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The Sentinel=record., 1913-12-17
IGNITION OF COAL DUST IN A NEW MINE RESULTS IN NUMBER
 OF FATALITIES.
THOUGHT A MODEL MINE
Had Only Been Worked About Year and Had All afeguards-Priest Is Party Entering Mine.

Newcas. .le, Col, Dec. 16.-Thirty- mine of the Rocky Mountain Fuel Company today by an explosion of coal dust, Two union miners were rescued after the underground workings had caught fire. All the victims were married and all but six or eight were Americans.
 Men in charge of the rescue work asserted tonight that it probably would be day or two before the bodies could be recovered Before sundown the mine had been cleared of gas and thorough exploration of the wrecked workings made.
 Many of the bodies were mangled and burned.
 Father | r. Carrigan hurried to Newcastle at the first news of he ex- plosion. The priest rushed into the smoking pit among the first of the rescuers in search of dying to whom he might administer the last rites of the church.
 The Vulcan mine was only about year old and was equipped with modern safety devices It Is believed the explosion was caused by an accu- mutation of dust in the west portion of the mine, whene work practically had been abandoned.- Most of the dead ware found in the east workings. to which the explosion was communicate ed.
 This fall The employees of the mine were called out on strike by the Unit ed Mine Workers of America, but some of them had gone back to work. The other victims of today's disaster were strikebreakers.
The Sentinel=record., 1913-12-17
HOBBS TRIAL DELAYED.
Absence of Witnesses Cauees Post
 pcnement of Bribe Cases.

Vicksburg. Miss Dec. 16.-Because of the absence of witnesses the trial of State Senator G. A. Hobbs, indict- ed ointly with Lieut. Gov. Theodore C.. BIbo. on the charge of soliciting a bribe. SC. for today, was postponed until tomorrow.
 Circuit Judge Henry c. Mounger, in whose court the case is to be tried, announced late today that he would excuse himself, because of the proba- bility that The trial would extend be- yond his tenure as judge, which eX- hires December 31. Gov. Earl Brewer, who has been summoned as a wit ness. stated tonight that when he was formally advised of Judge Mounger's intention he would name a special judge
 o1 will select a man in this case who is not a politician. candidate TOT office or who has been or wants to be a candidate for office said Gov Brewer.
The Sentinel=record., 1913-12-17
MUSES LOST HEART
 THR0BS AND COIN
MANY GIVE TESTIMONY AGAINST ALLEGED PUBLISHER OF
 THEIR PoETlCAL GEMS.

New York, Dec 16.-Ihe muses tar ried for a time today within the som bre walls of the federal building They came at the beck of .he district attorney. to help him prove, if pos sible, that Robert J. Kellogg had fail ed to make good his advertised prom ise to set songs of many writers to music and sell them. The govern. ment charges that by this alleged fail ure Kellogg used the mails to de- fraud.
 Song writers from many cities, here as witnesses against Kellogg, heard their verses read in court Mrs. Mary R. Kramer of Washington. D. C., said that she sent Kellogg a song entitled. [" Twas Only a Little Foolish Dream" /" but that it had never been sold exteu- sively, though she paid him to write the music. l.. Q. c. Taylor of Miami, Texas, and many others gave similar testimony.
 John w. Willis, ST, of Rayville, La, a man of co, testified that he had written sentimental poems all his life, bue never succeeded in having them published. He sent one to Kellogg, he said, with money, but nothing came of it. Finally" he said, "I threw up the whole thing like a hot potato. :"
The Sentinel=record., 1913-12-17
Carranza Awaits Report.

Hermoslllo, Sonora, Dec. 16.-Luis Cabrera, Mexican politician, arrived here from Washington tonight and probably will become a member of the Carranza cabinet, He has been men toned for the positions of secretary oi the treasury and secretary of for eign affairs. He was a member of the house of deputies during the Ma dero regime.
 No report was received today from Gen. Villa concerning the expulsion of foreigners from Chihuahua City. Gen. CarTanzas trip into Chihuahua. 1t was said today, would not be at tempted until he had visited Culiacan. capital of the staet of Sonora.
The Sentinel=record., 1913-12-17
GEO. DAVIS PLEADS
 GUILTY ID CHARGE
INDICTED FOR CONSPIRACY IN CONNECTION WITH M'NAMARA
 DYNAMlTlNG OUTRAGES.

