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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-17
ACCUSES officers OF Conspiracy.

pittsburg, Dec. 17.-E NJ. Diebold. a
prominent capitalist, In suit filed
here Monday accuses the officers of
the Pittsburg q Allegheny Valley Rail,
way Co.. operating electric railroads
and light and power companies in this
vicinity of conspiracy to defraud. He
charges that after collecting stock sub.
scriptions and acquiring property upon
which $l,l00,000 worth of bonds have
been issued, the officers, through the
Issue of notes and other devices. con.
spired TO bring about receivership
for the purpose Of freezing out Diebold
and other minority holders and secure
the property for themselves
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-17
NEWS TERSELY TOLD.

A company of Kentucky militia has
been ordered to Hopkinsville, where
there has been trouble of late with
night riders"
A naval hospital Is to be one of the
features of the naval training station
on the Great Lakes. Plans have been
prepared for a structure to cost about
$250,000.
Sevodnia, newspaper of st. Peters
burg, has been closed UP by the police
and most of the editorial staff as well
as the men in the printing department
were arrested. They are charged with
printing revolutionary documents.
Five persons were injured one per
haps fatally, in a trolley car accident
near Concord, Staten Island. Car No
% of the Richmond Light and Power
Co. jumped the tracks on a curve be.
tween Concord and Garretson and
crashed into two telegraph poles.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-17
KBN-UcKY TROOPS ARE
ORDERED TO HOPkINSvILLE

Louisville. KY. Dec. II Upon
by Adiutant Cen
|eral Johnston, Gov, Wilson yesterday
ordered Co. II of the First Kentucky
militia to leave Louisville this MORN
ing for Hopkinsville.
Governor Wilson issued state
ment from Frankfort in which he
says that Adjutant General Johnston
reports that the people in Hopkins
vile are receiving threatening letters
and that the impression prevails that
the men connected with the last at
tack of might riders" are in readi-
ness to make another.
Gov. Wilson says the adiutant gen.
eral incloses a signed request from
the county Judge. sheriff, county at
torney and mayor Of the city. asking
for troops.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-17
Two Bucks with One Bullet.

Jay Bowers. of this city, has re.
turned home from months hunting
trip in Humboldt county, with rec,
ord Of having shot two fine bucks with
one bullet. One was forked horn
and the other three-pointer. One OF
the animals weighed 1874 pounds
dressed.
That two deer had been killed with
one shot was not discovered until one
OF the animals was being dressed
when the bullet was found to have en-
tered its right side, while Bowers as
serted he had shot the animal on the
left side. An investigation brought to
light the second deer lying dead close
to where the first had been found
Evidently they had been standing
close together when Bowers shot
San Francisco Call.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-17
DOCS IN WARTIME
OF GREAT VALUE IN FINDING
THE WOUNDED.
Frenchmen Urge Minister Of War "a
Have AnIn,ais Attached to Am.
buIanee corps--ldea is Not
New One.

Since dogs have proved to he such
able assistants to the Paris police
corps why shouldn't they be trained, to
reinforce the hospital and ambulance
service of the French army9 The adj
vantages of this Innovation have been
set forth at some length by DR.. i3ishe-
lOnne and Capt Toilet In q volume
which has just been published. II Is
entitled the Dog as-an Aid to the
Sanitary Corps"
That dogs should be taught to seek
out the wounded on the battlefield is
no new idea. The experiment was
tried with success at the time of the
BoeW war, and at the battle of Cha
I1o In the conflict in the far east three
dogs sent out by the German Alliance
discovered % soldiers who had been
given up for lost.
In 1890, by order of the German
war minister, two dogs were added to
the sanitary corps of one Of the crack
regiments. Since then clubs for the
training of dogs in war time have been
formed in Dresden, Cologne, Coburg
Aix-lachapelle and Neuwied. Similar
societies have been organized In Hol.
land, Sweden and Italy. In fact all of
the European countries have turned
their attention to the subject at one
timo or other except France.
DR.. Bichelonne and Capt. Toilet urge
the military authorities to repair this
omission. There are many good
breeds of dogs IN France which would
take easily TO the military training.
II Is an undisputed fact, these au.
thors say, that after an engagement
there are many wounded and dying
who are overlooked by the nurses and
litter carriers. A case in point is
quoted. At the battle of Rczonville.
Gravelotte in 1870 two injured soldiers
lay for three days in ravine. The
ground had been gone over many
times by the ambulance service and
yet they had not been found In in
stances like this the usefulness of
dogs as scouts is mquestioned.
II is wonder that European armies
have not awakened long before this
last decade to the Importance of dogs
as practical helpers in war time, the
authors think. On the. battlefield the
role OF these canine assistants would
be very much the same as that of the
st. Bernard dogs-and they have been
rescuing snowbound travellers for sew
eral centuries.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-17
SIXTY MEN DEAD n
N A COAL NINE
YOlANDE, ALA, is THE SCENE OF
A FRiGHTFUL DISASTER.
SMALL DWELLINGS NEARBY
We're Hit and Wrecked by Timbers
Thrown Out Of the Mine When the
Explosion Occurred Four.
teen Men Escaped.

