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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-10-27
"ARE THERE ANYALIVE?" Is THE
CRY AT DAWSON

Dawson, N. M, Oct. 27.-Not even
the poor comfort of one last look at
the dear faces of the dead will be
given the widows and children of the
miners who persisted in the Stag
Canon mine disaster, for putrefaction
has set in and some of the corpses
have been so effected by the foul
gases that they have literally burst.
The. wooden shack that has been
converted into morsue is an indie
scribable charnel house. The bodies
are fast losing any semblance to hui
mainly. Yet women timidly lift the
covers of collins and fall back with.
shrieks of horror. |
Outside, in the bitter cold and the
driving sleet of the snow, women and
children are still pacing around. 1t
seems impossible to drive hope from
their hearts. They strain their eyes
evor toward the mouth of the mine
s. oim which the rescuers issue with
their burden of dead bodies, and the
glc. Y is repeated monotonously over
and over:
"Are there any alive, mister? Are
there any alive?'''
All of yesterday afternoon bodies
were brought out two and three at a
time from the northeast section o.
the mine, and the drawn faces of the
rescuers show the strain of their
CHASTITY work. Each corpse is put on
skids, covered with blankets and tar
paper and dragged out by mules.
All day long funeral professions
filed their way through the town
with only'a few mourners behind
each hearse-the widow and the chill
dren of the victim.
Was it criminal carelessness that
exacted such a toll?, Some say that
it was.
William Coster, who until a month
ago was. fire boss at the Stag Canon
coal mines, says that the explosion
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the miners carried safety lamps. !
81 reported a room full of gas last
February and when left the mine on
September 5, that. room was still full
of gas. No effort had been made to.
clear it. Once, when mine inspec-
tor had just reported everything in
good condition, l went into the mine
and found a room where there was
gas in dangerous quantities.
"Since last January the mine has
not been sprinkled except in few
places where the dust was especially,
thick When l left, dust was flying
through the whole mine.
"The ventilating system had been
neglected since Joseph Smith left the,
mine, Superintendent McDermott de-
voting his entire enegries to mining
coal"
WAS STAG CANON MINE HORROR,
JUST OUT-AND-oUT MURDER?
BY VIM. G. Shepherd.
Dawson, N. NJ, Oct. 27.-Was this
hllllllS HOIS VI AOO ulOu III OJdSr SduO1E
mine, owned by Phelps, Dodge & Co.,,
murder?
got these facts Immediately after
my arrival here from Colorado, from
Lois Lakas, Greek, who, in spite of
the efforts of mine officials to keep all
outsiders from the scent, entered
Stag Canon and hid in the home of
a dead Greek miner while the mine
guards were hunting him in vain.
Likas questioned eight Greek miners
and several miners of other nation
llities concerning the explosion.
Do the facts prove murder?
First, at 6 'nthe morning on the,
day of the explosion, mine guard
Who had been in the mine as watch
nan all night, reported to William
McDermott, the superintendent, that
lust-gas was filling the mine!
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REAL COFFEE.

The Brazilian. amid the marble splen-
doris of his New York hotel. slipped the
tiny cup Of black coffee that was TO cost
him - cents.
"This isn't bad" he said, but it isn't
Ike the coffee we drink on my fathers
coffee plantation in Brazil.
There, when coffee craving sezes
you. you take few handfuls Of green
coffee berries. and after rejecting all tie
imperfect ones among them. you place
these picked berries in an iron ladle AMI
roast them over an open fire.
"You roast them tin they begin 10
smoke. Then before they are charred
YOU take them off. drop them into NOR
tar and pound them aith n pestlc care
fully.
Meanwhile a cup OF cold pure water
has been set on the FIRE. When It comes
TO a boil the ground coffee is thrown into
ft--a tablespoonful 10 cup--and the
boiling IS allowed 20 go on FOR about
three minutes.
Now you drink the coffee. You drink
&c without straining IT, The grounds lie
az the bottom of the cup and IF you don
shake it. the fluid is as clear a8 crystal
crystal clear black. frasrart
"Tho French can boast as they please
OF their filtered cofee-I tell you there's
nothing like The boiled coffco of Brazil
an picked. roasted and prepared Within
a few minutes under the open sky
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u 81 HZyale. RhlAa0eZRhla