Indianapolis, Ind, Dec. l6. George E. Davis, an iron worker, arrested in New York a few months ago. pleaded guilty to a charge of having conspired to transpor. explosives illegally. when arraigned in the federal court here today
 Harry Jones, secretary-treasurer of the International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers, implicated by Davis, pleaded not gull ty but his attorney asked permission to withdraw the plea if occasion arose later. The date of Jones trial was not set and the sentencing of Davis was deferred.
 The indictments against Davis and Jones resulted from a confession made hy Davis at the time of his ar rest. Davis told federal officers that he had caused a number of explosions in structures in the East being erect cd by non-union workmen. The charges are similar to those on which .hirty-three union men were convicted here last December, and it was alIeg- ed by the government were part Of a conspiracy formed by the men 'o dynamite non-union structures throughout the country
 Since his arres. Davis has been held in the same cell in the federal build ing that was occupied by McManigal, who was the principal witness in the NcNamara trials.
The Sentinel=record., 1913-12-17
Marines Are Withdrawn.

Vera Cruz, Dec .16.-Rear Admiral Frank F. Fletcher, in command of the American warsIhips at Tampico re- ported this afternoon that normal con- ditions prevailed there and that the weather had moderated sufficiently to permit the transfer of all the refug from the battleships to the transport Sumner, for return to Tampico.
 The marines who were temporarily placed aboard the gunboat Wheeling and he scout cruiser Chester have been sent back to the batteships.
The Sentinel=record., 1913-12-17
Renewed Federal Activity.

Mexico City. Dec. 16-ln addition to the locomotives, cars and other rail road eqeuipment captured by the reo- els at Tampico, it was learned today they took from the Tampico yards four carloads of dynamite.
 Corrected railway reports say the relels secured eight locomotives anu enough cars to make up several trains, including a number loaded with mer' dhandise At the Azazi station, north oi Tampico. which now is Tn the hands Of the rebels, there are stored LOUD barrels of oil, which will serve as 1uel for the captured engines. There Is no indication here that the rebels have made any further movement against Tampico.
 Fighting with decisive results con tinued today around Milpa Alta, in uhe federal district, a few miles south ol the capital. This evening the reb- els retired to the broken country abou. Mount Ajusco.
 Zapata is credited with the state ment that this is part of his plan to harTass the environs of the capital until the northern rebels arrive fo1 uhe final siege.
 That a new movement in the soutn IS under way is the information re eeived by the government According
The Sentinel=record., 1913-12-17
MURDER SUSPECT CAUGHT.

New York. Dec. 16.-Oscar Vogt d former Swiss soldier, whom the pc lice had sought since the murder or Mrs. Agnes Guth, a dressmaker, early this month, was arrested tonight after ba had been shot by Norman D. Con nelly, police officer attached to the district attorneys office. Vogt fought against arrest, according to Connolly and rtied to stab him. Nogt was wounded in the head, but VII recover
 Mrs. Guth was found dead m neo December 3, with four knife wounds in her body. Vogt had been living Ill fine house, according to the police
The Sentinel=record., 1913-12-17
Meroado,s Family Safe.

Oiinaga, Chihuahua, Dec l6.-The family of Gen. Salvador Mercado' fed eral commander in the north, crossed to the United States at Presidio Tex as, today. The members of the fam ily had been among refugees who ac- comnanied the federal troops from Chihuahua. Gen. Mercado himself could not be found at the headquar- ters
 Between two and three thousand federal troops left Ojinaga for the southeast. They were under Gen. Orozco and had' cannon and machine guns. It was supposed they went 10 meet the rebel forces, said to number 5000
The Sentinel=record., 1913-12-17
SPY ON YOUNG WOMAN.
American Girl in Italy Is Subjected to
 Espionage.

