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Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-14
COAL COMPANY BLAMED
FOR MINE EXPLOSION
coroner's Jury Investigates Accident
at Fayette City, Pa, in Which
Thirty-four Men Were
Killed
BY Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
BELLE VERNON, Pa, Dec. 1s.-The
coroner's jury, investigating the explosion
at the Naomi mine of the United Coal
company at Fayette City, Pa, which re-
suited in the death of thirty-four miners,
today returned the following verdict:
I'VE find that the men came to their
deaths as result of an explosion of gas
and dust in the Naomi mine of the United
Coal company.
"The gas seems to have accumulated
from insufficient ventilation and was, we
believe. ignited from sparks of the cleo
trio wires or an open light, at some point
not definitely located.
I'VE condemn the use of electric wires
or return air currents, and we further
condemn the use of open lights in all
gaseous mines.
I'VE would recommend that hereafter
an air shaft be opened up where the
workings reach point 1000 feet from the
main opening. Further, that the mining
commission appointed by the state gov
ernor recommend such amendments to the
mining laws that human life will be bet
ter protected and that the present laws
be more rigidly enforced"
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-14
DYING OF sTILETTo WOUNDS,
VICTIM LIES UNATTENDED
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press
BATTLE CREEK. Mich, Dec. 1S.--
Michael Ohtura, aged 30. a Macedonian,
is tonight in the hands of a physician,
who regards his condition as we'll nigh
hopeless owing to numerous stiletto
wounds, and to the additional fact that
the wounded man lay unattended from
the time he was assaulted, Thursday aft
ernoon, until this evening.
Both the victim and his friends feared
to make known his plight because of the
deadly fear of a vendetta. After being
carried from the Grand Trunk yards to
his lodging house Ohtura was hidden by
his friends until tonight when they called
Dr. Tower, fearing the man was dying.
The physician, on cutting away his
PATIENTS clothes. discovered a large num-
her of terrible wounds in the lower part
of the body, one leg bone being COM
pletely severed The police have arrested
one Macedonian on suspicion, but Ohtura
and his friends stoutly refuse 10 give the
officers any assistance.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-14
AFFAIRS OF WALSH'S BANK
TANGLED, SAYS EXAMINER
BY Associated Press.


CHICAGO, Dec &c. M. Bosworth,
a national bank examiner, who prior to
assuming that Office was president of the
Illinois Southern and of the Wisconsin
& Michigan railroad companies, Walsh
enterprises, took the stand in the trial
of John r. Walsh today and described
conditions which he found to exist in the
Chicago National bank when he exam
ined its affairs in November 1904, in
June, 1905, and in December 1905.
He asserted that Walsh had been re-
peatedly warned by him and by the
comptroller of the currency to unload the
oversupply of securities carried by the
bank, but that the warnings went un-
needed, while conditions became steadily
worse.
When the first examination was made
witness testified, there was found to be
due depositors a total of 17,609S66, of
which S3,6S6O6S was deposited by other
banks and the remainder by other de-
positors.
Among the amounts represented at that
time by bonds in the bank as collateral
on notes were S250.0OO of Wisconsin &
Michigan railroad against seven notes
totaling $640,0O0; $525, 900 of the Illinois
Southern as security for s1,564,OOO repre-
sented by seventeen memorandum notes
S462 900 of the Southern Indiana account
OF loan oil S4JS,9O. Inere Were he said,
eleven memorandum loans of $4,000 each
with 100000 of bonds of the Southern
Indiana Vas security. In addition there
was an unsecured loan of 100000,
The books at that time showed Mr.
Bosworth declared loan to the Chicago
Chronicle of 100000 and two notes for
100000 each signed by John Bradshaw
and IT. w. Seymour, discounted by the
Chicago Chronicle.
Mr.. Bosworth testified that upon MAX
ing the examination he found the bank s
affairs substantially the same as on the
first of October, though in the meantime
he had called the attention of the comp
troler of the currency to the conditions
After the second examination Mr.. Bos-
worth told Mr.. Walsh that unless he dis
posed of some of the securities and rem
edied the condition of the bank the comp
troller would take measures to correct
matters himself Mr.. Walsh, he said
apoIogized and assured him that some
thing would be done at once.
Bosworth identified statements made
by Walsh to the comptroller in which
the banker asserted that the companies
whose bonds were held were prosperous
and that the bonds could be disposed of
by the end of the year. The final ex-
animation before the closing of the bank
he said, was commenced December O.
1905.
At that time an increase of the things
complained Of was found. Besides the
notes OF the railroads already referred
to. there were found at that time note
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-14
FIVE HUNDRED UNION MEN
DRIVE MINER FROM BUTTE
BY Associated Press.