struck the reef. The bow rose SIX feet
out OF water. many OF the men were
hurled PROSTATE by the shock. and the
cordage and masts creaked dismaly
under the tremendous strain.
The good ship was in a very pcrilous
position. Every effort was made TO get
her off. the guns forward being thrown
overheard or run back To reduce the load
at the bow and even the foremost cut
away, but all TO no avail She was nara
and fast on the reef. Quickly the enemy b
gunboats came out ana opened IRE on the
stranded vessel. The Americans replied
with the few guns that could be brought
10 bear. but as the tide ebbed the ship
keeled over until nothing could be done
with the guns and they were tn helpless
state Recognizing that the vessel coui1
not be got of and that defence was I'M
possible. Captain cambridge now had the
magazine flooded. the pumps disabled
holes bored through the ships bottom and
at five o'clock her flag was hauled down
For time the Tripolitans held aiooi.
fearing some trcachery. but as night Ten
they boarded the ship. and AT once began
10 plunder. taking everything they ran
cied. even 10 the clothing of some Of the
men. In all 3l5 men surrendered, amohH
them. in addition 90 Banbridgc, several
officers VINO were TO make their mark ID
coming years
Two days later the Tupolitans sue
coedcd I'm getting the vessel off the rect
during the high tide, enhanced by ne
beaping up OF the waters by strong
north wind. The holes in the hull had
bccn stopped up. cables were attached io
nor stern. and by bringing strain on
thcse the frigate was hauled OFF. The
euns. anchors and most of the shot t'at
had been thrown overheard 10 tighten hc'
were recovered. and the BashaW was I'M
menseIy gratiicd that ne had gained a
fine American-built ship at no cost To
himself
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HOW FAILURE TALKS.

John d. Rockefeller, jr., discussing sue
cess with that homely wisdom winch Is
his heritage from his father, said TO
New York reporter:
.arhe failure reads wrong meanins'
a meaning in accord with his nature INTO
the most helpful precepts.
Are you laying anything by Tor
rainy day? was the question that was
put to a man on the high road to fall
ure.
1.-THE man looked up from his news
paper. yawned and answered:
Ives, indeed-every fine day | post
pone lot of work
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AIDED BY DANISH CONSUL

Nineteen months elapsed before the
attacks of the American fleet forced the
Bashaw 10 give up his capuves within
! that time the Philadelphia had been de-
| stroyed. the suggestion that TINS De zone
/ coming from Bainbridge, who wrote
letter with lime juice-w1lch become
lepible when heated-and had II deliNered
through the aid Of the Danish Consui at
Tripoli who showed throughout the klha-
est attention TO the Americans. BAN
bridge was afterward, in accordance WIN
custom. tried by court martial FOR the 100"
of his ship. but of course, was hohoraoiy
ACQUITTED. the proceeding being mere
matte Of form"
The Americans continued TO smart "
| the recollection OF their loss with the
| Philadelphia gone. only three other yes
sells equal 10 her in size and armament
an l4-gun frigates-were left In the whoie
Tinted States navy. and only one win
The feet in the Mediterranean. To add
TO their humiliation, it was soon learned
that the captain of the corsair vessel III
the pursuit of which the Philadelphia hau
gone aground. had been sailing OUTSIDE
tho horBor with the deliberate intenton
Il
Of decoying the great frigate inside inc
reefs. where he hoped she would strike
a ledge of rock and be wrecked. That the
corsair's plans had profited him so very
much better than he had even hoped was
a thorn In the flesh Of Commodore PreDle.
II had been suggested that. If a small
-,rce could be sent into the harbor OF
TripoU under some disguise and the PM
adelphia set on fire. the bitterness OF me
American humiliation would be greatly
assuaged
while these schemes were being dis-
cussed among the officers In more or
,ess abstract way there arrived among
,hom n young lieutenant named Stephen
necatur. Although not yet quite twenty
aye wears old, Decatur had already es-
,ah,,shed a reputation In the navy Tor
unnsua, daring. and within six weeks
after tis twenty-ffth birthday he was
90 ne the hero of an exploit that won'd
Give him lasting fame. the ioVe OF
srsverv ON the sea was in his blood fof
he was the grandson Of a French naVa,
oe,cer and the son OF an American nava'
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THE TRICK DISCOVERED.