GoPiOha9S'
 Rome, Dec. 16.-The American am bassador. Thomas Nelson Page, has requested the Italian foreign office to investigate the circumstances sur rounding the surveillance by the Ita- Han police of iMss Dorothy A. Mac vane, daughter of Prof. Silas M, Mac vane of Boston, formerly Mclean pro lessor of ancient and modern history at Harvard University.
 Miss Macvane, who has been mall- ing a tour of southern Italy. which included the cities of Lecce, Brindisi and the naval base Taranto, found that she was being shadowed by the police and that her correspondence had been intercepted. It was learned that she was suspected of espionage and she communicated with her fath- CT, who is i'll in Rome.
 Ambassador Page today sent Arthur Hugh Frazier, secretary of the em- bassy, to ascertain from her parents the circumstances of the case and The secretary was informed that Miss Macvane had written 10 the ambassa- dor explaining her situation. This letter never was received The am bassador deemed it advisable to place he matter officially before the for eign office.
 The report that Miss Macyane had been arrested at Taranto is without foundation.
The Sentinel=record., 1913-12-17
VILLA LEVIES ON IMMENSE WEALTH OF TERRAZAS AND
 CREELS IN CHIHUAHUA.
OWN NEARLY WHOLE STATE
Declares These Mllonaires Financed Other Revolutions and Will Divide Their Wealth Among Soldiers and Widows of Mexico.

Juarez, Mexico, Dec. 16.-AH the property of Luis Terrazas, ST, En- dique Greet and Juan Greet, including banks, mines, vast areas Of land, thou sands of head of cattle, homes and personal effects were ordered confis-
 cated to the rebels in official decrees issued by Gen. Francisco Villa today. day.
 MT, Terrazas, now a refugee in the United States, is one of the richest
 men in Mexico His holding of abou:
 two-thirds of the State of Chihuahua are said to place him among the most
 extensive land owners of the world.
 The combined estates of the Terrazas and the Creel brothers is valued at many millions of dollars. Enrique Greet was formerly ambassador from Mexico to the United States.
 Gen. Villas decree, issued at Chi hauhua City, was sent to Juarez and given out officially It was intended as a notice that should the revolution
 
 Creel families will be allowed any in- demnity for their losses.
 The decree accuses the Creels and the Terrazas families of withholding
 taxation and of fomenting the treach- cry of Orozco and Huerta," and states
 that the property shall be given to the
 widows and orphans caused by blood shed among the Mexicans. All con tracts made with the Creels and Ter razas since February IS, 1913, are
 declared void.
 Luis Terrazas, Jr., eldest son of
 the landowner, is held a prisoner at Chihuahua and the rebels have ap- propriated to their use as much of the
 movable property as they could seize. Efforts were made by rebel leaders working directly with Gen. Villa to- day 70 effect some sort of a settle
 ment in regard to the property of the expelled Spaniards.
 It was said that a proposal was made to invoice all the property in the Spanish stores and shops and 10 allow the claims to rest against he rebel government. Gen Villa replied
 he was willing to pay for the prop erty in so-called constitutionalist mon ey. which the Spaniards, before their departure, declared to be worthless. Among the arrivals was Mrs. Ma rion Letcher wife of the United States consul at Chihuahua. Mrs. Letcher said if the consul had been prevented by Villa from sending cipher messages
 to Washington as had been reported l by refugees, she had not heard 1f II. Threatened with an attack at Chi tuahua by federals, reported to have advanced northwrd from ToTeon, Gan. Villa today dispatched 2000 reb-
 els as an advance guard to head off the federal troops.
 The decision of the federal troops i to show aggressive action was believ- ed 10 have resulted from the fact that
 the rebels had to scatter their forces | in following Gen. Mercado's retreat | to Oiinaga on the border Villa has
 about 5000 soldiers in the vicinity Of
 Oinaga and 2.o00 in Juarez, which
 leaves him less than 300 in Chihua- l hua
 i With Tor-eon, an important railroad
 center, directly south of Villas pres
 ent position, the federals have a base
 from which the rebels believe a move
 ment toward Chihuahua has begun
The Sentinel=record., 1913-12-17
FIVE DIE IN FIRE.
Officials Think All Bodies Taken from
 Salvation Army Home.

Officials Think All Bodies Taken from
 Salvation Army Home.
 Cincinnati, Ohio, Dec. 16.-Satisfied that there were no more bodies in the ruins of the Salvation Army In. dustrial Home, which was swept by fire early this morning, firemen and police tonight ceased 70 burrow into the tangled mass of debris in the base ment of the building. Five are known to be dead, sixteen are more or less seriously injured-~-from smoke and their attempts to escape from the building, and ten men are still unac- counted for.
 A warran. was sworn out today by District Fire Marshal George H. Cole man for the arrest of Major J. l.. Sprake, of the Salvation Army, in charge of the building. charging him with violating city ordinance.
 Fire Chief Bunker claims that Major SpraSe failed to comply with orders issued to him three days ago. At that time, Bunker said, the build ing was filtered with rags, papers and clothing, which clogged the exits. Major Sprake said he had obeyed the order.
 The ten missing men are believed to be itinerants, who have left the city. City authorities today began an investigation of the fire and the charge of incendiarism made by fire men,
The Sentinel=record., 1913-12-17
MAY HAVE TO FORCE ACCEPT. ANcE OF NOTES ISSUED BY
 STATE BANKS OF MEXICO.
CENTRAL BANK IN TROUBLE
Cannot Meet Payment of Notes Only to the Limit Of State Bank Demos. its-5usiness Men Fear a Run on Principal Banks.


