Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 32, Number 310, 22 December 1907 — Page 9

Pages 9 to 16 t: RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM RICII3IOXD, IND., SUNDAY 3IOKMNC, DECEMBER 2. M)7. BE THE HEIGHT OF FOOLISHNESS TO TALK0F WAR Taft Says Peaceful Relations Will Continue for Years To Come. Twenty-four Imperial, Kingly and Princely Guests Who Recently Gathered at Windsor Castle THREE MILES III OF Men Caught in Darr Explosion Hemmed in by Walls Of Slate and Stone.

Section Two

BODES

M A V

MOUTH

MINE

CONDITIONS ARE IMPROVED.

ONLY BAR IN TOWN CLOSED AND MEN HAVE CEASED THEIR WILD CAROUSING, A MOCK TO THEIR DEAD BROTHERS ENTOMBED. Jacobs Creek, Pa., Dec. 21 . Rescuing parties are working day and night to reach the bodies of the two hundred men thought dead in t2io Darr mines. The rescue work is running more smoothly than at first and greater headway is being made. Thirty bodies have been recovered by the men who are boroughing their way Into the pit, which is so marked by death and destruction. Many bodies have been located and are lying in the passage way awaiting transportation to the morgue. Moat or tnem, nowever, are etfll hemmed Ln by heavy falls of slate and other roof formation, a mile and a half or more beyond the point to which the rescuers have penetrated. There is prill a flickering hope that some of hem may yet be living, but the disclosures of the investigations so far made leave little or no basis for this hope. There is little probability of more bodies being found near the exits. Here and there one or more may be found who had fallen during a vain attempt to reach the exit, but the almost universal belief is that most of the bodies will be found in a remote section three miles from the mouth of the mine, where they were working when the explosion occurred. A vast amount of bratticing must be done before rescue work can proceed. The rescuing parties, 7,500 feet from the main entrance, have found conditions such that to avert an additional disaster precautionary work must be done. The poisonous gases must be forced from the sections beyond and additional air and ventilation must be provided for that section. To provide these safeguards will require hours of time, and it is not believed that the great mass of bodies will be reached before late tonight. Conditions around the mines and in this little mining town are greatly improved. The men who Thursday began a holiday commenced by drinking and feasting, have ceased their carousing which made Thursday night hideous. An important factor ln bringing about this condition was '.he closing of the only bar located within two miles of the mine. Probably more potent than all else in this improved condition was the arrival from Kitanning of Rev. Father LaCarroll. former rector of St. Timothy's Catholic church here, of which a majority of the victims were members. He gave spiritual consolation to the widows and orphans and talked to the men along lines to make them sober and reflective. WOMEN CAN KEEP BEAUTYJ CENTURY College Professor Says Radium Wilt Do It. S THE DOCTOR JOKING? Baltimore, Dec. 21. In a lecture at Peabody institute. Professor William K. Brooks, of Hoburt College, said that with the aid of raidium a young woman could retain all of her freshness and beauty for a hundred years or more. Hut only rich women, can afford the experiment, for the professor pointed out that this " perpetual beautifler" costs from ?2H to js'.oo a grain, else the purchaser would only gtt something that resembled ordinary table salt in appearance. When Professor Wood, of the chair of experimental physics, wla was present at the lecture, was asked about the statement, he looked puzzled for a moment. Then he said: " Oh, jes, I do remember something about it. 1 believe he found that radium retards the growth of the caterpillar into the butterfly, and lie argued from this that it might keep people young. One might just as well say that, because cigarettes interfere with growth, use cigarettes. Seriously. 1 am quite sure Dr. Brooks was joking when so said what he did about beauty and youtn. Beyond a doubt he did not intend to be taken literallv." Getting B;.ck. "No, Mr. Winterbottom." said Maude r;iryl coldly, i ran never bring tnyKelf to mart a man who carries a hetveshoe for luck." "And yet." George Wiuterbottom muttered, "-who can doubt the Iron's efiicacy after this?"" Chuckling convulsively, the young man passed out into the cold, sad autumn uight. Exchange.

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The unique and historic photorraph was taken at Windsor Castle, b : William Downey, court photographer of twenty-four year?, on the occasion of the famous visit of Royalty to England. There was a memorable luncheon in the state dining room, after which the royal family and all the imperial, kingly and princely guests, a total of twenty-four, adjourned to the crimson drawing room to have tho r pictures taken. An arch-light of 10,000 candle power was the illuminate us.hI. The grouping and posing were the occasions of considerable family fun and the whole affair was treated in a jolly, informal fashion. The key to the various personalities is herew th given: 1 The Princess Royal. 2 The Duke of Connaught. 3 Queen Ma id of .Norway. 4 The Kaiser. 5 The Princess of Wales. C Princess of SpainPatrica of Connaught. 7 The Prince of Wales. S The King of Spain. 9 The Kaiserin. 10 Princs Arthur of Connaught. 11 Queen A'exandra. 12 C.rand Duke Vladimir of Russia. 13 The Queen of Spain. 14 The Duchess of Connaught. 15 Princess Victoria. 16 Prince Johann of Saxony. 17 Prince Olaf. IS Th ; King. 19 The Iuf-.mta Isabel of Stjain. 20 Princess Henry of Battenberg. 21 Grand Duchess Vladimir. 22 The Queen of Portugal. 23 The Duchess d'Aosta. 24 Princess Johann of Saxony.

