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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-06-24
ALL BODIES FOUND
IN ILL.FATED MINE
Other Victims of Explosion in
Lackawanns Mine Ex-
pected to Die.

WEHRUM. Pa, June 24-Although
a thorough search is being made today,
through the various workings of Mine
No. 1. OF the LacIawanna Coal and
Coke Company, whers an explosion
early yesterday snuffed out the lives
Of seventeen miners and seriously in
jured sixteen others, there is every rea-
son to believe that all the bodies have
been recovered and that the list of dead
viii not be added TO. except by death
of the injured.
All Of the injured arc being cared for
today in the State hospital at Spang-
ler forty miles distant 1t is feared
that at least four of these men will
die, as they breathed the flash of the
explosion.
As usual in all mine accidents. little
can be learned of the exact cause of
the explosion. It Is believed, however
that an accumulation of fire damp. 1Ol-
lowing a sudden cave-jn, was fired by a
naked lamp OF blast. Coroner J. S
Hammers. of Indiana county, has taken
charge of the bodies. and is sending
them home az soon as they are pre-
pared for burial
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-06-24
SOCIALISM ISSUE
IN BUDGET FIGHT
Systematic Campaign in
England Against Financial
Bill Is Significant.

LONDON. June e4-As a result OF the
prearranged meetings of protest against
the budget, or government FINANCIAL
bill. organizations of the Conservative
party. corresponding 10 the political
state committees in the United States,
today began a systematic fight 10 over
throw the budget
The hght constitutes the first real test
OF the effort 10 make England social
istic. admitted to be the real purpose
OF The budget by the radical Liberals.
whom the conservative liberals have
been forced by political exigencies 10
support against their will.
The Conservatives have an array Of
figures by which they are attempting
TO show that the budget Is wholly uu-
warranted as a revnue measure, in that
IL will raise more than the government
needs.
The surplus. they declare. will go to
the development fund, which is de-
clared to be nothing more than fund
TO exploit q number of extremely social
istic ventures.
II is admitted that the fight now under
way means either the rapid Inaugural
ton of socialism throughout England or
a setback TO socialism from which II
VIII tdFAS at ACeASt q 5c4ACl eAt-oA4 ~ re-
cover.
The odds probably favor the Tories
or Conservatives, because they have the
support of practically all OF the capital
istic class and the vested interests
The Liberal party IS badly split and Il
is not believed that il will be able TO
wage nearly e effective a campaign as
the Conservatives II Is expected that
thousands Of those who would natural
~ be In SVmpsthV with the budget IS
II Is admittedly a burden on the rich
rather than the poor, viii be won over
10 the opposition by the cry going I'D
from the big employers OF labor, that
the budget will drive capital from the
country, cut down employment. and
cause general stagnation.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-06-24
FRANCE Is ALARMED
OVER NAVAL REPORT
Demand Crystallizes for Punish
ment of Ministers Whose Dere-
LECTION Gave Rise to Conditions.

PARIS, June 24.-The chamber OF
deputies will begin the formal discus
sion on Monday of the report of the
parliamentary commission under the
presidency Of NJ. Delcasse. appointed TO
investigate the shortcomings Of the
French navy.
Since the publication Of the lamenta bic
conditions discovered by the commits
sion. there Is an increasing demand FOR
the punishment of the ministers of the
navy whose dereLctions and lax man
agement have caused the present condi-
ton.
The country fears that the conditions
exposed by the commission so not tell
all. and that If the truth were known
the French navy would, instead OF rank
ing third among the worlds sea-hghting
forces, which Is the boast of France
fan below both Germany and Japan
in effectiveness.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-06-24
For a Clear, Fresh
Youthful Complexion
(The Ladies Magazine }

You can make a complexion beautiher
al home that clears and whitens the
skin without the use OF POWDER face
lotion that removes pimples. bIotches.
tan, freckles, blackneads. cold sores and
makes dark. sallow and oily skin pink
and youthful.
Just set from your druggist four
ounces or spuTmax, put Il in a half pint
OF hot water and add two teasD0onfIIJs
OF giycerine Apply TO the hands, fore
arms and face with the palm OF he
hand and continue rubbing the skin
where applied until dry. That is all
there is to this most excellent freat-
ment.
II you work in Office or store Won
VIII md spurmaN a true friend. for
complexion needs no retoucbiDe m
whole day long.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-06-24

