Daily capital journal., November 19, 1909, Image 1

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VOL. XIX.
SAUfiM, ORliGON, FRIDAY, NOA'EMBER 10, 1000.
NO. 205.
ITSriMS
Remains of Entombed Miners
: Are Recovered Under Dif-
' ficult Conditions.
FIRE IS THOUGHT TO
HAVE BURNED ITSELF OUT
.Rescuers Are Hampered by Poisonous
.Grscs Which They Encounter in
.' the Shafts Management of Mines
p Aro Threatened With Violence
fe for Neglect of Duty.
UNITED PRESS LEASED WIED.l
Cherry, 111., Nov. 19. The ill
fated St. Paul mine, where 400
miners are entombed under thou
sands of tons of earth, is slowly giv
ing up its dead.
When the rescuers again descend
ed today into the main shaft they
brought eight badly charred bodies
to the surface, making a total of
nine recovered.
The flre, which has been raging
furiously since last' Saturday, has
practically burned itself out, andit
is believed that the work of recover
ing thie dead from now on will be
comparatively easy.
When the rescue partyr headed by
Mine Inspectors Taylor and Moses,
reached the 200-foot level this morn'
ing they were confronted by a num
ber of victims huddled together. Ap
pearances indicated that the dead
had climbed from lowor levels to the
200-foot station.
The imprints of flngor nails in the
palms of their hands indicated that
thoy had suffocated before the Ilames
had reached them.
Ou account of the poisonous gases
the rescuers woro unable to remain
under the surface but a few minutes
and during this time only eight
bodies could be recovered. A second
trip will ba made Into thte shaft later
in the day.
Although threats are still heard
against the ofliclals of the mine, the
troops have the situation well in
hand. The minors are holng kept
away from the main shaft, and the
militia 'is dispersing all gatherings.
No violence has- yet been resorted
to, but a demonstration is feared
when the funerals of "the dead take
place.
The miners are extremely bitter at
the mine ofliclals, charging that they
sacrificed human life in order to
save property.
Andrew Buckles and Louis Gibbs
are among the Identified dead recov
ered today.
The recovery of the bodies is nec
essarily slow on account of the flre
still burning slightly in some parts
of the mine.
Bodies of the victims, piled in
great heaps, have been seen by fire
men in both the east and the west
tunnels of the second level.
It is estimated that 7C of the
dead are huddled together in the
west tunnel. The bodies of two men,
believed to be Andrew Donovan and
his son, were found clasped in each
other's arms in the east tunnel. They
have not been brought up yet.
The bodies of the victims are all
burned black, but, it Is said, that in
most cases the features are intactr
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INCORPORATIONS
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McGrath & Neuhausen Co.; prln
cipal office, . Portland; capital stock,
$10M00; incorporators, T. S. Mc
Grath, tT. B. Neuhausen and James
Cole.
Exclusive Statement Given United Press on the Sugar Trust
Situation This Morning.
GOVERNENT OFFICIAL GIVES
HISTORY OF FACTS OF 'CASE
Claims That Roosevelt Initiated the Proceedings Against the
Trust and That the Taft Administration Took Up the In
vestigation Where His Predecessor Left Off.
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Following are some of the main"- points In the first inside story of
the great sugar trust fraud agitation, and the attacks upon, tho
Roosevelt administration, obtained today by tho United Press.
Roosevelt administration started and the Taft administration is
completing tho prosecution.
Under Roosevelt tho largest rebate fine in the history of law was
collected. '
Prison sentences were not obtained because they were not legally
provided for. ' ,
Tho sugar trust revelations are responsible for the law restoring
tho prison penalty.
Roosevelt was responsible for the story entitled 'Tho Seventeen
Holes," in the Outlook.
The figures of William Loeb, as collector of tho port of Now York
show that every cent possible was recovered from tho weighing
fraud.
The Taft administration is forcing criminal prosecution I 'na man-
ner pleasing to Rooseveltians.
Jfe Former Attorney-General Bonapart 's refusal to take up tho
1 Earlo case was due to his unwillingness to use the government's
machinery in aid of private suits,
New York, Nov. 19. For the firstl Js today possible to give tho insido
story or tue sugar trust prosecution
as seen from the viewpoint of both
the Taft and Roosevelt administra
tions. From a prominent official
of the present administration and.
who was equally as prominent in
tho preceding administration, tho
United Press today obtained a state
ment which wa8 carefully roviowed
and approved both by tho official
making the statement and a second
man equally prominent in both ad
ministrations who indorsed its every
feature. The statement follows:
time since the gigantic sugar trust
frauds became the foremost topic in
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"The evidence bolng published ns
an attack on the Rosoovdlt adminis
tration is, in fact, evldenpo that
Roosevelt's administration gathered
to defeat tho fraud.