WAVE BOUGHS Of ETERNAL PEACE Will Be No Duel Between Democrats Williams and DeArmond. FRIENDS WERE WORRIED. REPORT GENERALLY CURRENT, HAD IT THAT THE TWO MINORITY LEADERS WOULD RESORT TO FIREARMS. Washington, Dec. 21. Thursday's encounter between John Sharp Williams of Mississippi and Mr. De Armond of Missouri on the floor of the house, has had no aftermath so far as the principals themselves are concerned, but friends of each have traveled back and forth between the camps of the minority leader and the leader of the minority opposition, waving boughs of peace. It is understood, however, that they acted of their own volition and not by authorization of the principals. Rumors of the likelihood of a challenge to a duel floated about the corridors of the capitol, but investigation proved them fanciful. Mr. De Armond's attitude is stated to be that he has no intention either to perpetuate the quarrel, nor to ir.aVe the first step toward a reconciliation. He feels that any move toward a reconciliation shrould originate on Mr. Williams's side of the line. Mr. Williams is understood to believe himself to be in the right. For the sake of many things, however, he does not care to continue the unpleasantness, neither does he feel that an amende is due from him until the first plank to bridge the breach has been laid down by the gentleman from Missouri. Notwithstanding the oppositeness of these two views, it - is predicted by common friends that the two distinguished Democrats will yet clasp hands and covenant to forgive if not to forget, thereby healing the broken surface of things at least. j In Mr. Williams's behalf it is ex- ' plained today that his real reason tor resigning from the ways and means committee was to make a place for his colleague, Mr. Bowers, on the com mittee on appropriations. May Be Released From Jail. Columbus. Ind., Dec. 21. Prosecut ing Attorney A. W. Phillips has filed charges in the circuit court against Clifford Grove and William Kollmeyer, the two men who were arrested in connection with the death of Hazel Cooper, the ten-months-old daughter of Mrs. Frances Cooper. The prosecutor charges a crime against decency, and both men will probably h able to get out of jni! on bail. Thoy wre originally charged with being accessories before ?h fact in the alleged murder : of the Cooler baby, but the affidavits j charging this crime were never filed in anv court The Erzeberg. Austria's iron mountain will furnish ore for 1.mx years more.

WESTINGHDUSE WILL PROBABLY RESUME

Plans Are Laid to Terminate Receivership. THE CREDITORS CONFER. New York, Dec. 21. At a conference vetween the receivers and a number of important creditors of the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing company, a committee was named to act for the creditors of all classes in formulating and executing a plan for the readjustment of the company's debt and the prompt termination of the receivership. HARDY 0L0 PILOT WILL LEAD WAY Greene To Take Admiral Bob's Fleet Through Dangerous Straits. FIFTY-SIX YEARS OLD. DURING HIS ENTIRE LIFE HE HAS BEEN A SEAMAN PASSAGE WILL REQUIRE ABOUT FORTYEIGHT HOURS. Los Angeles, Cal., Dec. 21. The man who is to pilot the United States battleship lleet through the Straits of Magellan is in Los Angeles on his way to Washington, from whence he will proceed to Rio de Janeiro, there to join the fleet on Jan. 1. The man who has been selected by the navy department for this important duty is Captain E. F. Greene of the United States army transport service. He is fifty-six years old and has made in all seventeen trips through the straits. He has been a li'or since he was fourteen years old. when he joined the Confederate navy. His first trip was made in 1S69, and the last a year ago, when he brought the lighthouse tender Juanita to the Pacific coast. Captain Greene will assume charge as pilot of the fleet at Punta Arenas about Feb. 1. according to schedule. There will be assigned to him by Admiral Evans one of the fleetest of the torpedo crafts, with which he will lead the way through the straits. The actual pas sage win require aoout forty-eight .

hesurs. Captain Greene anticipates no'Tiingeupeel met Mis Mary Kins: on & danger in taking the squadron safely downtown street today and demanded through. I to know her name. Making certain of !ht?r party, Mrs. CI in gen peel asked her

" There was a time." says the Catholic Universe, "when young people were advised to marry. Now we observe from the report of a recent address to graduating nurses, it is necessary to renovate this simple counsel iuto 'ilarry and stay married.'

