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Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-10-20

WHO WERE YOU SMILING AT, STELLA =
borrow Freds simile, suppose desir.
ability is gauged by the scream of the
eagle on the dollar"
'Yulgarity is not wit" returned her
aunt tartly.
Fred turned rubicund. good na-
tured countenance toward them.
"Wrangling again?" he asked cheer
fully. What about now?"
Mrs. Livingston stared coldly at her
SON. and Stella merely acknowledged
his question with a contemptuous lit
tie smile.
Did you notice the chap that took
our order?' asked Mr.. Livingston. no
whit abashed by their GOODNESS.
You mean the waiter?" Mrs Iiv-
ingston's strongly marked brows were
elevated.
Yes, the waiter He's in my class
at college. Don't get excited, mother.
Lots of those chaps work their way
through in this sort OF way. They
wait on table at these summer hotels
and make pretty penny"
what is his name?" demanded Mrs
Livingston.
Schneider returned Fred no7chal-
antly-'a mighty nice little Dutchman
too"
Was that waiter at the Pines in
Belairy, the one who presumed to
speak to Stella on the street one day
was be college student?" This time
Mrs Livingston's voice was vibrant
with eGgerness
Stella's color faded. leaving her face
singulariy white and strained. lis it
necessary to bring me into the discus
sion. Aunt Ju?' she asked disdainfully
Fred looked uncomfortable. You
mean Forrest, Jim Forrest | suppose.
Oh yes, he's a senior now. Good fell
low too"
II should think he might find a more
dignified method OF obtaining an edu-
cation" shifted Mrs. Livingston.
Didn't uncle keep a chophouse?"
asked Stella. with sudden clearness of
tone.
flush" Mrs. Livingston's face
crimsoned angrily. How dare you,
Stellar
I'm sure he told me that once he
kept a chophouse and an oyster par
lor He said he waited on the Gus
toners himself" persisted Stella wick
edly.
lust then the diminutive Mr. Schnei-
der arrived with the dinner which he
served most deftly and with an ele-
ment Of respect that must have been
divided between the loveliness of the
young woman he served and the recol-
lection OF the Livingston dollars as
represented by young Fred. his class
mate
The conversation shifted TO less dan
gerous ground. and the meal passed
pleasantly. Fred strove TO make him
self agreeable to his Indifferent cousin,
while his mother aided with infinite
tact to smooth the girls rutfled com
posure,
Their stay at another mountain re-
sort had been rather disastrous fron
Fred's point OF view Their first men'
at the Pines had been marked bv ar
accident. A candle had fallen over,
and the flame had leaped to Stella's
delicate lace sleeve and would have
speedily enveloped her filmy gown had
not the tall waiter who, unnoticed. had
served them stripped Off his coat and
wrapped it about the girl. extinguish-
ing the fire.
He had scorned Fred's generously
proffered reward. received with urban
ity Mrs. Livingston's patronizing COM
mendation and thrilled at the gratitude
in StelIa's dark eyes. He had p;stend-
ed not TO see the soft little hand she
graciously extended and. slipping on
his coat, bad rearranged the table,
served the dessert and sent the hotel
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-10-20
Hard to Write Honnkonn.

While the mail service between
Hongkong and Europe has steadily
improved during the past year that to
and from the United States has he
come less and less satisfactory.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-10-20
Swiss Own Railway Mcnapolx.

The government owns majority OF
the railroads and owns and operates
all the telesraphs and telephones Il
Switzerland, manufacturing the egnlr
nent for all eNcent stcel rni.--
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-10-20
Fahrenheit of Iona Standina.

1t was about 1920, at Amsterdam.
that Fahrenheit made his first ther-
mometer, which has served as a model
ever since.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-10-20
livinu Cheap In Jamaica,

Among the 100000 Inhabitants Of ia
maica there are 100000 who live on an
average income Of about II cents
day.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-10-20
a. II. BOWERS, President.
M. ADAMS. Secretary"

State Treasurer c. Fred Wright, who
has been making the tour OF the state
with Mr.. Tener is enthusiastic over
the success OF the trip and says the
meetings are much larger than even
those of the Stuart gIbernatOrial cam
paign four years ago.
Mr.. Tener is making a splendid i'm
preston" said Mr.. Wright. and is
winning votes for the Republican tick
ct wherever he goes. There can be no
question about his popularity in all of
the counties Of his home territory,
even beyond the confines Of his con-
gressional district.
"Mr. Tener stands well with his
neighbors and those who know him
best throughout western Pennsylvania.
At every place we stopped the leading
and most representative citizens, men
OF affairs and men who are the lead
ers in their respective communities,
were on hand to greet Mr. Tener and
to evince an interest in his campaign.
"If other parts OF the state give as
big a vote relatively as Mr.. Tener will
get in western Pennsylvania he will be
elected by a tremendous majority"
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-10-20
Business Men Speak Out.

