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Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-06-11
SIX KILLED; EIGHT INJURED
STEAM PIPE BURSTS ON ARM.
oRED CRUISER TENNESSEE.
Some of the Victims Were Cooked
Alive-Admira Sebree Escapes
Cause of Accident Unknown.

San Pedro, Cal.-A terrible acct
dent occurred on board the United
States armored cruiser Tennessee at
11:0S O'Clock Friday morning while
the ship was steaming at 10 knots on
a speed trial off Point Huenene, Cal,
a steam pipe in the starboard engine
room bursting under 235 pounds pres
sure, killing six men and injuring
eight others, all the men in the COM
partment at the time.
The explosion, the cause of which is
unknown, occurred only few minutes
after Admiral Uriel, Capt B. F. How
ard and Chief Engineer Robertson had
left the engine room on tour of in
spection. Four of the men were killed
instantly and two more died at San
Pedro after the arrival of the Ten
nessee
The surviving seamen, all of whom
suffered injuries, acted with the great
est heroism in aiding their unfortu-
nate mates, Rear Admiral Sebree es-
capped death or serious injury in the
fated fire pit by narrow margin.
The Tennessee, flagship of the sec
ond division OF the Pacific cruiser
fleet, left Santa Barbara at 10 o'clock
Friday morning with the cruisers
Pennsylvania, Washington, Colorado
and West Virginia in her wake, on the
semi-annual official speed trial pro-
vided for by naval regulations. Ad-
miral Sebree had ordered the cruisers
To full SDeed and the Tennessee had
just concluded series of evolutions
and started straightaway.
So great was the blast of SCOT and
steam that every man in the room was
hlackened from head to foot, while
those closest to the break were
cooked alive
Rear Admiral Sebree said: The
explosion was one of those accidents
which cannot be provided against"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-06-11
MEAT ONLY FOR MILLIONA!RES
Secretary Wilson in Statement Says
High Price of Hay and Corn
is the Cause.

Washington, d. C.-"If the price
of meat keeps going up as it has been
in the last f>s years it will only be a
matter of time when none but the
rich people of America can afford to
eat it,"
This statement was made by Secre-
tary Wilson of the department of agri-
culture.
Think of it," said the secretary,
"corn at 76 and IS cents. How can
farmer afford to raise cattle with corn
at that price? How can a farmer af-
ford to feed hay to cattle at the price
that he can obtain for it on the mar
ket? Why should a farmer continue
to raise cattle with the little profit
in his work, as there necessarily must
be when we look at the prices of fod-
der. Beef prices will soon be so high
that people like us will be unable to
get it to eat at ALL"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-06-11
Senator TelIer's Accusation.

Senator Teller admitted he was In
error when he charged President
Roosevelt with secretly making addi,
tions to the national forests after adop.
tion by congress of the measure to
prevent further extensions in certain
states, says the Pittsburg Dispatch.
IneXcusable as was the error of Sen
ator Teller in making an unfounded
charge against the president two after.
noon papers in this city made the
charge more heinous without a shadow
of foundation. One in it's editorial
and the other in it's headlines asserted
that Senator Teller had accused the
president of altering the bill after it
had passed congress" There was
nothing in the news to give color to
such an assertion. Senator Teller said
acres to the national forests after the
bill eXempting certain states had
passed congress. Mr.. Roosevelt did
exactly that, as all the reading world
might have known, for he announced
it openly and stated his reason at the
time. Congress has rot accepted his
challenge to rescind that action by
legislation.
In his six years in the White House
President Roosevelt has done nothing
better than the making of additions to
the national forests. The pity is that
he has been prevented from making
other additions for the conservation of
the timber supply. President Cleve-
land began this excellent national pol
icy, President Mckinley followed the
precedent and President Roosevelt has
exercised the power in larger measure
with the approval of every right-think
ing American who has taken the trou
bic to inform himself upon this sub
ject. The need Ior forest protection
is most urgent
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-06-11
INJURED IN A CONFEDERATION
THREE YOUNG WOMEN SERIOUS.
LY BURNED.
Others Were Painfully Scorched When
an Explosive Factory at Am
herst, O., Was Damaged.

