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ESTABLISHED 1832. NEWARK, N. J., FRIDAY, MAY 1, 1914.—22 PAGES. WEATHER: PROBABLY FAIR SATURDAY.
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1,500 MORE
AMERICANS
ARE HELD
Made Virtual Prisoners on
Arrival in Mexico City
by Inability to Obtain
R, R. Transportation.
BRYAN SEEKS TO SAVE
CONDEMNED AMERICAN
Wires Consul Canada for In
formation on Dr. Ryan, U. S.
Red Cross Official, Reported
Sentenced to Be Shot—Medi
ators Await Carranza’s Reply.
WASHINGTON, May 1.—The state
department today exerted every
means to .secure information an to
the report that Dr. Edward Ryan,
on American Red Cross official, was
being held in Mexico, sentenced to be
executed. Secretary of State Bryan,
just before a conference with Presi
dent Wilson, sent urgent telegrams
to Consul Canada at Vera Cruz, and
the military authorities there, asking
for immediate reports on the Ryan In
cident. The secretui-v had already
requested the Spanish ambassador,
representing the Huerta government
’ here, to look out for Dr. Ryan's
safety.
Consul Canada at Vera Cruz re
ported to the state department today
that there still are 1,600 Americans in
Mexico City unable to get out be
cause of interrupted railroad facili
ties. These are, for the most part,
new arricals In the Mexican capital
from the surrounding country. They
arrived just after the departure of
the last train for Vera Cruz. Consul
Canada has asked the Brazilian min
ister and Admiral Cradock, the Brit
ish commander, to exert their efforts
to restore railroad communication
With the capital.
Ignore Firing on Cuban Ship.
■ The stack of Constitutionalists on
the Ward liner Antillu.; under the
Cuban llag. at Tftmplco, scarcely
served to create a flutter In official
circles. It. was said Rear-Admiral
Mayo \#buld take no official note of
(he Incident, although other foreign
wakships at the port might demand
■iftlit the rebels refrain from inter
ference with commerce.
/ The Constitutionalist officers ex
plained their attack by asserting the.y
proposed to prevent merchant vessels
from delivering supplies to the. Fed
era is at Tampico.
To what extent intermediation be-,
tween the United States and Huerta
wou'd be affected by a refusa’ of tbe
Carranza element to suspend military
operations against Huerta pending
mediation was the chief question eon
fronting the South American medi
ators when they resumed their ses
sions at the Argentine Legation to
day
The midnight conference between
the mediators and Secretary Bryan,
lasting fop more than two hours,
had established definitely that the
United States and Huerta would sus
pend military operations, the only
reservation made by the United
States being that it would be free to
repel any attacks. But Carranza
still held' aloof from any suspension
of hostility between him and the
Mexican Federal forces. AU efforts)
therefore, were directed to have the
truce include the warring lemnts th
Northern Mexico, us well as those of
the United States and Huerta.
Mediators’ Work Proceeds.
The work of the mediators, it was
learned in authoritative quarters,
would proceed steadily, no matter
what the final attitude of Carranza
was on the quesCon of armistice, al
though* an adverse decision by hint
would necessarily restrict the inter
mediation to the main issue between
the United States and Huerta. It was
this mealn issue which was first un
dertaken by the mediators and then
enlarged with the hope of taking in
the entire scope of Mexican affairs.
The mediators are still hopeful that
the entire subject, including the in
ternational Mexican issue, may he
brought within their deliberations.
But if not it is assumed they still
will proceed to the adjustment of the
conflict growing out of the Tampico
flag incident, on which President Wil
son's action was justified by Con
gress. the landing of American forces
at Vera Cruz and other issues.
Await C'arranzaS Reply.
Meanwhile, while the exact scope of
the media lion was in abeyance pend
ing Carranza’s decision on an armis
tice, the envoys continued their nego
tiations to secure some middle ground
of agreement with all tiiose who could
bo brought to accept it. Their morn
ing session began toward il o’clock
with the expectation of afternoon and
night sessions. They were not pre
pared to inukc any statement on the
main issues involved, or to what ex
tent they have been broached to the
United States or the Huerta regime.
Tin- principal aim of their diplomacy
was to prevent an impasse by having
unalterable conditions presented. It
was authoritatively known this had
been avoided up to the present time,
and that the negotiations were pro
ceeding steadily forward. The only
question was as to their scope in case
the lighting continued in Northern
Mexico.
