_
Scores Dead in
_ Mine Explosion
The Few Survivors Who Escaped
Fought Their Way Through Fire and
Smoke—Rescuers Driven Back by
Gas.
With at least 100 men dead in the
mine and a possibility that the list
of victims will reach 200, scores of
rescue parties are at work in the Cin- |
cinnati mine of the Pittsburgh Coal
company, on the Monongahela river,
near Washington, Pa., where occurred
one of the most disastrous explosions
ever recorded in the long history of |
mine fatalities in Washington county.
The exact cause of the explosion is
not known, and how many lives were
sacrificed will probably not be ascer-
tained for days. Less than two-score’
survivors have been rescued from the
300 men who were at work when the
explosion occurred. Those men who
came through the flames and smoke’
and reached the surface are suffering
keenly from shock and fright and can:
tell little of the horrors below the.
ground.
The explosion was terrific, the force
of the concussion breaking windows
in houses a considerable distance from
the Courtney entrance of the mine.
Before the reverberations had died
away a hurrying panic-stricken pro-|
cession was on its way to the main
entrance. As these friends and rela-|
tives of the men underground reached '
the entrance a smoke-grimed and ter-
ror-stricken driven with his string of
coal cars came tumbling out into the’
daylight.
He said he was well within the mine
with his cars when he heard the ex-
plosion, which he estimated was at
least a mile and a half from the sur-
face. As he rushed to daylight and
safety he passed two dead bodies, one
of which he recognized as that of a
Frenchman, Emile Leroy, who was a
well-to-do resident of the little mining
town.
The alarm was sounded all up and
down the river valley, and within a
short time came scores of workers
from other mines, volunteering for
places on the rescue parties which
were organized with all possible speed.
On their first entrance into the work-
ings the rescuers were driven back
by the smoke and fumes which filled
the passages. The force of the explo-
sion had seriously damaged the fans,
thus interfering with the air currents
and adding the menace of asphyxia-
tion to the dangers of explosion and
falling coal and slate. Temporary re-
pairs were finally made to the air sys-
tem so that it was possible for the
rescue parties to work in short shifts,
But thirty-six men have been rescued
from the mine. Of these twenty men
escaped at the Mingo entrance, eight
at the Finleyville entrance and eight
at the Courtney entrance.
“Those in charge of the rescue work
have practically given up hope of sav-
ing any of the 100 men at work on the
left side of the mine, all of whom
must have been within the immediate |
vicinity of the explosion. Rappings
have been heard beyond the piles of
debris which choked up three main
entrances of the mine, and it it hoped
that some of the 300 workers within
will yet be saved.
No dead have been brought out, the
rescuers confining all their efforts to
the attempt to reach the men who
may still be alive.
The survivors who have gotten out
tell terrible stories of the scenes with-
in the mine and relate how fire broke
out in places, adding to the horror.
The most amazing escape was that of
8. T. Holmes, a negro, fifty-five years
of age, who with his two sons was at
work not far from the scene of the
explosion. Holmes was hurled to the!
ground and his "mp extingnished. All!
about him was piled slate and coal |
He started to crawl on his hands and |
knees. Working his way along pain- |
fully and slowly, the man literally tore |
his wau out through small openings |
in the debris, at times working his '
body throngh holes so small he could |
scarcely make progress. He traveled |
for a mile and a half in this manner,
finally reaching the Finleyville en-
trance of the mine, where he found
one of his sons who had preceded him,
The other son had been killed outright.
Many English speaking miners were
employed in this mine and among the
missing are many men well known.
Noticeable Improvement Shown In
Pontiff's Condition.
Pope Pius was again able to leave
his bed and sat for a short time in his
arm chair by a window in the Vati-
can in Rome.
The pontiff was not as depressed as
the day before, the weather having
become more favorable.
After his call at the Vatican Dr.
Marchiafava said that his holiness was
showing a satisfactory improvement.
Puts Blame on Sheriff.
The Scott anti-lynching bill, which
was designed to make the sheriff of
a county and the county, city or bor
ough where a lynching takes place
lable for damages, was passed In the
house in Harrisburg, Pa. receiving
106 votes. It required 104.