"The result was unfortunate. While the
ketch was being hauled in by the bow
line the tension on this stern line turned
her broadside on. SO that the Moorish
spectators who were looking over the size
Of the frigate were able to see the men
living under the buwarks and pulling
away on the line Instantly the stratagem
was suspected and the cry of 'Americano'
Americano' was raised.
Immediate and decisive action was
now necessary. Springing to their feet
the sailors ran back with the line giving
the katch a vigorous send forward. \
Tripoi;tan cut the rope. but the ketch
ylided on with the impetus II had re-
ceived. Grapnels were thrown, and at
the cry from Decatur of 'Boarders awayV
wild leap was made for the frigate
rail Midshipman Morris was the first
on hoard. with Decatur close behind.
and the rest swarming over like cats.
THE Tripolitans were taken by sur
prise. In an instant the quarterdeck was
cleared. Then the men charged back IN
a line. cutlass In hand, driving the dis
MAYED crew before them. Taken by
panic. many of the Tripolitans leaped
overheard, while others ran below-to
meet death at the hands Of the sailors
who had climbed through the ports. So
swift was the work that In ten minutes
all resistance was at an end and a rocket
was sent whirling up to advise the men
on the Siren OF their success.
ALREADY the combustibles were being
brought on board and the work OF de-
struction went on with the utmost
rapidity
1.-The firing gangs spread through the
ship, Midshipman Morris heading the
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Charred Ribs Seen from ltal-
ian Air Craft Revealed
Location Of Wreck Of
the Philadelphia.

orou, that sought the cockpit the lowest
a,tainable Doint. But so quick we're those
aho,,o him i'm their work that Morris ana
b,s MOI, had barely time TO escape before
the swift springing flames cut OH al,
egress. When the upper deck was redcheu
flames were already shooting from ,he
portfolios on both sides. Into the helch
the men tumbled I'm frantic haste De
catur being the last to leave the burning
ship. They had been on board the trisate
but twenty-five minutes in all
There was serious difficulty, however
i'm getting the ketch away. she s"uhs
round under the ships stern, with hanneh
pouring from the cabin windows into the
cabin of the ketch. where the ammunition
of the expedition had been stored only
at that moment was it remembered that
the line at the stern still held fast. HaV-
ing this severed. the crew, with their big
sweeps. eight on a side. were able to ger
clear OF the blazing ship and make way
toward the sea. They had not gone far
before the tarred rigging OF the frigate
caught fire and the flames ran rapidly
to the masthead Illuminating the whole
harbor with their light, while the great
vessel stood out, magnificent spectacle,
with all her spars and rigging shown in
lines Of fire.
The Tripolitans meanwhile fastened 10
their forts. and soon cannon balls were
splashine in the water around the fugl-
tive craft The distance was not great,
but haste and excitement rendered the
aim bad. and only a single shot hit the
ketch, this passing through a sail. The
guns from the batteries were soon echoed
by those from the frigate. these being
heated by flames. But before they We're al
discharged the fire reached the magazine
and with a terrific shock and roar and a
binding sheet of flame the huge vessel
was torn into fragments, which were
scattered far and wide over harbor and
shore. II was the funeral gun Of the good
ship Philadelphia.
Meanwhile the little Mastico had got
beyond gunshot. and soon her intrepid
crew reached their companions waiting
without not a man Of them lost and only
one wounded. This ended what Lord
Nelson truly called the most bold ana
daring act of the age. To reward those
who took part Congress made Decatur
captain and voted him a sword, and To
all the men was given TWO months extra
pay. As for the Mastico she was renamed
the Intrepid. The Bashaw Of Tripoh
showed MS evaporation over his loss by
combining the late crew OK the Philadei-
phia in a damp apartment Of the castle,
lighted only by an iron grating and keep
ing them there till he was forced to make
peace and set free his capuves."
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LIKELY ENOUGH

Helen Miller Could Che worlds great
est woman philantnropist. Us a sensible
body said a friend of Miss Gould AZ
the Colony Club In New York She has
10 sympathy with the eXtremer types Of
beauty culture.
1--WE often heard her laugh az those
women who get themselves ironed for
corpulence. who have their skin burned
off for the complexion. VINO sleep In rub
Der for suppleness, and so forth
Looking mp from my newspaper. 49,.
said to Miss Gould:
Here's story about young girl
swallowing a saw. Do YOU believe itY
Well, ! don't know Miss Gould said,
with a smile. Maybe somebody told her
saws were good for the complexion
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wzo con- maude6 The Philadelphia
xozez she Wss 0ecoye5 INTO The
1o,bor. az Z,-xpozs' .e1a esotured'