The Spanish Ambassador, Mr. fti
ji.no. representative of the Huerta gov
ernment in the United States, visited
the Argentine Legation at II o’clock
today and held a conference with the
Argentine minister. Mr. Naon. The
ambassador is said to have delivered
a message to the mediators from the
Huertu authorities. No Statement was
made as to its contents.
Union Pacific’s Point in
$80,000,000 Melon Sustained
NEW X'lKK. May 1.—The appellate
division of the Supreme Court today
affirmed the order of Justice Green
baum refusing to grant an injunction
restraining the directors of the Union
Pacific Railroad HornPany from dis
tributing approximately JS0,000,000
among the connno nstockhoiders as
an extra dividend.
The action was brought by the
Equitable Lite Assurance Society, a
preferred stockholder, against the
officers and directors of the Union
Pacific. >- V St
FIALA SAYS ROOSEVELT AND
KERM1T ENDURED HARDSHIPS
Returning Explorer Tells How Colonel and His Son Bled and
Starved in Jungle—Outstrip Native Brazilians in Tiger Cat
Hunt—Almost Lose Lives in Dangerous Rapids.
NEW YORK, May 1. — Anthony
Fiala, the explorer who was in charge
of one of the Roosevelt expeditions
In Brazil, arrived in New York today
on the steamship Denis from Rio
Janeiro. He vividly described the ex
periences of thee xpedition both be
fore and after he separated from
Colonel Roosevelt and Kermit on
February 4. Fiala did not know until
today, however, that the colonel had
emerged safely from the jungle. He
said he had not expected to hear
from Mr. Roosevelt before the latter
part of June.
Telling of his 400-mile journey
across country with Roosevelt, Fiala
said:
"At times we were all forced to
dismount from our horses and cut
our way with knives through the
dense undergrowth. The rainy sea
son was on, and sometimes we would
travel for two days at a time with
out finding a dry spot big enough for
a camp.
Kermit Tougher Thun Father.
"When we reached Matto Grosso
we rested for a couple of days and
then all went hunting. In one party,
which went for tiger cats, were Colo
nel Roosevelt, Kermit, Brazilian chief
of police, a Brazilian colonel and
several natives. Kermit, I believe, is,
made of colled wire, all bound up in
bronze. He's tougher than his father,
if such a thing is possible. The party
started out early in the morning and
pushed their way nl| day through
swamps filled with crocodiles and
snakes in pursuit of a tiger cat they
had scared up.
"The Brazilians did the best they
could, and, with the negro boys, kept
up for several hours. But the pace
sot by the Colonel, even in their own
jungle, was too much for them. Cate
at night a boy returned to the camp
and said that the Colonel and Kermit.
were- about two miles off in the
jungle. Whfen they finally came out
their clothing was torn to shreds and
their arms and legs were bleeding in
many places. Bui they were carry
ing the Brazilians’ guns and shoes.
The Brazilians had quit and were
liylng on their backs in a dry place
recuperating. The tiger cat gut
away.
"The principal difficulty everyone
In the party experienced was with
the food. I lost twenty pounds in
three weeks. I believe Colonel Roose
velt lost some, too. I never want to
see another bean. Colonel Roose
velt, however, ate many of them and
didn't seem to mind."
“The greatest hazard in South
American exploration is the rapids
and falls In the rivers. On the Papa
gaio river, after l had left the colonel.
I had with me six canoes. At the |
Rapids of the Devil we were simply'
sucked under. Everything and every- j
body went overboard. The natives, !
stark naked, reached the shore with
some difficulty. I had been making 1
a map of the river and had a board '
strapper to my wrist. That hindered
me some, and J went down several I
times. Finally 1 grabbed a limb and
readied shore.
“I later learned that Colonel Roose- !
velt had also lost some of his canoes."
Fiaia said that the Brazilians re
garded Colonel Roosevelt very highly.
Each one considered the former
President his own personal friend.
REPORT MINE
IS NO! IN FAVOR
A! WHITE HOUSE
Calls on Wilson No Longer Fre
quent—Three Attacks on
President Within a Month.
[From a Staff Correspondent.!
' WASHINGTON, May 1.—la Senator
Jairiea E. Martine a persona non
grata at the White House? That is
the question that Is being asked about
the capital these 4ays For the third
t\'-e Within a mdpth he has assailed
t> ..dmiui. Thu third as
sault was made yesterday during his
talk on the Colorado mine situation.
Some senator Interjected the state
ment that the President had ordered
! troops sent to the scene of the mining
l "Yes, I understand tha^ is true."
said the senior senator from New
Jersey, and he followed that up by
saying "But it was tardy, tardy to
the point of sluggishness.”