Birmingham. Ala, Dec. l7.-Advices
from Yolande, Ala, 25 miles from
here, indicate that about go men met
death by an explosion in the mines at
that place Monday The work of re-
covery is slow and while hundreds Of
miners from adjacent mining camps
are present to assist, all of the dead
were not taken o,it last night. Only
30 bodies had been recovered up to
dark. Fewer than 100 men were in
the mine.
The cause of the explosion has not
been determined. The mine had been
pronounced free from gas by state in
speetors and It is supposed the explo-
sion was caused by dust. For two
hours after the explosion ii was impos-
sible to venture near the mouth of the
mine, so hot was the air that rushed
out.
The explosion was below the second
right sub-entry. The mines go down
something like 800 feet. There was
terrific explosion. The force was
made known outside by the dust and
timbers that were blown out in great
quantities, destroying small buildings
nearby and landing some distance
away. There was terrific heat near
the shaft after the explosion.
Officers of the mining company i'm.
mediately took steps to start rescue
party to get to the men on the inside
The fans were started and other
means employed to eliminate the bad
air. Within an hour IA men had
crawled out of the mine and their de-
scription of the interior conditions
was terrible. Several of these men
were severely burned.
Yolande mine is a few miles from
Virginia City, where a similar eXplo-
sion occurred two years ago when 10
men were killed.
The Yolande mines were among the
model collieries of the Birmingham re-
gion. Non-union men were employed
exclusively. but everything possible
had been done to insure the content
ment of employees. Yolande is situated
on a hill and all the houses are paint
ed white with green trimmings, CIV
ing it an air of picturesqueness and
healthfulness unusual in mining quar-
terS
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-17
Court Upholds Ahearn's Removal.

New York, Dec. ia special meet
ing of the board of aldermen, of Man
haitian borough to be held next Thurs
day to elect a successor to John f.
Ahearn, who was removed from the
Office of president of the borough of
Manhattan by Gov. Hughes, was called
Monday by Mayor Mcclellan. The call
followed the vacating of two injunc-
tions which were sought by Ahearn
to prevent his removal. In vacating
the injunctions Justice Greenbaum,
of the supreme court, decided that
Ahearn had been removed by the
proper administration of the law. He
said the court had no power to review
the findings of the governor.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-17
Train Ban Into a Rock.

Poughkeepsie. N. Y. Dec. 1.-THE
bound, on the West Shore railroad had
a narrow escape from being wrecked
and thrown into the Hudson river last
night. The train had passed through
Highland, opposite this city, and when
mile north of the station the engi.
neer discovered boulder weighing
nearly !, 500 pounds on the tracks. lie
put on the air brakes and reversed his
engine, but not until the locomotive
crashed into the rock. The pilot of the
locomotive was wrecked and the pony
trucks derailed.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-17
Claim Federation is TreasonapIs.

Goldfeld, New, Dec. 1.-THE Gold
field Mine Owners association on Mon
day submitted a statement to the com
mission which President Roosevelt
sent to Goldfield, declaring that the
Western Federation of Miners is not a
labor organization, but a combination
in restraint of trade; that it is In fact
reasonable organization and the
statement gives quotations from the
constitution and bylaws of the feder-
alton In support OF this contention.
Monday was spent by the commission
In going over the information obtained
by Gen. Funston and Gov. Sparks.
Gen. Funston will leave Goldfield
Wednesday for San Francisco
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-17
WAS ECCENTRIC BUT
ACCUMULATED A MILLION

Somerville. Mass, Dec. 17.--Ben-
jamin Hadley, an eccentric million
aire, died at his home in East Son.
Ierville OF old age. He was ninety
years old and never was married.
He was born in Somerville, and II
is said that only on one occasion did
he ever travel beyond the greater
Boston district. 1t is related Of him
that he never joined any kind OF
Organization, never had his life in
sured. never purchased ticket for
Iany sort of entertainment. never ate
Ia met n q hotel or restaurant ana
did not spend more than dollar in
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-17
Consider the Birds Of the Air.