Amherst, O.-Three young women
were seriously burned and sew
eral others painfully scorched near
here Wednesday by fire at the plant
Of the American Dynilte Co. vat of
chemicals in the loading room ignited
from coming in contact with some
metal.
Miss Minerva Barkley, age "a, was
probably fatally burned before she
could be rescued by Supt Allyn whose
heroic work prevented her instant
death. Mrs. Elizabeth Haas was
burned about the face and ears, and
her hair was burned off. Miss Rosalia
Downs, age 20, received a sprained
ankle by leaping from a window.
When the fire occurred about a
dozen persons, mostly girls, were
working in the plant. Supt Allyn was
also in the room conducting the work
of loading torpedoes with dynilite. a
new explosive which the firm pro-
duces.
The exact cause Of the explosion has
not been determined. Two tons of the
explosive We're stored in the building,
but according to officials of the COM
pany it Will not explode unless touched
off with an electric spark. The fire
tends TO prove this claim as no explo
sion occurred.
Edith Keating was the only person
In the building to escape even slight
injuries. Eliza Lee, age 16, of Am
herst was packing torpedo with the
explosive and had just placed a cap
on the tube which contained 10 pounds
of dynilite. A flame suddenly shot up
from the vat in which the dynilite is
stored
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-06-11
DUN'S REPORT ENCOURAGING
Improvement in Commercial Channels
and Manufacturing Activities
Increases.

New York City-R. G.. Dun &
Co.'s weekly review of trade says:
Improvement continues i'm commercial
channels, increased manufacturing ac-
ticity and seasonable weather being
the dominant influences of the past
week. In all leading industries there
is less idle machinery and staple lines
OF merchandise at retail quickly re-
spond to the larger pay rolls. Mer
camille collections are also more
prompt and confidence grows stronger
as the crops advance toward maturing
with no more serious handicap than
excessive moisture in some sections
While the first week i'm June COM
pares favorably with any previous
week this year, there still appears
a large decrease in comparison with
the volume of business in the same
week of 1907
A lower price for steel bars was
the most significant event of the week
in the iron and steel industry. 1t
came as surprise because at the
recent meeting of leading interests it
was agreed that no reduction would
be made and the trade is now wait
ing for better terms in other depart
ments. Much pending business will
be deferred if there is any prospect of
a general cut in prices, although spe-
cial conditions existing in the bar
market do not prevail elsewhere,
notably the competition of iron bars
for the seasons requirements for ag
ricultural implement makers that
must soon be met. Restoration of
prices for pig iron checked the i'm
proved distribution, and absence of
the expected ore inquiries has caused
further postponement of lake ship
ments
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-06-11
FOR WISE TARIFF REVISION.
Chicago Post Pleads for an Intelligent
Readjustment.

In spite of blind opposition tariff re-
congress and by the sheer weight OF
the intelligent support behind 1t.
Those who hold the tariff not politi-
cal plaything or party slogan cannot
but regret that the Beveridge bill for
an expert commission has failed OF
success in Washington, but with this
wise measure smothered the next best
thing seems sure of accomplishment.
In the interim between the present
and the next session of the national
legislature an investigation is to be
made which promises to be more than
superficial and perfunctory.
This agreeable assurance was forth
coming when the senate adopted the
resolution drawn by Senator Bever-
idge and presented by the committee
on finance authorizing the employment
of government experts "and such
other assistants as may be necessary
to secure the information needed for
"an intelligent revision of the Gus
toms laws of the United States"
An intelligent revision is what the
country needs more perhaps than any
thing else that it can receive from the
hands of congress. Tinkering with the
tariff will do no good; in fact, it will
do harm, while an equitable readjust-
ment will allay the uncertainty and re-
move the injusticos which now rest
heavily upon tho commercial and in"
dustrial interests of the nation.
Upon the committee on finance TO
which has been intrusted thij task OF
tariff study rests vast responsibility.
In only one way can the committee
achieve success, and that is BY making
an exhaustive study of the country S
needs and refitting the tariff to those
needs without fiinching. Tremendous
indeed will be the influences brought
to bear upon the committeeman to
spare this or that interest. Havoc
would follow the yielding TO such de-
mands. The country needs and the
country must have an intelligent and
comprehensive readjustment. To
achieve this the friends of revision
must keep alert.-Chicago Evening
poct
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-06-11
LAN|NG IS ONE Of
BANKERS INDICTED
NoRWALk CONGRESSMAN kc-
CUSED AF EMBEZZLING STOCK
VALUED AT $4,000.
WON'T RESIGN FROM TICKET
Three Others Held by the Grand Jury
Arrests Are Made in Connection
With the Failure of the Ohio
Trust Company.