His Democratic colleagues looked
at him in amazement as he uttered
this near blasphemy, but the senator
wore an air of "I don’t care,” and
went on with his speech.
Kwret Service Men Miss Him.
Time was not long since when no
• day seemed complete to the secretary
and secret service men who occupy
the outer offices of the President of
the United States, that did not bring
with it the portly form and smiling
i countenance of Senator James E.
Martine. About a month ago it was
noted that Senator Martine had not
. been making his White House calls
! with his accustomed regularity. One
i of the secret service men solicitously
I inquired of one of the newspaper cor
l respondents if Senator Martine was
! Sick, or had gone away from Wash
ington. When Informed that the sen
j ator was still in town he expressed
! surprise.
, Days and weeks have elapsed since
! then but Senator Martine has not
resumed his daily calls, and this fact
j having gone forth has brought out
the query, “Is he a persona non
grata?” . . ,
The failure to pay his accustomed
calls began about the time the Presi
dent made his appearance before the
Congress to appeal for the repeal of
the Panama tolls. It was noted at
that historic session of the Congress
that the senior senator from New Jer
sey did not go into raptures when the
President appeared on the rostrum.
True he did applaud in a perfunctory
way when the President first ap
peared, but he did not join in the ap
plause after when the other Demo
crats were exceedingly enthusiastic.
It was further noted that on the last
appearance of the President before
the Congress with his Mexican mes
sage that Senator Martine sat along
side his new ftdes achates. Senator
O’Gornian, and did not make even an
o I tempt to applaud the head of the
nation before or after he had deliv
ered his address
Always Praised Wilson. I
These things have caused much
speculation, for it was known that
Senator Martine proclaimed in sea
son and out that Woodrow Wilson
was the biggest, greatest, grandest,
etc., man, only the senator used ad
jectives of a more sesquipedalian
senorlty and length.
The fact that Senator Martlne’s
candidate for tire collectorship of
Newark has not been appointed, and
the intimation that a candidate to be
named bv Senator Hughes will in all
probability get the job, may explain
some thinks. But Senator Martin'
asserts that he holds no ill feeling to
wards the President. The President
took occasion not long since in speak
ing with some visitors, who were par
ticular friends of Senator Martine, to
say that he was ah honest man whose
integrity no one could Impugn. Mean
time Senator Nfartine does not visit
the White House.
Pope Hears About Mexican
Situation from Mgr. Kennedy
HOME, May 1.—Bishop Thomas F.
Kennedy- rector of the American Col
lege In Home, was received In private
audience by the pope today. M011
sig-nor eKnnedy lias just returned
from the United States, and he con
versed with the pontiff concerning
the Mexican situation. The Pope was
greatly interested.
The Vatican hits been informed oftl
eialy that both President Wilson and
Secretary Bryan are sincere In their
efforts for the welfare of Mexico and
the establishment of peace.
Tomorrow, |U Suits *10.
Rich'*, Market and Mulberry atroeU.—Adv,
Samuel Kaufman Dies After Ac
cident on Meadows—Two
Men Held.
From the effects of injuries sus
tained in, a head-on collision of two
automobiles on the Plank road., now
known as Loncoln highway. Kearny,
"last night, Samuel Kaufman, twenty
three years old, of 77 West street, this
city, died today at St. James’s Hos
i pitaL la connect b»i AK.it tin in.ohap,
! two men were held today without bail
; by Police Recorder Leonard A Wlm
mer, In the Kearny Police Court. A
i third, who is a Newark oculist and
i __;_
.Samuel Kaufman.
—Photo by Ginsberg.
who rode in the car with Kaufman,
was paroled, with tlM understanding
that he appear when wanted.
That Kaufman had a premonition
of the fact that he would figure In a
mishap was stated today at his late
home. The unfortunate man, em
ployed In a local department store,
told his mother, when he left home
yesterday, that he might go to a thea
tre in New York last night. He added
that he was not sure about making
the trip, as he felt something would
happen him.
In any event he went to the office
of Samuel L. Scheiner, an oculist,
with odices at 155 Springfield avenue,
this city, early last night. It ap
pears Scheiner had arranged to go
to a New York theatre with Kauf
man. The two went to Scheiner’s
garage and it was found one of the
tires of an automobile owned by the
oeculist was "down.' The two set in
to repair the damage.
Too bate to Go to Theatre.
When they finally completed their
work they found it was too late to go
to the theatre and decided to visit a
New York restaurant and see a cab
aret. In the machine they made
their way to the Lincoln highway.
