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O CENTS LOS ANGELES HERALD 16 PAGES SINGLE COPIES: VOL. XXXVII. PliU'K* /to ( M<"1\ Tr| 1»< BY CARRIER MMBE It 113. 1 ltlv^J-J . t\J KsJlllX Ik 3 I'ER MONTH SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 22, 1910. Great Labor Strikes Follow Rise in the Cost of Living Boycott of Meat Declared— Government Begins Prosecution of Beef Trust QUARTET BORN TO THE MOTHER OF TRIPLETS Attention, Col. Roosevelt! Look What's Happened in the Wilson Family TWELVE IN 9 YEARS Two Sets of Trios, Pair of Twins, and Quadruplets Record for Angel City QUADRUPLETS born yesterday, and two sets of triplets and one set of twins in the last nine year* is the Rooseveltian record against rac 1 suicide achieved by Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Wilson of 2019 Magnolia avenue. Four little babes lying side by side in n snow-white bed lnst night claimed diftinction, but doubly so by reason of the other sets of children that have preceded them. Tho twins are both alive and am pretty girls of 9 years. The first set of triplets died, and from the eeond set but one, a boy of 4 years, survives. The four little ones born late yesterday afternoon were proudly welcomed by the father and mother. The Wilson family has long been known for its Roosevelt policies, Mrs. Wilson being one of a set of twins, while twins are quite popular on both sides of the family. Mr. and Mrs. Wil- son, however, are the only ones claim- ing the distinction of triplets and quadruplets in the family. Complimented by Teddy Upon the arrival of the first set of triplets President Roosevelt wrote sev- er::! letters of congratulation to tho couple which then boasted the twins and triplets. When these little ones were eiirht months old they died within a few days of each other. Grieving and broken in health, Mrs. Wilson came to Los Angeles, where she was later joined by Mr. Wilson. The second set of triplets, born in Los Angeles, were 1u 0 boys and one girl, as w re the first set. Last night the record mark of the family was changed, and four babes—two boys and two sriiis—set a | new record in the family circle. T»ve'vo children at four births within the past nine years is the unusual record of which Mr. and Mrs. Wilson are proud. At the time of the San Francesco earthquake and shortly aft r the death of two of tho lust set of triplets, Mrs. \\ ilsmi sent sever < hundred baby gar- ments, to the ' terers from her large store of bab. things. The little twins were, very much ex- cited over the little brothers and sis- ters, although they have become accus- tOinert to wholesale additions to the Unique Buggy Ready The babies born yesterday will fall heir to a unique bahy bugery which was made to order for the first set of triplets, three go-carts being placed abreast, the wheels being at the outer sides. This was also used for the lnst set of triplets, but friends of the fam- ily,are now wondering If four will ho placed together and if it would be considered an obstruction of the side- walk. , . At the birth of the second triplets national attention was called to the family, and many congratulatory tel- egrams and letters were received. NITRO EXPLODES; FIFTEEN KILLED Five Laborers Mutilated but Rescued Alive; Those Dead Are Literal Mass of Heads, Limbs and Trunks FISHKILL, LANDING, N. T., Jan. ,21.— Fifteen men, three of them Ameri- cans, were killed today by a prema- ture explosion of nitro glycerin in a tunnel which is to form part of the sreat aqueduct which will carry water from the Ashokan dam, in the Cat- skills, to 6W York city. Five men were terribly mutilated, but were so near the mouth of the tun- ney they were rescued alive. The oth- er fifteen were found beneath a mass of rock and debris, literally hammered l>y the force of the explosion into a bleeding mass of heads, limbs and torsos. It is believed a workman, carrying a torch, tripped and fell, igniting a fuse and set off a series of charges of the explosive. The squad of twenty men involved in the accident, having drilled the holes and placed the explosive, were leaving the excavation when the explosion oc- curred. A hundred laborers rushed to the tunnel mouth and, after dragging forth the injured, set to work clearing away the rock and earth to get at the dead. As the nltro glycerin had been pur- posely set to shutter rock, it did not damage the tunnel, more than the contractors had planned, and after two hours the bodies wero reached. RELATIVE OF ADMIRAL GUILTY OF FELONY CHARGE SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 21.—Howard X Clover, who claims to bo a second cousin of Admiral Richardson Clover, U ,S N., was convicted today by a Jury In Judge I> Haven's federal court on a charge of having obtained money under false pretenses while imperson- ating an officer of the United States navy. Although Clover is wanted under a number of complaints, tho specific allegation upon which ho was found guilty ml one dealing with v transaction between tlio defendant and un optical concern from which he ob- tained credit. INDEX OF HERALD'S NEWS TODAY FORECAST For Los Angeles and vicinity: Cloudy Saturday; continued warm; light north wind. Maximum tempera* ture yesterday 78 degrees, minimum 59 degrees. LOCAL Grocer held up by masked bandit on Huena Vista street and robbed of $10. I'AGB 8 Missionary movement will receive aid and mass meeting la arranged for next month. PAGE 16 State railroad commission makes caustic reply to Democratic committee's letter urging action. P^VGE 8 Eloping Mendoclno girl forgives by father and will return home. PAGEJ 9 Mock suffragettes from Gamut club block downtown traffic. PAGB, 9 Million-dollar building will be erected on corner of Seventh and Main streets. PAGE 0 Husband overjoyed when his wife secures decree of divorce. PAGE 9 George A. Stone and wife have prelim- inary hearing on charge of murder of Morgan Shively. PAGE 9 Five hurled to pit In elevator—Two deaths may be result of accident at 1430 Ala- meda street. • PAGE 9 Seeking scalp of boiler Inspector— Charges preferred against F. K. Grismer by J. J. Clayton. PAGE 5 Bishop Conaty favors consolidation, of Hol- lywood and Los Angeles. PAGE 9 Patrolman Green to face charges preferred by League of Justice. PAGE 5 A. Leonard Phillips, charged with per- jury, forfeits bond and flees to Canada. PAGE 5 Heirs to million-dollar Keating estate nlo objection to final accounting of trustees. PAGE S Chamber of commerce presents Aviator Paulhan with sliver loving cup. PAGE 6 Editorial, Letter Box and llaskln'3 let- ter. PAGB 4 Cold-blooded Chicago trust blamed for visa In meat prices. PAGE 3 Quadruplets born to mother of two seta of triplets