Norwalk, O.-Congressman ]. F.
Laning of the Fourteenth district, who
is making fight for reelection, was
indicted by the grand jury in connec-
tion with the failure of the Ohio Trust
Co. With Laning, President ]. G..
Gibbs, Secretary-Treasuror f. w.
Christian and William Perrin, a di-
rector, were indicted.
The indictments were returned We'd
nesday, but were not made public un-
til Thursday, when they were served
on all four men, who appeared and
gave bond
Il shall fight to finish" Laning
declared. MY enemies have tried to
force me to resign from the Repub-
lican ticket, but l willsnot How can
and retain my sellrespect? l toll the
convention that if / was found to have
done any wrong | would resign, and |
shall stick to that But | am inocent
and there is no reason for an innocent
man to get off the ticket"
The embeZZlement charge against
Congressman Laning is based on the
charge that in December, 1906 he
converted to his own use, 20 shares Of
Norwalk Savings bank stock, par
value $4,000, which stock was then
owned by the Ohio Trust Co., of which
he was then director.
Christian is charged with making
two false reports to the state auditor
On the banks condition, one in Decem-
Der, 1907, and the other in March,
1908. 1t is claimed that he inflated
the statement of resources. Two
charges of perjury are based on the
fact that he sworc to these state
ments.
Gibbs and Laning in September,
1905, according to the charge in the
indictment, said to Richard w White
head, 1--WE never speculate in stocks.
We loan on real estate. 1t is sClid
rock security. We require income
producing property" (meaning, the in
dictment says, as security for loans.)
Perrin, the indictments charge,
when director in December. 1906
pretended to Dennis Gilmore that the
bank loaned money only on real es-
tate and induced Gilmore to deposit
,065. In September, 1905, he is
charged with inducing Richard w.
Whitehead to deposit $50 and in Octo-
Der, 1905, inducing Henry Mack 10 de-
posit $1,000 on similar statements.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-06-11
MAJOR DREYFUS WOUNDED
Military Writer of Note Fires Two
Shots at Him, One Bullet Enter
ing His Forearm.

Paris, France.-Just at the close OF
the ceremonies attending the can
onization of Emile Zola in the Pan
theon Thursday, when the president
of France, the premier and host OF
ministers of state were taking their
departure, Louis Anthehne Gregori, a
military writer of note, drew revol.
yer and fired two shots point blank
at Major Alfred Dreyfus, for whose
liberty Zola fought and won.
Men distinguished in all walks OF
life filled the Pantheon, and when the
shots rang out there was intense eX.
citement in fear that the president
had been assassinated, but even the
attempt on the life of Major Dreyfus
created profound impression. Sol
diers speedily surrounded Gregor
and he was taken to Jail, bruised and
bleeding, with his clothes almost torn
from his back.
The affair has created a tremen
dous sensation in Paris and the mo-
tive of the would-be assassin is the
cause Of much mystification, for Gre
gori, instead of being an ordinary
fanatic, such as is carried away by
the political passions of the moment
is man of mature age, having been
born in 1914, and was highly esteemed
In the circles where he was known.
Although born of Italian parents, he.
has been an ardent Frenchman for
years and has written authoritatively
on military subjects, enjoying close re-
lations with many high French Off
GERS. He was one of the correspond
ents who followed the big French and
German maneuvers for obtaining data
for technical papers.
Major Dreyfus was not seriously in.
jured. A bullet entered his forearm,
but did not injure the bone. At late
hour Thursday night the official state
ment was made that his condition was
very favorable and that no complica.
tions were feared.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-06-11
ALL OHIO MINES WILL RESUME
Union Delegates and Operators Agree
on Mining Scale for Eastern
Ohio District.