English bully, noted duellist, provoked
duel with an American midshipman, a
mere boy. Decatur offered to be the lad 5
second, and i'm spite Of the demurrai OF
the Englshman's second arranged that
the duel should be fought with pistols
and that. the contestants having been
placed back to back and the word havil
been given, each principal should adj
vance two PAGES, wheel and fire. So well
was the midshipman trained that he got
in the first shot, which killed his oppo-
nent. 1t was soon learned that the slain
man was the secretary to the Governor OF
Malta who became very angry when he
learned of the affair. Decatur was sent
back to the United States for time to
avoid international difficulties.
He was TOO brave an officer to be rusti'
Gated for long. however, and In November
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,>,1o sur1yzce5, Captured. '9zo
bu1ve6 the V'ISSLs ElSzI00eI0~|0
~ The H5ybOr. OF. I/IpO1<

Tell him that Lieutenant Decatur or
the frigate Essex pronounces him "a cow
ardly scoundrel. and that when they
meet on shore he will cut his ears OF
The commandante of the port then
asked that Decatur be kept aboard his
own ship to AVOID quarrel. and on TINS
being refused he forced his own captain
to make an abject apology TO the Ameri-
can officer.
The incident even attracted the atten-
ton of the King OF Spain, who gave
orders that his official should treat all
officers of the United States with cour-
tesy. and especially those attached to the
United States frigate Essex"
Decatur was transferred to the New
York. but IT was not long before his intre-
pidIty brought him again into prominence.
While the fleet was lying at Malta an
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1893. ne was returned to the fleet at Trip
oil. Commodore Preble at once placed
him I'm command OF the twelve-gun
schooner Enterprise and without much
delay he proceeded 10 capture a Tripolitan
ketch called the Mastico.
Taking his prize to Syracuse. where the
American fleet was then lying, Decatur
found every one on board talking about
the loss OF the Philadelphia and the plan
to destroy her. lie at once asked per-
mission to undertake the risky adventure
and was selected TO enter the harbot
with the CAPTURED NasticO.
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THE eIvER PROVES UNklNo.

Frederick Townsend Martin said OF a
restaurant notorious for its high prices
and small portions:
After meal there, you feel ike Count
Tete de Neau.
"Tete de Veau was dining with parsi-
monious aristocrat of the Faubourg ST..
German. The dinner was served on gold
plates and on Sevres rarer than gold
plate; but the portions!
THE host at the dinners end, said
Hospitality to Tete de Neau
And when, my dear count, may have
the pleasure of having you to dinner
again.
Immediately, sir. Immediately" was
the reply
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oroor yvbo had served through the ReVo-
Iutio, and the French naval war
Young Decatur entered the navy as /"
,,idabinmsn I'm 1928. AT the age OF nine
teen. and the following year was lnade !"
,,ou,onant I'm 1901 he sailed in captain
DaIe's squadron to the Mediterranean u
Tho campaign against the Moors as an
co,ccr of the Essex. under Captain ba'h
bridge. -. ,,arbor
While the Essex was lying IN ,he ia, 30
of Barcelona the captain " 49,.
$3.50. ,anner The following night
Decatur and some fellow officer whiie on
shore leave met with similar treatment
at the hands of the same lnsolent captain
Decatur therefore visited the Spanish YES YES,
sci the next morning. and on oeihs ,., S,
that the captain Wa not on ooar' ''i'
the following message
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DENYING PROVIDENCE.