Following are the resolutions, adopt
ed unanimously:
Resolved. That we, the members of
the Charleroi Business Mems associa-
ton, knowing our fellow member, Hon.
John X. Tener, to be man of good,
sound judgment, unquestionable integ-
rity and rare business qualifications,
and one who has done much for the
interest of Charleroi and believing
that a business administration has
proven to be the best for the state of
Pennsylvania. and feeling assured that
Hon. John X. Tener is thoroughly com
petent to I'LL the high Office of COVER
nor and will give the people a good,
clean administration, and uphold with
honor the sacred duties of this posi-
ton, We heartily endorse his candi.
dacy. and wish him every success on
Nc. g.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-10-20
Black Hand Methods.

In commenting upon the fact thai
the newspaper which printed the sen
sational story solicited orders for the
sale of the paper two days in advance
of its publication from politicians tc
have ii distributed as campaign doc
ument, the Gazette-Times says: in
stead of publishing its alleged revela
tions in the usual course of business
as a purvcyor of news and thus con
veying to the public such information
as it deemed proper without regard t.
politics. it served a sort of Blacl
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-02-02
MOST THOROUGH
INVESTIGATION
OF THE INCREASED COST OF
LIVING WILL BE MADE
CONGRESS.
COMMIT
BY Resolution Adopted Yesterday to
Go Into the Matter Fully
Will Learn Cost in For
eian Lands.

Washington, Feb. 1.-THE cost CT
living will be thoroughly inquired in
to by the house ways and means com
mittee. Late today Chairman Payne
introduced the following afer a con
ference with Champ Clark, the minor
ty leader:
Resolved that the committee on
ways and means hereby be empowered
and directed to make a thorough and
complete investigation into the cost
of living In the United States, any
increase thereof and cost of neces-
saries OF life, including clothing, fuel,
furniture, meats breadstuffs and pro
visions generally, the cost of produc-
ton, wholesale and retail prices there
of and the rate Of profit to those who
sell and distribute same and causes
such increased cost and prices are af.
fected by any law of the United
States. and to investigate, recommend
and report such legislation as will, in
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-02-02

OVER THE PROTEST OF PRES.
IDENT LEWIS OF UNITED
MINE WORKERS.
OPERATORS ARE ST ENT
On All Propositions of Miners-Mect-
inGMat Toledo May Be Held
10 m orr w--ReIief for
NS Colorado Miners.

Indianapolis, Ind, Feb. l.-Oycr the
protest of President Lewis, the con
vention of the United Mine Workers
of America, late today determined to
defer again the. wage conference at
Toledo with the bituminous operators.
The committee sent TO Toledo to re-
quest the operators to await the ar
rivel of the miners Thursday
Two special trains were really to
transport the six hundred delegates
to Toledo tonight. Lewis insited that
by holding a night session tonight the
appointment at Toledo can be kept
tomorrow, but the postponement mo-
tion was carried, and amid the roar
of laughtel. Lewis was appointed on
the committee to go to Toledo. with
the three leaders of the faction OPP
posed to his administration that had
been the most active insurgents dur
ing the convention and occupied much
time on the floor. They are VIM.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-02-02
FORTY BODIES FOUND.

nrimero, Colo, Feb. 1.-The bodies
of forty of the 70 vict inns of yester
days mine explosion lay tonight in a
temporary morgue installe,. in a ma
chine shop.
A large force is still engaged in re-
storing ventilation throughout the
mine and the company's officials who
are not supervising mine work have
turned their attention to the relief Of
the victims families. The coroner
has imFanelled jury. and relatives
and friends of the identified dead have
begun preparations for burials.
The cause of the disaster continues
shrouded in mystery. Leonardo Vir-
gen, Mexican, the only surviving
miner who is supposed to have been
working comparatively near where the
explosion originated, is unable to
state clearly what occurred. Follow.
ing the report cloud of dust and
smoke poured out. Large pieces of
timber We're hurled from the main en-.
trance more than hundred feet. The
strong cars in the mine mouth were
blown Off the track. The rescuers,
who followed the main ventiIating
shaft several hundred yards and en-
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-02-02
MINE At CHERRY
OPENED AGAIN
HAD BEEN CLOSED TWO MONTHS
TEAR WELLS OF WOMEN
ALSO UNLOCKED.
EXPERTS EXAMINE GAS
Composition Shows 1t Was Impossible
for Men to Live in Depths
--RegovaI Of Bodies to
Begin at Once.