DISCREPENCT Hi KUROPATKINS ACTS

Count Witte Started Something by His Letter Addressed to Newspaper. CAUSE OF THE SURRENDER SAYS STOESSEL WAS NOT TO BLAME FOR SURRENDER OF PORT ARTHUR AS HE HAD NO ARMS AND AMMUNITION. isi. retersDurg, Dec. 21. tne court having refused him an opportunity to refute on the witness stand General Kuropatkin's testimony at the trial of General Stoessel that before the war with Japan Count Witte had recommended the abandoning of Port Arthur, considering that the opening of Port Dalny had destroyed the strategic Importance of the fortress, Count Witte has broken his long silence in a two-column letter to the Novoe Vremya. It is an interesting disclosure of excerpts from secret documents which throw light on the inner councils before the war and seeks to prove that Kuropatkin was guilty of misleading the whole government by an estimate of Russia's preparedness for war. In July, 1903, according to Count Witte, after a tour of inspection in the far East, General Kuropatkin in a written report to the emperor said: "Two years ago we thought ourselves ready to defend the Amur region and north Manchuria. Today we cannot only do that, but can be perfectly confident of the fate of Port Arthur." Count Witte narrates that the site of Port Dalny and the idea to create a commercial port there was suggested by Kuropatkin himself as a means for restricting Port Arthur to military uses and at the same time carry out the promise to open any acquired Chinese port to the trade of all nations. Count Witte multiplies instances of discrepancy in Kuropatkin's official acts and the general's testimony in the Stoessel case. He also accuses him of not having provided sufficient siege guns at Port Arthur. The controversy promises sensational developments. STRIKES RIVAL ON JAW Jealous Woman Takes Serious Offense. Marion. Ind.. Dec. 21. Mrs. Carrie it" she was acqainted with her husband. Miss King replied that she only knew him by sight. Then Mrs. Clingenpeel planted a blow on Miss King's jaw which staggered her. A policeman standing nearby separated the bellig-. erents and arrested Mrs. Clingenpeel. I

CHARTERS BEFORE

MILWAUKEE

BOARD

Wayne County Collector May Be Employed There. SEQUESTERED PROPERTY. Milwaukee, Wis., Dec. HI. The question of employing taxation experts to place sequestered personal property on the city's tax roll was discussed at today's meeting of the council committee on finance. W. T. Charters of Indianapolis, hid., and 15. W. Gilfilian cf Columbus. Ohio, "ferrets" employed by a number of cities in Ohio and Indiana were before the committee and told of the work which has been carried on in the states. Tax Commissioner Hooker was also present, the question having been brought to the attention of the council through the request that these men be hired nere. L FOREST CREATED Roosevelt Signed Proclamation for Reservation of Over Million Acres. SOME TELEGRAPHIC TIPS PLUCKED FROM THE WIRES COVERING THE ENTIRE WORLDHOLIDAY TRADE IS NORMAL, SAYS DUN'S REPORT. M. Paquin, the famous Parisian dressmaker, is dead. Business failures for the week number 298 against 2S4 last week and 227 in the like week of lS0f. Frank Tsar, fifty-four years old. shot and fatally wounded his wife in their home at Chicago and then committed suicide. Secretary Hester's satement of the world's visible supply of cotton shows a total of 4.379.009 against 4,164.497 last week. In Persia feeling is running high against the shah. Two of the provinces have declared in favor of his being deposed. President. Roosevelt has signed a proclamation creating the Arkansas national forest, covering more than a million acrs. Pentiaisnt i? more hopeful at leading centers of the iron and steel industry, increased activity being generally anticipated after the holidays. Additional rains In Argentina caused an advance of more than 2 cents per bushel In the price of wheat for May delivery, on the Chicago exchange.

