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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-10-16
COSTLY FIRE VISITS
WILMINGTON, DEL.
Plant of Crescent Foundry Com
pany Swept by $4,000
Blaze.

WILMINGTON, Del. Oct. Is.-Fire at
midnight destroyed the iron foundry of
the Crescent Foundry Company on the
outskirts of this city. entailing a loss of
$50 900. with little insurance.
There were no IRE hydrants near
enough to be of service. and the f1remen
who were sent TO the scene had to stand
helplessIy by and see the plant entirely
destroyed.
The origin OF the fire is not known.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-10-16
oUININE KILLS BABY.

PATERSON. n. J.. Oct. I6.-John KeI-
Ter, three years old. found a box of two
grain auinine pills in closet at his
home. and. believing them to be candies,
swallowed seven OF them. He died an
hour later in the General Hospital
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-10-16
SAVE THREE FROM TUG.

ATLANTIC CITY, Oct. I6.-Three men
were taken from the ocean tug Major
w Allen by Government coast guards
a few minutes before the tug and
costly derrick barge sank on Cold
Spring Shoals. The rescued were Cant
John Keller, Chief Engineer Daniel
Prettyman, and Seward Charles Lewis
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-10-16
BRITISH WARSHIPS
AT SAN FRANCISCO

SAN FRANCISCO. Cal. Oct. H.
The British sIIOps-of- war Shear
water and AlgeriIe arrived in the To-
cal harbor today to participate in the
Portfolio festival beginning October 10
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CONVICT KILLED IN LEAP.

OGDENSBURG, Oct. I6-While a Ca
madam Pacific train was passing Dali
.sOusie Mills at a high rate OF speed. Y
Bwananak. who had been convicted Of
robbery and was being taken from
Kingston To Montreal for deportation,
jumped from the train and was killed
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-10-16
NEGROES MAY GOVERN.

HAMILTON, Ohio. Oct 16.-The negro
voters of the college town of oxford
who number 100 out Of the less than 400
voters of the community, today put in
the field a complete ticket. There are
three white tickets, and the town faces
the possibility OF being governed by ne
groes-
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Flies Without Steering.
Makes Three Flights.

Mr.. Wright made three fiehts during
the evening. The first lasted but one
half minute. the second fourteen and
one-half minutes, ard the third three
and one-half mirutes. On the second
ne took with him Lieutenant Lahm. ard
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-10-16
Rules Governing Contest

Count the dots and send your with name and ad-
dress plainly written Only member of a family may
ter Only one estimate will he accepted from contest
ant No one connected with the music trade may enter In
case at lies premiums of equal value will be given each
Winners will he notified nv mail
he correct number of iOts is known only to the manufac
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Mrs Chas. E. Thatcher s2s ne. Washington. D. c.
Mr. J. $ Mccoy B e, Washington. c.
Mr. A F. Holt, 6S c st ne, Washington D c.
Mr. L. Bell Mich.
Mrs Bertha H Mettler Alexandria, Va
Mr. John s Bowers. NV Washington c.
Mr. +. s. ODER, 91 e, Washington, d. c.
Miss Adde H Craigen, 1858 : ST. Washington, d.
Mr. James Cianly, BOyd's, Md
Miss J, r. Alburtis, Martinsburg W. Va
Thomson,
Q.
Miss A SOmervile, Department
Mrs G. A Edgar, Harvard ST.. Washington
W. Calvert. Washington.
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Mr. Jean FiCklin, Alexandria.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-13
NEWSPAPER MEN
 GUILTY OF LIBEL John 3. Rockefeller IT, Wins Suit Against Hearst PAR0LED WITH COUNSEL CarvaIho, Merrill and Clark Are the Convicted Ones and Defendants
 Have Instituted Suit of
 Habeas Corpus.
PAROLED WITH COUNSEL