NEW YORK, June 24-Playing with
his kitten. Toddles. in the third-story
window of his home. 156 Twelfth street,
Brooklyn, to keep his mind off the heat
which had kept him awake all night.
two-year-old George Anderson plunged
out of the window to his death on the
concrete sidewalk below, the kitten
souirmed out Of his arms, and in trying
to save it the child fell, The little fel-
low died before he could be taken to
a hospital.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-06-24
FALLS TO HIS DEATH
TRYING TO SAVE PET
Baby Boy FretfuI From Heat. Punges Our of Third
Story Window in Effort to Rescue Kitten.
Unhurt by Fall

Mary Anderson, the boys mother,
finding that the child could not sleep,
had moved a chair to the window and,
holding him in her arms. let the boy
play on the sill. giving him his kitten
TO occupy his mind. The mother dozed
of. The kitten, also restless in the heat.
squirmed out of the boys arms, and
fell over the sill.
The mother was awakened by the
chHd's scream. and rushed down to find
him unconscious. The kitten was found
unhurt by its three story plunge.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-06-24
WAR ON BUSMEN.

ATLANTIC CITY. June z4-Police
have started the annual war agar q
pirate busmen and arrested all drivers
VINO failed 10 carry their rate cards in
plain view IF visitors. Complaints have
reached headquarters that unwary new
Corners have been forced 10 paw ex-
crEitant raJes Tor rides to hotels. ami
special orders have been issued by Chief
Woodruff for their protection.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-06-24
YACHT RACE OFF.

BOSTON. June 24.-An apparent de-
scliEe in interest in ocean Yacht racing
IS noted in the announcement Of the
Boston Yacht Club that the annual
cruising race from Marblehead to
GraVesend Bay has oeen declared of
because Of a lack Of entries A few
yachts were assured. but the required
number was not in sight. The race
was 70 have begun on SATURDAY..
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-06-24
SECOND ATTEMPT SUCCEEDS

BLOOMSBURY, Pa, Iyne 24-Frus-
trated in his first attempt to commit sui
eide by drinking laudanum several
weeks ago. Sterling Stout, aged thirty
five. today succeeding in accomplishing
his purpose in another way. He was
found by Miss Bessie Whitmare. a
young woman of whom he was -enannor-
ed with a rope around his neck and
hanging from a bedpost. Life was ex-
tinct.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-06-24
WELLMAN GOES NORTH.

CHRISTIANA, July 24-Walter Well
man and the members o. the expedition
which viii attempt TO reach the North
Pole by balloon. have left here for
Tromsoe, on their way to Spitzbergen.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-06-24
TO RACE ABROAD.

GLASGOW, June 24.-AIorton f. Plant.
of New York. has decided to race in
British waters next year. He has order
ed a racing cutter to meet Shamrock
and White Heather, the only two big
oIassers sailing in this years regatta.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-06-24
FIND RARE BIRDS

VICTORIA, British Columbi June
24-Rare birds, including the little
aux. supposed to be extinct, have
been discovered on Wrangeu Island,
Alaska. by WarburtOn Pike and w.
F. Burton, two sportsmen. They have
an egg of the little aux.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-06-24
NEW YORK AT NEWPORT.

NEWPORT. June 24.-The cruiser
New York. Commando Spencer s
Wood. has arrived from Boston. The
NeW York was thoroughly overhauled
recently and newly equipped with
modern batteries and engines. and
will be sent soon 10 the Mediter-
ranean 10 join the Montana and
North Carolina
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-19
JAYHAWKER JOTy