and one pair of twins. PAGE 1 Aviation Judges make awards of .prises won at Domluguez Held. - PAGE 6 Clubs. PAGE 16 Child study circles. PAGES 7-8 Marriage licenses, births and deaths. «• PAGE 14 City brevities. •\u25a0:£" PAGE 6 News of the courts. PAGE 5 Municipal affairs. PAGE 5 Mines and oil fields. PAGE 13 Markets and financial. PAGE 12 I Building permits. PAGE 14 Shipping. PAQBS 11 Classified advertising. PAGES 14-15 Theaters and dramatic criticism. PAGE 11 Automobiles. • PAGE 11 Sports. PAGE 10 Churches. PAGE 19 SOUTH CALIFORNIA Lads battlo for life with eagle—Elder hoy Eaves brother from bird's talons. PAGE 1 Venice Beach band leader called before union—Members want facts about con- certs In Aviation week. PAGE 11 Water campaign in Pasadena nears boil- ing point and both factions open head- quarters. PAGE 14 COAST Mayor P. H. McCarthy re-elected presi- dent of Budding Trades council in convention at Monterey. PAGE 1 EASTERN ; Antelope driven to ranches by fierce storm in Wyoming. PAGE 3 Many charges and counter accusations made in Christy divorce suit and dis- position of child will come next. PAGE 1 Efforts to freo Harry K. Thaw are re- buked scathingly by special committee of New York State Bar association, which recommends change in writ of habeas corpus act. PAGE 2 Masses aroused, millions are clamoring for Just prices and popular sentiment forces government to probe meat trust. PAGE 1 Good demand for stocks In Now York ex- change results from recent rectifying process carried on In Wall street. PAGE 12 Government will put probe into so-called "Beef Trust," holding it largely respon- sible for high prices of fresh means.** PAGE 3 Nation faces crisis and capital and labor are ready to lock horns in struggle. Wage-earners arise in a body. PAGB 3 President Taft urges solons to "get busy" on measures he has recommended. PAGE 2 Nltro glycerine explodes, caused by man falling in tunnel near lshklll Landing, N. V., and torch Ignites fuse. Fifteen killed and five mutilated. PAGE 1 Train held up by four masked men at Eu- reka, Mo. Thousands of dollars secured. PAGE 1 FOREIGN Cardinal at Paris is accuse* of defying teachers' authority in episcopal letter t he sent Catholics. PAGE 3 Unionists in election in Great Britain are far ahead. Conservative party gains ten •eat*, while Liberals obtain no new ones. PAGE 2 Forty to fifty persons lose lives In wreck of passenger train on Canadian Pacitlc railroad near North Bay, Ont. Broken rail causes disaster. PAGE 1 Manchurlan railway question becomes » serious problem and replies from Rus- sia and Japan to Knox's proposal adds to confusion. PAGE 2 MINING AND OIL Coallnga oil output shows remarkable in- crease, production for year showing more than 2,000,000 barrels. PAGE 13 Independent agencies in Kern county and Coalinga may organize company. PAGE 13 Pyramid Oil company reaches 4000 feet in Its well No. 3. PAGE 13 California Midway encounter! gas and oil spots In well. ; PAGE 13 Arizona may lead against Montana In pro- duction of copper. PAGE 13 Large quantity of oil accumulates In Coa- linga sump hole. , PAGE 13 State seeks data on production of min- erals. PAGE 13 SPORTING Friend charges that Johnson has got the "swelled" head. PAGE 10 St Vincent's baseball squad Is hard at work. i . PAGE 10 George Memslc and Frank Plrato look like welterweights in training, but are taut rounding Into condition tor heir Friday night battle. PAGE 10 Many amateur and semi-professional base- ball games scheduled to be played today. McCormlcks vs. Trllbys open series at Uaoa park. PAG IS 10 Coppertown wins Aleatraz handicap at Em- eryville after being heavily played lo- cally at long odds. . PAGE 10 Battling Nelson knocks out Eddie Lang with body blow in eighth round at Mem- phis. ...;>„\u25a0 PAGE 10 40 PERSONS DIE IN TRAIN WRECK ON CANADA LINE Many Drowned, Others Cremated, While Some Are Crushed to Death CAR BURNS ON RIVER Broken Rail Causes Ap- palling Disaster on C. P. Road at Isolated Point [Associated Press] VTORTH BAY. Ont, Jan. 21.—Forty |\ or fifty persona are believed to •*-' have been killed today, when four cars of a Canadian Pacific pas- senger train on the Soo branch, jumped the track and, falling down a steep embankment, plunged through the lea Into the Spanish river. Some were drowned, others were burned, almost within hand-reach of the drowned, and still others were crushed to death. One of the splintered cars was burned on the brink of the river. According to stories told by injured passengers brought to Sudbury, It was one of the worst caseß in tho history of Canadian railroading. The wrecked train was en route from Montreal to Sauit fcite Marie and Min- neapolis. An official statement says the accident probably was due to a broken rail. The engine, baggage car, express and mail car, and one second class coach remained on tho rails, while one second class, one first class, a diner, and a sleeper went down the embank- ment. The first-class car and diner went Into the river. The sleeper and second- class car stopped on the embankment, the second-class car catching fire. Where It Happened The wreck happened thirty-seven miles west of Sudbury, where the tracks cut into the side of a steep hill skirted by the river. The forward part of the train passed over the break, whatever it was. The day coach, the fourth from the end of late train, was the first to leave the rails. The train was running forty miles an hour, and the momentum carried the car down hill in a terrific plunge. \u25a0 About twenty-five passengers were in this car, and it is practically certain that none escaped. Two minutes alter the first crash only the roof of tne nay coach showed above the floating ice in the river. The sec- ond-class coach smashed against the end of the culvert und was crushed liKe an egg shell. 