ny ASSOCldteu fIeSs.
BUTTE, Mont, Dec. 13.-Five hundred
men, members of the local miners union,
today seized a miner at work as a car
penter on the new Bell Telephone line and
escorted him to their hall. Later the man
disappeared. At one time a riot seemed
imminent.
The Bell company has been boycotted
by union labor in Montana because of the
strike of linenfen and operators begun
last March, and union labor in turn has
been enjoined by Judge Hunt of the fed
eral court from interfering with Bell en-
ployes. What action Judge Hunt will
taNe is not known.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-14
13 IN GANG ON FRIDAY,
18TH; FEAR OF HOODOO
CAUSES FATAL INJURIES
Men at Work on Elevated Structure
in New York Become supersti-
tous - Hurt on Deadly
Third Rail
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Dec. 1s-Nervousness and
superstition regarding Friday. the 18th,
brought dangerous injury TO three of a
gang of thirteen worixmen on the Third
avenue elevated structure at Seventy
third street today.
Oscar Anderson and Tony TiznossSi
were pulling rivets in the track when
Anderson remarked it's being Friday, the
13th. and said there were just thirteen
men in the gang.
TiznosislSi gave a start; his hammer
touched the third rail.
An explosion followed instantly and a
second later the mans clothing was in
flames. Anderson rushed to his COM
rade's side, but his clothing caught fire
also and both men were horribly burned
Foreman Daniel Murphy managed to
tear the burning garments from the pair
and was himself badly burned.
Anderson and Tiznosiski are not ex-
pected to survive.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-14
KIDNAPPED CHILD FOUND,
ABDUCTORS ARE ARRESTED
Little Lillian WuIff, Who Was Stolen
In Chicago, Is Taken from Couple
Who Were on Their Way
to Missouri
By Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
KANKAKEE, ILL.,, Dec 13.-Little Lillian
Wulff, who was kidnapped In Chicago last
Saturday, was recovered today five miles
south of Momenoe, ten miles east of here.
A man and woman, who were her cap
tors, were arrested. They gave their
names as Mr.. and Mrs. William Jones and
say they were on their way from Penn
sylvania to Missouri, where they intended
to settle. They refuse to discuss the kid
naping.
The child, they say, they picked up in
the streets of Chicago, put her In a wagon
and drove away. The arrest of the couple
was brought about through the report of
a farmers wife whose suspicion was
aroused when the trio drove past her
house. A deputy sheriff followed and ar
rested them.
The child acknowledged that her name
was Wulff and said she escaped once on
the road between Kankakee and Chicago
but was recaptured.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-14
WHEELER TO REPORT ON
IMMIGRATION PROBLEMS
Member of Commission from Cali
fornia Will Submit Review of
Conditions to General
Board
Bv Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.-The immigra-
tion commission met today at the capitol
and decided to commence an inspection
of immigrat on conditions of the Pacific
coast.
William r. Wheeler, member of the
commission from California, will at once
proceed to make a thorough review of
the immigration at the leading coast
cities. His report, which is expected to
cover mirutely the Chinese and Japanese
immigration questions, will probably not
be made to the commission for many
weeks. 1t also was decided by the COM
mission TO take up the emigration prob
lem in the southern states
Senator Dillingham;. chairman of the
commission, will appoint commission
for this purpose. of which Senator Lat
inner of South Carolina and Representa-
tive BurnetA of Alabama will be MEM
bers.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-14
CHINA GUBMlTS CLAIMS
TO TOXIC GOVERNMENT
Boundary Dispute Hinges on Korea,s
Observation-Disclosures Put Bur-
den of Proof on Other
Nation
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press
PEKING, Dec. 13-China has submitted
TO the Toxic government through Baron
Hayashi, the Japanese minister, a state
ment of her side of the Chen Tao
boundary dispute.
This consists of a memorandum in which
Korea admits the sovereignty of China
over the territory In question. a map
signed by both China and Korea, estab-
fishing ths boundary between Korea and
Manchuria at the Tumen river and evil
dence TO show that thefrlver which japan
claims is the boundary is in reality an
affiuent of the Sungari.,
Japan claims that the Koreans are not
Chinese subjects. and this fact is the
ground for her invasion and policing of
the Chen Tao territory in Korea's name.
China claims also that Korea agreed to
accept Chinese Jurisdiction over the dis
pqted territory for q period of ten years.
Japan has placed the burden of proof
upon China.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-14
GOVERNOR WOULD IMPROVE
WORK OF BANK EXAM INERS
By Associated Press.

