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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.

«• PAGE 14

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.**

PAGE 3

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>.