Mack Gretchen says the best secret
for success is to do your work better
than the other fellow
Tom Highley, who graduated from
the Kansas newspaper field, has been
reelected a police judge at Oklahoma
City.
Bent Murdoch says that the po-
litical microbe isn't working in him,
and the Garden City Telegram wants
to know when it burrowed out?
There is one man. says the Atchi-
Globe bt otn ean thr esy,s FTan rank
him. We refer to John Barleycorn."
1.-The hunting season for ducks has
closed, but says the Formoso New
Era, that doesn't prevent the t'oys
from going to see the ducks they have
already caught
A newspaper mans idea of hard
luck is to run across q piece of gossip
over which the whole town will have
a chance to say, For Heavens SakeH'
before he can print it.-Manhattan
Mercury.
The Wichita Eagle prints a pink
considerable of the space of one such
section issued recently was devoted to
an article on THE Peril of Being a
Christian in the East"
A fine big press is being advertised
for sale by the Ottawa Republic. but
that doesn't mean that that newspaper
is going out of business. No, indeed. It
has grown to such an extent that 1t
needs a bigger and better press. Con-
CALCULATIONS, neighbor.
A Manhattan paper prints this FASH
ion note: This paper aims to keep
the public posted on all important
current matters, and it is, therefore,
its duty to announce to the women
that a Manhattan woman has just re-
turned from a visit in the east wear
ing bangs"
Macksville, according to the Enter
prise, needs a band. a park, a gar
age, a flour mill, new school, an
opera house. a township hall, a poul-
try association and adequate fire pro-
lection. An envious paper in neigh
boring city asks: why not build
new town ?"
Membership in the legislature seems
to have had a confusing effect on W.
p. FEEDER, editor of the Barton County
Democrat. He told recently in his
paper of the purchase of some proper
ty in Topeka by a Great Bend man.
He located the proprty at No. 332
Kansas avenue and designated it as
being right opposite the Copeland
hotel. .., s.,s
Every. purchaser of motor car
says the Osawatomie Globe, 'discour-
ages the life of the horse fly. Some
sort of bug or fly will have to be
invented to bite autos and make them
stamp, switch their tails and kick up.
We don't know what effect a cinder
beetle would have on autos. The
question is referred to Judge Adna P.
Gristlebone for an expert opinion
This message was handed to the
local cub" telegraph operator in
Yates Center to be sent in: "Founda-
ton under freight house needs atten-
ton at once but he accidentally
changed the ct" to an 'r' and the
Office in st. Louis received this:
Found a lion under freight house;
needs attention at once" The an
swer came back to Yates Center:
Feed the lion and notify live stock
department" -Salina Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-19
THE GREAT WATER POWER.

Until first President Roosevelt and
then the people could be made to
grasp the tremendous Importance of
water power, it was easy picking for
the trusts to appreciate the streams
and falls, writes John L. Matthews in
Hampton's magazine for June. Now
we are beginning to wake up. For
generations we had used waters spar
ingly, turning with it no machinery
which could not be reached from the
water-spun turbine by a belt or shaft.
Suddenly, in a wonderfully short time,
we have entered and advanced far in
new series of inventions by which
we are able to develop power at any
fall, in the form of electricity, and
carry it even hundreds of miles, with
but slight loss, to be used for COM
mercial purposes wherever needed. In
ten years we will be sending power
one thousand miles, and the most re-
mote mountain streams will be con-
tributing to run our railways, to light
our cities, to take the smoke from our
factories and even to do the ordinary
work about our farms and homes
lighting, heating, blowing, milking,
churning, ironing, cooking and all
that coal and animal power do now.
Our coal supply is steadily being
exhausted and steadily going higher
in price. Once burned it can never
be replaced. But water power is per-
petual It renews itself with every
rain. It's development is at the same
time an aid to navigation, a protec-
ton from floods. a source of great
energy.
And there is another thing we must
consider. We are exhausting our nat
ural fertilizers. The nitrate beds of
South America are approaching ex-
tinction. Then there remains no
source of fertility for our fields but
nitrates made from the nitrogen of
the air. These can be made econom-
| ical1y only by the abundant and cheap
power of waterfalls.
With the decrease in the fertility of
our soil due to regular cropping the
cost of living goes higher; and the
ability of the man who tills the soil
to provide for his family goes lower.
And this cost of living is affected in
even greater degree by the increasing
scarcity of coal fuel, which sends up
| the household expenses. the cost of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-19
GLOBE SIGHTS.
IFrom the Atchison Globe.1

