Boise aerie No. 11 r>, Fraternal Order
of Eagles, has subw^bed for $2500 of
Liberty lman bonds.
The village board at Filer hns ord
eie<l about 3500 lineal feet of sidewalk
to be installed at once.
Filer is planning to stage a patriotic
celebration for all of Twin Fulls coun
ty on the Fourth of July.
The Masons of Gondii* have donated
more than $100 and the Eastern Star
$25 to the local Red' Cross.
Abouj 500 teachers are expected to
arrive in Boise during the week for
the six weeks' summer school.
Frank Konoid, a brakeman on the
Short Line, was Injured in a full from
the caboose of a freight train at Kuna.
State officials and employes at the
capitol have over-subscribed the $10,
000 Liberty Iman bond apportioned to
them by the state land board.
T. E. Muntiull of Nampa, newly ap
pointed disburser for the federal gov
ernment in Idaho, has arrived at the
cnpltol and opened his office at the
state house.
To Boise and Ada county has been
assigned the task of raising $35,000 as
Its contribution to the $100,000,000 Red
Cross fund to be raised during Red
Cross week, June 18 to 25.
The state land hoard has asked the
federal government for 90 days' ex
tension of time on the Carey act seg
gregatlon for tlie MarysvJJle Canal &
Improvement company of Ashton.
Word lias been received in Boise of
the death at Portland of Henry Haus
man, one of the pioneer traveling men
of that section. He had been making
Boise regularly for about 25 years.
The Boise Fayette company is ar
ranging a plan whereby their employes
can purchase Liberty Bonds on month
ly payments. Every employe will be
urged to purchase at least a $50 bond.
After a lingering illness of almost
six months, John M. Haines, former
governor of Idaho, died at Boise, June
4, The former governor fell ill early
last November, when he contracted a
bad cold.
An accident occurred to the Malad
plant of the Idaho Power company
last week which will necessitate tlie
curtailing of some of the power' used
for irrigation purposes until the dam
age is repair. 1.
The governor in a letter to the pros
ecuting attorney of Bonneville county
has voiced opposition to boxing bouts
In Idaho during the course of the war.
He is especially opposed to any fights
being held July 4.
Mrs. Sumner Musser and her three
children were painfully Injured at Filer
when her driving horse took fright at
a tractor and bolted. Tlie four-year
old youngster's leg was broken and all
were badly bruised.
Three men and three women were
injured In an auto collision half a mile
west of Glenns Ferry at night. Tlié
accident is said to have been caused
by meeting a car carrying no lights
on a grade at a curve.
Owing to the light attendance at tlie
wool sale scheduled for Mountain
Home June 4, the sale was postponed
until June 18. The cold and backward
weather is said to have prevented the
buyers from coming out to tlie Rale.
Effective June 1, the 300 employes
of tlie Bunker Hill & Sullivan smelter
were granted a bonus of about 75 cents
a day. The bonus runs from a mini
mum of 25 cents to a maximum of
75 cents u day, based on the lead mar
ket.
Mrs. Clara lire
rn of Boise lias ro
ceived word that lier daughter. Miss
Winifred Brown, a graduate of
me of
file leading hospitals of Sun Francisco,
who has just completed a post gradu
ate course at New York, will sail with
the San Francisco unit of Red Cross
Arrangements started about two
months ago for the honoring of Dr.
FreîNeriek S. Kohler, Nampa pioneer
nurses for France In the near future.
and philanthropist, have now been
practically completed, and will result
In the erection of a suitable shaft ln
Kohlerlnwn cemetery, which was do
nuted to the city by tlie generous early
day physician.
Demonstrating the fact that Salt
Lake is growing in a most satisfactory
manner, I 11 spite of the united Liberty
loan movement of the citizenry, the
banking clearing house figures for May
totaled $54,019,384, compared with
$35,640,848 for the corresponding
month last year.
According to dispatches, the malmr
iinee of Kapurthala, who attracted the
attention of Balt Luke society during
May. 1915. when her husband was
robbed by an alleged spy at a Salt
Lake hotel, has donated $200,000 to the
British government to be used for
motor cars in war service.
A Salt Imke justice last week im
posed what is believed to he the small
est fine ever Imposed ln a Utah court
for assault and buttery, when he
assessed the defendant one dollar.
In an auto collision between Pa.vson
and Saratoga Springs, B. H. Wright,
of Pa.vson, suffered a broken thigh and
severe eats and bruises, while Grace
Tliur sustained a broken collar bone.
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general t erslnng is in nnglann
and the next thing we expect to
hear is that an AmerP-an cnnt.n
hear, ts that an Ameren corHn^
it in in*nmn£
to all Americans to see tlie good
feeling manifested in the Eu.op
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to the Allied nations.
The American colofa, with those
nf Fruilanri nnri ,
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combination which are equal to
all necessities. The Kaiser m«vf
well tear the United States in theli'"
rb.nhma'lmn Kîto
cominnation against ntm, tor wt
General Pershing
in England.
gent is in France,
have the n|pn, the money, and
the munitions, the three m's
that will hurl the Hobenzollerns
front the throne, and make Ger
many a free land.