According to Scheiner, who was driv
ing, he started to cross the highway
on the wrong side and was turned
back by a policeman.
After he had pi uv ceded a short dis
tance on the opposite roadway,
Scheiner declares he saw a large
truck approaching. There was a
large lamp lighted on the approaching
machine and Scheiner, believing the
lamp was centred on the big aut,
swung his car to the right. The next
minute there was a crash and the
machines met head-on.
The smaller vehicle was turned
completely around and Kaufman was
hurled a distance of twenty feet.
Scheiner wus also thrown out but es
caped injury. A passing auto was
commandeered and the injured man
was placed In it and taken to the
hospital. It was found Kaufman's
skull had been fractured. Police Re
corder Wimmer and Night Sergeant
Philip Bell, both of Kearny, hurried
to the hospital expecting to gel a
statement from the injured man
Kaufman, however, never regained
consciousness. Ho died at 8 o’clock
this morning.
George Hough, of 32 North Sixtieth
(Continued on Tigo 8, Column i.)
HOME RULE ACT
IS A DISTURBER,
SAYS VAN SYCKEL
Until Its Advent the Walsh
Measure Was Clear in
Operation.
COURT DECISION NEEDED,
DECLARES FORMER JURIST
In a Careful Review of the Law
Matters of Conflict and Doubt
Are Pointed Out.
[Hpeflal to the Evening Star.]
TRENTON, May 1.—Former Su
preme Court Justice Bennet Van
Syckel, of this city, today furnished
the Evening Times, of this city, with
the following opinion on the Hennessy
home rule law, enacted by the last ^
Legislature and recently signed by
Governor Fielder:
To the Evening Times:
"I have read with much interest
the opinion of Messrs. Hawkins,
Delatleld & I^ongfellow as to the
effect of the Hennessy act upon com
mission government in the city of
Trenton. In compliance with request,
I give you my opinion of that legisla
tion.
“Insofar as they have discussed the '
legal questions involved, I concur in
the views they have expressed. It
is c'.ear that the Walsh act left in
the city of Trenton all the powers
vested in it by its charter or by any i
statute at the time it adopted com- 1
mission government. The Walsh act
did not reer.act the charter or
statutes, it did not add anything to
or detract’ from their force or effect;
it merely created new machinery for
the exercise and administration of
the powers of local government which
had been previously granted to the
city. The right to borrow money and
issue bonds was one of the powers
which had been expressly conferred
upon the city and which was possessed
by it w’hen the commission form of
government was adopted.
Henness.v Act tile Disturber.
"The disturbance and doubt was!
created by the Hennessy act amend
ing the first section of the Walsh
act. The section as amended pro
vides that ‘such municipalities shall
be and are hereby declared to be a
distinct c'ass of municipalities and
shall not be Subject to any laws of
this state except laws applicable to
all municipalities of this State other
than counties and school d stricts.’
“Thlp Is equivalent to declaring that
t«« C\ v of Trenton, under the Walsh
act, shall he subject on!y to laws
which are applicable to all munlel
pa'ltles of this State other than coun
ties and bohool districts. It has a
twofold purpose—
“1. It grants undefined powers of
local government by an ominous pro
vision.
"2. It denies to the commission gov
ernment all other powers, that Is, all
powers not possessed by all munici
palities of the State.
“This raises a very important, and, I
think, a controlling question, to which
the attention of Messrs. Hawkins,
Delafleld & Longfellow does not seem
to have been directed.
"Our State constitution, article IV.,
section VII., paragraph 4, provides as
follows:
““ ‘No act shall be passed which shall
provide that any existing law, or any
part thereof, shall be made, or deem
ed a part of the act, or which shall
enact that any existing law. or any
part thereof, shall be applicable, ex
cept by Inserting It in such act.’
"Is a statute constitutional which
purports to grant powers of local
government by a general reference to
existing statutes, without specific
reference to such statutes, and with
out inserting them in the act?
Creates a Distinct Class.
"The Hennessy act creates a dis
tinct class of cities and then attempts
to grant to the class certain powers
of government by the language I
have quoted. The constitutional pro
vision is expressed and prohibitive;
effect must be given to it.
"The Hennessy act distinctly pro
vides that not only the existing law,
hut that a large body of laws, the
purport of which is not even indicated
and which no man can with certainty
enumerate, shall be deemed part of
the act. and shall be applicable to the
commission government.
"It declares that a large body of
laws, not specified, shall be applicable
to municipalities that have hereto
fore adopted or shall hereafter adopt
commission government, and thereby
re-enacts such laws, and also repeals
all previously existing laws which are
not applicable to all of the class
"Could the members of the Legisla
ture who voted for the Hennessy act
have known what laws they were giv
ing to this class of municipalities?
