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The commutation is made 011 recommendation of the state board of pardons, after the supreme court had refused to interfere, saying that the record showed no reversible error and affirming the judgment uf the criminal court of Cook county. The state board of pardons in making the recommendations to Gov. Deneen for commutation of sentence, says that, after the final action of the su preme court, .Jerry Vrzal, brother of Mary Vrzal, and one of the principal witnesses for the state at the trial if Billik, appeared before the state board of pardons at the hearing of the peti tion for Hillik's pardon and swore that all his testimony at the trial against Billik was false except in some unim portant facts. The state board of par dons is of the opinion that, owing to the statement of the jurors that they were influenced to inflict the death penalty by the testimony of Jerry Vzral as to certain facts, which were not testified to by other witnesses, the jury would not have inflicted the death penalty if Jerry Vzral's testi mony had been eliminated during the trial, instead of afterwards. The trial judge, in a communication to the state board of pardons, recom mends commutation of the sentence, saying that the enforcement of the death penalty, under the circum stances of Jerry Vrzal's recanting his testimony at the trial, would not, in his judgment, meet with general ap probation. Gov. Deneen several months ago granted Billik a reprieve until the su preme court could review the case. Last month Lieut. Gov. Sherman, in the absence of Gov. Deneen at Wash ington, granted Billik another reprieve until January 29. Chicago, 111.—The legal battle of Herman Billik to escape the sentence of death first imposed on him on July IS, 1907, is without parallel in criminal records of Illinois. Six times Billik was granted respites or stays of ex ecutions. the reprieves coming twice within four days of the dates set for his execution and once when the death march to the scaffold was about to start. The crime for which Billik was con victed was the poisoning of 22-year old Mary Vrzal. Indictments accusing him of causing the deaths of six mem bers of the Vrzal family, alleged to get their life insurance, had been returned and he was convicted on the first of the charges. The revelations of the poisoning of the Vrzal family startled Chicago fol lowing the arrest of Billik 011 Dec. 4, 1906. The suicide of Mrs. Hose Vrzal, Billik's alleged co-conspirator, preceded his arrest by a few hours. Bilik later was accused of inducing the woman to commit suicide. The man was an itinerant fortune teller and admitted swindler who lived upon the credulity of Bohemian residents of the western section of the city. Billik came from Bohemia to the United States in 1886. Fcr several years he resided in Cleveland. 0., where his mother, Barbara Billik, had been a fortune teller for years and where she died recently, broken-hearted. DISASTROUS FLOODS IN AFRICA I Many Lives Lost and Much Property Damage by High Water. Johannesburg, Africa.—One hundred and seventy-three persons are known to have lost their lives 011 Friday as a result of the floods, which are general throughout the Transvaal col ony and northern Natal. Great dam age also has been done to property, mining plants having suffered heavily and houses and railway bridges being swept away or inundated. The floods are the result of heavy.rains that have fallen recently and all the rivers have been converted into roaring torrents. By the bursting c-f Knight's IJam, the Witwatersrand gold mine, in the southwestern part of the Transvaal, was flooded Friday, and ten white men and 150 natives were drowned in the mine. World Quashed. New York City.—The subpoenas calling for the appearance before the federal grand jury of J. Angus Shaw, secretary of the Press Publishing Co., publishers of the World, and of Will iam H. McLoughlin, sporting editor of the World, "to testify all and every thing which you may know generally on the part of the United States," the validity of which had been questioned by the attorneys for the World, were set aside anil quashed Friday by a decision handed down by Judge Ward in the United States circuit court. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY JANUARY 28, 1909. CATASTROPHE IN CHICAGO GRIB 53 WORKMEN PERISH BY EXPLO SION, FIRE AND WATER. Powder Store Lets Go, Flames Follow, and Many Leap Into Icy Waters— Injured Men in Hospitals. Chicago, 111. —Blown to pieces by exploding powder, burned to death by the resultant fire, or drowned in the icy waters of Lake Michigan, was the late Wednesday of 53 workmen who were working on a submarine tunnel at a wooden crib a mile and a half from shore. The crib was used in the construction of a new sub marine water tunnel connecting with the South Side shore of the city at Seventy-third street. It is known that 95 workmen were employed in the crib and the connecting tunnel at the time of the explosion, which started the fire and blew or drove men inti tiie water. The work of the destroy ing elements was begun unexpectedly and reaped its harvest of dead and in jured with swiftness. All the South Side hospitals are filled with injured men. Owing to the difficulty experienced by small craft in reaching the crib during the winter, most of the work men employed on the work, particular ly those who had no families, slept in temporary bunks at the crib. It was just as these men had been awakened for the day's work that the explosion and subsequent fire caused the pande monium which resulted in the great loss of life. As nearly as the investi gators have been able to ascertain, *he explosion occurred in a small powder house situated about 100 yards from the crib structure proper. The dull detonation, muffled as it was by the crunching of floating ice against the crib and the atmosphere laden with heavy fog, simply aroused the at ten' ion of the workmen, accord ing to survivors, and it was not until the heat of tiie flames and the stifling smoke penetrated the so-called "liv ing room" of the crib and the tunnel beneath the waters of the lake that the full import of the disaster dawned upon the workmen, cut off from quick succor. One of the workmen made his way through the smoke to a telephone that communicated with the shore station. "The crib is on fire," lie said. "For God's sake send help at once or we will be burned alive. The tug"— At this point communication ceased. FOUR KILLED BY DYNAMITE Explosion in Dupont Works that Shook Country for Miles Around —Ten Are Injured. Newark, N. J. —Four men were killed and ten others injured, one fatally, when several tons of dynamite in one of the buildings of the Forcite Powder works at Lake Hopatcong blew up late Wednesday. The detonation of the huge mass of explosives shook the country for miles around and blew the building containing it to atoms. Of the 14 men