1 Somu passengers were killed outright, but others were caught In the wreck- age, wliich broke into Harness, and were roasted to death. The strong construction of the din- ing car saved its occupants. It t'ol-. lowed the day coach to the Brink of the river, but every one in it escaped without serious injury. The sleeper turned over on its side on the embankment. Several ot the train crew in the sleeper escaped with slight injury. All Help Rescue Every man who was able to stand turned to the work of rescue. Snow was piled upon the burning second- class car, and the train crew and the uninjured passengers did some heroic work In trying to rescue those pinned In the blazing wreckage. Physicians were hurried from Sud- bury as soon as word was received, and a wrecking train with General Su- perintendent Gutulius made record time from North Bay. Arrangements were made to bring a diver on a special train from Sault Ste Marie to recover bodies from the submerged cars. He Is now at the wreck. The injured, taken to Sudbury, in- clude the following: Thomas Parish, St. Paul; Mrs. George P. Dier, Beissevain, Minn.: Mike Nikola, Max, N. D.: L. M. Don- ald, Minneapolis; K. Mansfield, Mon- treal, injured internally; D. M. Brodie, police magistrate, Sudbury, Samuel Bullard, St. Paul; A. O. Odessman, Norway; W. J. Bell, Sudbury; Joseph Deeleuch, Erin River, Mich.; J. H. Wade, Sudbury; R. Russell, Hamilton, Ont.; Mrs. Houde, Sault Ste. Mario (since died). Two Cars Burned From the crew of a freight train which arrived here tonight it Is learned that two second-class coaches were de- railed and afterward took fire. Eighteen persons are said to be dead, and it Is thought most of the injured were in these two cars. The crew of the train are all North Bay residents. It is also reported that J. J. Ander- son, district passenger agent of the Canadian Pacific, was on the train. It is said a train made up at the scene of the wreck will arrive hero early tomorrow morning. There is some disparity in the esti- mate of the number of persons in the submerged car. Members of the train crow say there were not more than fifteen, but passengers who had just left it to go into the dining c-ar place the number as high as twenty-five. The nearest telegraph station to the scene of the wreck Is Lairn, five miles from the Spanish river bridge. It is said six of the injured taken to the Sudbury hospital have since died, but their names wra not obtainable. Railroad men who arrived here after midnight say at least forty persons were killed. MRS. CHRISTY AS SKETCHED BY HER TALENTED HUSBAND LADS BATTLE FOR LIFE WITH EAGLE ELDER BOY SAVES BROTHER FROM BIRD'S TALONS Fight Takes Place as Youngsters Are Returning Home from School at Oak Glen SAN BERNARDINO, Jan. 21.—At- tacked by a-huge American eagle this afternoon at Oak Glen, little Mart Corneilson was saved from possible death by the prompt work of his elder brother, Jarrett, who knocked the bird down with a stone. The brave lad's action undoubtedly intervened between his brother and at least severe in- juries, as the eagle made every dem- onstration of hostility. The two little Corneilson boys were returning home from school and were within a short distance of their fath- er's house when the Ijlg bird, with talons extended, swooped down upon them. Its attack was directed toward Mart, but Jarrett was equal to the emergency and, on realizing his broth- er's danger, knocked the bird down with a well directed throw. The rock struck the eagle in the head, stunning it, and before it could arise again the boys pounded it to death with other The bird was an unusually handsome and powerful specimen, measuring over seven feet from tip to tip of Its wings. Jarrett, the lad who performed the David-like feat on this Goliath of the air, is 8 years old, and to his well directed shot his brother Mart owes his safety. MAYOR RE-ELECTED BY TRADE COUNCIL MONTEREY, Jan. 21.— Tho. Btata Building and Trades council today re- elected P. H. McCarthy a.s president and all tho other present officers of the organization. It was derided to hold the convention next year in Sun Rafael. A resolution was adopted indorsing the proposed Panama exposition to be held In San Francisco in 191 D. Tho general officers were instructed to prepare a bill providing a rate of wages for employes of public works. The officers-elect are: General presi- dent, P. H. McCarthy; general secre- tary-treasurer, O. A. Tvoitmoe; first vice president, J. B. lSnwen; second vice president, Thomas Graham; third vice president, M. G. Barnard; fourth vice president, M. F. Conners; fifth vice president, James A. Gray; sixth vice president, John Cofleld; soventh vice president, Fred Forgetty; ser- geant-at-arms. E. 11. Pratt; general counsel, Cleveland Dam; members of the executive board, J. W. Hibby of Alameda county, F. P. Eggert of Con- tra Costa county, Perry Burlingame of Humboldt county, William A. Saxton of Los Angeles county, William Mar- shall of Mario county. W. J. Dickerson of Monterey county, IC. A. Clancy of San Francisco, C. D. Basse of San Joa- ciuln county, A. L. Hawlnrker of San Bernardino county, James Wain of San Mateo county, Charles Amies of Santa Cru» county, Walter C. Matthewson of Santa Clara county, W. F. Brown of Sacramento county, Frank Adams of Sonoma county, F. I. Cantrell of Ban Dk-no county. MANY CHARGES IN CHRISTY CASE DISPOSITION OF CHILD MAY BE NEXT STEP Bitter Accusations and Counter Alle- gations Made by Talented Artist and His Wife [Special to The Herald. 3 ZANESVILLE, Ohio, Jan. 21.—Decis- ion aa to the disposition of the child of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Chandler Christy is expected to be the next feat- ure of the case that has attracted wide attention because of the prominence of the artist. Christy declares that he has forsaken all his bad habits and is now a proper person to cure [or the child, while Mrs. Christy lias been seeking to show that she alone should be appointed guard- ian. The case has ben fought bitterly in the courts, and charges and counter- charges ranging from an assertion that Mrs. Christy drank liquor to excess to the accusation that Christy frequently spanked his wife have been made, dur- ing tho hearing. As an example of Christy's former devotion to his wife is the fact that he sketched her from life and presented her with the drawing. TRAIN HELD UP BY FOUR MASKED MEN Mail and Express Cars Detached on Missouri Pacific Line —Safe Contained Several Thousands ST LOUIS, Jan. 21.—Missouri Pacific train No. S, due at St. Louis at 10:40 p m., from Kansas City, was held up and robbed by lour masked men at 9:55 o'clock tonight one mile east of Eureka, thirty miles from St. Louis. The train was Hagged with a red lan- tern, and .as the engine stopped tho four men pointed revolvers at the en- gineer and fireman. The baggage and mail and express cars were detached from the train, and with tho robbers in the cab, the engin- eer was compelled to run toward St. Louis. The passengers were not mo- lested. , The safe in the express car contained $10,000, and it is supposed the safe was blown and tlifi robbers have fled. The three coaches in the train were left standing on the main line until after midnight, when a special train from here carrying the deputies arrived. Taken to St. Louis Later the passengers were brought to St. Louis. The district in which tho holdup occurred is sparsely settled, and news of the robbery did not reach St Louis until 11 O'olOck tonight. Conductor E. H. Butts climbed off the train when it stopped to see what was