An eminent ornithologist calls atten
ton 20 the fact that crane can travel
through the air thousand miles d
day without Mapping its wings. but by
merely keeping them stretched and
adjusted to the prevailing breeze. A
hawk can stay in the air for days and
weeks, moving with Its wings motion
less. 1t is the same with the gulls
and numerous other winged creatures
In studying the science of aerostatics
consider the binds of the air.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-17
A Chance for Balloon BuiIde rs.

Washington, Dec. 17.-Specifications
for the construction of a dirigible bal.
loon for the use of the army and for
which the signal Office of the war de
partment asked proposals were is.
sued Monday. The balloon is to be OF
silk inflated with hydrogen, capable OF
carrying two people weighing 500
pounds, with 100 pounds of ballast, and
must be capable of making a speed OF
20 miles per hour in still air. 1t must
make an endurance flight of two hours
at an average speed of 20 per cent. OF
the trial requirements. Bids must be
submitted by January Is. 1908.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-17
Civic Federation Assemblies.

New York, Dec. 17.--Peaceful rela
tions between labor and capital was
the theme last night at the annual
banquet of the National Civic Fedora
ton, whose members. composed OF
financiers, employers. labor leaders
ppbliclsts and other prominent citi
zens, gathered In conference here to
discuss Legislation for various ques
tions now affecting the body polite
The day session OF the federation was
given over to the discussion OF the
currency question. Andrew Carnegie
declared that relief must come through
asset currency. based on trade bills.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-17
Man Who Stole $685. is Sentenced

Sherbrooke, Que, Dec. ia. II.
Anderson, treasurer of the Quebec
Central railway. on Monday pleaded
guilty to embezzlement from the com.
pany and was sentenced to five years
imprisonment. His defalcation amounts
to about $lS5,000. A surprising fact
about the case is that the thefts have
been found to extend back over a
period of 1S years. The Quebec Cen
tral is owned by English capitalists.
Anderson's method was to alter the ac.
counts for amounts due by connecting
roads and he had stolen in this way an
average Of 100000 per year, all Of
which was lost In stock gambling.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-17
shsh's Plans Failed.

Teheran, Dec. l7.-On the interven-
tion of the British minister. Premier
Nasir El Mulk and the minister of the
interior. Sanin Ed Dcwleh, who were
arrested Sunday by order of the shah,
mier started last night for Europe in
exile. The shah had prepared coup
d'etat. It was his intention to hold
the ministers in prison, expel the con.
stitutionalist leaders and dissolve par.
lament. but the plan failed. Negotia-
tions are now going on between the
shah and parliament and It is believed
that an understanding will be reached.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-17
A Radical Innovation.

Berlin, Dec. ia complete trans
formation In the state railroad sys
tenn is about to be introduced in Prus
sia. On all except main trunk lines
automobile cars which run singly will
replace locomotives drawing ordinary
trains In all portions of the system
Experiments have proven that such
cars running along rails as at present
laid possess immense economic ad
vantages. Hundreds of these passen,
ger cars have been ordered, each pro.
vided with 60 horsepower motor.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-17
Recelver Appolnted for Iron WorkA

Hazleton, Pa. Dec. 1.-THE Jeanes-
vile iron works last night went into
the hands of receiver. Upon appli-
cation of James G.. Hayden, the prin-
cipal stockholder and creditor and
who is also president of the company,
A. b. Jennings, general manager T
the works, was appointed receiver
with power to conduct the business.
The bill alleges total liability of
$49l 900. including bonded indebted
ness upon which the interest is paid,
and assets of SAL, 900. The reason for
the application is inability to realize
quickly upon the assets and lack of
working capital. The works employ
about $50 men.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-17
BISHOP WILLIAMS SAYS
0SALOONS ARE NECESSARY

lansing, Mich, Dec. ia view
on prohibition, which startled his
audience, was expressed at St. Pauls
Episcopal church by Charles ID.
Williams, of Detroit, in his address.
He contended that at present
saloons are a necessity.
Il do not believe absolute prohibi-
ton is possible at the present time,
he said. 'You take the saloons away
from the man and you leave "a big
hole for which there seems nothing
at the present time to fill. When a
substitute for a saloon pleasure Is
found. then prohibition can be
worked out. M
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-17
PrecocIty.