Keep Forest Fires From Powder Mill.
An army of fire fighters fought a
desperate battle with a big forest fire
on the mountains near Wilkes-Barre,
Pa., and extinguished it just before
the flames reached Oliver's big pow:
der mill
Hatfield Canrery Burned.
The Morris cannery at Hatfield, Pa.
was destroyed by fire. It is said that
boilermakers at work on the boilers
drew the fires, so that as far as is
known there was no fire in the build
tng. The loss is estimated at $15,000.
| city at 4 o'clock.
perate Attack by the Montenegrin
Troops.
It is officially announced in Cet
tinje, Montenegro. that the Montene
. grin forces have occupied the Turkisb
city of Scutari. :
The loss on both sides was heavy
After a final desperate attack lasting
twenty-four hours the Montenegrin
troops forced their way into Scutari.
The fortress for six months, since the
middle of October, 1912, had offered a
stubborn and heroic defense.
Three thousand Montenegrins were
killed in the final assault on Tuesday
and 5000 Turks fell. Twenty-two
thousand Turkish prisoners of war
were taken. Since the siege began 10,
000 Montenegrins have been killed or
wounded.
The assault which gave the Monte
negrins possesion of the city, which
has been the sole object of their wai
against Turkey, began on Monday
night. The Montenegrin army took the
offensive along the entire front. They
completely surprised the Ottoman de
fenders by pushing right up to the
Turkish positions, where they engaged
in close bayonet fighting.
The Ottoman soldiers made a num-
ber of counter attacks and tried with
| their utmost energy to drive the at
tacking force out of their works, but
they were finally compelled to fall
back and leave their positions in the!
hands of the besiegers, who received
constant reinforcements.
It was midnight Wednesday night,
when the Montenegrins obtained their,
footing in the fortress, and detach
ments of the besiegers entered the
According to one report, Essaad
Pasha, the Turkish commander-in-
chief, recognized the uselessness of
further resistance after the outlying
key position of Tarakosch had fallen.
He is said then to have ordered hig
troops to cease their defense of the
fortress. Another report says that the
Montenegrin commander-in-chief had
been negotiating since Monday with
Essaad Pasha for the surrender of the
place. Still another account says that
the Turkish troops defended the city
until the last.
Although the Servian troops did not
participate in the final attack, their
artillery was used by the Montene
grin gunners, and it is said that to
this fact their success was largely due.
The act of capitulation was signed hy
the Turkish commander shortly after
the Montenegrin troops had reached
the center of the city.
Tewer City Woman Admits Owning
Gun Used by Murderer.
Mrs. Bertha Hummel Patrick, a di-
vorcee of Tower City, was arrested,
charged with the murder of her father,
George Hummel, of Tower City, and
was committed to the Schuylkiil
| county jail in Pottstown, Pa.
She admits that she owned the gun
with which the shooting was done.
Her brother, Edward Hummel, was
held as a witness.
Hummel was found dead in bed on
March 29 with a bullet wound in his
head. There were powder marks about
the wound, indicating that the pistol
had been fired at close quarters. The
belief at the time was that death was,
' due to suicide, and a coroner's inves
tigation resulted in a verdict to that
effect.
Miss Hummel is twenty-six years of |
age and was formerly married, but is
now divorced. She says that on the
evening of the murder her father was
alone in the house, reclining on h |
back on a lounge in the sitting roo |
and fast asleep.
“l went out to do some shopping.
with Mrs. Jack Wolfe, and when we
returned at nine o'clock we found the’
front door unlocked, as he left it. In|
going through the sitting room to open |
the kitchen door we stumbled over
my father's feet, but at the time only
thought he had rolled off the lounge. !
When we opened the kitchen door we |
found evidence of a struggle, the car
pet being disturbed.”
Will Not Alter Decision of Powers to!
Incorporate City In Albania.
‘While the capture of Scutari is be
lieved in European capitals to have
complicated the situation created by
the decision of the great powers to
include Scutari in the future state of
Albania, the opposite view is held in
Balkan circles.