New York, January 12.-On the ground responsible heads of the Star Publishing company, which publishes William R. Hearst's New York American made them personally liable for libelous matter ap- bearing in that newspaper. Magistrate Moss today found s. S. Carvalho Brad ford Merrill and Edward s. Clark guilty of criminally libelling John D. Rockefeller, Jr., and technically committed them to the Tombs prison.
 In notice that the defendants would ap- ply for a writ of habeas corpus in order to test the validity of the law under which they had been sentenced the mag istrate allowed them to remain in the private reception room of the prison while their counsel. Clarence J. Shearn, went before Justice Davis in the supreme court and obtained the writ.
 Upon the granting of the writ Messrs. Carvalho, Merrill and Clark were paroled in the custody of their counsel until Thursday morning, when argument on the writ will be heard.
 The offenses for which Messrs. Carval- ho. Merrill and Clark were found guilty of criminal libel was the publication in the American of an article charging MT. Rockefeller with having been instru- mental in institutng a system of peon- age by a certain breakfast food com pany in Illinois. MT Rockefeller him. self took the stand to testify in the case and refused to withdraw the charge even after the newspaper had printed retrac- tion
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-13
HANS COUNSEL
 MAKES CHARGES Attorney Mcintyre Says State Witnesses Were Rehearsed CALLS TESTIMONY FALSE MT. Mcintyre Declares That Yacht Club Members Manufactured Their
 Testimony To Suit the
 Occasion.

Flushing, N. r., January Exchanges that the testimony of members of the Bayside Yacht club were manufactured and that witnesses were withdrawn from the stand because their testimony was not sufficiently rehearsed were made by Attorney Mcintyre today in summing up the defense in the trial of Thornton Jen- kins Hains. MT. Mcintyre had not fin- ished his closing address when adjourn ment was taken. Counsel spent over five hours today in reviewing the evidence in the case and pointing out discrepancies which, the lawyer asserted, showed that much of the testimony of the state had been rehearsed in an instruction school. MT. Mcintyre declared that much of the testimony of Mrs. William E.. Annis, whose husband was shot and killed by Capt. Peter c. Hains, Jr., was mani festly false,' and that she had been taken from the witness stand when it was seen that her story had not been sufficiently rehearsed.
 During the defendants closing MT. Me Intyre and Prosecutor Darrin had verbal clashes which occasionally punctuated MT. McIntyre's dramatic recital.
 Justice Crane informed MT. Mcintyre that he must conclude his address at noon tomorrow, when the state will begin to sum up He said the case must go 4. j..rxy .Th1lrsdaV
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-13
MEN AND MACHINERY
 ARE BLOWN FROM MINE
 LIKE LEAVES OF TRESE
1t Is Believed That Not One of the Workers In the IIl-Fated Mine Escaped Alive, and the
 Scenes of Sorrow
 Are PitifuI.

Bluefield, W. Va., January 12.-Again the earth trembled today and that un- known gaseous substance in which there is more deadly energy and destruction to the atom than in tons of dynamite let go in the mines of the Lick Branch col fiery and snuffed out more than 100 lives It was in the same mines where, two weeks ago to a day. 50 miners were killed by a similar explosion
 In the quiet of the early morning there came, like the sound of thunder a mighty rumbling in the earth which reverberated along the miles of corridors and air pas sages crowded with those who worked there. Above the tons of earth and stone that lay between the workings and the mountains crown giant trees quivered from the force of the concussion and from the mines mouth the forces of the earth, set free, belched forth a cloud of flame, soot, dust and debris, heavy timbers. broken mine cars, and even a massive motor, used to haul the heavy-laden cars from the depth.
 Scarcely had the detonation died away before throng of terrorized women and children rushed to the mine mouth and implored those there to allow them to aid in the effort to save some of their loved ones who might still be alive within. Mine Foreman Bowers, who was near the entrance, was blown from his feet but managed to crawl out safely, as did also Robert Smith a miner.
 R.:....
 With the foreman was miner named Holiday and he, too, was blown over. A rescue party, organized on the moment, rushed into the smoking mines and tried to rescue him. They were driven back by the fumes of the after gases and were compelled to leave him to his fate.
 A train was rushed from this city to the scene of the disaster, some 25 miles away, carrying bratticing and other ma- teral to be used in the work of explora- tion and rescue.
 There are more than 100 men in the sec tion of the mine affected. The debris from the explosion of two weeks ago had not been cleared away and 20 men were en- gagged in this work. Nineteen contract miners with their crews were at work in a new entry and it Is feared that all of these men were lost
 The explosion was in a different part of the mine from that of two weeks ago. Since that catastrophe the mine has been inspected by government officials and by the most experienced mine men in the ~-~~~>~~~-~~~~~~~~~~~
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-13
ANOTHER LETTER
 FROM CARMICHAEL