Tommy said Mrs. Tucker, who
was showing him through the geologi-
cal department of the great museum,
these are called aerolites, They are
supposed to be fragments OF some
planet that has been broken up. They
come within the attraction of our
planet and fall to the EARTH"
20, know what they are, all right"
said Tommy. They're the ballast the
man In the moon has to throw out to
keep hlInself w In the sky"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-17
What Good Did n,s Money Do Him

Somerville, Mass, Dec. 17.-Benja.
min Hadley. an eccentric millionaire,
died eIonday at his home in East Som.
eryille, of old age. He was 80 years
old and never was married. He was
born in Somervi1le and IL Is said that
only on one occasion did he ever
travel beyond the Greater Boston dis.
:rict. He never Joined any kind of or.
ganization. never had his life insured
never purchased a ticket for any sort
Of entertainment. never ate a meal in
hotel or restaurant and did not
spend more than one dollar in his en-
tire life for car fare. lie had not voted
for 40 years.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-17
Is Charged with Murder.

Cleveland, Dee 17.-Frank Smith,
40, was brought to the county Jail
from Berea Monday, charged with the
murder of John Ebert. a Big -Four
conductor, ten years ago. Ebert was
assaulted in his caboose while his
train laid at Berea. He was dead when
found. Detectives never had let up
In their efforts to locate Smith, who
was suspected. Recently it was learn.
ed man answering his description
was in jail at Port Clinton. This man
was, identified as Smith. Detectives
arrested him upon the expiration of
HIS term at Port Clinton and took
him to Berea.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-17
A Fierce Battle.

Ashtabula, o.. Dec. 17.-Policeman
Reuben Redecker has broken hand,
Frank Mckenzie is badly hurt and
Jake Tulian is in Jail with his head
cut to pieces, as the result of a fight
In the Tulian home Sunday night. Tu-
lian threw his mother from the house,
tnjuring her. and Redecker tried to ar
rest him. Tulian fought and his
father helped him. Redecker was al
most overpowered when Mckenzie ar.
rived, and both suffered beating,
but arrested Tulian.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-17
Murders by a Mob to be Probed.

Washington, Dec. 17.-Prompt steps
will be taken by Italian Ambassador
Mayer Des Planches to ascertain the
facts connected with the shooting and
killing of two Italians Saturday night
at Chathamville, La, who had been
imported there to work in the camps
of the fremont Lumber CO. The MUIR
der is said to have been committed by
a mob of American workmen who had
been displaced by the Italians in the
lumber camp.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-17
Farmer Burned $4,000 in Cash.

Marion, o., Dec. 17.-John Gordon,
q farmer of this county. burned $40,
900 In bills short time before he
died. Gordon was 50 years old and in
the last few weeks had grown child.
fish. He had steadfastly refused to
put the $4,000, the savings of years.
into bank, but kept the bills under
his pillow. He amused himself by
setting fire to them and watching
them burn. He succumbed to heart
disease coon afterward.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-17
Work Of Rescue Proceeds Slowly.

Ely. New, Dec 1.-THE work OF re.
leasing the three men entombed in the
Alpha shaft Is proceeding slowly,
owing to the great danger to the res.
cuers of second cayein. The en-
tombed men are in little danger from
any source, as they are above the
water level, have plenty of food and
water and are supplied with three cots
which were sent down In sections
Through the water pipe.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-17
Lrp,eo offers Cup for Ocean Race.

New York, Dec. l7.--David ]. Aus
ten. vice commodore of the Brooklyn
Yacht club, has received letter from
Sir Thomas Upton Ia which he offers
to give cup valued at $1,000 for on.
ocean race next summer under the
auspices Of the Brooklyn Yacht club
that club to decide whether II shall be
to Bermuda or elsewhere.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-17
$a5,oo6 Fire Loss.