BY ABsocIHted Prces.
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 13-The bank
commissioners will hold an important
meeting tomorrow. Governor Gillett will
be present and 1t is expected his plan
for improving the efficiency of the bank
examiners by having the state district
ed and the work so arranged that the
commissioners will alternate In the ex-
animation of banks, will be acted upon.
Other plans of the governor for i'm
proving the system of bank eXamina-
tion VIII also be considered.
The Occidental Trust company and the
West Side bank, both of Los Angeles
were given until the close of business
today to bring their reserves up to the
amount required by law. These banks
are expected to report to the commits
sioners tomorrow.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-14
HUNTER NEARLY KILLED
BY FLOCK or CROWS
Birds Attack Man, Peck at His Head
and Eyes and Feat Him Almost
SenseIess with Their
Wings
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
CHICAGO. Dec. ia dispatch from
Freeport, ILL.,, says that Paul Niles,
hunter, was attacked by an enormous
flock of crows near here yesterday and
barely escaped with his life,
Niles fired into the flock, wounding sew
eral, and the others attacked him. The
man started to run, but was knocked
down and pecked about the face and eyes
and beaten almost insensible by the birds
wings,
with the greatest difficulty he crawled
to a nearby door, with the birds fighting
him all the way, and 1t was not until he
was inside that they desisted. Niles is
in critical condition.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-14
INCREASE BAIL OF BARTNETT
AND BROWN
COTTON SECURITIES SOLD TO
eoULps, is REPORT
Men Held Responsible for Wreckng
California Safe Deposit and Trust
Company Must Raise 100000
Each or Stay in Jail
Continued from page one)

Atlantic Safe Deposit company. The in
junction was secured by counsel for
Helen M. B. Sacher, a young girl who
who died in Washington in 1905.
Counsel alleges that Bartnett. who is
an executor of the Cotton estate, took
the will from Washington to Santa Cruz,
Cal, for probate, and there secured let
ters of administration with which he re-
moved securities valued at $250000 to the
California Safe Deposit and Trust COM
pany, which closed it's doors last month.
The petitioner charges that Walker and
Bartnett took the securities and de-
posted them in the Atlantic company in
this city with intent to convert them to
their own uses.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-14
N. Y. THEATERS TO FIGHT
SUNDAY CLOSING LAW
II Board of Aldermen Does Not Repeal
Ordinance, Managers of Play
houses Will Take
Steps
By Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Dec. 13.-If the board of
aldermen does not, on Tuesday next,
amend the law prohibiting all kinds of
Sunday amusement, it is probable that
other steps will -e taken to gain relief
for the amusement owners.
The recent decision of Justice OGor-
man, which was responsible for the clos
ing of all places of amusement on Sum
day, was made in a civil case. and it
can not be appealed 1t is possible now
that test case will be made by opening
one vaudeville theater and allowing the
to be arrested.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-14
VANDERBILT SAYS NATIONAL
BANK NOTE SYSTEM is BAD
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Dec. 13-Frank A[Van-
derlip, vice president of the National
City bank, in an address today on 1.-THE
Modern Bank at Columbia university,
advocated a combination of the Scotch
system of branch banks with the Ger
man system of a central bank of issue
as a solution of the banking problem.
Mr.. Vanderlip severely arraigned the
present bank note system, declaring that
it was 1.-The result of an ingenious device
of a harassed government to sell bonds"
The need of this device, he said, had
long disappeared, but the hampering
laws relating to that system still re-
mained.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-14
FRENCH BEGIN ADVANCE
AGAINST ALGERIAN REBELS
for Submission Of Tribes
men Are Not Coming to Head
Fast Enough to Satisfy
General
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
OUDJA, Algeria, Dec. 1S-As the nego-
tiations for the submission of the re-
belious Benis Nassen tribesmen are not
coming to a head as rapidly as had been
expected the French troops under the
command of Gen Lautri have received
orders to begin forward concentrated
movement toward the mountain retreats
of the tribesmen with the object of fore
ing the native leaders to yield
Villages submitting to the French will
not be harmed, but those resisting will be
razed and burned.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-14
HE THROWS BLAZING OIL ON
WIFE AND BABE; ACCIDENT
Child Killed and Mother Fatally In
Jured as Result of Sudden
Ignition of Pan Of
Kerosene
Nv Associated Press.