Wellsburg, w. Va, January 12.-The Rev. John Haviland Carmichael, who ended his life in Carthage, Ills, while the agencies of the law were searching the country for him in connection with the murder of Gideon Browning, in the little church at Rattle Run, Mich, shortly before committing suicide wrote his brother M. c. Carmichael, of this place, confessng to the Michigan homicide. The letter came today. It is in part as fol- lows:
 Carthage. H., January g, 1909. .M. c. Carmichael, Wellsburg, w. Va:
 "Dear Brother-No doubt you have heard of the horrible tragedy of which I have been guilty. 1 cannot tell you how I am suffering now on account of it. I know that I did the deed, but I hardly know how, or why, only that Browning had such a hypnotic power over me that 1t gave me the horrors
 T shall soon deliver myself to the state authorities or to the Judge Eternal. I can't stand this being hunted down. I am now in quiet place. where they may not find me for a long time but my con- science is here, and hell itself can be but little more fiery.
 .I am sorry that I have so shocked you all but being sorry does not make amends. Goodbye and just pity me. be- cause I am your brother J. H. e.
 Two brothers of the dead minister live here. and their families are among the most prominent in this section.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-13

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-13
INDEX il D. OF ToDAY's NEWS
Page 1.

Tt4C ts Fearful mine explosion in West Virginia. Tennessee senate passes prohibition bill. Congressman Underwood explains his position on tariff. Bonaparte replies to Ben Tillman. Hayward to succeed Hitchcock. Counsel for Hains makes serious charges. Newspaper men found guilty of libel.
 Page 2. Negroes badly wanted in Ensley. Work done by the Farmers union.
 Page 3. Steel cars to be repaired. Hitch is found in game laws. Investigation has been granted.
 Page 4. Editorial comment.
 Page 5. Presiding elders of North Alabama con- ference meet in Birmingham. Mountain Terrace election held valid. Italian relief fund nearly 5000. Special committee reports legislature has power to create Greater Birmingham. Birmingham banks hold annual meet ings. Cobbs' Coosa plan indorsed.
 Page 2. Birmingham society. Feminine fancies, by Dolly Dalrymple.
 Page 8. Foraker attacks the President. Bessemer delighted at prospect of new industries.
 Page 10. Tiliman replies to Bonaparte.
 Page II. Stock market is steady. Cotton declines a few points. Wheat makes a sharp decline.
 Page 12. Baseball association meets.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-13

You may as well give them what they want now; you have given them pretty much everything else. He said, according to my recollection. that the lands had become of great value and many persons wished to purchase them. and added that he would have been glad to do so himself if he could but he never told me a word of any connection, on his part, with an arrangement to acquire some part of these lands. nor that he intended, expected or even desired. at that time to make any
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in favor of levying fair revenue rate on iron and steel commodities, including pig iron, imported into this country.
 Fair Revenue.
 MT. Underwood stated that as a member of the ways and means committee it would not be proper for him to state at this time as to what he thought a fair revenue rate would be- He must neces- sarily consult his colleagues on the com mittee and endeavor to reach a verdict with them, but he believed that fair revenue rate would be adopted The ways and means committee must of necessity reach their conclusions, not from express sions of opinion, but upon the evidence brought before them at their hearings: that the committee had invited all the iron and steel producers in the country to appear before the committee and pre- sent their testimony and express their wishes in reference to the matter that this invitation included the iron and steel masters of the Birmingham district; that ne had personally invited some of the Iron and steel men to appear before the committee and regretted that not a single man interested in the great iron and steel development of the Birmingham district saw proper to appear before the commit tee and advise 1t in reference to the Siso"eioi'' iiC 5diu lHe hearings are now closed but if the iron and steel men of Birmingham desire hearing that he would make personal request of the chairman and endeavor to secure one for them even at this late date That as the facts stated at the meeting before the Commercial club did not agree with the testimony before the ways and means committee, he thought that it was only fair for those who asserted them to pro- duce them as lawful evidence before the committee If they desired them to be acted upon. He said that in examining the witnesses before the committee he did not examine the witnesses in refer ence to the iron and steel schedules any more or less strenuously than he did those who came to represent other sched- ules and that he did this with no inten- tion of expressing an opinion at that time, but merely to ascertain and disclose the entire truth in reference to the matters that came before the committee for their decision
 Mr. Underwood added that he regarded his position on the ways and means com mittee, as that of a judge to render a. fair verdict to the people of the country, the government and the great productive interests of the nation, rather than that of partisan to advocate the cause of special interests. That the greatest fac tor in the upbuilding of the city of Bir- mingham had been the fact that its fur naces could make the cheapest pig iron in America and no benefit will come from an effort to disguise this fact
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-13
HitchcOck's Successor Is to
 Be Former Secretary
TAFT GOING TO ATLANTA
The President-Elect Will Attend the 'Possum Supper and Then Go Back To Atlanta To Be the
 Guest at Reception.