Cherry, H., Feb. 1.-Work was re-
sumed at the St Paul mine tonight by
scores of men, following the removal
of the seal that kept the subter-
ranean passages closed for two
months Frantic efforts will be made
to clear the mine of noxious vapors,
wall in any smouldering fire, and re-
cover the 100 odd bodies entombed in
the Ignite labyrinths since Nov. l3.
The tear wells Of the female res
idents were also unlocked by the
probability that husbands. fathers and
sons will be visually proved dead.
Most of the spectators during the
tedious task of removing the t ons Of
cement and steel rails from the mouth
of the shafts were young widows
When Jas Webb, mine expert OF
the University of Illinois, Thomas
Moses and Hector McAllister, state
mine inspectors, protected by oxygen
helmets, descended $50 feet and pro
cured a sample of the gases. all nerves
became tense. 'An unprotected man
could not live long enough down there
to take off his cap said Moses on
returning.
The gas showed the following com.
ponents: carbon dioxide 5.S per cent ;
oxygen 50 per cent; carbon monoxlde
(white damp 03 per cent; car
buretted hydrogen (black damp un
| 66 degrees.
Following this report President
| INewsam Of the state mining board
lordered the cap removed from the all
shaft, so that the poisonous fluids
could be sucked from the mine Mean
while tn helmet men descended Ii
the north cage and tackled oil clotl
over the holes cut through the shaf
last fall by the Chicago iremen TO
hose leads.
The voices of the explorers cominl
lsqueaNly from under the meta
helmets reyerberated up the shaft an
caused one woman to exclaim: ut i
Imy man calling for help, or his spiri
condemning us for leaving him In tha
| internal hole so long
This expression was passed alon
| by other women, and caused variou
pathetic little scenes, ending by som
nurses, who are always on hand t
aid the suffering, leading several hyt
ltcrical women homeward, Nobod
ventures a definite estimate of whe
the corpses win he removed.
when they do bring up the bodies
lsaid Cherry merchant, they wi
need the militia The women will b
so frenzied that they might destro
the town"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-02-02

its Judgment. contribute to restore
such prices to their normal level; the
committee is further authorized to in
vestigate and renort, during the same
period, the cost of living and Of the
necessaries of life in foreign coun-
tries and if such cost has increased,
the cause thereof.
said committee and any srbcOm-
mittee thereof to have power to sit
in Washington and elsewhere in the
United States. to subpoena witnesses,
administer oaths, employ experts and
other assistants. including counsel, as
it may deem necessary, and to send
for records, papers and other evidence
necessary. Hearings shall be public"
A thorough investigation by joint
congressional committee Of the So
called beef trust" is provided for in
a resolution introduced today by Rep
.resentative Coudrey, Republican, of
Mississippi appropriating 100000 for
getting at he facts. Fines OF five
thousand dollars or Imprisonment for
five years are provided for witnesses
who decline to reveal information.
The resolution calls for thor
ough and complete investigation of
the unreasonable and unnecessary ad-
vancing of prices by the meat pack
ers and of the reported boarding of
4. Al 6
refusing large orders and holding sup
plies in freezers to create the impress
sion of shortage"
The committee is empowered to
compel sworn replies to questions.
| The house is to elect its six members.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-02-02

hostile criticism was likely to be
voiced, for the purpose of offsettlng
such criticism, pres bureau work, un.
necessary travelling expenses and the
maintenance of large forces Of EN-.
ployes in Washington, We're among
the items of extravaganza enumerat-
ed. None of the items carried in the
appropriation bill for the bureau of
forestry were reduced as a result of
today's attacks.
In response to questions, Mondell
said that in Wyoming the timber was
cut in the national forests only by
great corporations. They paid six
dollars for stumpage, he declared
when the stumpage on private tracts
was $1,50. but did not complain be
cause they enjoyed a monopoly on
such stumpage.
Taylor, of Colorado, questioned
Chairman Scott on the reason for in
Guiding in the forest reserves lands
without timber. Replying Scott said
that Pnchot claimed such lands could
be planted with trees
Don't you know" asked Taylor
that at elevations of seven thousand
feet it viii take five hundred years to
grow forests"
He added that land in Colorado
worth 5000 an acre was included in
forest reserves
The law provides way for the
state to get such land out of reserva,
tion,' replied Scott.
Consideration of the schedule will
be continued tomorrow.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-02-02
ILLINOIS MINE BURNS.