There the opinion prevails that the
Montenegrins, having accomplished
the object they have aimed at since
the beginning of the war, will find it
more easy to accept the decision of
the great powers, and that the latter
on the other hand, will be more ready
to grant her a rectification of he:
frontier which will satisfy her.
The fall of Scutari has caused the
greatest anxiety in political circles at
Berlin, which fear that it will ulti
mately involve the peace of Europe.
Would Censor All Songs.
A board of censors to pass on all
songs published in the United States
was proposed at the session of the
National Federation of Musical clubs,
held in Chicago, by Mrs. Jason Walk
er, of Memphis, Tenn. This is to sup
press suggestive songs featured in the
cabaret shows. Mrs. Walker furthe:
suggests that the 100,000 members ol
the federation blacklist all music no
approved by the board.
Hangs Death Sign In Shop; Kills Self.
Thomas Braidanti, forty-two year:
old, the owner of a small coffee and
cake saloon on First avenue, in New
York, shot and killed himself in his
rooms above the cafe. He had been
acting strangely for several days and
Tuesday closed the cafe and hung 8
sign In the window which read:
“Closed on account of death in th
family.”
Atsanian ty Falls Before a Des Bryan and Clark Make Up
The Two Clasped Hands, Broke Bread
the home for twenty years, and that
Mayor Will Go to School.
| her mother and sister were
Rudolph Blankenburg, the reform
"be buried in cemeteries. Her er! mayor of Philadelphia, and the mem-
died of old age nine months before bers of his cabinet have decided to
her sister, who died Feb. 20 of heart go back to school to take a course in.
Together and Then Issued State
ments.
Champ Clark and William J. Bryan
have wept on each other's shoulders
and made up. After elaborate nego
tiations, covering several days, the
two were brought together at a
luncheon in Washington for the first
time since the falling out at the Bal
| timore convention which resulted in
the overthrow of the Clark boom and
the nomination of Woodrow Wilson.
The two clasped hands, broke bread
together and issued statements.
The Bryan statement is plainly
apologetic. The secretary of state says
| in effect:
“You were all right, Champ; it was
the company you were keeping that }
objected to.”
Here is the Bryan statement:
“My meeting with Mr. Clark has
served to clear up a misunderstand
ing as to my exact position toward him
at the Baltimore convention. I have
tried to make it clear to Mr. Clark
that I have always regarded and do
now regard him as a good, clean, pro
gressive Democrat. If my language
at Baltimore created any impression
that I was charging Mr. Clark with be
ing in sympathy with any of the re
actionary forces I am glad of the op
portunity to correct any such miscon
struction of my words or acts, for
did not intend to reflect upon either
the personal or political integrity of
the speaker. It is my earnest wish
that there may be cordial co-operation
| between the state department and th:
speaker in carrying out the policies ol
the administration.”
Here is Clark's statement:
“It is beyond the power of Colone!
Bryan or any one else to correct the
injustice that was done me at Baltl
more. The loss of the presidential
nomination was a small thing as com |
pared to the injury done to my repu|
tation in the eyes of the world, bul}
now that Colonel Bryan in his public!
statement has done what he can tc
remove the injurious impression that
| was created by his Baltimore speeches
I feel that we can all better co-operate
for the good of the administration. ]
can only repeat what I have publicly
declared time and time again, that ali
personal or selfish considerations
must give way to the duty that al
Demcerats owe to our party and tc,
our country.”
Bryan's statement had been subunit |
ted to Clark and Clark's to Bryan, and
each had heen O. K.d by the other be
fore the formal meeting and the hand
shake took place. The reconciliation
of the commoner and the speaker h
place at a luncheon given by Ira E
Bennett, editor of the Washingtor. |
Post, in a private dining room at the’
New Willard hotel. The passing of the |
peace pipe was the result of efforts!
by Mr. Bennett and Theodore A. Bell |
of California. i
The harsh feelings between Clark’
and Bryan have been one of the dan
ger spots in the Democratic situation
The speaker came out of the Baiti
more convention vowing he would
never again have anything to do with,
Colonel Bryan. Clark on every occa!
gion showed his bitter feeling toward
the commoner.
Had Long Hunt For Baby Buffale.