Augusta, January 12.-Exact precedent is to be followed in the succession of Frank H. Hitchcock, as chairman of the republican national committee. This prece- dent will place William Hayward, secre- tary of the committee, at it's head until the committee elects a chairman at it's meeting to be held four years hence, in December preceding the next national convention.
 When Chairman Cortelyou relinquished his position as the head of the commit tee some months after he became Post master General, Harry s. New, its secre- tary, was made vice chairman, and con- ducted the affairs of the committee, which is practically dormant prior to the De- cember meeting, called to make the ar engagements for the election of delegates to the national convention.
 That Secretary Hayward will have charge of the affairs of the committee when they are relinquished by MT. Hitch cock was ascertained here from most re- liable authority today, although no official statement on the subject is deemed neces- sary at this time. The rules and prac- tice of the committee make it the duty by appointment.
 The insistence of Atlanta to have the President-elect for two evenings resulted today in his consent to return to that city Saturday afternoon to be present at a reception to be rendered him by the Capital City club Saturday night. MT. Taft will go to Atlanta Friday morning, be the guest at the famous possum sup per, for which preparations have been in active progress for several weeks.
 He will leave Atlanta Saturday for Athens, where he will be formally re- ceived and escorted to the state univer- sity for an address. He will then return to Atlanta and after the reception begin his journey back to Augusta, where he will arrive Sunday morning.
 MT. Taft abandoned his golf game this morning that he might attend the meet ing of the Richmond County Bar associa- tion. He made no speech to the lawyers, but evidenced great interest in the pro- ceedngs which were chiefly the reading of lengthy paper by former Judge An drew J. Cobb of the state supreme court on the jury system in Georgia. The golf game was played this afternoon between showers. The change in the tariff was discussed today with the President-elect by MT. Gregory, manufacturer and exporter of machinery of New York J. H. White of Louisiana was received He bore a letter of introduction from Pearl Wright. national republican committee man from that state. Mir. White made a social call.
 Mrs. William H. Taft will leave here Thursday for New Haven, Conn.,, where she goes to attend a class function of her son, Robert at Yale She will re- turn in time to sail with the President elect for Panama, having determined to make the trip to the isthmus
 The Taft family were dinner guests to- night of Boykin Wright, a prominent at torney of this city.
The daily sentinel., 1909-06-15

ON TRIAL TODAY

The trial of Victor NJ. Stephenson,
charged with threatening to break
the peace by assaulting S. b. Coen
of this city, was held in Judge Swe-
ney's court this morning.
The alleged threat was said to have
occurred Just following the trial of
the defendant and Teachout and Miss
Chapman for assaulting Mr.. Coen on
the evening of June 4 in the latters
shoe store on Main street next to the
Grand Valley National Bank.
Justice j. II. Hill. who tried the
former case, was among the witnesses
examined, and. with the others-C.
ID. Shaw, S. b. Coen and JEFF Watson
testified that he heard Stephenson
fense would cost them. the reply be-
ing that. if they repeated the offence,
they would receive the limit
Other witnesses examined for the
defense testified that the meaning of
the question was meant to express
the thought that the fine assessed
was too heavy. causing the comment
as to what the amount would have
been should the offence be repeated,
although there was no intention of so
doing. That there was little ground
for such comment is made plain by
the fact that the two men and the
woman were assessed the lowest DOS
sible fine.
During the process of the trial the
occurrence in the store was narrated
and other evidence introduced
The court took the case under ad-
visement.
The daily sentinel., 1909-06-15