the trouble, and tho robbers fired at him After the engine disappeared Butts walked to a farmer's house near Eureka and telephoned to St. Louis. Several robberies of the kind have taken place, near Eureka. In one John Hedgepeth, recently killed as a bur- glar in' Chicago, and his gang took $i'o,ooo from a Frisco train at Ulendale. MASSES AROUSED, MILLIONS CLAMORING FOR JUST PRICES Popular Sentiment Forces Officials at Wash- ington to Probe Combine That Con- trols Necessities of Life Strikes That Menace the Country THE several big strikes now involving and threatening to in- volve hundreds of thousands of toilers throughout the United States are daily assuming more serious and complicated as- pects. The present status of the strikes follows: Delaware, Lackawanna & Western railroad, threatened with one of the most costly strikes in its history, announces positively it will not accede to demands of trainmen. A sympathetic strike of all employes is expected. Erie railroad rejects every demand of trainmen. Demands for increase in wages are filed by trainmen with New York, New Haven & Hartford road. This road says that since it reduced salaries of officers and did not cut wages of em- ployes it will ignore trainmen's demands. Demands of ISOO workers in general shops of Louisville & Nashville railroad refused. Plans formulated at Cleveland headquarters of Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen to negotiate with all railroads of Canada and United States for wage increase and uniform working con- ditions. If demands are denied it is expected international strike may result. Demands presented by trainmen and others to fifty-sixroads for wage increases of from 10 to 60 per cent. Forty-one leading railroads* agree to reject demands of em- ployes. Numerous conferences to be held today. Conferences held yesterday only widened breach between railroads and employes. Five thousand motormen and conductors of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit company have voted to strike if demands are not met. United Mine Workers and Western Federation of Miners plan gigantic coalition of forces to combat operators, secure employ- ! ers' liability and combine metal and coal workers so that each j may aid other. Chairman Knapp of interstate commerce commission and Com- missioner of Labor Neill take up controversy with Big Four road ' and its telegraphers. Latter strike assumes serious aspect. Five thousand miners in Pennsylvania plan organization to secure better working conditions. Arbitration of Illinois Central and telegraphers' strike con- tinues unsuccessfully. Efforts to reinstate switchmen recently thrown out of work by strike in northwest will be instituted by railway organizations' committee at St. Paul. [Special to The Herald.] CHICAGO, Tan. 21.—With a suddenness that has startled the "great interests.'' long-slumbering resentment leaped today at the throat of the beef trust. The people of the United States are entering on what promises to be an area of tremendous struggles. The attitude of the railroads toward their employes; the prospect of a gigantic strike of train- men, telegraphers and switchmen; th eeftort of the United Miners and Western Federation to effect at) international coalition to com- bat the great operators of Canada and the United States; the nation- wide protest at the high cost of living; the anti-meat boycott; the Republican party breach resulting from high tariff and Cannon- Aldrich bossism at Washington—these, all, are but correlative mani- festations of a terrific war which soon may be waged—not between the courts and the corporations, but directly between the people and the trusts. The crisis seems imminent. The crusade against the high cost of living, which yesterday; seemed but a groping protest, tonight has assumed the proportions of a multitudinous attack. Where yesterday consumers were paying from 20 cents to 40 cents a pound for bacon, from 18 cents to 30 cents for ham and proportionately high prices for other meats, ac- cording to locality, tonight hundreds of thousands of persons are signing pledges to abstain entirely from all meats until the "beef trust" shall have been compelled to cut its exorbitant prices. DEMAND LOWER PRICES Whether the Aldrich high tariff law, which threatens almost to disrupt the policies of the administration and has strained the re- lations between the United States and several formerly friendly, nations, or whether the arbitrary action of the greedy beef trust is to blame for the prices of meat is a technical question that does not concern the consumers in the least. They know only that the cost of living has exceeded all reasonable bounds, that thousands upon thousands are daily deprived of the necessities of life and that there- fore something must be done. The American people have taken the reins in their own hands, and tonight it looks as though the trust would be compelled to respect their protest. Seeing that it was no longer able to ignore the excessive prices of meat, and forced to act by public resentment, the Taft adminis- tration busied itself today for the first time in the interests of the meat consumers, and this evening came the announcement from Washington that proceedings will be instituted by the department of justice against the "beef trust," which has its headquarters in Chicago. . Complaints charging restraint of trade were investigated by the department, says the message, and, verification secured, the gov- ernment will bring suit under the Sherman anti-trust law. But be- fore this legal red tape is disposed of, it seems certain the voice of the people will have made itself heard so threateningly that the trust will have drawn in its horns and the end so devoutly to be wished will be realized. LABOR EVERYWHERE AROUSED Labor unions, women's clubs, civic bodies, merchants and man- ufacturers' association and hundreds of other organizations today and yesterday pledged themselves to eat no meat until the prices arq reduced. The movement spread from California to Maine and many thousands of people will strengthen the movement before the week ends. The movement to combat the high prices of meat spread rapidly, today and is assuming a national character. Coincident with the growth of the movement came announce- (Continued on Fag* XhrM>.
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Transcript of Los Angeles herald (Los Angeles, Calif. : 1900) (Los Angeles, … · · 2009-10-15Upon the...
O CENTSLOS ANGELES HERALD16 PAGES
SINGLE COPIES:VOL. XXXVII. PliU'K* /to ( M<"1\Tr| 1»< BY CARRIERMMBEIt 113. 1 ltlv^J-J . t\J KsJlllX Ik 3 I'ER MONTH SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 22, 1910.