Peoria, Feb l,--While a fire was
raging in the Shaft and upper works
a rescue party entered the escape
shaft of the Shol .une, at South Bar
tonville, mile away from the main
shaft, and brought two miners, near
ly dead from sutfocation, to the sur
face. The fire is believed to be of
incendiary origin. and started in the
tipple at $50 this evening. All the
upper works and wooden construction
of the main shaft were burned The
blaze was eXtinguished by volunteers
two hours later. An investigation
will be made,
Only the two men were in the mine.
The day Shift of II, men was relieved
at four o'clock, the night shift does
not start until seven.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-02-02

tered the main slope through cross
cut, found the first dozen bodies in
the entry A T. Pressing on they
found Leonardo Virgen early this
morning near the mouth of the en-
trance A s.
AS If waking from sleep, Virgen
said: please, may / go home now?"
Today Virgen was sufficiently re
covered to join the watchers around
the entrance. The rescuers worked
with renewed energy hoping that
others are still alive, but none were
found up to tonight Those still miss
ing are regarded as lost.
All last night, today and tonight
the workers, reinforced by miners
from surrounding camps, pushed
along with. frequent reliefs. Tonight
the advance guard were within 400
yards OF the face of the main slope
The leaders in the work were ]. B.
Maoly VIM. Fitzpatrick, Mine Super
intendent VIM. Morgan, of the Rocky
Mountain Fuel Companys Piedmont
mine. Morgan was superintendent of
the Primero mine UP to January %,
1907, when twenty.four lives were lost
in an explosion. J. S. Thompson, dt-
vision superintendent, JOS. Ball, David
Griffith, and other officials hurried
from Trinidad on a special train and
joined in the rescue work.
Today the company orderd pro
visions issued to the families of the
victims until a permanent system Of
relief is established
The work of checking the dead pro,
ceeded slowly today, the only means
of Identification being a check OF the
missing numbers carried by each
miner on the companys roster
Around the entrance force OF
deputy sheriffs kept the crowds back.
Men, women and children restrained
their grief with amazing fortitude.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-02-02
ANOTHER MINE NEAR PEORIA
BURNS; TWO MEN RESCUED
Forty Bodies OF the 70 Victims Of the Disaster
in Colorado Were Brought to the Surface
by Last Might Bereaved Womens
Cries and Tears Most Pitifu
to See

Drakesboro, Ky, Feb, 1.-Ten men
are known to be dead and seventeen
others are missing, presumed to be
penned UP in tac entries by fallen
slate, as the result of gas explosion
in Browder mine at noon today. Eight
bodies were recovered tonight, all hor-
ribly mutilated.
On account of the accumulation of
gases in the entry where the eXplo.
sion occurred, ITO feet beneath the
ground and 700 feet back from the
shaft, it was impossible to begin
active rescue work for six hours.
There were 100 men in the mine at
the time of the explosion, moGe than
half in the west entry. All hastenel
to the cages and were quickly drawn
to the top. Later all in the east enCry
except the unfortunate twenty-seveu
fought their way to the shaft and
were brought out.
In the immediate vicinity of the ex-
plosion ten men had been workink.
The remaining missing men were in
the entries few feet distant from
the workings where the greatest
known loss of life occurred. 1t is be-
lieved that all of the men entombed
there are dead, The cause Of the
ignition of the gas is unknown
The pit mouth is a pitiful scene,
wives OF the dead and missing miners
crowding to catch the reports of the
rescuers.
Jesse J0nghan was rescued alive,
but was SO badly burned that his re-
Covery is doubtful,
1t is believed that the explosion was
caused by track repairman entering
an abandoned room with an uncovered
lamp. This room was shattered.
The mine is not afre and the fans
are working.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-02-02
Ill L|NO|S HOUSE
PASSES PRIMARY
VOTE FOLLOWED HOT DEBATE
WHICH LASTED OVER TWO
HOURS.
VOTE WAS 100 TO SO
Voted Against Passage--Was
Hamiiton-Staymatcs
Measure.
Special to The Bulletin.