"The whole thing has long been
at the disposal of the press and tho
public and it was because no details
of the sugar trust prosecution woro
being published in tho daily papers
that the article entitled 'Tho CaRo
of the Soventeen Holes' nppeared, at
Roosevelt's suggestion, In Tho Out
look. The result of this article was
to awaken public interest in tho mat
ter. "Anyone who has followed tho de
velopments of tho case will realize
how unjust and absurd are tho pres
ent attacks.
"Tho Roosevelt administration un
earthed tho frauds and startod tho
prosecution and tho Taft admlnlsra
tlon Is continuing tho prosocutlons,
applying such administrative meas
ures as necessary to prevent a repe
tition of tho frauds."
"Tho different prosecutions agnlnut
tho sugar trust may bo dividod Into
throo heads, and taken in chronologi
cal ordor are:
"First tho prosecution for ro
coiving rebates.
"Second Tho weighing frauds.
"Third Tho Earlo case."
"These cases woro bogun by tho
Roosovelt administration nearly four
years ago when Henry L. Stlnson
was appointed federal attorney for
tho southern district of Now York
with especial reference to the prose
cution of these offonsos.
"The result Avas that in seven
months tho sugar trust had been
convicted and made to pay over four
times as much as any rebate fine
ever before collected under a rebate
law.
"Tho total finos colloctod from tho
American Sugar Refining company
and subsidiary companies woro $108,
000, whoreas the largest fine ovor
before collected had been $40,000.
"Tho fine was sufficient In size
to stop tho evil and It established
a legal precedent without the amount
of tho flno being exaggerated to an
extent which might have provoked a
reaction of sentiment.
"Tho sugar trust which does near
ly 40 per cent of tho railroad ship
ping out of New York city was ef
fectively throttled so far as roba
ting was concerned.
"Since tho rocont agitation was
raised this ono question has boon
constantly repeatod:
" 'Why woro not thosQ pooplo im
prisoned?' Tho nnswor is simplo.
t. that period imprlsonmont was le
gally ImposBlblo. Tho Hopburn law,
which restored susponded ponalty
imprisonment, was passod Juno 30,
1900, under tho Roosovolt adminis
tration. Tho faots in tho sugar ro-
bato cases wero brought ont pre
vious to tho passing of this law. Tho
sugar robato prosecution began dur
ing tno -aooato or tuo Hepburn law
and this helped tho government to
pass tho measure.
"Tho sugar robato campaign end
ed in December, 1906, Tho first
weighing fraud wks discovered No
vember 20, 1907. Roosevelt and
Bonaparto woro keenly interest
ed in tho discovery and gavo every
possible assistance to tho' prosecu
tors.
''Tho trial of tho penalty suit
against tho American Sugar com
pany from February j to March 5,
1909, resulted in a verdict against
tho company to which tho press
paid but little attention until Rooso
volt took up tho question personally
through tho Outlook.
It was largely duo to Raoseyelt'o
action and to tho Outlook article that
tho sugar trust offered to ' pay all
tho sums duo from stolen dutlos. Tho
settlement effected consisted of tho
restitution of $2,000,000 which had
been stolen and tho payment of a
flno of S13C.000.
"Some pooplo .like to boliovo that
tho government did not recover any
thing, but thoBo wishing conflrma
tlon that tho government rocovorod
everything can sco tho figures of
settlement, made through tho treas
urer.
"It is Important to romomber that
while tho case started in tho Rooso
volt administration, tho settlement
was approved by President Taft's
secretary of tho treasury and his at
torney general.
"It is impossible to gijpayao tho
two administrations in tho matter.
Attornoys Stlmson and Dennison,
yho woro In chargo of tho matter
under Roosovolt, wore continued by
Taft to wind it up and Secretary Mc
Veagh and Attorney Gonortty WJckor
sham have backed them up In evory
way, continuing tho policy of tho
previous administration.
"Much ngltation has boon aroused
recently over tho Earlo case and
former Attornoy General Bonaparto's
decision not to tnko it up. This was
a suit under tho Sherman antitrust
law in which Earlo as receiver for
tho Philadelphia Sugar Refining com
pany alloged that ho was boing put
out of business by a violation of tho
anti-trust law. Earlo is said to have
complained that ho wont to Wash
ington and trlod to Interest Bona
parte In bringing a government pros
ecution against tho American Sugar
Refining company.