T2y Associated Press.
PRESTON, Idaho, Dec. 13.-Whlle Jo-
seph Johnson was cleaning a chimney in
his residence today basin of kerosene
he was using became ignited. He ran
to the door and threw it out just as his
wife, with her baby in her arms, was en-
tering.
The burning fluid covered them both,
the baby being burned to death and the
mother terribly injured She can not
recover.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-14
SAN FRANCISCO LUMBER
co. MAY GET BIG CONTRACT

BY Associated Preas.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1S.-The Olsen
Mahoney Lumber company of San Fran
cisco was the lowest bidder today. at
s124,372, for fignlshing the Isthmian Canal
commission with approximately 100000
feet of lumber, ranging in sizes from 1xs
to 12x14 incEes.
The material is to be delivered at Colon
or La Boca. There were twenty-one bid
ders. 1t is expected the Olsen-Mahoney
company will get the contract.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-14
VICTIMS OF FORMER BANKING
DISASTER ARE AGAIN LOSERS
BY Associated Press.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 13-Among the
many to lose their savings in the crash of
the California Safe Deposit and Trust
company were people who suffered a SINH
lar misfortune when DR.. III. r. Mcdonald s
bank, the Peoples Home Savings bank,
failed over fifteen years ago. The bank
was placed in the hands of a receiver and
the depositors were slowly receiving the
return of their money.
Over $1,000 of such funds, being held until
a dividend came due, was on deposit with
the California Safe Deposit and Trust
company and the claimants against the
old bank can now only receive their pro
rata in the settlement of the safe deposit
company'S affairs.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-14
Belen Cutoff Completed
Ry Associated Press.

BY Associdted ITtss.
Topeka, Kan, Dec. 13.-The Atchison,
Topeka & Sa ta Fe Railroad company an
nounced today that regular service will
be established on the Belen cutoff on De-
cember Is. 1t will be used for the time
being for Pacific coast freight traffic.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-14
POPE RECEIVES ARCHBISHOP
RIoRDAN OF SAN FRANCISCO
By Associated Press.

ROME, Dec. 1S.-The pope today re-
ceived Archbishop Riordan of San Fran,
cisco in private audience in his library,
and the Catholic situation in the United
States in general and the diocense of San
Francisco in particular was discussed at
length The archbishop made satisfac-
tory report regarding the clergy and re-
ligious institutions in California.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-14
"WHY DON'T YOU BURY ME?"
ASK SENTENCED PRISONER
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
FRESNO. Dec. 13.-Julius Smith was
today sentenced to fifty years imprison-
ment for highway robbery by Judge
Austin He held up ]. w. Gorrell last
October and robbed him of cheap
watch.
why didn't you bury me?" said the
prisoner as sentence was pronounced.
Smith is only y years old.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-14
WISCONSIN SLEEPING GAR LAW
DECLARED UNCONSTITUTIONAL
BY Associated Press.

BY AssOcIateu Press.
MADISON, Wis, Dec. 13.-The state
supreme court today declared the Wis
consin sleeping car law unconstitutional.
The decision holds that the law is not a
valid exercise of the police powers of the
state, in that 1t leaves the occupants of
the lower berth to decide whether the
upper shall be closed or open, instead of
requiring an unoccupied berth
to be closed.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-14
White Men Guard Negroes
BY Associated Press.

CARROLLTON, Ala. Dec. 1S.-Scores
of white citizens of Carrollton stood guard
all of last night over the church and
schoolhouse for negroes in this town and
at the county Jail. This, action was due
to reports that a mob of white men was
coming to Carrollton to take a negro
who melted the trouble at Fords from
Jail and lynch him.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-14

Of j. w. Fathorn for 100000. note of
the Ohio Quarries company of 100000.
note of the Akron Gas company of $780,
600, note of the Peoria Gas company
of 100000 and variety of others, OF vari-
Gus amounts, signed by individuals, firms
and corporations.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-14
Railroad President Dead

BY Associated Press
BOSTON, Dec. 13.-Wlliam Bliss, pres
ident of the Boston & Albany railroad
for the past twenty-seven years, died at
his home here this morning.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-14
To Mark Confederate Graves
BY Associated Press.