Cleveland, O.-Coal operators and
miners of the Eastern Ohio dis
trict reached a two-year agreement
Friday after a stormy session at The
Hollenden hotel. All differences were
amicably adjusted and work in all
mines will be resumed. In the eastern
Ohio or No. field 10000 miners are
employed They are directly affected
by this action.
The scale decided upon is the same
as that of two years ago, a machine
rate of 6112 cents a ton. For loading,
the miners will be paid 501a cents a
ton and for cutting II cents. Both
the operators and miners made vari-
GUS demands and wanted changes in
the former scale, but in the wind up
all these were cast aside.
At this meeting the action taken
at Wheeling, doing away with a two
cent-a-ton rate for dead work, was con-
firmed. In addition to the regular
scale agreement an extra agreement
was reached Friday regarding slate.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-06-11

Ever since the army officers were
put in charge Of the canal work in
Panama there has been a comparative
lack of news from the isthmus, bear
ing on the progress of the work 1t
might appear that lethargy had sud
denly seized the workers, about whom
so much was heard under the former
regime.
But it now appears that the con-
trary is the case. No news is proven
bially good news, and little news from
Panama has really meant much prog
ress.
Secretary Tafts report of conditions
in the canal zone, and of work done
under the quiet, businesslike super
vision of Col. Goethals, is most graft
flying. The colonel, as q military man
who had his orders and is accustomed
to going ahead with them without fuss
or criticism, has been, colloquially
speaking, ''on the job" and while the
hum of gossip and contention audible
before he took hold has ceased. the
hum of industry has been incessant.
rate of excavation only three years
more will be required to complete the
spade work on the big ditch The
construction of the great locks and the
Gatun dam will, of course, require ad-
ditional time; but even these works
are substantially under way. The
vital health and labor problems, once
thought almost insuperable, have been
successfully coped with; and the canal
strip is suggestively described by Mr..
Taft as strung from end to end with
busy and decently kept villages
The government made no mistake
In cutting loose from the experiment
of intrusting this work to high priced
Independent civilian engineers. who
were apt to throw up the job when dis
satisfied with arrangements and or
ders, or tempted elsewhere, as Mr..
Taft said of Engineer Wallace, by
mere lucre' Col. Goethals. as An
army officer, proposes to see the WON,
he is assigned to through to the best
of his ability, as a matter of course:
and the results for the nation thus
far are most satisfactory. His name
is likely to be among the foremost as
sociated with the achievement of the
Panama canal. More power to him.
Milwaukee Sentinel.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-06-11
SCHOOL CHILDREN LACK FOOD
Kitchens Opened on East Side in New
York City to Feed Hungry Ones
Tots Faint While Reciting.

New York City.-Emergency meas
ures for the relief of hundreds of
pupils in East Side schools who have
been found to be suffering from lack
of food have been adopted by the COM
mittee of East Side school board mem
bers, organized as a result of the seri-
Gus conditions which the reports of
school principals in the section re-
vealed.
AT conference late Wednesday the
committee decided to arrange for the
speedy opening of two kitchens on the
lower East Side at which the hungry
children may be fed. While the funds
for the support of these kitchens have
been supplied only in part, the public
has been SO stirred by the disclosures
of the pitiable plight of children faint
ing at their desks from want of suffi-
cient nourishment that the commit
tee anticipates no trouble in obtain
ing by subscription all the money
needed for the purpose.
That the reports already made pub
lie have hardly painted conditions
black enough was the statement made
by lsadore NJ. Levy, chairman of the
third school district committee
AN investigation" said Mr.. Levy,
"has shown that many of the destitute
families have sent their little tots to
school without having given them food
for As hours. To my personal knowl
edge several children have tainted
while they were reciting in their class
rooms"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-06-11
What! Money Used for Bryan?