Great Labor Strikes Follow Rise in the Cost of LivingBoycott of Meat Declared— Government Begins Prosecution of Beef TrustQUARTET BORN
TO THE MOTHEROF TRIPLETS
Attention, Col. Roosevelt!Look What's Happened
in the Wilson Family
TWELVE IN 9 YEARS
Two Sets of Trios, Pair ofTwins, and QuadrupletsRecord for Angel City
QUADRUPLETSborn yesterday,
and two sets of triplets and oneset of twins in the last nine year*
is the Rooseveltian record against rac 1
suicide achieved by Mr. and Mrs. W.W. Wilson of 2019 Magnolia avenue.Four little babes lying side by sidein n snow-white bed lnst night claimeddiftinction, but doubly so by reasonof the other sets of children that havepreceded them.
Tho twins are both alive and ampretty girls of 9 years. The first setof triplets died, and from the eeondset but one, a boy of 4 years, survives.The four little ones born late yesterdayafternoon were proudly welcomed by
the father and mother.The Wilson family has long been
known for its Roosevelt policies, Mrs.Wilson being one of a set of twins,while twins are quite popular on both
sides of the family. Mr. and Mrs. Wil-son, however, are the only ones claim-ing the distinction of triplets andquadruplets in the family.
Complimented by TeddyUpon the arrival of the first set of
triplets President Roosevelt wrote sev-er::! letters of congratulation to thocouple which then boasted the twinsand triplets. When these little oneswere eiirht months old they died withina few days of each other. Grieving andbroken in health, Mrs. Wilson came toLos Angeles, where she was laterjoined by Mr. Wilson. The second setof triplets, born in Los Angeles, were1u 0 boys and one girl, as w re thefirst set. Last night the record markof the family was changed, and fourbabes—two boys and two sriiis—set a |new record in the family circle. T»ve'vo
children at four births within the past
nine years is the unusual record ofwhich Mr. and Mrs. Wilson are proud.
At the time of the San Francescoearthquake and shortly aft r the deathof two of tho lust set of triplets, Mrs.\\ ilsmi sent sever < hundred baby gar-ments, to the ' terers from her largestore of bab. things.
The little twins were, very much ex-cited over the little brothers and sis-ters, although they have become accus-tOinert to wholesale additions to the
Unique Buggy ReadyThe babies born yesterday will fall
heir to a unique bahy bugery whichwas made to order for the first set of
triplets, three go-carts being placedabreast, the wheels being at the outersides. This was also used for the lnstset of triplets, but friends of the fam-ily,are now wondering If four will hoplaced together and if it would beconsidered an obstruction of the side-walk. , .
At the birth of the second tripletsnational attention was called to thefamily, and many congratulatory tel-egrams and letters were received.
NITRO EXPLODES;FIFTEEN KILLED
Five Laborers Mutilated but RescuedAlive; Those Dead Are Literal
Mass of Heads, Limbs andTrunks
FISHKILL, LANDING, N. T., Jan.,21.—Fifteen men, three of them Ameri-cans, were killed today by a prema-ture explosion of nitro glycerin in atunnel which is to form part of the
sreat aqueduct which will carry waterfrom the Ashokan dam, in the Cat-skills, to 6W York city.
Five men were terribly mutilated,but were so near the mouth of the tun-ney they were rescued alive. The oth-er fifteen were found beneath a massof rock and debris, literally hammeredl>y the force of the explosion into ableeding mass of heads, limbs andtorsos.
It is believed a workman, carrying
a torch, tripped and fell, igniting afuse and set off a series of charges ofthe explosive.
The squad of twenty men involved inthe accident, having drilled the holesand placed the explosive, were leaving
the excavation when the explosion oc-curred. A hundred laborers rushed tothe tunnel mouth and, after dragging
forth the injured, set to work clearingaway the rock and earth to get at thedead.
As the nltro glycerin had been pur-posely set to shutter rock, it did notdamage the tunnel, more than thecontractors had planned, and after twohours the bodies wero reached.
RELATIVE OF ADMIRALGUILTY OF FELONY CHARGE
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 21.—HowardX Clover, who claims to bo a secondcousin of Admiral Richardson Clover,
U ,S N., was convicted today by aJury In Judge I> Haven's federal court
on a charge of having obtained money
under false pretenses while imperson-ating an officer of the United Statesnavy. Although Clover is wantedunder a number of complaints, thospecific allegation upon which ho was
found guilty ml one dealing with vtransaction between tlio defendant and
un optical concern from which he ob-tained credit.
INDEX OF
HERALD'S NEWSTODAY
FORECASTFor Los Angeles and vicinity:
Cloudy Saturday; continued warm;light north wind. Maximum tempera*ture yesterday 78 degrees, minimum59 degrees.
LOCALGrocer held up by masked bandit on
Huena Vista street and robbed of $10.I'AGB 8
Missionary movement will receive aid andmass meeting la arranged for nextmonth. PAGE 16
State railroad commission makes causticreply to Democratic committee's letterurging action. P^VGE 8
Eloping Mendoclno girl forgives by fatherand will return home. PAGEJ 9
Mock suffragettes from Gamut club blockdowntown traffic. PAGB, 9
Million-dollar building will be erected oncorner of Seventh and Main streets.
PAGE 0Husband overjoyed when his wife secures
decree of divorce. PAGE 9George A. Stone and wife have prelim-
inary hearing on charge of murder ofMorgan Shively. PAGE 9
Five hurled to pit In elevator—Two deathsmay be result of accident at 1430 Ala-meda street. • PAGE 9
Seeking scalp of boiler Inspector— Chargespreferred against F. K. Grismer by J.J. Clayton. PAGE 5
Bishop Conaty favors consolidation, of Hol-lywood and Los Angeles. PAGE 9
Patrolman Green to face charges preferredby League of Justice. PAGE 5
A. Leonard Phillips, charged with per-jury, forfeits bond and flees to Canada.
PAGE 5Heirs to million-dollar Keating estate nlo
objection to final accounting of trustees.PAGE S
Chamber of commerce presents AviatorPaulhan with sliver loving cup. PAGE 6
Editorial, Letter Box and llaskln'3 let-ter. PAGB 4
Cold-blooded Chicago trust blamed forvisa In meat prices. PAGE 3
Quadruplets born to mother of two setaof triplets and one pair of twins. PAGE 1
Aviation Judges make awards of .priseswon at Domluguez Held. - PAGE 6
Clubs. PAGE 16
Child study circles. PAGES 7-8Marriage licenses, births and deaths.