BY AesocIdted Fress,
Roosevelt today appointed Gen. William
G. Gates to succeed Col. Elliott as COM
missioner to mark Confederate graves
Gen. Gates was formerly governor Of
Alabama.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-14
Tried to Wreck Train, Charge
By Associated Press

by AssUCIute'I 7 teS"'
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 13.-Albert
Hamilton and Mont Lee have been lodged
in the county jail charged with attempt
ing to wreck train by placing rocks in
a switch at Bromela, four miles this side
of Guadalupe.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-14

BUSINESS MEN will find space
taken in THE HERALD CHRISTMAS
EDITION profitable investment. Phone
in for a solicitor-he will tell you all
about it.
CIRCULATION COUNTS!
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-14
wnAr CAUSES nrApAcnr

From October TO May. Colds are the most fire.
dlient cause Of headache. Laxative Bromo Out
nine removes cause. L. w. Grove on box 25c.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-14
VIGILANTES
ARE GUARDING
GOLDFIELD
SITUATION IS SERIOUS, SAYS
GENERAL
TELEGRAPHs SECOND REPORT
TO WAR DEPARTMENT
Belief That Soldiers Would de With
drawn from Nevada Shattered
by Commanders Statement.
Outrage Reported

CONTINUED from PaEe One.)
A night shift has been put on in the
Consolidated mines and the guards have
been doubled tonight.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-14
To Make Room for Pianos

We will at ONCE sell every small musi-
cal instrument, every music book, every
sheet of music. every string and every
thing amounting to over S65.000 worth
AT COST OR LESS,
BARTLETT MUSIC CO..
2sl l-293-295 s. Broadway, OPP. city hall.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-04-17
TERRITORY OIL FIELDS.
Beggs and Wewoka Are Now the Cen
ter Of Attraction.

Tulsa, /. T., April 16-Right now
Bcggs, few miles south Of Mounds,
and Wowola, in the Seminole Nation,
are the center Of attraction in the oil
world, from the fact that new fields of
great promise have just been opened
up in those vicinities. The Beggs field
comes in with 250-barrel natural pro-
ducer which is wonderful showing,
greater than that made by the Glenn
pool, which opened up with n seventy
five barrel well. The Farmers OIL and
Gas Company discovered the Beggs
field while wildcatting. Leases in that
vicinity which a few weeks ago could
have been had for song are climbing
the scale of prices and bid fair to com
mand fabulous sums in snort time.
The Wewoka field. which is almost
100 miles south OF the Glenn pool,
makes its debut with gusher of from
400 to 500 barrels. This well came in
at depth OF almost LOO feet, and
It Is said when drilled deeper into the
sand may make 1000 barrels.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-04-17
ENGLAND'S NAVAL MYSTERY
Completion Of the lndomitabe Proves
to Be Probably the Most Efficient
Fighting Ship in the
World.

London, April lG.-Engand's naval
mystery, the lndomitable, proves to
be probably the most efficient fight
ing ship in the world. 1t has less ton
mage than the Dreadnaught, bur ls la,
more speedy. Experts say 1T will be
able to pursue, overtake and blow
out of the water almost any ioreIgn
battleship afloat.'
Two duplicates of this great ship,
the lnvincible and lnfleXible, t. be
launched this spring will open an
other wide gap between the British
navy and its nearest rival
These are the figures OF the Indoin.
table: Length $50 feet. breadth g
feet, displacement 1880 tons,
draught 2G feet, speed 25 knots. main
armament eiJht 12-inch guns, cost
$3.50, 900. 1t Is turbine driven and OF
Al ,O0J horse power.
The Dreanaught is i90 feet long
SO feet wide, 1900 tons, 20 I-l
feet draught, 81 knots speed and cost
100000. 1t carries 10 12inch guns.
The greatest secrecy has been
maintained by the government with
regard to the new type OF warships.
When the plans wereunder considera-
tion It was said they would be armor'
ed cruisers. Even parliament was not
informed in advance as to the cost.
Appropriation was made only for the
cost of the first years construction
and not until the work was completed
did the total cost become known.
England startled the world by
building the Dreadnaught In a
year, and as great sensation has
been caused by the secret construc-
tion of this powerful type of fighters.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-04-17
State Of Ohio, City of Toledo,
Lmcns County

Frank J. Cheney makes oath that
he Is senior partner Of the firm of f.
]. Cheney & Co, doing business in the
City of Toledo, County and State
aforesaid, and that said firm Will pay
the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOL
LARS for each and every case OF Ca.
tarrh that cannot be cured by the
use Of Halls Catarrh Cure.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed
in my presence, this 9th day of De-
cember, A. d., 1886,
(Seal) A. W. GLEASON,
Notary Public,
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter
naly, and acts directly on the blood
and mucus surfaces of the system,
Send for testimonials free.
+. J. CHENEY & CO. Toledo, o.
Sold by all druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti
patton.