The herd of buffaloes in Colonel
Harry C. Trexler's game park along
the Jordan, near Allentown, Pa,
which was started three years ag
with three animals, has been increased
by the arrival of two baby buffaloe:
during the past week, to twelve.
The first one of the new arrivals
was born last Wednesday, making the
eleventh in the herd, and it was the
first time that the gamekeepers were
aware of such an event. The head
gamekeeper telephoned to Colone!
Trexler in Allentown, and immediately
Mrs. Trexler started for the game
park. She got there within an hour
and it took several hours more to find
the young animal.
Baby as it was, the young buffalc
immediately found its legs and, swim
ming the Jordan, joined the main
herd. When it was three hours old
Mrs. Trexler, after a strenuous hunt
found the youngster four miles from
the place where it was born. As he
automobile neared the young buffal
the rest of the herd surrounded it and
made a hostile demonstration.
That a baby buffalo only three hours
old should have traveled four miles
caused wonderment. But Colonel Trex
ler, as a naturalist, was able to ex
plain that a buffalo calf was the only
animal known that could proceed or
its feet as soon as born.
Buried Mother and Sister In Cellar.
The bodies of Mrs. Ernestine Komni
chau and her daughter, Selma, were
found buried in the basement of @
building at 2412 South Broadway iv
St. Louis, Mo.
Marie Komnichau, another daugh
ter, was arrested at the City hospital
for an Investigation in connection
with the mystery.
The investigation that led to the
finding of the bodies resulted from
the owner of the building, Albert
Stuhr, reporting to the police that he
had noticed a peculiar odor in the
cellar.
Detectives found a newly-made
grave. Three months ago three women
moved into the house. Three weeks
ago one of them disappeared and the
other said that she had died and that
the mother had taken her to Illinois
for burial.
Both bodies were encased in con-
crete. Marie Komnichau was taken
to the city hospital two weeks ago,
after she had broken her leg in a fall
downstairs.
Miss Komnichau said they lived n
trouble. economy, So that say may
‘ Used Rose to Drug Gi
A drug saturated rose,
Charles Decker in his efforts to induce |
Barbara Smith, sixteen years old, to
go to New York with him, figured! attend a course of lectures at the Uni-
prominently in the girl's narrative, versity of Wisconsin. The course,
when she appeared against Decker in’ which is short and theoretical, is de
the police court in Scranton, Pa. She! signed to solve the problems that con-
said she became stupefied after smell-' front modern municipalities.
ing the flower. | When the mayor and his directors
Decker, who claims to be a vaude- return they expect to be able to ride
. ville actor, was held in $500 bail to, lightly over some of the municipal
await trial. The father of the girl quagmires which have all but engulfed
made a rush for the prisoner and tried them to date.
to strike hin. Officers interfered and |
for a moment the court room was in
an uproar. In the midst of the excite
' ment the girl fainted. i
mayor and at least two mem-
| be
| affairs of the city.
The
i
| bers of his cabinet have arranged to
to!
go to
Philageipnia Judge Dead.
Judge Edwin W. Magill, of the
| court of common pleas, who was
! seized with an attack of acute indi
Colored Mob Lynches Negro Woman.| gegtion while on the bench ten day:
Mrs. Matthew Musee, a negress, Was ,g, died in the University hospital
lynched in Strander, Miss, by a mob i; philadelphia. He was fifty-five
of negroes after she had murdered years old. Judge Magill, one of the
her husband by cutting off his head most prominent jurists in Pennsylva-
with a razor. The woman sang a hymn pia was appointed to the bench of
as she was being put to death. common pleas court No. 1 Feb. 12
The woman attacked her husband! 1907. He was a graduate of the Uni
following a quarrel. The negro mob yersity of Pennsylvania, class of 1881,
is the first on record to execute sum- gang was admitted to the bar of Phila:
mary vengeance upon a woman of delphia in the same year.
their own race, so far as is known
in Strander.
! New Advertisements.
Convicted of Murder, Admits Another.