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City brevities. •\u25a0:£" PAGE 6News of the courts. PAGE 5Municipal affairs. PAGE 5Mines and oil fields. PAGE 13Markets and financial. PAGE 12
IBuilding permits. PAGE 14Shipping. PAQBS 11
Classified advertising. PAGES 14-15Theaters and dramatic criticism. PAGE 11
Automobiles. • PAGE 11Sports. PAGE 10Churches. PAGE 19
SOUTH CALIFORNIALads battlo for life with eagle—Elder hoy
Eaves brother from bird's talons. PAGE 1Venice Beach band leader called before
union—Members want facts about con-certs In Aviation week. PAGE 11
Water campaign in Pasadena nears boil-ing point and both factions open head-quarters. PAGE 14
COASTMayor P. H. McCarthy re-elected presi-
dent of Budding Trades council inconvention at Monterey. PAGE 1
EASTERN ;Antelope driven to ranches by fierce storm
in Wyoming. PAGE 3Many charges and counter accusations
made in Christy divorce suit and dis-position of child will come next. PAGE 1
Efforts to freo Harry K. Thaw are re-buked scathingly by special committee ofNew York State Bar association, whichrecommends change in writ of habeascorpus act. PAGE 2
Masses aroused, millions are clamoring forJust prices and popular sentiment forces
government to probe meat trust. PAGE 1
Good demand for stocks In Now York ex-change results from recent rectifying
process carried on In Wall street.PAGE 12
Government will put probe into so-called"Beef Trust," holding it largely respon-sible for high prices of fresh means.**
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Nation faces crisis and capital and laborare ready to lock horns in struggle.Wage-earners arise in a body. PAGB 3
President Taft urges solons to "get busy"on measures he has recommended. PAGE 2
Nltro glycerine explodes, caused by manfalling in tunnel near lshklll Landing,N. V., and torch Ignites fuse. Fifteenkilled and five mutilated. PAGE 1
Train held up by four masked men at Eu-reka, Mo. Thousands of dollars secured.
PAGE 1
FOREIGNCardinal at Paris is accuse* of defying
teachers' authority in episcopal letter the sent Catholics. PAGE 3
Unionists in election in Great Britain arefar ahead. Conservative party gains ten•eat*, while Liberals obtain no newones. PAGE 2
Forty to fifty persons lose lives In wreckof passenger train on Canadian Pacitlc
railroad near North Bay, Ont. Brokenrail causes disaster. PAGE 1
Manchurlan railway question becomes »serious problem and replies from Rus-
sia and Japan to Knox's proposal addsto confusion. PAGE 2
MINING AND OILCoallnga oil output shows remarkable in-
crease, production for year showing morethan 2,000,000 barrels. PAGE 13
Independent agencies in Kern county andCoalinga may organize company. PAGE 13
Pyramid Oil company reaches 4000 feet in
Its well No. 3. PAGE 13California Midway encounter! gas and oil
spots In well. ; PAGE 13Arizona may lead against Montana In pro-
duction of copper. PAGE 13Large quantity of oil accumulates In Coa-
linga sump hole. , PAGE 13State seeks data on production of min-
erals. PAGE 13
SPORTINGFriend charges that Johnson has got the
"swelled" head. PAGE 10St Vincent's baseball squad Is hard at
work. i . PAGE 10George Memslc and Frank Plrato look like
welterweights in training, but are tautrounding Into condition tor heir Friday
night battle. PAGE 10Many amateur and semi-professional base-
ball games scheduled to be played today.
McCormlcks vs. Trllbys open series at
Uaoa park. PAG IS 10Coppertown wins Aleatraz handicap at Em-
eryville after being heavily played lo-cally at long odds. . PAGE 10
Battling Nelson knocks out Eddie Langwith body blow in eighth round at Mem-phis. ...;>„\u25a0 PAGE 10
40 PERSONS DIEIN TRAIN WRECKON CANADA LINE
Many Drowned, OthersCremated, While SomeAre Crushed to Death
CAR BURNS ON RIVER
Broken Rail Causes Ap-palling Disaster on C. P.Road at Isolated Point
[Associated Press]
VTORTH BAY. Ont, Jan. 21.—Forty|\ or fifty persona are believed to
•*-' have been killed today, whenfour cars of a Canadian Pacific pas-senger train on the Soo branch, jumped
the track and, falling down a steepembankment, plunged through the leaInto the Spanish river.
Some were drowned, others wereburned, almost within hand-reach ofthe drowned, and still others werecrushed to death. One of the splintered
cars was burned on the brink of theriver.
According to stories told by injuredpassengers brought to Sudbury, It wasone of the worst caseß in tho historyof Canadian railroading.
The wrecked train was en route fromMontreal to Sauit fcite Marie and Min-neapolis. An official statement says
the accident probably was due to abroken rail.
The engine, baggage car, express
and mail car, and one second classcoach remained on tho rails, whileone second class, one first class, a diner,and a sleeper went down the embank-ment.
The first-class car and diner wentInto the river. The sleeper and second-class car stopped on the embankment,the second-class car catching fire.
Where It HappenedThe wreck happened thirty-seven
miles west of Sudbury, where thetracks cut into the side of a steep hill
skirted by the river.The forward part of the train passed
over the break, whatever it was. Theday coach, the fourth from the end oflate train, was the first to leave therails.
The train was running forty miles anhour, and the momentum carried thecar down hill in a terrific plunge.
\u25a0 About twenty-five passengers were inthis car, and it is practically certainthat none escaped.
Two minutes alter the first crash onlythe roof of tne nay coach showed abovethe floating ice in the river. The sec-ond-class coach smashed against theend of the culvert und was crushed liKean egg shell. 1
Somu passengers were killed outright,but others were caught In the wreck-age, wliich broke into Harness, and wereroasted to death.
The strong construction of the din-ing car saved its occupants. It t'ol-.lowed the day coach to the Brink ofthe river, but every one in it escapedwithout serious injury.
The sleeper turned over on its sideon the embankment. Several ot thetrain crew in the sleeper escaped withslight injury.