“Did the man who drafted the act
know? To acquire that knowledge it
will be necessary to ascertain what
laws arjp applicable to each munici
pality. and then reject every law not
common to all.
"The purpose of the constitutional
mandate was to prevent legislation
the object of which was not apparent.
Or which could not he readily ascer
tained by reference to the act which
is parsed, and to the particular act to
which It Is a supplement.
“This seems to have been the view
of our courts in the eases which have
arisen under it.
"In Campbell vs. Board of Phar
macy, 16 vr. 241, the act in question
was an act to regulate pharmacy. The
act provided a penalty for its viola
tion which was to he sued for i.r the
same manner provided by statute for
the recovery of penalties in other qui
i am actions.
As to a Complete Statute.
"Mr. Justice Depue delivered the
opinion of the court sustaining this
statute. He said the pharmacy act
was a complete statute in itself, and
did not make the act for the recovery i
of penalt'es any pari of it. He adopt
ed the rule of the Nt-w j
that reference is made
not to affect, or qualj
of legislation, buta
formal execution <
ed by the law.
"Bradley &
Loving 25 vr
supplement
law, elk ten;"
tiding t
liable t
per p'j
act.
to a
law
DESPITE REFUSAL
TO SETTLE STRIKE
Semblance of Order Restored in
Colorado by Federal
Cavalry.
OPERATORS DECLINE *.'0
TREAT WITH UNION MEN
Call on Labor Officials to Call
Off Warfare—Rockefeller
Homes Guarded.
■
The complete abatement of murder- '
oua fighting, Incendiarism and other j
acts of violence has followed ]
swiftly upon the arrival in the south- 1
ern Colorado mines districts of the j
Federal cavalry.
Within the last twenty-four hours ■
no outbreaks have been reported In j
the mining camps.
Mine operators refuse offers made i
by Representative Foster, chairman :
of the Housl committee on mines, to .
settle the strike without recognition
being accorded the Mine Workers'
Union. Congressman Foster made ;
the offer to John D. Rockefeller, jr., j
who in turn referred the matter to ■
the owners of nineteen coal and min- j
ing companies in the Colorado dis
tricts. These owners refused to settle
the strike on any basis and insisted
it was the duty of the union offiicals
to call the strike off instantly.
John D Rockefeller and his son
have secured guards for their homes
in fear of attacks by anarchists fol
lowing the demonstration in front of
the home of the younger man yes
t< rday, as well as the offices of the
Standard Oil Company on lower
Broadway.
Secretary of Labor Wilson at
Washington Is today conferring with
Hywel Davies, president of the Ken
tucky Mine Owners' Association, and
William R. Fairley, an officer of the
United Mine Workers of America,
with a view to end the strike in Colo
rado by arbitration.
DENVER, May 1.—Refusal on the
part of the eighteen coal and mining
companies to accept the offer to
settle the coal miners’ strike without
recognizing the unions, action of the
coming special session of the Colo
rado Legislature, the disposition qf
the Federal troops in the Southern
strike zone, the decision of strikers
at Trinidad relative to the surrender
of arms, anti, possibility of further
Federal Intervention in the 'abor Con
troversy, were the absorbing features
of the strike situation today. Not an
act of violence had been reported
from the strike rations for more than
twenty-four hours.
The oom'ng of the Fedeal soldiers
put an end, temporarily at least, to
outbreaks in Fremont, Las Animas
and Huerfano counties, and the mob
ilization of State troops and Hon e
Guards in Boulder and Weld coun
ties in the northern zone had a
quieting influence there.
in Trinidad today a vote was to
be taken by the strikers as to
whether they would surrender their
arms to, the Federal troops under
Major Holbrook. The action taken
there, it is thought, will be followed
in detail by the strikers in Huerfano
and Fremont counties. Major Hol
brook had publicly stated that the
Federal troops had no intention of
disarming the mine guards so long
as they* remained on company proo
erty and confined their activities to
protecting the company property.
Some strikers today expressed op
position to the plan for surrendering
their arms, claiming that they shou'd
not be disarmed until the mine guards
were forced to deliver up their
weapons.
Nineteen coal mine companies of
Colorado—practically alt within the
State refused to consider a sugges
tion made by Chairman M. D. Fos
ter, of the House nrnes committee,
that negotiations for settlement of
the Colorado coal mine strike be en
tered into on the basis that the
recognition of unions had been for
mally waived by the United Mine
Workers of America. This refusal
whis announced late last night after
a telegram which Pr. Foster had sent
to John D. Rockefeller, jr.. in New
York, calling on him to settle the
strike without recognizing the union,
had been referred to the mining com
panies of this State.