"Tho law allows injured persons to
bring privato suits. Earlo had , a
privato suit ponding. Bonaparte ro
fusod to tako action on tho ground
that ho did not want tho machinery
usod in tho aid of privato suits and
tho existing conditions woro Huoh as
to construe tho Btatuto advorsoly to
such a decision. Tho decision of
Judge Holt In tho Enrlo caso indi
cates that Bonaparto had at loast a
reasonable ground for his nttltudo."
o
Young Sister of Murdered Man
on Stand in the Alma
, Bell Trial.
DIDN'T CARE FOR JOE ;
ONLY WANTED LOVER
This Is tho Substnnco of Innocent
Girl's Testimony Before IhcFTrinl
Court Claims that Alum Hail
Other Gentlemen Friends and Did
Not Caro for Joo.
SCHILLER
BIRTHDAY
unibd rnnss mused wihb.1
Auburn, Col., Nov. 19. Mamie
Armos, 15-year-old sister of Joo
Armes, for whoao death Alma Boll Is
on trial horo for her life, gavo strong
testimony ngalnBt tho girl defend
ant today.
"Alma know that Joo didn't" caro
for her, but she wanted Joo to go
with her so sho could havo a sweet
heart," said Mamie.
Tho little girl said tlmt on Thurs
day boforo tho killing Alma told her
that she was going to drive with
Ben Kenison to Lincoln at 13
o'clock that night, and asked her
not to toll anyone.
"Alma; said that sho would bo
-back in tlmo ,tho next morning so
that tho folks wouldn't know any
thing about it," said witness.
Sho testified that sho was Blck In
bed, and that Alma had to uso thfy
telephone whoro sho could hear what
was sold. Sho said that Alma called
up Manuel Neves, and told him she
wanted to seo Bon Kenison.
Kenison Is tho man Joo Armes is
said to havo charged Alma Bell with
driving with, on tho night that she
killed Armes,
Tho prosecution thon Introduced
a frantic lottor written by Alma Bell
on Decoration Day, thvoatonlng to
kill Joo Armes.
Tho prosecution contends that this
lottor proves premeditation.
Mamlo tostlfled that Alma Bell
practiced shooting with a pistol from
tho back porch "of tho Armies house
soveral days boforo the tra3dy.
"Sho had two plstolB a black ono
an da whlto ono," said tho witness,
"and sho Ilred at a bottlo sot up on
an ovon in tho ynrd, about 100 feet
away. Sho flrod first with tho while
rovolvor and thon with tho black
ono, shooting throo or four times.
"I told hor not to shoot, asking
her to stop becauso I was frightened
"Ono Alma aimed tho rovolvor at
horsolf, and I asked her If sho was:
not scared to do that, and sho said.
" 'No, some day I'm going to end.
my llfo with this.' "
Mamlo giggled at tlmos during her
testimony, and made all hor state
ments glibly. Other mombors of tho
Armas group looked at Alma coldly,
and tho, girl's oyos Unshod back do
anco. On cross-oxamlnatlon Alma Boll
ropllod "I don't know" to most of
tho quostlons.
Tho UcTinnu-Aniorlcau Society of
Salom and vicinity will obsorvn tho
IGOth birthday anniversary of tho
poot Schlllfer on Sunday aftornoon,
November 21, at 3:30. Thoro will
bo a muBlcal and literary program,
and a formal addromj In honor of tho
Gorman poot by Rov. Hopf, of tho
Stato street Lutheran church. Mem
bers of the society, tholr families and
frlonds nro cordially Invited to bo
present, .
As usual tho Oregonlan makos
war on what It calls tho "Hoy
Statomant" ;ln tho direct primary
law, and truckles to officialdom. It
probably approves of Honey getting
ono check for $05,000 for his alleged
nntl-grnft services at San FranclBco.
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TORTURES ARE OF
DAILY OCCURRENCE
No News Received of Zelaya's
Reply to Uncle Sam's
Pertinent Query.
UNITED J'UCSS UUHED WlltB.J
Wushlngton, D, C, Nov. 19. No
nowa has yot boon rocelvod from
President Zclaya of Nicaragua In
connection with tho executions Of tho
two Americans Leroy Cannon and
Leonard Graco yostorday, In roply
to tho stato department's peremptory
demand for an explanation..
It Is momontnrjly uxpeated that
nows of a frosh outbrualc of tho rolgn
of terror In Nloarugua, worso than
tho one now prevailing, will be re
ceived. According to the reports coming
from tho so-called republlo, m
daoval tortures and horrlblo cruel
ties are dally accurrunci in the
towns ovor which Zoluya and his
troops still hold sway.
It Is bolleved here that Zelaya will
tnaka ono last desperate struggle
against Provisional President Es
trada .following tho recejpt of tlio
news there that tho I'nitod States
government practically has reeog
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