TROOPS SENT TO COLORADO;
. PRES. WILSON TAKES ACTION
SIX TROOPS OF CAVALRY SENT TO COLORADO STRIKE ZONE BY
PRESIDENT—TROOPS LEAVE CHEYENNE—STRIKERS CONTIN
UE ATTACKS ON MINE PROPERTY.
WASHINGTON, April 29—Presi
dent Wilson has ordered six troops
of regular cavalry from the army post
at Cheyenne to proceed immediately
to the strike zone in Colorado and to
establish military law and prevent the
destruction pf property belonging to
mine owners and the aggressions of
the mine guards against the miners
and their families.
The leaders of the miners claim
t hat most all of the state militia are
employees of the mine companies and
are being forced to fight the strik
ers or be blacklisted by the compan
ies. a hey assert the state guards
were enlisted from among the cleri
cal forie of the mining companies.
The president will issue a procla
vation today calling upon the strik
ers in the Colorado strike district to
surrender their arms and promising
them full and adequate protection.
TRINIDAD, Colo.. April 29—The
state guards and the striking miners
clashed in a dozen different towns
yesterday. The strikers are de
termined to have it out with the
militia before the arrival of the regu
lar troops and more clashes are an
ticipated today. The guards have
mounted several machine guns and
are preparing for the battle.
WASHINGTON, April 29—Secretary
of War Lloyd Garrison, at the di
rection of the president, has issued
orders to the detachment of the reg
ular army which was sent to the
Colorado coal fields that under no cir
cumstances were they to take any
aggressive action towards the strik
ers, but were to confine themselves
to the protection of the mining prop
erty and to the maintaining of or
der.
Governor Ammons has promised the
president that the state of Colorado
will take immediate steps to reassert
its authority and take charge of the
situation.
TRINIDAD, April 29.—The strikers
are continuing the attack upon the
Walsen mine but were repulsed yes
terday when the mine guards used a
home-made cannon, firing into the
ranks of the strikers and killing sev
eral. The noise of the gun and the
sound of the shot passing over their
heads unnerved the strikers and they
turned and fled, but are again at
tacking the mine, hoping to capture
it before the arrival of re-enforce
ments.
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ASTOR WEDDING
FOR TOMORROW
New York Millionaire and Miss Hunt
ington to be Married Quietly and
Only a Few Invited Guests.
NEW YORK, April 29.-The wed
ding of Vincent Astor and Miss Helen
Huntington has been set for tomor
row and the preparations are’ almost
completed. The wedding fceremony
will be exceptionally simple and on
ly a very few of the most intimate
friends and relatives of the two fam
ilies will witness the ceremony. .
Vincent Astor is considered one of
ihe richest men in New York, while
Miss Huntington. is also an heiress
and will inherit many millions. The
young couple have known each oth
er since childhood, as the estates of
ihe Huntingtpns and Astors join each
other and they have been sweethearts
all their lives.
WANT BIG SINGER
TO BLOW BACK
With $7,000 Which She Was Over
paid in Salary—Hammerstein
Makes Serious Charge.
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NEW YORK, April 29.—Arthur
Hammerstein, the opera manager, and
one of the best known figures in the
theatrical world, has commenced suit
against Madam Tetrazzini, the great
opera singer, claiming that she has
been overpaid $7,000. The complain
ant alleges that through collusion be
tween the manager of the theater
and the singer he has been -defraud
ed out of $7,000.
The suit has caused a sensation
and the attorneys of Tetrazzini will
commence a counter suit for dam
ages because of the publicity given
the singer by the filing of the suit
and the charges of fraud.
POLICE LOCATE
CAPT. GRIFFITHS
Army Quartermaster Who Stole $9,000
and Then Ran Away Caught Try
ing to See His Sweetheart.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 29.—'The
police today attested Captain Grif
fiths, formerly of Fort Lawton, who
was charged with the embezzlement
of $9,000 of government money and
who disappeared as he was about to
be tried. The officers have been
searching for several weeks to lo
cate the missing army officer and
have had no success.