Mansfield. o.. Dec. 1.-THE Frye
Condensing and Caramel Co.'S plant
at Lexington was destroyed by fire
Sunday night. The building and ma
chinery were worth between $35 900
and $4,000. The plant turned out
condensed milk, butter and candy.
Thomas Geraldo, Frenchman sleep
Ing In room on the third floor, had
TO be taken out by means of ladder.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-17
FRENCH HAVE TWELVE
MEN WOUNDED

Lalla Maghnia. Algeria. Dec. IT,
|They Beni-Mangouch tribesmen and
a body of French troops under the
command of Lieut.. Col. Felinean
have had an encounter in the vicinity
of Ainsfa. The tribesmen were fin-
lally repulsed.
The French, who had twelve men
wounded, including a lieutenant, are
now bivouacked in the field.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-17
Cincinnati Honored the Fleet.

Cincinnati. Dec. I'm honor or
the great American feet which sailed
Monday from the Atlantic en- route to
the Pacific, and in response to a proc
lamation by Mayor Dempsey, flags
were displayed on public and private
buildings all over the city. On both
court house and city hall the flag was
unfurled and kept flying until driz
zling rain set in.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-17
Morocco's sultan Pawns His Jewels.

Paris, Dee. 17.-Experts having
made report as to the value of the
jewels belonging to Abd-el-Aziz, the
sultan Of Morocco. which agents
brought here for the purpose Of raising
a loan, the officials Of the Mont De
Eiete have paid over on them $3.50, 900
TO the suItan's representatives.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-17
Dynamiter eiselow is sentenced.

Denver, Col. Dec. l7.-Kemp Bige.
low, of Bryan, o., who last week
pleaded guilty to charges of murder
Gus assault on Gov. Buchtel, Lawrence
A. Phipps and Charles b. Kountze. to
whom he mailed dynamite bombs, was
on Monday sentenced to the state re.
formatory for an indefinite period.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-17
A Riot In Havana,

Havana, Dec. 17.--After a meeting
Monday in which fiery speeches were
made, the striking masons attacked
the men who had taken their places
and serious riot ensued, Five men
were shot and IL others were wounded
in various ways. The police were
summoned to quell the riot and used
their pistols freely. They made large
number of arrests.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-17
Long Fight Over Water Rates Ends.

Kent. o., Dec. l7.-After five
months contention the Kent council
has renewed an eight-year contract
with the Kent Water and Light Co
for water at 20 cents per thousand
gallons. with a minimum meter rate
OF $3.50 per year, or $3.50 where the
consumer owns meter. Heretofore
consumers have paid 16 cents per
thousand. with no meter minimum.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-17
illegal Fees Were Paid.

Columbus. O.. Dec. ia report of
the examination of the Offices of
Greene county, made to the state bu-
reau OF accounting, discloses illegal
payments of fees and over payments
to other persons to the extent of $4,-
602, all In small sums.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-17

~ Washington. Dee. 17.--Mr. Ansberry
Of Ohio, has introduced In the house
bill providing for q survey for a ship
canal to connect the cities OF Toledo
and Chicago. via the Maumee river
~ Lake Michigan.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-17
piqasst steer is sIauohtered.

Cincinnati. Dee. 17.--The largest
steer In thesworld has been slaught-
cred In the Cincinnati abatoir. The
steer had been on exhibition with cir
cuses. He weighed 3,400 pounds and
was 7 years old.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-17
Literature Of Youth.

Knicker-What books have helped
you most?
Bncker-'rhe ones didn't buy with
the money father sent me vt college.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-17
Merchant 10 Held for Lunacy

Marion. o., Dec. 17.--Jonas Decker,
. prosperous merchant. was held here
Monday on a lunacy warrant. Satur.
day night Decker invited all the mer-
chants OF Prospect to banquet, but
none went. Sunday he built a fire in
one corner OF his home to destroy evil
spirits.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-17
steel PLANT Laws on 4.ooo Men

Johnstown. Pa, Dec. 17.--With tha
laying off of 1,500 men by the Cambria
Steel Co. here Monday there are now
about 1000 men formerly connected
With the steel plant out OF work.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-17
Pattereon Is AcauItted.

( Beaver. Pa, Dec. 17.--The Jury in
the case of John J. Patterson, OF
Beaver Falls, charged with soliciting
William Howard to murder Judge r.
s. Holt. Of this place. on Monday re-
turned verdict Of not guilty.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-17
Bank Cashier Dropped Dead.

Columbus, o.. Dec. l7.-Frank
Frankenberg, aged so years, cashier
of the Colonial Savings bank, dropped
dead Monday In the bank lobby