The following is a copy of the com
plete correspondence:
Foster's Appeal to Rockefeller.
Telegram from Pr. Foster to Mr.
Rockefeller:
"William Green, secretary-treasurer
of the International Mine Workers'
Union, makes public statement that
mine workers will waive any recogni
tion of union or unionzing camps.
Are vou willing to enter into nego
tiations for settlement of strike on
that basis and stop killing of men.
women and children. I strongly urge
you to do so. and believe the str.ke
can be ended without recognition of
the union and all the other differ
ences can be gmicahly settled. In
my judgment it is your duty to do
so.” _
Reply of Mr. Rockefeller to Dr.
Foster:
“Your telegram last night received.
I am forward'ng it to the officers of
the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
In Denver, who, with offlc'als of other
mining companies in Colorado, are
the only ones competent to deal with
the question therein referred to.”
Reply of the Colorado Fuel and
Iron Company, and eighteen other
coal operating companies, to Pr. Fos
ter:
Tlic Mine Operator* Kepi? .
"Answering your telegram of last
night addressed to John P. Rocke
feller, jr.. and referred to Colorado
coal mine owners for reply. When on
April 16 the Governor withdrew all
except a small detachment of militia
from i he Held, law, order and quiet
prevailed In this State. There were
^&M>loyed by the eprators of Colo
H|i coal mines more than 10,000 ap
iSRntly contented men. On the
Prorning of April 20 the strike miners
In the Ludlow tent, colony, two miles
from the nearest coal mine, placed
their women and ch'ldren In what
they considered places of safety and
made an armed attack upon the
mil'tia encamped nearby.
"The flght continued throughout
the day qnd several men were killed.
During the battle the tent colony was
destroyed by fire. Next day the bodies
of two women and eleven children
were discovered In a hole under a
tent where the strikers had placed
MRS. HARRISON AND CHILDREN
MINE-BOY AND PHONE GIRL
IN HEROIC ROLES AT DISASTER
ECCLES. W. Va., May 1.—Thirty
seven miners, employed In No. 6 when
the explosion occurred last Tuesday
afternoon, owe their lives to the cour
age of little Davy Buckhannon, a
trapper-boy and the resourcefulness
of the fire-boss, A. P. Burdiss. Davy
heard the explosion In No. 5, and like
all miners knew the awful c.oud of
afterdamp would aoon sweep the
workings of No, 6.
Without thought of hlmselt and
not knowing tow soon the dust in
No 6 would let go, he ran along the
gallery, shouting a warning at the
mouth of every room. The men ran
to the main entry where the fire-boss
quiekiy gathered them at the under
ground storehouse. There he dis
tributed brattice cloth, and directing
them to a room far from the entry,
connecting with No. 5, showed them
how to build a w-all that would shut
out the gases. After three hours of'
I anxious waiting the imprisoned men
; were found by a rescue party headed
j by Superintendent Thomas Donald
| son, who P’loted them to safety.
| Another incident of the explosion is
! told in the te ephone office where
1 Margaret Campbell, the operator on
duty when the explosion occurred,
had jest returned to work. With the
first shock of the Explosion she knew
what had happened and knew that
her brother had gone down in the
mine.
t Put there was no escaping her duty.
: Calls came thick and fast, but sbe
stuck to her post. Torn with anxiety,
i not knowing whether he was dead or
: alive, she told the story of the tragedy
■ brief}*’ to the outside world for three
hours wbtn her brother walked into
the station- He had been ordered
' from the mine to other work just
before the explosion.
VERA CRUZ GLAD
Are Enjoying Prosperity Now,
but Feel Uncertain About
the Future.
VEBA CRUZ, May 1.—With the oc
cupation of Vera Cruz yesterday by
American soldiers under Brigadier
General Funston an accomplished
fact, and the return to their vessels j
in the harbor of the sailors and ma- 1
rines who took the port from the
Mexicans, questions of the future are i
today beginning to engage the atten- j
tion of American refugees and Mexi- |
can business men. The future policy
of the Washington administration is
being debated with much interest.
Americans and Mexicans alike lack
anything in the nature of a definite
statement on this subject, and they
are all trying to interpret from the
trend of events since the seizure,
whether the American occupation of
Vera Cruz is to be permanent or not.