The police watched the residence
of the captain’s sweetheart, a beau
tiful woman of Oakland, and he was
caught yesterday trying to see his
sweetheart and bid her good-bye, af
ter which he intended to drop from
sight and start life anew.
When arrested the captain at first
denied his identity, but when taken
to the Presidio, where a numger of
officers who knew him were waiting,
he gave up and admitted who he
was.
Captain Griffiths, who came up from
the ranks, was entrusted with large
sums of money while acting as quar
termaster at Fort Lawtdn, and he
tried to get rich quick by speculat
ing in stocks, with the result that
the brokers got the money and he
will probably get a long term at Leav
enworth.
Sandals New Paris Fad.
PARIS.—One of the dalniest Par
is actresses, Mile. Jeanne Provost,
has set all Paris talking and started
a new fashion by appearing in the
crowded foyer ot the Theatre Re
jane during a, dress rehearsal of
“Concert,” a new play, with her bare
feet shod in pretty sandals which
were fastened arotmd her ankles by
cross ribbons In the old Greek style,
“It is delightful *o have one’s feet
quite free," she said to those who
questioned her. "Why BhoUld wo
men cram them into narrow boots
with four-inch heels?" Jewelers al
ready are having tbe rings made for
sandal wearers. Mile. Provost was
the actress who launched the trouser
skirt.
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MANY MINERS DIE
IN GOAL MINE
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Rescue Workers Save Fifty But Fire
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Prevents Reaching Others, and
May Seal Up the Mine.
ECCLES, VV. Va., April 29—All hope
for the 260 coal miners in the New
River coal mine has been abandon
ed, as the fire which followed the
explosion has prevented the rescue
workers from reaching the scene of
the explosion.
Before the fire became too hot fifty
miners were rescued by the relief
crew and nine bodies were brought
to the surface recovered from the
outer edge of the explosion.
The fire has now gained such head
way that all hope for the entombed
men has been abandoned and as soon
as the government experts give their
permission the mine will be sealed
and the fire smothered.
The scene when the rescued min
ers were brought to the surface
passes all attempts at description, and
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CARRIER PIGEON
Makes 110 Miles in 110 Minutes—
Hawk is the Fastest Bird and Can
Make 150 Miles an Hour.
BOSTON, April 29. A carrier pig
eon owned and trained by George
Richardson, of this city, yesterday
made the remarkable time of a mile
a minute. The pigeon flew a dis
tance of 110 miles in exactly 110
minutes, thus breaking all previous
records for carriers.
The fastest bird is the hawk, which
has been known to fly 150 miles an
hour and the sparrow comes next
with a speed of about 92 miles, while
the duck is a close third with a speed
of 90 miles an hour, equaling the
fastest express trains. While hawks,
are fast they cannot be used as car
riers,' as they do not return to their
nests as do the pigeons.
Lewis County Seed for Alaska.
CHEHALIS, April 29.—The Cheha
lis Grain Company has been award
ed the contract to furnish seven tons
of English seed oats to the govern
ment to be used at the experiment
station at Kodiak, Alaska, The seed
is fro^ the Paul Donahue farm near
this city and Lewis county receives
quite a boost in receiving credit for
furnishing material for such a con
tract.
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AN OIL TANKER
MAKES A RECORD
NEW YORK, April 29—The Brit
ish oil tank steamer Ashtabula reach
ed this port todaj', completing a trip
of lb,881 miles from Lobetas, Peru,
to New York without a stop. The
tanker is an oil burner. Because of
foggy weather the Aahtahula rounded
Cape Horn instead of passing through
the straits of Magellan.
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Whipped Boy Who Didn’t Pray.
. PASADENA, Cal., April 29.—Charg
ed with beating his 14-year-old adopt
ed boy with a garden hose, the Rev.
Fred R. Matthews will be arrested
today on a warrant sworn out by of
ficers of the humane society. Neigh
bors assert that Matthews, who is
a retired minister, flogged the boy
because he refused to say his pray
ers.