OF course, everybody familiaf with
national politics knows now that a
vast amount of money was spent by
the silver interests in 1896 and again
in 1900 in the effort to secure the elec-
tion of Mr.. Bryan, but the facts were
less obvious at the time of their oc-
currence than since, just as the coun-
try has been illumined as to the con-
tributions made to the Republican
campaigns of those years But of late
Mr.. Bryan has developed acute antip-
athy to the misuse of money in poll
tics. And if he has been quite parti-
san in pointing his illustrations. he has
justly denounced the practice in gen.
eral.
But now comes the shocking story
that his hackers in Minnesota used
$4,000 to defeat instructions in that
state for Gov. Johnson, on the theory
that If Minnesota could, by such blan-
dishments, be passed into the Bryan
column, the Johnson boom would col.
lapse and disappear. This charge
ought to be meat for Mr.. Bryan. He
should have it investigated forthwith
and, If it is true, he should proceed to
Danish the perpetrators of the crime
from the fold of Democracy. And if
it should be shown that he had knowl.
edge of what was going on, Mr. Bryan
should be real Spartan, acknowledg.
the fact and use his eloquence to JUST
fy his transgression or to plead his
pardon. Plainly it is up to him to do
something.
But the charitable and reasonable
view to take of this Minnesota Incl
dent is that Mr.. Bryan had no more
to do with ii than Mr.. johnson has
with Wall streets preference for his
candidacy as against that of the Ne.
braska man, although Mr.. Bryan has
refused to exercise for Mr. johnson
the charity that would be due him II
Wall street is putting up money for
Linn without his knowledge or consent
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-06-11
MONEY CAST AWAY
CAMPAIGN EXPENDITURES THAT
AVAIL LITTLE.
indianapolis News Thinks 1t Time TO
Call a Halt on the Raising of
Large Sums for Expenses
of Election.

We wish that party committees
could be brought to realize that of
the vast sums of money used in polit-
ical campaigns large amounts are abb
solutely wasted. In the News of
Tuesday 1t was announced that the
Republican leaders were beginning to
be worried over the outlook for po-
litical contributions. We doubt
whether they have much cause to
worry, for there are indications that
the Interests" will show the usual
practical interest. The difficulty seems
to be, not so much one of getting the
money, as one of accepting it. Il do
not" says one eminent Republican,
see how our party dare accept large
contributions from the trusts in the
next falls campaign" and he went on
to say that he was convinced that If
the Republican party is caught ac-
cepting money from the trusts next
fall it will go down to defeat on that
one issue. l know" he added. what
the temper of the people is on this
subject"
Here obviously Is a great gain. In
the old days both parties would take
money from anyone, and the only ques-
tion was as to how to get it, Now they
are fearful to accept it unless it come
from the most irreproachable pockets.
In this same statement it was said
that millions of dollars went into the
campaign of 1896 on the Republican
side, that S2,000000 was spent in 1900,
and more than $l,000,000 in 1904 for
the circulation of literature only. 1t
was said further on good authority
that the Republican committee will
need this year anywhere from $1,000
900 to $5,000,0 ,0Q0-the larger amount
preferred. Yet everyone knows that
much money is wasted in campaigns.
1t is given by no one knows whom,
and is spent by men who are wholly
beyond the necessity of rendering any
account of their stewardship. The
whole system invites waste. Even le-
gitimate expenses are much larger
than they need be. 1t was absurd to
spend more than s1,000,000 for the
printing and circulation of campaign
documents. Few of these are read
probably few of them ever reach the
individual voter. If the committees
would give their literature to the
speakers, and to them only, it would
reach the people in the most effective
form and at much less cost. Surely
the time for reform in this businers
has come. No campaign ought Ia
cost millions of dollars. We do not
believe that any campaign can hon.
estly cost so much as that
But the Republicans-and the Dem.
ocrats, too-will raise all the money
they can. The refusal of the Repub
lican congress to pass the bill pro
viding for publicity in this matter OF
campaign contributions can only be
taken as indicating that they are un.
willing to shut off the usual sources
of supply on the eve of a presidential
campaign. The whole thing is scan
dalous, and needlessly so, as much
of the money contributed is used to nc
purpose, not even to a corrupt pur
pose. 1t might as well be burned by
the committees as fast as it is re
ceived-lndianapo News
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-06-11

How accident sometimes reveals
great opportunities is shown by the
story from Winnipeg to the effect that
the falling of a large mass of rocks
and ice disclosed great vein of an
thracite, of the existence of which no
one had been aware previously. The
landslide unhappily resulted in killing
and injuring several of the laborers
employed in the work. This result is
10 be deplored. The general benefits
following the discovery, however, will
be great. There fs very strong de
mand for anthracite throughout west
ern Canada.