 government forces the acceptance of notes issued by the state banks, it is expected hat by noon tomorrow it will be impossible to redeem one of these in the capital
 The directors of the Banco Central. the parent institution of the great roa- jority of state banks, wi.h the mana gers of the Bank of London and Mex ico and the National Bank, went oye. the situation carefully at a meeting Of the department of finance this after noon, but he only decision reached was to continue paying at the Banco Central only as long as the reserve deposits of the state banks lasted
 All the state banks have carried with the Banco Central amounts cal culated to be sufficient to protect the notes circulating here The refusal of other banks to redeem them sent thou- sands of persons who held sta.e bank notes to the Central bank today. where the funds for rodeeming the ncjes of six state banks soon were ex- hausted
 Fearing to continue payment, the bank management closed it's doors his atterenoon, pending other possible ar raneements. The drain on the depos- iled reserves of the remaining state banks has been heavy, and it is real. ized that the bank soon win run out of funds if it reopens tomorrow It was explained tonight by the manage mcnt of the National Bank that this does not affect the solvenCy of the parent institution. or necessarily of the state banks. Each individual con. eern may or may not eb able Q meet its obligaYons, but the conditions made it impossible to continue the chain-like support
 Rumors that the Central bank finds itself embarrassed may have the ef- feet of causing sill further embarrass mont, but these rumors are denied by tha managers.
 Business men rear the refusal to redeem the notes will cause run on the state banks. lt is known, how ever. that perhaps a majority of these are wholly solvent and hat ultimate ly when the nots now out of their territory are returned to them they will be paid at their face value
 It is reported tonight tha; President Hucrta, by official decree, will force acceptance of llhe bank notes, perhaps making them legal tender throughout the republic, as he already has done in the states where they were issued
 In spite of the fact that the pubic has been chary about accepting the state bank notes and their almost to- fol repudiation, enormous numbers or themh are in circulation, Mercantile houses posted notices they would not accep; them and the lines which form ed before the doors of the Central bank extended far down the street and at times gave the police some trouble in maintaining order.
The Sentinel=record., 1913-12-17

to the report there now is moving through the republic of Guatemala a caravan of thirty wagons loaded with arms ammunition and other war SUD- plies' to be used in a campaign which soon will be inaugurated in Chiapaa and other frontier states.
The Sentinel=record., 1913-12-17
YALE POLICEMAN ILL.

New Haven, Conn, Dec. 15.-.Iames Connolly, chief of the Yale Univer- sity police. known to Yale men the world over, is seriously i'll at his home of heart trouble.
The Sentinel=record., 1913-12-17
Spain Is Thankful.

Washington, Dec. 16.-Senor Don Juan Riano Spanish ambassador here, advised Secretary Bryant today or Spain's heartfelt thanks for the atti-
The Sentinel=record., 1913-12-17

was prepared hurriedly and this sen tence would have been eliminated on careful inspection.
The Sentinel=record., 1913-12-17
' MORE SHOPPING DAYS

Before Christmas. It is to the mer- chants interest, the clerks interest and your own interest tha. you shop today. The gift you want may not he in stock tomorrow-ibuy it today.
The Sentinel=record., 1913-12-17

Washington, Dec. 16-Forecast for Arkansas: Rain Wednesday and prob ably Thursday.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-06-19

An exceedingly malodorous affair
was unearthed by the committee in
vestigating insidious Hobbies when it
brought out evidence to prove that
tons of anti-free sugar literature,
printed free for senators at the gov
eminent printing office, had been
sent broadcast throughout the
country through the medium of the
franking privilege. Congress should,
without delay, compel those senators
who abused this privilege to pay a
sum equal to the amount the legit-
innate postage of the literature
would have cost, and also to pay for
the printing of the pamphlets. Hav'
ing accomplished this, law should
be passed abo]ishing the frankine
privilege altogether. 1t is one of the
greatest impositions on the public
permitted to exist.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-06-19