Special to The Bulletin.
Springfield. H., Feb. f.--After 4
hot debate lasting over two hours the
house this afternoon, by vote OF
zoe to 80, most of the Shurtleff Re-
publicans voting nay, passed the
Hamilton-Staymate direct primary
election bi which had been reported
out by the majority Of the special
committee of fifteen appointed to
draft a primary bill Brown, OF La
Sale, the Democratic leader, spoke
and voted against the BILL declaring
that the provision which gives the
senatorial committee the power to de-
termine haw many candidates for the
lower house shall he nominated by
the party would cause the supreme
court to decide the bill to be uncon-
stitutional
Chiperield, Republican, of Fulton
county, read an opinion from Ex-
Mayor Dunno of Chicago in which
he said he believed the act would be
declared invalid by the supreme
court.
Hamilton and others defended the
bill After the bill had been declared
passed Hamilton moved to reconsider
the vote by which the bill was
passed. This motion was tabled,
The vote by which the primary bin
passed was as follows:
For the bill Republicans--Abbey,
Apmadoc, Bardill. Black, Burgett
Butts, Campbell, Church. Clife. Dur
fee Flagg, Fulton, Gillespie, Gray
Hagan, Hamilton, Pollebeck, Hull,
Hutler. Kerrick King, Kirkpatrick,
Kowalsld, Lawrence, lewis Liggett,
Logan, Lyon, MacLean. Mills, Mon
Etelius, lSmker, Perkins, purvief. price,
Reynolds, Richter, Rigney Robinson,
Seaman r. w. Shepperd. Stearns,
Stevenson, Terrill, Ton, Welbefn, G.
p. Wilson, p. NJ. Wilson, Wright,
York, z niger, Zipf-54. Democrats
Alschuler, Blair, Bolin, Briscoe,
Burns, Cermak. Clark, Corcoran. Dill
lon, English Etherton, Fahy, Finley,
| Fbt6t, EOStGIa 1dflEab, hpiHsht bth-
; fin, j. Groves w. M. Groves Hilton,
, Pruby, Huston Kannally. Luke, Me-
, Connell, Mcclure, Mclaughlin. Nor.
J ris, II. j. Murphy, William Murphy,
: Murray, Myers, Obsien Otoole, Poul.
/ ton. Richardson, Riley, Scott, H. A..
/ Shepperd, Staymates, Tippitt. Walsh
Wheean, j. +. Wilson, r. Il. Wilson
10
| Against the bill-Republcans Adj
2 kins, Beck Behrens, Brownback,
7 Bush, Carter, Chpertield, Curran,
Dudgeon, Erby, Fieldstack, Flanagan,
Glade, Hope, Ireland, Lane Marcy
. McNichols, Nelson, Pierson. Shana-
; han, Smeikal Troyer, Shurtleff-25.
Observation-Disclosures, Beckemeyer,
Brown, Daley Dowolf, Donahue, Espy.
, Gespkewch, Link, McCollom Naylor,
Shaw Sullivan, Werdell-14,
Absent or not yoting--Crawford,
Erickson, Grace, HOLIDAY, Mckitten.
Lederer. Jewell, Schumacher and Sol
lit, Republicans; and Allison, Lantz,
O'Neil and White, Democrats,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-02-02
OBNOXIOUS PROVISIONS.

Special to The Bulletin.
Springfield, H.. Feb With
Speaker Shurtlef's obnoxious pro
vision that the commissioners shall
be elected not less than ninety days
after city adopts the commission
form of government retained and with
Chiperheld's amendment offered to-
day fixing the percentage for recall
at rs, which makes it virtually pro.
hibitory, and with another amend.
ment tackled on that when the com.
mission form of government has been
lost In a city it can not be voted on
on for two years, the commission
form OF government enabling act was
this evening advanced to third read
ing by the house, and will be voted on
tomorrw morning. in all probability.
and passed.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-02-02
FORESTRY Burr AU
MUCH CRITICIZED
WHEN HOUSE WAS DISCUSSING
APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE
FORESTRY.
EXTRAVAcANCE CHARGED
Mondel, CT Wyoming, Speaks Strong
ly Against the System-Many
Defenders Came Forward
Fer Bureau.

Washington, Feb. IA running fire
of criticism was poured into the for
estry service during the most of the
session of the house today while the
agricultural appropriation bill was un'
der consideration. The entire ses-
sion was devoted to the forestry
schedule.
Mondell, of Wyoming, and Taylor,
of Colorado, were the chief critics
and the forestry bureau found many
defenders. Mondell, replying to an
inquiry by Mann, Of Illinois, why the
national forests could not be made
profitable now. if ever, said the rea-
son was found in the scandalous ex.
travagance" that characterized the
conduct of that service.
Much of its money, he said, was
spent for objects unrelated to the cut,
! ting of timber or protection from fire,
| Conventions Of foresters, he'd stimuli
taneously with gatherings wherein