If once convinced that the American
flag is to float over this city until
tranquility is restdred throughout the
republic, it is virtually certain that
the Mexicans of Vera Cruz will give
their heartiest support to the Ameri
can civil government. Today they
admit frankly that they are enjoying
greater freedom from apprehension. ;
more personal liberty and a larger
measure of prosperity owing to the
influx of Americn money than they ;
have known in many years. Many
even assert that they would cheerful
ly subscribe to any policy of the
United States which would insure j
them a continuation of the present
conditions, and the extension of these :
conditions to the rest of the republic, i
Complete l. S. Ocupatlon
Some careful observers among the |
Mexicans, however, take a pessimistic i
view and do not believe that anything :
short of complete American oecupa- |
tion of Mexico would bring a! out j
these desired results. They point out ;
< < on« timed on l*a«f 2< Column 7.>
them when the attack upon the sol- |
diers was begun.
"Thev had all been suffocated.
'•None of these children and no I
woman was killed by rifle lire, nor
did the soldiers know of or have any |
reason to suspect the presence of j
non-combatants wrore the strikers;
had concealed them.
•‘On April 23 Lawson, internauonal
board member, TTnited Mine Workers
of America, and the leader of the
strikers, in an Interview published
throughout the State, asserted that a
war of extermination would thence
forth be conducted by the sirikers,
and Doyle, secretary of the United
Mine Workers of America, by wiie
instructed the officials of local unions
to watch for the approach of the
militia, which had been ordered back
again into the field. The meaning
and purpose of such language was
obvious.
"Since that time the strikers In
' (Continued on P»*e I, Column 1.1
OF THIRTEEN IN
TOMB OF MINE
All of 178 Men Entombed at
Eccles Now Believed to
Have Perished.
ECCLES, W. Va„ May 1.—Rescue
crews last night assembled thirteen
bodies at the foot of the shaft in
mine No. 5 of the new River Coal
Company, and today continued their
work of exploration in the hope of
locating all of 172 men who, it now
seems certain, lost their lives In the
exp’osion last Tuesday afternoon.
Pumps were kept going during the
night, and by dawn the mine was
comparatively free- of water. But
the force of the explosion was *o
great that masses of earth and rock
were dislodged and the galleries
choked. It may be days before the
dead have been recovered.
Hundreds of persons continue to
surround the village, and there is lit
tle work in the district, miners and
their families congregating here to
comfort those of their friends who
have suffered through the tragedy.
Bodies Are Badly Burned.
A majority of the bodies are said
to be badly burned and have the ap
pearance of having been blown by
the explosion from the mine interior
to tfie main passage leading to the
shaft. It is believed no additional
bodies will be found near the mouth
of the mine and that many of the
other victims are buried under heavy
debris.
A thorough search of the mm? is
being retarded by falls of rock and
minp timbers, while water from brok
en lines covers the mine at points to
a depth of three feet. Electrical
pumps are being installed as rapidly
as possible to clear away the water.
As rescue parties penetrated the
mine their hopes of taking out any
of the men alive dwindled rapidly.
The condition of the bodies located,
the water in the mine and the wreck
age that blocked passages and mine
rooms made it evident that all the
miners had perished.
When the word spread that rescue
parties had succeeded In entering the
mine and that many bodies were
being found the whole population of
Eccles and hundreds of persons from
surrounding t omniunitips rushed to
the scene. Several attempts were
made to break through the ropes
and miners, sworn in as deputy sher
iffs. held back the crowd with diffi
culty.
Two crews from the government
resouo cars equipped with oxygen
tanks went Into the mine last night
to make a complete starch of the op
eration. It is stated they do not in
tend to return to the surface until
they have explored the entire mine
or are forced by exhaustion to quit,
Two Soldiers Drowned
FORT STEVENS. Ore., May 1.—A
launcli loaded with mine-planting
equipment and manned by five sol
diers was swamped in a heavy sea
at the mouth of the Columbia river
yesterday. Corporal Klemite and Pri
vate Price, of the thirty-fourth com
pany, coast artillery, were drowned.
The other three were saved.
FEAR LINER
LOST OFF
FORMOSA
Wireless Tells of Grave
Peril to the Siberia of
Pacific Mail Line, With
721 on Board.
MRS. HARRISON, WIFE OF
PHILIPPINES HEAD. ON SHIP
Calls for Help Cease Suddenly
and May Mean That Vessel
Has Gone Down—Dispatches
Say Chinese Pirates May
Have Caused Disaster.