An attack is being made by the
government upon the Quaker Oats
company, which is alleged to control
90 per cent of the cereal products of
the country. The civil bill under
the Sherman act does not specifically
ask for dissolution of the trust,. but
petitions the court to decree the cor
poration in and of itself to be illegal
and to enjoin it from engaging in in
terstate commerce until its monop-
oily has been abandoned and COM
petitive conditions restored. If the
government wins the suit it will be
interesting to watch the breakfast
food trust display it's resourcefulness
in evading the decision.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-06-19

A thief, according to the Mime
apo]is Journal, crept into a room at a
down town hotel where four ministers
were sleeping and, without awakening
either of them, lifted SIS in money
and s45 check from the pockets of.
a pair of pants which reposed on a
chair, and then crept out again.
While the police could find no clue to
the perpetrator, this is no reason
why anyone should for a moment en-
terrain the idea that one of the
brethren had been walking in his
sleep. -
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-06-19

There appears to be no hope of
keeping Colonel Goetha]s on the job
at. Panama after he has completed
the stupendous undertaking of cut
ting the canal and demonstrating the
effectiveness of his work. He has no
desire to take charge of the admins
tration of the canal or the canal zone
after this demonstrate has been
made, and he expects to send a ship
through the waterway before the
year 1913 closes. Colonel Goethals
will then have performed his duty
and performed it we'll, and no one
can blame him for wanting to come
back to civilization. Enough is
enough.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-06-19

Upon complaint of passengers a
man giving his name as A. II.
Nicholson, who scattered handfu]s
of gold, silver and nickel coins broad
cast upon the floor of a Minneapolis
streetcar, was arrested and sentenced
to five days in the workhouse. The
compliments we're probably those
who failed to secure any coins in
the scramble At any rate this
would only be in accord with the
ways of the world.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-06-19

+. H. Newell, director of the rec
clamation service, whom Louis w.
Hill charged, in a speech at On
tario, Ore., with being extravagant
and incompetent, has made reply.
He says that the statements attrib-
uted to Mr.. Hill ''are too vague tc
warrant much comment or extended
denial.'' As Mr.. Hill has abundant
proof in his possession to substanti.
ate his contentious, Newell's com.
ment or extended denial would ap.
parently be to no purpose.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-06-19

King George Of England has passed
around a few more baronetcies and
Willie Wallie Aston, who has been
waiting patiently for years to get a
title of some sort passed out to him,
is ''down in the Dumps Willie re-
nounced his American citizenship
and became a subject of the king for
the express purpose of landing a
title. II the king ever throws the
sycophant anything it will likely be
a handful of mud.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-06-19

A person can always learn things
of Importance from the Washington
dispatches to the newspapers. For
instance, one of these dispatches has
just made public the discovery that
President Wilson's nose is like unto
that of Secretary Bryan. In de-
tecting the aroma Of Whiskey on the
breath of office-seekers and others,
we presume.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-06-19

The sentence of five years i'm
prisonment imposed by Judge Willard
upon George Savage, a St. Paul real
estate broker, for violating the Mann
white slave act, was none too severe
considering the fact that his CO.
worker and procuress-Alice Johnson,
negress-was given like term in
the penitentiary. Savage, who
claimed to be Alice Johnson's bust.
ness adviser, was seemingly the
greatest criminal of the two.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-06-19

Mrs. Thomas Marshall, wife of
the vice president of the United
States, has smashed the calling rec
ord in Washington by making 45
visits in an hour and thirty-minutes.
And now so-called 'society' women
at the national capital are urging
their chauffeurs to break the speed
limit in order to surpass the stunt.
Can you beat it,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-06-19

London Tit-Bits tells us that many
of the impecnnious aristocrats Of
England subsist largely by means of
the incomes which they derive from
"touting''-they steer moneyed
people into society for a considera-
ton. We would like to have an op-
portunity of supplying healthfu] work
for these individuals. That work
would consist of shovel and pick
manipulation on American high.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-06-19

Because life no longer possessed
anything of interest for them, Eu-
gene Maggi and wife of Zurich,
Switzerland, committed suicide.
They left estates valued at S10,O00,-
600. Too bad, when, for less than
half that sum, American scientists
would have removed the suicidal
microbe from their brain and re-
placed it with the germ of joviality.
There is scarcely anything impossible
to the American scientist.