$5.00 Reward.
The above reward will he paid
tor any information leading to
the recovery of a Shetland Pony,
which strayed from Albion about
a week ago.
Please notify Pres. Axline,
at the Slate Normal, Albion,
German propogrtnda is active
in the East, now assuming the
character of insular Americanism
The pro Germans strive to dis
courage the drafting ot our men,
and all nieas
foe liberty loan
ures of war.
Prisoners Interned in Utah.
Sail Lake City.—Three hundred and
twenty-one German prisoners arrived
Sunday morning and after many pre
cautions had been taken, they were de
trained and sent to
Douglas.
They come from Honolulu and Guam.
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Plan Export Restrictions.
Washington.—Concerned over heavy
purchases of grain by neutral conn
tries In American markets, ailniinis'em
tion leaders will urge on congress
prompt passage of the export restrio
tion men sûre.
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Your Support!
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Kvery citizen should make sacrifices in order
to insure the itnmpdiate success of the Liberty
Loan of 1917. Place in the hands of our
Government at once tlie means of hurrying
the day of Victory and peace.
Buy Liberty Loan Bonds
YOU CAN BUY A BOND FOR A SMALL
AMOUNT, PAYING FOR IT IN EASY
INSTALLMENTS.
SEE YOUR BANK-DO IT NOW!
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The Western States have be
* mne ,c ,ac ' ,one 0 ■ eSUgar
uulusiry , and there are said to be
^ iil(Justrj s
Ul " Cl COIls rnc ,on '
War P r,ces °' su K ar un(1oubt '
cfllv stimulate this ureal move
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ment and the acreage devoted to
¥ ect cu,turc 's being rapidly ex- j
ponded west of mountains.
. Owing to severe weather con
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|M'"» n8 "hortage of feed the
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and beet pulp will be a great help
Development of the
Sugar Industry.
There is no industry that is so
completely identified with
soil and so completely returns tp
the fat mers material for success
the
tul diversified agriculture.
It employs labor on the farms,
labor at the factory and labor!
on the ranges, while adding to
the food resources ot the nation
more than any one line of manu
facture.
'1 he sugar industry has made
the United States Independent of
Europe and the exportation of
Sugar to the Allies engaged in
war will he on a larger scale than
ever.
Last Day Today to
Buy Liberty Bonds
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Indians in Montana Restless.
Helena, Mont.—Governor Samuel V.
Stewart has received a telegram from ,
Forsythe announcing that the Chey
enne Indians, who refused to register
for tlie selective
draft.
holding
violence,
are
war dunces and threatening
Numerous Villages Destroyed.
Sun Salvador.—According to various
reports received here the earthquakes
of last week destroyed numerous vil
lages in the department of La Liber
tail. Other villages suffered consid
erable damage.
Japan Spins for
Far East.
Jannnese domination of tlie
Far Eastern markets for cotton
goods is all but established. Re
ports just coming in show that
lor the first 11 months of 1916
the value of Japanese cotton
goods exported was $72,000,000,
an increase of 40 per cent over
last year,
of cotton
The total production
yarn in 1916 was 1,
900,000 hales, of which 549.000
hales
were exported, compared
with a production of 1,700,009
the year before, on which 576,
000 hales were exported, the de
crease in exportation of 27,000
bales being due
quantity being used
During the first 6
|l916 Japan imported 641,454,
000 pounds oi raw cotton, a very
large increase over the preceding
year, and a matter which should
to the larger
at home.
months of
meet with the approval ot those
Southern
cotton Congressmen
who still cling to the faith of the
'Forties' that the South should
sell her cotton abroad, and buy j
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cotton goods made up in loreign
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«fibs and admitted to the United
Slates free of duty, no matter il
our domestic cotton manufact
urers have to go out ot business.
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Ston Toward Rncin»»
P
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j i He new war revenue bill im
j poses a tax of five percent on
output of automobile lactories.
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Anamendment wasoflered that
tl '^ coukl be imposed only
*** ,l^U»tr.y had earned
r iu r;, .
{ ^ P cent '
1 his is a step in the right dir—
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I P' c turning power.
action of industrial sanity, that
legislative burdens shall
not crip
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Diggest crop of beets in history
Idaho. Conft-acted
promise in
sugar beet acreage in the United
States for 1917 shows increase of
100,000 acres over last year.
w exempts from
active military dutv all who H re|
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)e navy y at ds,
arsenals and armories of the nat
The draft la
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all pilots
on,
a in
marines on
sea service; also all who have rel
igioussci uples (those who bel
ong
engtous itenoniinatidn op-j
nosed to active warfare) will be
; be permitted to serve in non
to a
combatant capacity under
regu
latiousprcscribcd by the president
Montana leads every state in
in new settlers, und
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theicfoie leads in amount of land
, the
Uiilnt
surveyed !>v t he government,
cording to Frank M. Johnson of;
Denver, Supervisor of surveys for
the United States and Alaska,
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Russian Anarchy.
verge of
Russia seems on the
collapse. 7 he provisional gov
eminent iloes not appear to have
the confiideuee of the
people.