TOKIO. May l.—Wireletfs calls for
assistance from the Pacific Mall
steamer Siberia, heard on the Japan
ese coast today, indicated that sh*
was in grave peril off the coast of
Formosa. The liner left San Fran
cisco April 7 for Manila. She carries
seventy-one passengers, including
Mrs. Francis Burton Harrison, wlf*
of the governor-general of the Philip,
pines.
A dispatch from Formosa hints
that Chinese pirates may have hag
something to do with the disaster.
The exact nature of the accident
has not yet been determined, nor
have any details been received her*
up to a late hour today.
An early wireless report said the
liner was "sinking," while a later
message conveyed the information
that she was “ashore" six miles off
the southeast mainland of Formosa
Island.
Rescue Ship on Way.
The Japanese government dis
patched the steamer Kan to Mara
from Formosa to the succor of the
Siberia as soon as the news of hep
trouble was received.
Among the passengers on the Si
beria are Mrs. Harrison and Mra,
John B. Rentiers, wife of the new
British consul at Manila.
The Siberia left Yokohama April
27 and Nagasaki April 29 for Manila.
She had a passenger list of seventy
one persons In the first cabin, about
fifty In the second and 4’JO la .he
steerage. She is Is ornmand .
Captain Zeeder and carries "a crew
of about 20o men.
A repon was current in Tokto tha*
Chinese pirates may have iteen on
nected with the accident to the liner.
This fear was held at Tai-Pe-Fu, the
capital of Formosa, whence It waa
conveyed in a cablegram.
Wire Irene (alls Cease.
The gravest anxiety prevails, owing
to the fact that the wireless calls for
help from the Siberia have ceased.
A A. Williamson, the American con
sul at Tamsui, Formosa, telegraphed
he fears this means that the vessel
has gone down.
When the first wireless calls for
help were heard, the nearest ship waa
six hours away.
SAN FRANCISCO. May 1.—The fol
lowing passengers boarded the Siberia
here for the Orient: For Manila—W.
B. Beard, George M. Egan. Miss El
eanor Gillisey, Arthur Hallberg, Miss
Amelia F. Klein, Hotvard Long. Mrs.
Jane G. Palmer Lieutenant V. C.
Reyes, O. C. Whitaker, Mrs. O. C.
Whitaker.
For Hong Kong—J. Donald Pemar
est, Bruce D. Ellis, Mrs. Bruch D.
Ellis, Danforth B. Ferguson, J. St.
C Hunt. Mrs. J. St. C. Hunt. Joha
Hunt, Miss Lulah Hunt. Mrs. Graea
C. Lawton, Francis H. Love, W. D.
Love. W D. Whittemore, Mrs. W.
D. Whittemore. Dr. Wong Him, .Misa
Catherine A. Wong Him.
From Honolulu—Mrs. P. L. Cherry,
E. B. Kellam. Miss Ade’iza Morton
Murphy, Miss Frances D. Murphy,
Mrs. L. B. Pierce, Henry Russell,
Mrs. Henry Russell.
The following passengers boarded
the Siberia at other points:
Yokohama—J. W. Dorris.
Kobe—Mrs. H. Guttridge, Miss Har
riet Guttridge. O. H. Guttridge. Mrs.
D. H. Green ebaum, Miss Kate Dukea,
Mrs. M. Brewer.
Nagasaki—Mr. and Mrs. W. H.
: Richardson.
Yokohama—Mrs Francis B. Harris
: son.
Ij 11
SERVICES HELD
! _ |d
The first religious services to h®
conducted in the Cathedral of th®
; Sacred Heart. Sixth and Clifton ave
nues, were held this afternoon, when
; Rev. James J. Sheehan, rector o? th®
Sacred Heart Church, adjoining th®
new cathedral, conducted May devo
tions and benediction.
Today’s devotions will be only th®
I first of a series of religious exercise®
to be held In the Cathedral building
! during May and June. Hereafter ser
| vices will be conducted in the Cathe
dral every Tuesday and Friday afteiV
■ noons at 3.
Although the building is only about
1 three-fifths completed, arrantements
\ have been made to accommodate all
| who care to attend the exercises. A
| platform and altar have built in thel
| nave. '
The rear and side walls of the new
; cathedral are practically completed
i now. Girders art being slipped into
; place to support the roof. Edward M.
j Waldron, who has the contract for
constructing the building, today said
it is expected things will be in such
shape as to permit the beginning of
The work of installing the root about
! December 1. The front wall of the
j new building has been constructed to
j a height of about twenty-five or thirty
feet. There Is no flooring in the build
ing except where the platform ha®
been placed to bold the services UM®
i month and next. t