IFrom the Atchison Giobe.]
If a girl will tell a man every rod
that he is the finest driver she ever
saw, he will hitch up and take her
riding seven times week.
Many people are curious to know
about peculiar things. For instance,
the writer is curious to know if a
barber gives his wife the fee he col
lects for shaving a dead man.
The grumbler Is pest. Such a
man can cause dozen men in an hour
to feel dissatisfied with themselves
and their surroundings. A cheerful
man is an angel, and a grumbler a
devil.
It is great credit to Spin that
she can remember anything. not being
in a position to say, like her married
sister, "That was the year Willie
was born" or "It happened the sum-
mer Jimmie cut his teeth"
Head note: The big pompadours
and mass of curls are going out: The
style now is for a girl to wear her
hair on the back of her head, pro-
jecting out so far that she has to turn
a corner as cautiously as a wagon
hauling telegraph pole.
of some one: 'ewell, he got a lesson
he'll not soon forget. 1t was dis
agreeable, but it will do him good"
People seem to like to see others get
these lessons" We don't. We like
to see people get along without them
When a man is married, he wants
to rush off to a justice of the peace,
and get through with 1t as soon az
possible. but woman wants church
wedding. in which all her kin follow
her to the altar. Every time there
is a big wedding, woman is respon-
sibIe for it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-19
she asked quietly. but with beauns

she asked quietly. but with beating
heart.
why? Because everything brought
me. I couldn't keep away
You came" she said, turning
proudly away, because you knew
that at last you could come and still
keep your oath, because you knew
the house was gone"
mol" he said with a long breath.
you don't mean that and you don't
think so.''
She felt his strong arms about her.
She was lifted and carried over the
smoking ashes and bricks to the
place where the doorstep had been.
He held her closely with his left arm.
while his right hand grasped a black
ened beam. In q moment he was
standing on the charred threshold,
pressing her to him in a hnngered
embrace.
Here" he said with forced light
ness. ST lay my pride at your feet.
Here-Doxy, won't you say come
thing?"
Never mind the ten years now.
Jed. They are gone-like the house."
But Wen have q new house.
Doxy, right here, and Sol shall put
on and in all those things you told
him to leave Off"
'I say cried the voice of Laurie
from a distance, Uncle Seth just
found SO bill In the old dfctfon-
airy. He says he'll bet it's the one
he lost ten years ago."-tCopyright
1909, by Associated Literary Press.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-19
QUAKER MEDIrAT1oNs.

lFrom the Philadelphia Record
The best thing out-an aching tooth.
The spiritualist even likes his meat
medium -"e
If you want to borrow trouble 90 to
a money lender.
An automobile courtship depends :.
good bit on the sparker.
The man who sings his own nraises
generally has pretty bum voice.
The fellow who says what he p,eases
people. Ss'1oA
Pickles are much cheaper than early
strawberries and taste pretty much the
same. ~
Occasionally you will find a man who
Is SO lazy that he would rather nav
rent than move.
When a fellow says he doesn't care
what happens to him he probafyIv
means it'll he meets some other girl
When man isn't quite sure whetb-
er he Is in love with girl or NOT iat
him marry her and he viii soon Ana
out N
Although the milkrnan shouldr..
drink to excess, at the same time -
should avoid being seen on the water
wagon.
II should think 1t, would be a 1re.t
relief at night TO get home and away
from this ceaseless asking OF cues.
tions," remarked the stranger TIE
bureau OF information man sr11tlad ;
wan smile. 1T isn't much relief" he
replied; I'm the father OF eight chill
drefl." .
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-19
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chicago News.l


And the safest way to handle bees is
by proxy
Many a big head contains the small
est kind Of ideas.
Heated discussions often cause a
GOODNESS between friends.
A child thinks the humble toy peddler
is man of rare gifts.
When the pantry is left unlocked the
small boy may get his desserts.
Don't blame the mofested bee if he
administers a singing reproof.
A small boys idea of liberty is to eat
the cake and then ask his mother If he
may have it.
Most musicians dispense music by
the measure, but the bass drummer
gets rid of his by the pound.
Once in a great while we meet a man
who is wise enough to know when he
has enough before he gets It.
Don't waste any time looking back at
your mistakes; there is more fun in
looking up the mistakes of other peo-
pie.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-19
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Nothing is quite so excellent for
the appetite as good food.
"
Many patients owe. doctors their
lives but many more owe them
A slow individual may usually get
there but he is often apt to get left.
\ \ y
The popular boarder with his land
lady is the one who asks for a Sec
ond dish of prunes.
* ~
A man who insists that you are a
greater parsonage than. he is gen.
orally has an Interior motive.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-19
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
LFrom the New York p,

LFrom the New York Press
The only foolish thing about ha,n1
extravagant is when it's somebodv
else.
The only kind of public policy that
can interest man Is when il AFFECTS
his private pocket.
: A man likes to have theories that
never work out right. so he can saw
he Is too practical for that sort n
thing.
The reason a woman knows her
husband is brave is he Isn't afraid 4,
swear over the telephone when TIA
against the rules
The thing that can make a woman
talk about her country estate in the
surest tone of voice is for it to be- q
suburban cottage she rents by the
month. =
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-19
HUH0R or THE Day