lie sailed from Syracuse early in Feb
ruary with sixty-two men and thirteen
officers. and accompanied by the brig Siren
to give aid il needed. Storms delayed
them. and a furious gale kept them Off
shore until the 18th. when the weather
moderated sufficiently for n start to be
he made. Taking a few more men from
the Siren. Decatur assigned 10 each gang
a specific duty in firing the Philadelphia
and started into the harbor.
when the lights Of the city came well
into view" says Charles Morris in de-
scriting the adventures. "al the crew
except six men disguised as Moors. CON
cealed themselves, some going below
some lying on the deck behind the bull
warks The wind failed them as they got
well In, hut the ketch drifted onward tow
ard the great huh Of the Philadelphia
plainly visible i'm the moonlight The crew
seemed TO bee awake and alert lights
showing through all her ports
1t was about 10 o'clock when the
Mastco came near the frigate, II being
steered so as to run afoul Of the frsate's
rigging at the bowsprit. Hailed by a
sentinel. the Maltese pilot answered that
the ketch had lost her anchor during
the gale and wished to make fast to the
anchors of the Philadelphia until others
could bc procured. While this talk with
the pilot went on, two Of the disguised
sailors got into a small boat and carried
n line % "A ringbolt on the frigate's bow,
and men on deck began to haul up the
ketch. those lying under the bulwarHs
catching the rope and helping in the
work Meanwhile the Tripoltans had
sent "A small boat with line To aid in
fastening the ketch, hut this the two
sailors in the boat took from them, say
ing in broken Maltese that they would
save the gentlemen the trouble
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THE DECOY.

~ Inc SQUADRON says Mr.. Morris re-
'''lihg TO Commodore Preble's Mediter-
'snean fleet OF six vessels. cambridge
'as put In command of the frigate Phil
-4e'phls, and, as such, soon found him
~ Inc victim OF serious disaster and
saplive In the hands of the Bashaw OF
fripoH.
me Philadelphia had been placed on
49, s.Asoe duty off the harbor Of the Tri-
1s''ah capital, and near the end OF Octo-
=. "as driven from her station by furi-
- saie. She returned on the morning
,n we sist. The brig Vixen. which had
49,. her In the blockade, was not in
a. 49, uhe only vessel visible being cor
mat was stealing into the port.
s.,horidge at once gave chase. and
sn's 'o rapidly before the fine breeze that
Il. MS sails. But the corsair Rugged
Rsa' asl and II was soon found that the
b,,iphia was getting into shoal water.
=. a''ldge did not know that the case
NM. ahy worse than this. that he was
Of - among reefs, with the channels
"eh the corsairs were familiar.
sM went the frigate at a good pace.
ss., ION her bow guns began TO throw
nn, me corsair, the chase continuing
ss,.' VIC walls OF the city became visible
I'm. uhree miles away. For some
as.oe ne men throwing the lead had
brt reported eight fathoms OF water,
IAN, 'oehiy the cry came Of seven
VIZ saa ana In few seconds more of
sss r.. half. In an instant the helm
~ ts o"h hard over and the ship came
NJ, s'"c wind, headed seward, but the
neht, with a severe shock, she
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THE DEMAGOGUE.

william H. Maxwell the Superintendent
of New Yorks schools. said the other day,
apropos OF certain demagogic proposals:
But the hest definition of a demagogue
will always remain that of little girl OF
seven. who said:
"a demagogue lis a vessel containing
beer and other liquids.
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FRENCH ENGAGEMENT.

Tier principal performance had been
the capture. i'm 1850. during the naval war
with France. Of five French vessels Of war
on Barbuda. in the West Indies. sac
was practically q new vessel at that time
being one of a quartet of 44-gun frigates
that were bull. following the determine
ton Of Congress in 1874 TO win respect for
the United States on the high seas. The
Philadelphia. under Captain Barron, ana
accompanying the frigate President
under Commodore Dale. spent part OF the
yoar 1901 IN cruising off the coast OF Trip
oil. the expedition being Ostcnsibly lor
purposes OF observation There was no
OPen warfare with the Barbary States at
This time, bat they were continually
breaking their promises not To modest
American vessels as e, return for the trio
ute paid them by the United States.
In lsg the Philadelphia was one OF q
squadron OF SIX vessels. commanded by
Vommodore Preble. that were ordered pS
congress 10 proceed 10 the Mediterranean
10 put an end 10 the insolenr depredations
o. the cOrsairs. Captain cambridge com
handed the Philadelphia, which sailed
N July. His first prize was the Moorish
sap Mirboha OF twenty-five guns ana
acfew OF no Tho MirbOha was accompan-
go oy the brig Cecilia. Of Boston, wh.@h
rae had captured. and which also fell into
me hands OF Captain cambridge. IT was
'oon after this that the Philadelphia was
"s' to the American fleet, and the cXas-
peidtiDg misfortune that led up to her
~pture By the cOrsalrs has been de-
S'iDed by Charles Morris in his Heroes
!" me Navy in America