All Help RescueEvery man who was able to stand
turned to the work of rescue. Snowwas piled upon the burning second-class car, and the train crew and theuninjured passengers did some heroicwork In trying to rescue those pinnedIn the blazing wreckage.
Physicians were hurried from Sud-bury as soon as word was received,and a wrecking train with General Su-perintendent Gutulius made recordtime from North Bay.
Arrangements were made to bring adiver on a special train from SaultSte Marie to recover bodies from thesubmerged cars. He Is now at thewreck.
The injured, taken to Sudbury, in-clude the following:
Thomas Parish, St. Paul; Mrs.George P. Dier, Beissevain, Minn.:Mike Nikola, Max, N. D.: L. M. Don-ald, Minneapolis; K. Mansfield, Mon-treal, injured internally; D. M. Brodie,
police magistrate, Sudbury, SamuelBullard, St. Paul; A. O. Odessman,Norway; W. J. Bell, Sudbury; Joseph
Deeleuch, Erin River, Mich.; J. H.Wade, Sudbury; R. Russell, Hamilton,
Ont.; Mrs. Houde, Sault Ste. Mario(since died).
Two Cars BurnedFrom the crew of a freight train
which arrived here tonight it Is learnedthat two second-class coaches were de-railed and afterward took fire.
Eighteen persons are said to be dead,
and it Is thought most of the injuredwere in these two cars. The crew of
the train are all North Bay residents.It is also reported that J. J. Ander-
son, district passenger agent of the
Canadian Pacific, was on the train.It is said a train made up at the
scene of the wreck will arrive heroearly tomorrow morning.
There is some disparity in the esti-mate of the number of persons in thesubmerged car. Members of the traincrow say there were not more thanfifteen, but passengers who had just
left it to go into the dining c-ar place
the number as high as twenty-five.
The nearest telegraph station to thescene of the wreck Is Lairn, five milesfrom the Spanish river bridge.
It is said six of the injured taken tothe Sudbury hospital have since died,
but their names wra not obtainable.Railroad men who arrived here after
midnight say at least forty personswere killed.
MRS. CHRISTY AS SKETCHEDBY HER TALENTED HUSBAND
LADS BATTLE FORLIFE WITH EAGLE
ELDER BOY SAVES BROTHERFROM BIRD'S TALONS
Fight Takes Place as Youngsters AreReturning Home from
School at OakGlen
SAN BERNARDINO, Jan. 21.—At-tacked by a-huge American eagle this
afternoon at Oak Glen, little MartCorneilson was saved from possibledeath by the prompt work of his elderbrother, Jarrett, who knocked the birddown with a stone. The brave lad'saction undoubtedly intervened betweenhis brother and at least severe in-juries, as the eagle made every dem-onstration of hostility.
The two little Corneilson boys werereturning home from school and werewithin a short distance of their fath-er's house when the Ijlg bird, withtalons extended, swooped down uponthem. Its attack was directed towardMart, but Jarrett was equal to theemergency and, on realizing his broth-er's danger, knocked the bird downwith a well directed throw. The rockstruck the eagle in the head, stunning
it, and before it could arise again theboys pounded it to death with other
The bird was an unusually handsomeand powerful specimen, measuringover seven feet from tip to tip of Itswings. Jarrett, the lad who performedthe David-like feat on this Goliath ofthe air, is 8 years old, and to his welldirected shot his brother Mart oweshis safety.
MAYOR RE-ELECTEDBY TRADE COUNCIL
MONTEREY, Jan. 21.—Tho. BtataBuilding and Trades council today re-elected P. H. McCarthy a.s presidentand all tho other present officers of theorganization. It was derided to holdthe convention next year in Sun Rafael.
A resolution was adopted indorsing
the proposed Panama exposition to beheld In San Francisco in 191D.
Tho general officers were instructedto prepare a bill providing a rate ofwages for employes of public works.
The officers-elect are: General presi-dent, P. H. McCarthy; general secre-tary-treasurer, O. A. Tvoitmoe; firstvice president, J. B. lSnwen; secondvice president, Thomas Graham; thirdvice president, M. G. Barnard; fourthvice president, M. F. Conners; fifthvice president, James A. Gray; sixthvice president, John Cofleld; soventhvice president, Fred Forgetty; ser-geant-at-arms. E. 11. Pratt; generalcounsel, Cleveland Dam; members ofthe executive board, J. W. Hibby ofAlameda county, F. P. Eggert of Con-tra Costa county, Perry Burlingame ofHumboldt county, William A. Saxtonof Los Angeles county, William Mar-shall of Mario county. W. J. Dickersonof Monterey county, IC. A. Clancy ofSan Francisco, C. D. Basse of San Joa-ciuln county, A. L. Hawlnrker of SanBernardino county, James Wain of San
Mateo county, Charles Amies of SantaCru» county, Walter C. Matthewson ofSanta Clara county, W. F. Brown ofSacramento county, Frank Adams ofSonoma county, F. I. Cantrell of BanDk-no county.
MANY CHARGESIN CHRISTY CASE
DISPOSITION OF CHILD MAYBE NEXT STEP
Bitter Accusations and Counter Alle-
gations Made by Talented
Artist and HisWife
[Special to The Herald. 3ZANESVILLE, Ohio, Jan. 21.—Decis-
ion aa to the disposition of the childof Mr. and Mrs. Howard ChandlerChristy is expected to be the next feat-ure of the case that has attracted wideattention because of the prominence ofthe artist.
Christy declares that he has forsakenall his bad habits and is now a properperson to cure [or the child, while Mrs.Christy lias been seeking to show thatshe alone should be appointed guard-ian.
The case has ben fought bitterly inthe courts, and charges and counter-charges ranging from an assertion thatMrs. Christy drank liquor to excess tothe accusation that Christy frequently
spanked his wife have been made, dur-ing tho hearing.
As an example of Christy's formerdevotion to his wife is the fact that hesketched her from life and presentedher with the drawing.
TRAIN HELD UP BYFOUR MASKED MEN
Mail and Express Cars Detached onMissouri Pacific Line—Safe
Contained Several
Thousands
ST LOUIS, Jan. 21.—Missouri Pacifictrain No. S, due at St. Louis at 10:40p m., from Kansas City, was held up
and robbed by lour masked men at 9:55o'clock tonight one mile east of Eureka,
thirty miles from St. Louis.The train was Hagged with a red lan-
tern, and .as the engine stopped thofour men pointed revolvers at the en-gineer and fireman.