Yes" said the old peer, my son is
willing to stand for Parliament: Unfor-
Parliament does not reciprocate. Chris
tian Register.
Brown-What did your wife say about
your being so late home the other night?
Jones res at all. She Just sat down
old ry."..Tit-Bits.
., %He. lets his wife do Just as she plsases..
Nothing startling about that" mo; but
he does it without an argument Louis
Vile CONSTITUTIONAL.
Provoked Mother-Tommy. You're the
plague Of my life. Tommy (snuggling up
to her)IYou wouldn't talk that way #
ma?-Chfcago Tribune.
regular pulse. paipifation Of the G heart and
There's nothing the matter with i @e. sir.
hand.'-Life.
a9T the ms sssyob ribs !, have Johnny
know. ma,am," giggled Johnny, squirnl-
Ing around on one foot. I'm so awful
ticklish never could count 'em'-Phii-
adelphia Record.
The Difference.-Bangs-w is the
dinerence between woman's whist club
and mans poker club? wangs-why. in
one you get home to dinper and in the
o~AA~A ~ ~ >-c<SA.--&NSWdH ctdE
SAID Uncle ;saas:a IT beIn', poor wuz a
crime gee. what q police department we'd
need!'-Los Angeles Express
There. Are Others-Money. that comes in
drafts is not the only kind that is cold
cash.-Chicago News.
lady" said Meandering Mike, ..you
don't want to listen to no hard-1uck story
do your Not bit of it." you relieve
my mind. If you want to hear souethin'
worth while, you Jes' gimme a chance to
show what I kin do as an after-dinner
Observation-Disclosures Star.
He-So you favor woman suffrage? She
I certainly dol He-Well, In the last cleo
ton, for instance. would you have voted
for Mr.. Taft or MIR. Bryan? Shell would
not have voted for either When I vote
I'll vote for woman or not at ALL
Yonkers Statesman.
II wonder if there isn't some way we
can get our Assemblymanf to advocate
good roadsY Give him an auto'-
Brooklyn Life.
.."I like the society novel" do. eh7,s
Yes-the kind In which man puts on a
dress suit to sit alone in his lonely rooms
and NOPE. '-Louisvilie Courier-Jourral.
Howell-Do you suppose Roosevelt will
be able to kill lions in Africa? Poweii-
sure; II he can't shoot 'em, he can send
EN- message.-Harper's Weekly
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-19

The recent heavy rains and the re-
jsultant high. water in the smaller
streams have done damage to crops
and othen things in Shawnee county
to the extent of $3.50, 900. A quarter
Of million dollars is a good round
sum, but there is not much wailing
among the farmers of the county be-
cause OF its loss. They are so ex-
ceedihgly prosperous that it will
hardly amount to drop in bucket
with them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-19

]. H. Rickell, new commander of
the Department of Kansas, G. A. R.,
plans to make his administration one
of harmony. He has assuredly cut
out quite a task for himself, If the
past actions of many of the prom
inent members of this organization
,can be taken as criterion of how
they will conduct themselves in the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-19

Foresight of the right sort was
shown by the members of the city
council in accepting the tract of land
offered to Topeka by w. ]. Ricken-
bacher for the purpose of a public
park. A city cannot have too many
of these breathing and pleasure places
and the time to acquire them is now
$50 that the future in this respect may
be provided for,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-19

Society at Pittsburg, Pa, is greatly
stirred up by book which is said
to portray the people of that town
too clearly. If it is true to the life
that is accredited to the folks of that
town it should occupy a prominent
place in that nauseating class of
fiction of which Elinor Glyn is a
prominent purYeyor
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-19

All Of the medals in existence for
the "meanest woman in the world
ought to be pinned on the breast of
a Mrs. Macintosh, a boarding house
keeper of Los Angeles, Cal. She
charged the relatives of a girl who
committed suicide in her house one
dollar for the gas inhaled by the
young woman in ending her life.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-19

Estimates have been made that the
present loss by fire, in this country
amounts to the rather staggering
total of $75O,O0O each day. Fire in
surance experts declare that a great
portion of this loss Is due to care
lessness and they are probably right.