Mark Tatum has purchased the in
terest of George Tiffany In the Blue
Bird property in Shoup bay.
RESERVE BANKS "
SOON BE READY
Secretary McAdoo Says Banks be Op
erating by August 1—Organiza
tions Being Perfected.
WASHINGTON, April 29—Secretary
McAdoo, of the Treasury department,
announced today that the reserve
banks authorized under the Glass
currency bill wiH all be established
and operating by August 1.
The secretary stated that the work
of organization and the securing of
the personnel of the reserve boards
has been rushed as fast as possi
ble and that announcements of the
appointments will, be made shortly.
The kicks from many cities which
have been placed in reserve sections
new to them and which will cause a
change in the channels of money will
not be considered at all says the sec
retary, as the very object of the bill
and the desire of the administration
is to force the money in twelve dif
ferent centers instead of it all go
ing to New York, as heretofore.
JAPANESE FOR
’FRISCO FAIR
Nipponese Parliament Makes Provis
ion for Big Exhibit at Fair—
Show No III Will.
TOKIO, Japan, April 29.—The Ja
panese parliament today made ample
provision for a large exhibit of the
products of Japan, which is to be
made by the government at the San
Francisco Panama exposition next
year. The appropriation provides for
the erection of a large building and
the cost of shipping large exhibits
of the industrial work of the king
dom.
Many high government officials
have fought for the appropriat'on, de
manding that Japan show no resent
ment towards America and the ex
hibit because of the California immi
gration exclusion act, but rather take
the opportunity to show the rapid
development of the island kingdom
and the high plane of civilization to
which the country has been devel
oped in the past few years.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 29.—The
Japanese colony here and at other
Pacific coast cities are jubilant at the
decision of the Japanese government
to have a large exhibit at the com
ing fair. The 'air officials are also
glad that Japan will be represented.
IDE'S FATHER DIES
IT MEDTIOI
VALAPARISO, Ind., April 29.—John
Ade, the father of George Ade, the
great American writer,- died here to
day while attending the district con
vention of the Republican party. The
aged politician was warned not to at
tend the gathering as his heart was
Weak, but he Insisted and shortly
after Jthe convention opened was
stricken within a few minutes. The
convention adjourned out of respect
to the dead mad.
8ampson Leaves Juneau.
The steamer Sampson, of the Ad
miral Line, left Juneau at 2:30 this
afternoon and Is due at Valdes on
Friday.
Eldred McClaire has received a
letter from Charles Anderson In the
Nelchina district confirming the news
of a strike ,by George Cristo. Mc
Claire has a claim on Willow creek,
where the reported strike has been
made.
BRITISH RESCUE AMERICANS;
FUNSTON REACHES VERA CRUZ
MEXICANS CHEER AMERICAN GENERAL WHEN HE LANDS—BRY
AN SAYS DOVE OF PEACE ABOUT TO ALIGHT—BIG INTERESTS
WANT WAR—NO AMERICANS KILLED IN MEXICO CITY.
TAMPICO, April 29 —A detachment
of English marines marched 15 miles
into the interior of Mexico yesterday
and rescued a number of Americans
who were being detained by the Mex
ican authorities. The English re
fused to be stopped and waived all
opposition aside and started for the
relief of the Americans. The English
were well armed and ready for an
emergency.
Dove of Peace About to Alight.
WASHINGTON, April 29.—Secie
tary of State W. J. Bryan received
the official notification of the ac
ceptance by Provisional President
Huerta of the offer of mediation from
the South American republics. The
secretary made the statement that
"the dove of peace was about to
alight and that the outlook for a
peaceful settlement was very bright.”
No Americans Killed in Mexico City.
WASHINGTON, April 29—The Bra
zilian minister at Mexico City has
wired to the American State depart
ment that not an American has been
killed in Mexico City and that the
stories of men and women being
dragged from the street cars and shot
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to death are without foundation in
fact.