working in it not one es caped death or injury. The explosion occurred in a one story frame building where sticks of dynamite were stored. While it prob ably never will be definitely known just what caused it.it is presumed that one of the sticks of dynamite piled in the structure was jarred from its rest ing place and exploded, detonating the whole mass. There were three or four tons of dynamite in the building and the force of the explosion was terrific. The bodies of the men killed were mutilated beyond recognition. Several of the other workers in the building were blown considerable distances and it is considered remarkable that only one of them. James Boyle, received fatal injuries. There was some delay in getting as sistance to the injured, as it was feared that others of the buildings at the works might blow up. When it was seen that the danger was over those on the scene hurried to the relief of the living victims. Physicians hastily sum moned treated the injured, who were removed as fast as possible to the company's offices. Tiie Forcite Powder works belong to the Du Pont Powder Co. and manufac ture blasting dynamite. THEiR HAVEN WILL BE SPOILED Many American Criminals Who Have Taken Refuge in Honduras Must Move When Treaty Comes. Washington, I) C.—Through a fa vorable report made to the senate Wednesday from the committee on foreign illations on an extradition treaty \. ith Honduras, steps were taken to break up the last remaining asylum of persons who commit crimes in the United States. When this treaty is ratified and proclaimed by the president of the United States, extra dition of criminals will be possible witli all governments of the world. The treaty with Honduras is partic ularly important because of the fact that there is in that cqnntry a colony of fugitives from justice who have gone there from this country. Cloudburst or Earthquake. Manila, P. I. —Brie. I.spatches from Tayabas province on Wednesday give but a confused idea of a disaster said to have been experienced Tuesday night and still leave undetermined whether it was a volcanic eruption of Mount I.agnas or a cloudburst that caused consternation. National Lumbermen's Convention. Minneapolis, Minn.—The national lumbermen's convention opened Wed nesday with mere than 300 delegates in attendance. BILLS AGAINST JAPS HALTED PRESIDENT'S INFLUENCE BRINGS TRUCE IN CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE. GOVERNOR STANDS WITH T. R. In Endeavor to Head Off Hostile Leg islation—Both Believe Japan Is Sincere in Deterring Im migration. Sacramento, Cal. —President Roose velt has taken a hand in the anti-Japanese legislation now before the California legislature and has asked the governor to take steps to have all legislation held up until the president can be heard in the mat ter. In a telegram sent Saturday this request was embodied and a letter is en route to Sacramento which will give the chief executive's views and wishes in the matter of legislation against the "little brown men." According to a statement made Tuesday night by Gov. Gillett there will be no legislation against Japan, at this session of the legislature. The governor authorized the following: "After conferring with the leading members of both branches of the leg islature I am convinced that no legis lation directed against the Japanese will be enacted. I am satisfied that the people of California and particu larly the members of our legislature appreciate the efforts being made by the federal government and the rep resentatives of Japan to stop immigra tion to this country of Japanese labor, skilled and unskilled. There can be no doubt that the Japanese govern ment is acting absolutely in good faith in its endeavor to prevent its people emigrating to our country and in my judgment it would be a serious mistake, while they are so doing, to enact any laws directed at the Jap anese people. This question is one in which the federal government is par ticularly interested and its wishes should be carefully considered and will be, I am sure, by the people of this state." Washington, D. C. —That President Roosevelt feels sufficiently concerned about the proposed Japanese legisla tion in California to write an im portant letter to Gov. Gillett of that state, is admitted at the White House. The president strongly feels that the objection to Japanese immigration to this country is fast being settled by the agreement in existence between the United States and Japan, under the terms of which the president points out, 2,000 more Japanese have left America in the last six months than have come in. MESSINA SWEPT BY FLAMES Refugees Suffering From Cold—Great Need Is for Protection From the Weather. Jf ess in a. —Messina was swept by by a bad fire again on Tuesday. For nany hours soldiers and sailors worked heroically to keep the flames from destroying the last remnants of the town and eventually they succeed ed in getting the lire under control. The extent of the damage cannot be estimated, because doubtless much of great value was burned up in the ruins. The small force of firemen was augumented by detachments cf sol diers and sailors from the warships and pumps and lines of hose were brought ashore from the vessels. The survivors of the earthquake have been rendered more helpless by the Intensity of the cold. The hills all about are white with snow and the ref ugees are suffering greatly. Many of them are still living in tents and with not sufficient clothing to protect them. The constant cry is for lumber for the construction of huts and the govern ment is doing everything possible, but the need is most urgent. In the Halls of Congress. Washington.—The salary of the president of the United States was 011 the 19th fixed at SIOO,OOO per annum, so far as the senate could fix it, and salaries of the vice president and the speaker of the house of representatives $15,000 each. The salary of the chief justice of the LU preme court of the United States was increased from $13,000 to $15,000 per annum, and those of associate justices from $12,500 to $14,500. Various pen sion bills were passed. Disposing of the speech of Representative Willett of New York attacking the president by referring it to a special commit tee, the ln>us,e of representatives proceeded to take up the various ap propriation bills that have been re ported within the past few days. The pension and urgent deficiency bills were passed. Earthquake in Turkey. Smyrna, Turkey.—So far as can be ascertained eight persons were killed Tuesday by a sharp earthquake which occurred at Phocaea, 25 miles ncrthwest of this city, and at other neighboring towns. Considerable dam age was done to buildings at Phocaea. Steel Magnate Dies Suddenly. Pittsburg, Pa —William G. Park, chairman of tiie executive committee of the Crucible Steel Co of America, died suddenly at his home here Tues day cf apoplexy. 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