For time Sunday night there
seemed to be good reason to believe
that a horrible murder had been
committed at Iona. this county.
Deputy Sheriff Steve Nichols. at
F'ruita, called up Sheriff Schrader
and told him that he had been noti-
fled that man had been murdered
al Iona and the murderer had been
caught and tied, awaiting the coming
of Deputy Nichols. The officer was
then preparing to go to Iona. Later
in the night, however, Deputy Nichols
called up Sheriff Schrader and told
him that the murder story was all
mistake and the information given.
the deputy sheriff had been mislead-
ing and untruthful. The truth of
the matter was, there was a fight at
Iona Sunday night between two
drunken men and one struck the
other over the head with a jug and
for time put him out of business
but no murder was done
The two new oil-burning locomot-
ives for the use of the Southern Pa
cific railroad on its Sacramento divis-
ion, where the maximum grade is 116
feet per mile and the rating I,212
tons of cars and lading, are the larg-
est and most powerful in the world.
Each locomotive with its tender
weighs about $4,000 pounds and is
80 feet in length. Popular Mechanics
for July contains full description of
the locomotive and a number of il
lustrations
The decision of the board of df-
rectors of the Chamber of Commerce
to ask the railroad company to place
gates at the Fifth street and Seventh
street crossings is meeting with
hearty and general approval These
crossings have always been regarded
as dangerous and good protection can
be provided at comparatively little
expense.
Among those who will attend the
conservation of Rev. b. Brewster. as
Bishop of Western Colorado. at Salt
Lake on Thursday, are Revs. Heal
and Miller of Montrose, Dennis of
Meeker, Fison of Aspen Wharton of
Glenwood. Oil of Grand Junction
and Dean c. w. G. Lyon of Delta.
They all leave here on No. tonight.
Ouray is planning to have a great
big celebration on July 4th and 5th.
There will be field sports. baseball
games, dances, and many other big
features. Committees are working
to make the celebration the greatest
held in that section in many years
A number of Grand Junction people
are planning to attend
Plans for the Fourth of July race
meet to be given under the auspices
of the Gentlemen's Driving Club are
rapidly being completed and the meet
promises to be one of the best ever
held in this valley.
A refreshing shower fell in the city
this morning about o'clock and was
cordially welcomed by everybody.
c. b. Lewis, who has been visiting
in the city the past few days, re-
turned today to his home in Denver.
The daily sentinel., 1909-06-15
DAVIS TO TRY WITH INDIANS.
[ special to INC sentineI. ]

Pueblo. June l5.-The Pueblo
baseball directors will give Billy
Davis, an amateur third baseman of
Denver, tryout with the Indians
when the team returns here Thurs
day. Davis is very popular in Pueblo
having played here a short time two
seasons ago.
The daily sentinel., 1909-06-15

Our work will be right up-to-date
this season as in the past, and we
will be better able to handle our in
creased trade this year as we are
putting in new machinery and will
soon move into a larger building
j. II. Lane.
The daily sentinel., 1909-06-15

GAS Proposed Users of Gas, Notieet
After June 18th we will siiseoE-
tinue our offer of connecting yOsFr
house for Gas Free. If you inteB&
to use gas come in and sign contract
before June 18th and save the
pense of piping from the gas main fa
your house.
THE GRAND JUNCTION ELECTRIC
GAS Il MFG. co.
The daily sentinel., 1909-06-15

Low rates to nearly all Eastern
points via the Rio Grande. Tickets
on sale daily after June l at city
ticket office.
The daily sentinel., 1909-06-15

Barton & Terrill do heavy hauling
at reasonable rates.
The daily sentinel., 1909-06-15

Insure quick sale of your house
by installing one of our reliable an&
gas tight furnaces.=The Gr7u&
Junction Cornice & Heating c0a2-
pauy, 724 Main street
The daily sentinel., 1909-06-15
SPORTS.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Standing of the Club.

Results of Yesterdays Games.
Pittsburg. I; Brooklyn, 8.
New York, .; Cincinnati.
Philadelphia, Z; st. Louis, l.
Chicago Boston. postponed.
The daily sentinel., 1909-06-15

Let us see you about that new
buggy or SURREY. Fred Mantey.
The daily sentinel., 1909-06-15
WESTERN LEAGUE.
Stnnding of the Climb.
Rcsults of Yesterdays Games.

Wichita, ; Denver, o.
omaha, 4 Sioux City 3.
Lincoln, - Des Moines, /.
Topeka, 8: Pueblo, 0. Forfeited
The daily sentinel., 1909-06-15

We have awnings to match the
color of your house, or any stripe
you WANT. II. Lane.