OR SALE.—One A. Slechens
stocks, in A Og
After a sen'ence of life imprison-.
ment for the killing of William H.|
Tone aT
McPherson had been pronounced |
upon him in Boston, William B. Jen- |
i 73 pom the estate of Mss, Raa Woo-
Drew Target Over Heart. | fet, , late 5 Haya Jownship. deco deceased,
With a plece of chalk Emil Meyer, faving een Kranted to the ed core
and
of Chicago, drew a series of rings, are to make immediate payment,
on his vest directly over ‘his heart| those Ravin clams a lo Semen.
and then fired a bullet into the cen- |
t f the t. t, killing himself. Six | Re i
er of the targe ng himsel ng
other persons committed suicide on NB; SPABRLER,. bec
the first perfect spring day Chicago) — roe SorcE “Notice is hereby
| —Notice is
has experienced this season. en that the undersigned Auditor, uly
| appointed by the Orphan’s Court of Cen-
| tre county, jo make distribution of the funds in
the hands of Albert N. Fierly, Administrator of
the estate of David C. Walter, to and among
those entitled thereto, will meet the par-
ties in interest at his office in C 's Exchange
Building, Be Hefonte: Ta on T ls 13th
. at ten o'c a. m.,
when and RL a: will be heard
N. B. SPANGLER,
Finds Nickel In Boiled Egg.
When Mrs. George Simpson, of 2725
Concord avenue, Camden, N. J., open-|
ed a chicken egg at breakfast a five
cent piece fell out. The nickel was of |
the issue of 1900, and embedded in!
the center of it was a large black | 8173 Auditor.
shot. HEKIFES SALE. virite of a wilt of L1e
ri Facias issued out of the Court of Com:
_ ,——— uit Pleas of {entre to me direct-
Upton Sinclair Marries. ! | ed, there will be xpot o public sale at the
court house in Bell , On
Upton Sinclair, the writer, and Miss
Mary Craig Kimbrough, daughter of!
Judge and Mrs. A. McC. Kimbrough,
of Greenwood, Miss., were married in|
| Fredericksburg, at the home of Mrs.
John Thurman, a relative of both the
bride and bridegroom.
MONDAY. } MAY 19th, 1913,
1a 1.30 p. m., the following described real estate,
ground bein of onte, coun-
of Centre, and State of Ivania,
Saal ne es =
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a qouths is near what was for-
ye ihat ce Sena messuage, tenement and lot of
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Snake Venom Killed Hagenbeck.
Slow-working snake venom was the
cause of the death of Karl Hagenbeck,
the animal collector, on April 14, in
Hamburg, Germany, according to the
physicians who attended him. He was
bitten years ago and the venom event-
ually affected his liver.
gomery.
‘TERMS OF SALE,~No deed oid be akomlbly
paid in full
ed until purchase money is
a Sherifs ofc, ARTHUR'S. LEE: ii.
e poplliation of New Yor! 8 s
5,332,000 persons, according to tHe Bellefonte, Pa., April 21, 1913. 58-17-4t
latest figures compiled by the New SALE.—By virtue of a writ of Fi
York health department. The census Sera eri Facias issued out of the Court of Com-
of 1910 ded a population of red. there wil be Sxposed (0 public. sae a the
had ro
MONDAY, MAY Toth ons,
rs real estate,
766,883.
Three Killed When Balloon Bursts.
Three aeronauts were killed by the
bursting of a spherical balloon at a| State bounded
suburban town five miles northeast of | to wit:
Paris, France. Five persons were on
board at the time, of whom three were
officers of the French army.
Wilson Honorary Head of Boy Scouts.
President Wilson accepted the hon-
orary presidency of the Boy Scouts of
America. He promised his active sup-
port. i
Pugilist Also Forfeits $2000 Necklace
to the Government.
Jack Johnson, the negro pugilist
was fined $1000 by Judge Carpenter
in the United States district court in
Chicago after charges of smuggling a
Bellefonte. Pa.. April 21st. 1913. 58-17-4t | 58-8-6m
to Madison, Wis., next month to] A ie fri asin’
New Advertisements.
Fi LE a
at reat of Mrs. Jenuié
Michels" troperty "en Loe ve Ree
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OF" "Bens TO CEMETERY LOT OWN.