ARKANSAS

NAT ONA

OLD EMPLOYE GETS REVENGE OH TRUST

Application for a Referendum Election Refused by Court Through Knotts. ROBBED A SUB-STATION. MAN ARRESTED FOR DRUNK HAD LARGE AMOUNT OF POSTAGE STAMPS ON PERSON AND AN INVESTIGATION FOLLOWED. Hammond, Ind., Dec. 21. A. F. Knotts of this city ha "evened" matters with the United States Steel corporation, which dismissed him several months ago because it was thought that Mr. Knotts was becoming too prominent in the affairs of Gary, which city the corporation had employed Mr. Knotts to build. Through the efforts of Mr. Knotts in the Lake superior court at Crown Point, the United States Steel trust was defeated ln mandamus proceedings brought by the corporation to compel the town board to arrange for a referendum election to decide whether the Gary street railway franchise should be granted. Judge McMahan held that the eode of 1905 repealed the 1899 referendum statute, and that the mandamus proceedings were useless. The defeat of the corporation was hailed with satisfaction by the people of Gary, as the Gavet street railway franchise provides for a 3-cent fare. Work on the construction of the road has already begun. Had the Goods on Him. Michigan City, Ind.. Dec. 21. Stanislaus Putz "of South Bend, twenty-two years old. came to this city and he was arrested and convicted on the charge of Intoxication. In his pockets was found a large quantity of postage stamps which aroused the suspicions of the police, and they telephoned to South Bend for information concerning the prtoner. The South Bend police found that a substation, with other places in the city, had been robbed, and a jvisiorPce Inspector came to this city and took the prisoner to South Bend, where he will be remanded for federal grand jury action. Agree to Obey the Law. Columbus, Ind.. Dec. 21. The twenty-one saloon keepers in this city have made a New Year's resolution. In a statement signed by all of them they agree to close their saloons at 11 o'clock each night and not to open them until 5 a. m. the next day. They also agree to close tbem at 11 p. m. Saturday, and not open until 5 a. m. Monday. They also agree to obey the saloon laws in every other respect. The resolution goes into effect Jac. The thurcn army of England Las received an immense collection of lantern slides from the estate of Alexander Lemont Henderson, a pioneer of modern photography, who was for years photographer to Queen Victoria and the prince consort.

JAPAN IS NOT WORRIED. THAT COUNTRY DOES NOT DESIRE TO WAR WITH UNITED STATES CHINA WISHES TO BE SHOWN, HE SAYS.

New York, Dec. 21. William 11. Taft. secretary of war, returned from his trip around the world, bringing renewed assurance of Japan's friendliness toward the United States, but declining to say anything with respect to the political situation in this country. He said that he had been too long outof intimate touch with political affairs at home to discuss them in any way. One of Mr. Taft's interviewers had the temerity to ask: "Well. Mr. Secretary, tell us who is your choice for president." Amid general laughter, in which he heartily Joined, the secretary replied: "I guess I will have to leave that to inference." Mr. Taft left for Washington on an earl) train, saying that accumulated matters in the war department would keep his no6 to the official grindstone for some time to come, and the preparation of his special report on the Philippines, which would be in book form, would also require much of his time in the near future. Looking exceedingly well, the secretary said he had taken dally five-mile walks on the decks of the Grant during the thlr teendays' trip from Hamburg. "It Is the height of foolishness to talk of possible war with Japan." declared the secretary. "Japan does not desire war with us. and we certainly do not desire war with Japan. If there was any war spirit anywhere ln Japan. I failed to find the slightest note of It. Everywhere there was talk of continued peaoe. I speak very confidently about this. Our trad relations with Japan are extensive and constantly growing. Japanese exports amount annually to about $l$0,00o,000, of which we take about one-third. The exports consist largely of mattings, lace goods, embroideries and other fancy work, ln the production of which many people are interested. We In turn ship vast quantities of flour, oil and such commodities to Japan. This sort of trade is a great pacificator." "What about the Pacific fleet?" "The sailing must have been a magnificent sight. We have fine ships and a fine personnel, and as long as the Pacific ocean belongs to us as much as to anybody else, I see no reason why we should not send our ships there on a practice cruise. The Japanese are too intelligent and high-minded to attribute any false motive to the moremeat "My trip had as Its only definite obi ject, a report on conditions In the Philippines. My visit to Japan was honly incidental. I was much pleased with conditions in the Philippines. They were much better than I had hoped for. The initial proceedings of the first Philippine assembly and Its tendency to conservatism, despite the supposed radical majority, was most gratif ying. "In China the American residents were anxious for reassurance as to America's Intention toward maintaining the 'open door policy. At the banquet in Shanghai I endeavored to give this assurance." Secretary Taft presided at the ship's concert on Monday evening last and was warmly toasted at the captain's dinner the night before reaching port. One of the diners. Prof. Canfleld, librarian of Columbia university, expressed the hope that the entire company might meet again some day on a steamer named the "President TaiL" ELUDES AN ANGRY FATHER TO WED Sister of Member of Parliament Has Romance. DASHES AWAY IN A CAB. Minneapolis, Dec. 21. Dash Ins; from a St, -Paul hotel into a cab, Agnes C. Chevrier, sister of a member of the Canadian Parliament, eludod her angry father and, with her aweethearL A. M. Kennedy, a young Winni peg business man. came to Minneapolis, where they were married. They had arranged to meet in the Union station, and carried out their plans to victory"- The father gave up the pursuit and. with bis wife, continue! on his journey to Chicago. The elopers are Catliolics and when they arrived at the Minneapolis church the priest demanded that tbeir nastor in Canada give consent to the ceremony. The telephone was promptly resorted to, j and soon the Canadian Driest had sit n his consent.