'These people have not enjoyed
liberty before and they areintox
icated with it. Possibly Russia
The Russ
intis have never had the training
must go through a course of ev-1
olution like France
F'rench Revolution.
after the
ot English anti Americans in sell
government so that a stable gov
free constitutional republic is yet
a long dreary wav.
ein men t is not to lie expected at
at once.
The Russian road to a
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A grave men a nee to the Allied
! cause ts Russian anarchy. It
! means that the East front will
! be comparatively enactiye, and
release a vast army for service i
tlie Teutonic trenches on the;
: West front.
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SUCCESSFUL ATTACKS MADE BY
HAIG'S MEN AT A NUMBER OF
POINTS ALONG YPRES.
Artillery Busy In the Austro-ltallan
Theatre, Another Great Battle
Being Expected.—Situation in
Russia Remains Tense.
London.—The demoralized Gormans
along the Ypres front have been mak
ing frantic efforts to regain the ground
they lost in the titanic drive of Field
Marshal Haig's forces, but without
success. South of Ypres nlso the
Teutons heavily bombarded ttie Brit
ish positions, failing, however, to make
any gains.
Aerial activity between the German
and liritisli filers continue Saturday.
Nine enemy machines were accounted
for by the British, who themselves lost
three.
There lias bean no fighting along
that part of the line wnere the French
are facing the Germans rising above
the character of small surprise nt
tncks. On the Cheniin-des-Dames the
Germans early Sunday morning pene
trated a small salient west of Cerny,
j but nlmost immediately were driven
out with the loss of ninny men made
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prisoners.
In the Austro-Italian theater the
fighting is being done entirely by the
nrtl,,ery wings of the opposing armies,
There hits been no atempt at a re
sump tton by the Italians of their great
offensive on tlie Carso front, although
it Is believed another grout battle prob
«My is not far distant.
in Macedonia, especially along the
Vardar river sector, artillery duels are
ln progress.
Tlle situation at Kronstadt, where
the council of workmen's and soldiers'
delegates is still defjing tlie provision
-al government, remains tense. Appar
j ent!y> lts its fim step in carrying out
jits threat to take resolute action, the.
^ recalled various <*»
elaJ* from Kronstadt. A Keafleolng
| sign in the crisis there is the fact -
| that the fleet in that port is reliable
and can be depended on to uld the gov
ernment.
KIDNAPED BOY DROWNED.
Body of Babe Stolen From Home of
Miisouri Banker Found in Well.
I Springfield, Mo.—Baby Lloyd Keel
was found dead on June 9. Tlie child
had been drowned in a well on an
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j abandoned farm at least four days pre
: vious, according to the findings from
I an autopsy, when the hand of kidnnp
I ers who took him from Ids home Wed
nes(lny n| K ht of l!lst t'««" 11 t(>
I fear capture. The child had been kld
j ni ,p ( ,,i from its home and the father
J. Holland Kent, a banker, had been
informell by an anonymous letter that
! It was being held for ransom.
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Kaiser on Firing Line.
London.—Emperor William was with
i Field Marshal von Hlwlenberg, Prince
! Kite) Fredrlch and other members of
I the German emperor's staff inside the
! St. Peter's station at Ghent, Belgium,
1 when it was bombarded by entente al
! lied airmen tlie other day, acchrdlng
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I to a dispatch to the Exchange Tele
| graph company from a Dutch frontier
correspondent. The emperor's party
was unhurt, Dut three army officers
neur by were killed.
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Places Curb on Talk.
Washington.—Convinced that valu
able naval information Is reaching the
enemy, Secretary Daniels issued an or
der Sunday at the urgent request of
Admiral Benson, chief of operations,
forbidding all persons in the naval ser
1 vice from discussing, except officially.
! even among themselves
•1th the
, members of their families "any nues
i.ir
tho disposition, move
ments or proposed movements of nn
; val or military forces."
tion relating h
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Utes on War Path.
1 Durango. Colo.—Reports received
here from the Ute reservation inili
ente that Ute chiefs named Polk and
with several followers, have
threatening demonstrations.
They are well armed. The Indian
! agent at Ignacio, headquarters of the
'reservation, refused to
the reports.
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Many German Aviators Killed.
Copenhagen.—The death notiees in
; the German papers indicate whirl a
! terrible toll tlie western battle is tak
Ing among German aviators. Scarcely
! an issue of the Berlin, Hamburg or
! other papers appears without at least
itwo ro thlw und ofren eight or teu
! notices of deaths ln tlie flying corps.
Russians Refuse to Register.
Phoenix. Ariz.—Elaborate religious
ceremonials marked the entrance into
j jail here June 9 of thirt
Russians from a colony near here for
1 refusal to register for selective draft.
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