The Interests Want War.
The big interests in Mexico are
straining every effort to force the
United States to declare war upon
Mexico, as they have large property
rights in the republic which are be
ing swept away in the present rebel
lion.
Huerta Will Not Resign.
MEXICO CITY, April 29.—One of
the strongest administration newspa
pers in this city today publishes the'
statement that Presiden Huerta will
not resign as demanded by the Wil
son administration, and that if peace
between the two republics can only
be secured by the resignation of Hu
erta no agreement can be reached
through the pres nt negotiations.
Funston Reaches Vera Cruz.
VERA CRUZ, April 29.—General
Funston and 3,400 American troops
reached this city late yesterday af
ternoon and the soldiers were landed
immediately. About a thousand Mex
icans watched the disembarkment of
the American troops and many of
them cheered for General Funston us
he rode to the barracks.
TOMMY ATKINS
CAUSED TROUBLE
London Newspaper Claims English
Soldiers Refused to Prevent Guns
Reaching Ulserites.
LiONODK, April 29.—The London
Evening News has caused a sensa
tion by printing a story to the effect
that the government had attempted
to send three regiments of English
troops to Ireland to prevent the land
ing of the 40,000 stand of German
arms and that the officers and many
of the men of the regiments ordered
to Ulster had refused point blank to
go to Ireland and threatened to re
j sign if ordered to .leave England for
Ireland.
The government officials have been j
busy denying the story and claim
that they had no knowledge of the
contemplated shipment of arms and
that no orders were issued to the
troops to prepare for service in Ire
land nor did':/any of the officers or
men refuse to do as ordered.
The opposition to the present min
istry are raising the cry of the con
trol of the government by military
men and that parliament is being
made subservient to the soldiers. The
downfall of the Asquith administra
tion is freely predicted.
Hi* Hear*e a Biplane.
PARIS.—A strange posthumous en
thusiasm for a, to him, new form of
locomotion has been displayed, ac
cording to the St. Petersburg press,
by Ivan Sopornowskl, a Russian mil
lionaire. During his life M. Sopor
nowskl was extremely conservative
and even refused to enter a motor
car. In bis will, however, was a
clause bequeathing $100,000 to any
airman who would convey his coffin
to the graveside in an aeroplane. A
young airman name^ Posoff offered
to undertake the task, and, placing
the coffin in his biplane, flew to the
cemetery, where he made such a bad
landing that he nearly killed himself.
M. Sopornowskl's relatives reluctant
ly paid' him $100,000 out of the es
tate.
Bert Ford and Jeff Devlnney re
turned from Shoup bay this morn
ing.
DIRIGO IS READY
WESTWARD RUN
Has Been Rebuilt and Will Take the
Place of Steamer Dora—Will
Enter Inlet Trade.
SEATTLE, April 29.—The work of
altering the -teamer Dirigo and pre
paring the boat for the run from Sew -
ard $o Uualaska and Dillingham is
almost completed and it is expect
ed the little ship will leave here for
the north in a few days.
Extensive alterations were made in
the boat and accommodations for 42
firsti-class passengers were provid
ed. The boat was given a complete
overhauling.
The Alaska Steamship company
plan entering the Cook inlet trade and
will have the Dirigo call at ports in
the inlet not on the itinerary of the
Dora.
The Dora will be withdrawn from
the run and will be sent to Seattle
and sold.
Wedding to Take Place May 7th—Few
Invited Guests—Only Close
Friends to be Present.
WASHINGTON, April 2».—The
wedding of Miss Eleanor Wilson, the
youngest daughter of President and
Mrs. Wilson; to Secretary of the
Treasury William McAdoo; will take
place on May 7th at the White House.
The wedding will be a very quiet
affair and only a few intimate friends
will be present. The list of guests
Includes the vice-president and Mrs.
Mtarshag; the cabinet members and
their wives and the immediate mem
bers of the two families.
The wedding will take place in the
ball room of the White House.