Fem
cad nea he Jew cmc” Rous
in the rear and a small
emorial
year. and, if Mr not from lot
owners, with the money, before the date named,
je will assume that they do not wish him to care
for their lots. 58-15-3t*
OTICE OF APPLICATION FOR CHAR-
TER.—In the rt mon Pleas,
for the county ui re. Notice is heres
given that i ication will b be Ph to the
charter of an Intended ended corporation to be c
county, Rr t aracter and
df which is to sto provide social enjoyment Fy its
rpeses to have,
Hea
hese pu
ee all the rights, oF benefits and
ees conerred by the ihe. Act and its La
Ww. G. RUNKLE, oc
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URT PROCLAMATION. ~Whereas
Honoranle Ellis L. Orvis, PEER
of the Court of Common Pleas of
49th Judicial District, consistin,
having tne of, "he
the 29th Say March, 1913, to me directed for
Oyer and Terminer and General Jai ail Deliver.
Bellefonte, jor or the county of Centre, and to
THIRD MONDAY OF MAY,
pings, otherwise known as “Kid car- | Ex BS ATES ves DE . J Say of May, 1913, a. 19 com,
” ga musical rig the Coroner,
| ter, the pugilist, rose i nthe dock and Hovlass Hh por. of RE {2 hergly given to 4 to Jugtices
' said: “I killed Mildred Donovan. That | county of Centre, that they be then and there in
was only one of the many murders ' OTICE.—The Geiss formally of Centre persons at 10 o'clock in the forenoon
that I committed. That is all I have Hall, are now located at 1702 Greene St., | of the 19th, with their records, i
Phil in charge of an Apartment | inations and their own Jemembrandces, to dothose
to say.” The Donovan murder last New House, and would Blessed to have persons | things which to their office appertains to be
| Year's eve hus never been cleared up. | Y/*itin& the city stop with them. Bra Ete ho ave hound i jason shai Ben
XECUTOR'S NOTICE.—Letters testamenta- the he: full of Centre them a3 "County. be then nd x to
at Bellefonte, She 21st
, and
r of the In
America,
ARTHUR B. LEE,
Sheriff's office, Bellefonte, Pa. Shell
April 21st, 1913.
(ps my
day of April, in the Lk, oo our Lord 1913
the one hundred and thirt; Sixth
dependence of the United
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"CATTLE PASTURE
The Lehigh Valley Coal Company
will open their 5000 acre range on
Beech Creek, May 1st, 1913, under
the management of Mr. Geo. Lorrah.
. Season May 1st to October 15th.
TERMS, $1.50 PER HEAD PER SEASON.
Cattle received only on Wednesdays
and Saturdays. Address
Lehigh Valley Coal Company,
Snow Shoe, Pa., for any further information.
58.14-6t.
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BROOKVILLE WAGONS. GASOLINE EN-
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In fact everything the agriculturist needs.
We Have Barcains For You If You
A%2 Looks For Trey.
J OHN G. DUBBS,
BELLEFONTE. PA.
The First National Bank.
$2000 necklace had been dropped and
Johnson had pleaded nolle contendre
to charges of concealing from fed
eral officials that he had the jewelry.
The necklace was forfeited to the
government and probably will be sold
at auction.
Johnson is still to be tried on a
charge of violating the Mann whitd
slave law.
Play With Dynamite Cap.
William: Walcon, Michael Holland,
John Vasilis and William Kisset, four
school boys of Mahanoy City, Pa,
were seriously lacerated about the
face, hands and arms during the
recess hour at the Mahanoy street
school building when one of the four
found a dynamite cap and started tc
pound it with a stone. The cap was
heavily charged, and the explosion
that followed created great excitement
in the school yard.
Explosion Kills Three Men.
Three men were killed and seven
injured in an explosion in the pack
ing house of the Atlas Powder com:
pany at Lake Hopatcong, N. J.
The packing house was wiped out
and no trace was left of the three men
known to have been working inside
at the time. The explosion broke win:
dows of houses at the other end of |
the lake, four miles away.
ture.
Travellers cheques for use in
all parts of the world. A safe
and convenient way of carry-
ing funds. Write us for letera-
The First National Bank,
Bellefonte, Pa.
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