The baggage and mail and expresscars were detached from the train, andwith tho robbers in the cab, the engin-
eer was compelled to run toward St.Louis. The passengers were not mo-lested. ,
The safe in the express car contained$10,000, and it is supposed the safe wasblown and tlifi robbers have fled.
The three coaches in the train wereleft standing on the main line untilafter midnight, when a special trainfrom here carrying the deputies arrived.
Taken to St. Louis
Later the passengers were brought
to St. Louis. The district in which thoholdup occurred is sparsely settled,and news of the robbery did not reachSt Louis until 11 O'olOck tonight.
Conductor E. H. Butts climbed offthe train when it stopped to see whatwas the trouble, and tho robbers firedat him After the engine disappearedButts walked to a farmer's house nearEureka and telephoned to St. Louis.
Several robberies of the kind havetaken place, near Eureka. In one JohnHedgepeth, recently killed as a bur-glar in' Chicago, and his gang took$i'o,ooo from a Frisco train at Ulendale.
MASSES AROUSED,MILLIONS CLAMORING
FOR JUST PRICESPopular Sentiment Forces Officials at Wash-
ington to Probe Combine That Con-trols Necessities of Life
Strikes That Menace the Country
THE several big strikes now involving and threatening to in-volve hundreds of thousands of toilers throughout the UnitedStates are daily assuming more serious and complicated as-
pects. The present status of the strikes follows:Delaware, Lackawanna & Western railroad, threatened with
one of the most costly strikes in its history, announces positivelyit willnot accede to demands of trainmen. A sympathetic strikeof all employes is expected.
Erie railroad rejects every demand of trainmen.Demands for increase in wages are filed by trainmen with
New York, New Haven & Hartford road. This road says thatsince it reduced salaries of officers and did not cut wages of em-ployes it willignore trainmen's demands.
Demands of ISOO workers in general shops of Louisville &Nashville railroad refused.
Plans formulated at Cleveland headquarters of Brotherhoodof Railway Trainmen to negotiate with all railroads of Canadaand United States for wage increase and uniform working con-ditions. If demands are denied it is expected international strikemay result.
Demands presented by trainmen and others to fifty-sixroadsfor wage increases of from 10 to 60 per cent.
Forty-one leading railroads* agree to reject demands of em-ployes.
Numerous conferences to be held today. Conferences heldyesterday only widened breach between railroads and employes.
Five thousand motormen and conductors of the PhiladelphiaRapid Transit company have voted to strike if demands arenot met.
United Mine Workers and Western Federation of Miners plangigantic coalition of forces to combat operators, secure employ-
! ers' liability and combine metal and coal workers so that eachj may aid other.
Chairman Knapp of interstate commerce commission and Com-missioner of Labor Neill take up controversy with Big Four road
' and its telegraphers. Latter strike assumes serious aspect.Five thousand miners in Pennsylvania plan organization to
secure better working conditions.Arbitration of Illinois Central and telegraphers' strike con-
tinues unsuccessfully.Efforts to reinstate switchmen recently thrown out of work
by strike in northwest will be instituted by railway organizations'committee at St. Paul.
[Special to The Herald.]
CHICAGO, Tan. 21.—With a suddenness that has startled the"great interests.'' long-slumbering resentment leaped today at
the throat of the beef trust.The people of the United States are entering on what promises
to be an area of tremendous struggles. The attitude of the railroadstoward their employes; the prospect of a gigantic strike of train-men, telegraphers and switchmen; th eeftort of the United Minersand Western Federation to effect at) international coalition to com-bat the great operators of Canada and the United States; the nation-wide protest at the high cost of living; the anti-meat boycott; theRepublican party breach resulting from high tariff and Cannon-Aldrich bossism at Washington—these, all, are but correlative mani-festations of a terrific war which soon may be waged—not betweenthe courts and the corporations, but directly between the people andthe trusts. The crisis seems imminent.
The crusade against the high cost of living, which yesterday;seemed but a groping protest, tonight has assumed the proportionsof a multitudinous attack. Where yesterday consumers were paying
from 20 cents to 40 cents a pound for bacon, from 18 cents to 30cents for ham and proportionately high prices for other meats, ac-cording to locality, tonight hundreds of thousands of persons aresigning pledges to abstain entirely from all meats until the "beeftrust" shall have been compelled to cut its exorbitant prices.
DEMAND LOWER PRICESWhether the Aldrich high tariff law, which threatens almost to
disrupt the policies of the administration and has strained the re-
lations between the United States and several formerly friendly,nations, or whether the arbitrary action of the greedy beef trust is
to blame for the prices of meat is a technical question that does not
concern the consumers in the least. They know only that the cost
of living has exceeded all reasonable bounds, that thousands uponthousands are daily deprived of the necessities of life and that there-fore something must be done. The American people have taken thereins in their own hands, and tonight it looks as though the trustwould be compelled to respect their protest.
Seeing that it was no longer able to ignore the excessive prices
of meat, and forced to act by public resentment, the Taft adminis-tration busied itself today for the first time in the interests of the
meat consumers, and this evening came the announcement fromWashington that proceedings will be instituted by the department
of justice against the "beef trust," which has its headquarters in
Chicago. .Complaints charging restraint of trade were investigated by the
department, says the message, and, verification secured, the gov-ernment will bring suit under the Sherman anti-trust law. But be-fore this legal red tape is disposed of, it seems certain the voice ofthe people will have made itself heard so threateningly that the trustwill have drawn in its horns and the end so devoutly to be wishedwill be realized.
LABOR EVERYWHERE AROUSEDLabor unions, women's clubs, civic bodies, merchants and man-
ufacturers' association and hundreds of other organizations todayand yesterday pledged themselves to eat no meat until the prices arq
reduced. The movement spread from California to Maine and manythousands of people will strengthen the movement before the weekends.
The movement to combat the high prices of meat spread rapidly,today and is assuming a national character.
Coincident with the growth of the movement came announce-(Continued on Fag* XhrM>.
