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The Washington herald., 1910-06-05
DESERTS DUPONT CIRCLE.
Senator Crane TO Occupy House on
Mcpherson Square.

Senator Crane 10 occupy HOUSE on
Mcpherson square.
From Washington letter TO the Boston Advertiser.
Senator Crane IS 10 desert .Massachu-
sets avenue and Dupont circle, where
he has lived for the past two years. for
K street and Mcpherson square. where
he has leased the Hit house, which he
viii occupy with his family on the re-
turn to Washington In December. The
Senator has been occupying the house
In which former Senator Clark, Of Mon
tana. lived. until mis- term expired IN
1907. Previously to that Senator Crane
had lived in Rhode Island avenue.
The Senator changes his residence that
his young children may have an ample
playground The Clark residence. while
a detached house, had no grounds, and
the Senator's family have naturally been
not little handicapped for room for the
children 10 play In. The porch, OF course,
was limited. and neighboring Dupont
Circle has its limitations as playground
for children.
Senator Crane will move, however. to a
locality not less fashionable, though
older. and it will be much more central
The White House is only three blocks
away and the Arlington Hotel where
Mr.. Crane STOPPED during the first year
Of his residence In Washington, is only
one square distant The Senator viii
have distinguished neighbOrs. Secretary
Knox, his intimate friend lives In the
same block, and at the other corner
lives Senator Hale. In the same block
also lives Senator Brandegee, OF Con-
necticut Within a block, too, lives
Speaker Cannon, In Vermont avenue
Other near neighbors in the same street
are Senator Eikins. Senator Wetmore,
and Admiral Dewey. Should the Sena-
tor care TO come in close touch any
evening with Senators staying at hotels,
the Normandie. the Cochran. the Ham
ilton. and the ShOreham, which are hives
Of them, are all within a stones throw.
The house is at the corner Of Fifteenth
street. and opposite is the group of
buildings which house the Department OF
Justice The house itself Is a large old
fashioned brick structure OF the kind
one may still find in the aristocratic
sections OF New England cities II was
formerly occupied by Congressman HIT
and before him by Senator Evarts, Of
New York. An addition Is being built
to II and IL is being thoroughly renovated
and made IN other respects modern In
convenience and furnishing The house
has ample grounds around it, which is
somewhat unusual for Washington, city
Of magnificent distances though it De,
and looks for ali the world like one
huge park.
The Washington herald., 1910-06-05
Bx cRYsTAL EAsTmAN.

Naomi" 'Monongah." Jacobs Creek
these names recall to the Western
Pennsyivanian the sudden shock of terri
BILE news, the recent horror OF mine
explosion. long columns Of grewsome de-
tails. street corner arguments about re-
sponsibility, schemes Of relief for widows
and orphans, &c. Such catastrophes
arouse the attention of the public by
their magnitude. But suppose one man
shoveling coal in a small room" far
within a mine is suddenly buried under
a ton or two Of slate-this causes no
comment. It is common occurrence.
Newspapers seldom even mention such
accidents.
During the year selected for this study
OF accidents July, 1eO6-July, 1900 there
were no mine explosions in Allegheny
County, although the six months inlme-
diately following were marked by sew
eral disastrous ones. This absence OF
explosions in the years mining catas-
trophies is fortunate for our purpose, it
frees US to focus our attention on the
everyday risk Of the miner
Seventy-one men were killed In mines
during the year. Grouped, according TO
the natures OF accidents, the total of
seyenty-one is divided as follows:
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TO be one OF the most important in the
history OF the organization, the delegates
elected exceeding in number that OF any
previous meeting.
R. L. S Halpenny and Fernando Har-
rison have been transferred from night
to day work in the keyboard room.
Intelligence has reached this city that
, Mr.. Timothy j. Fitzgerald. former COM
positor in the Government Printing Office
for several years. attempted suicide by
shooting at his home In East Boston on
Wednesday last. He is in a serious con-
dition with a bullet wound in his right
temple, Dependency owing to continued
III health is assigned as the cause. The
unfortunate man was unmarried and
made his home with his mother. His
last work in the main Office was in the
day document section.
Bartholomew W Butler. of the proof
room. is making ten-day visit TO mis-
home in Worcester. Mass
The chairman Of Columbia Unions
delegation for the past three years has
been a graduate at law-Jason Water
man. in 1908; Louis r. Taylor. last year.
and now Allen R. Flowers.
Uncle Harry LazeH. the dean Of the
watch force. is on duty again, after a
months vacation.
BENJAMIN Linebaek, OF the Job room,
has been appointed chairman of the en-
tertainment committee for the Fourth Of
July celebration at McDevitt's Field. and
is arranging for a monster chorus com
posed principally of the members OF the
choirs of the churches of the Blooming
dale district. which will be a very attTac-
tive feature Of the programme.
Albert s. Nolen, president of the Bos-
ton Feeders and Assistants Union came
TO washington TO march with the or
ganIzation with which he served during
the Spanish war to Arlington on Decora-
ton Day and to visit friends aud rela-
tives.
The usual close-of-t he-fiscal-year rush
OF orders from the different departments
has necessitated the calling in OF about
fifty temporary compositors, most OF
whom will be assigned to the Job division.
and has also compelled the use of all the
machines in the ruling division, which
is of rare occurrence of late, and indi-
cations point TO considerable overtime in
some OF the divisions. between now and
July /.
Thomas F. Tuohy, makeup in the job
room, will sail from New York on June
IS for a months tour in Ireland.
Reviser George Stull returned to duty
on Thursday morning from months va
cation spent among scenes of his boy
hood in the Buckeye State. He visited
the Office in which he started his appren-
ticeship over fifty years ago and says
the old hand press is still there, and so
is the boss he first worked under.
Martin P. Higgins, former president of
the International Printing Pressmen's
Union, is now foreman of the pressroom
Of the Boston City printing plant
Push and Pull are the latest needed
Improvements to the communicating doors
located throughout the great building.
The Washington herald., 1910-06-05
SECTARIAN CHURCHES FAILING
Old Chapel Turned Into Boxing Hall,
Another Shelters Picture Show.

London, June 4-NOnconformist churches
and chapels in London seem TO be pass
ing through a period OF depression The
rich supporters are getting fewer and
fewer and the poorer members OF the con-
gregations are unable to keep the chapels
going without financial aid from outside
Rowland Hits old chapel on Black
friars road Is now boxing hall and the
Sutherland Chapel on Walworth road has
been turned into cinematograph theater
Now the announcement comes that owing
to financial straits the communion plate
Of the Pilgrim Fathers Chapel on Old
Kent road is TO be sold by auction.
For years past times have been bad
with this old chapel and the communion
plate Is being sold to enable the trustees
TO meet mortgage payments The plate
Is said to have been presented to the
chapel by Jonathan Owen, a Congrega.
tional pioneer. The old chapel dates from
1916.
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Items, General and Personal,
Of Interest to G. P. O. Workers

Cavalry Uancersl yesterday. 1t was the
forty-seyenth anniversary OF the battle
of Beverly Ford. and took place at
Overlook. near Willow Grove, beauti-
ful suburb Of Philadelphia, Pa, the farm
of the Lancers' popular captain, Presi-
dent Frank Furness, who entertains the
command
Willis Luther Moore. Chief Of the
United States Weather Bureau since 1895,
was born in Scranton. Pa, in 1856 and
spent the early years of his life in or
near Binghamton. n. Y. At eight years
of age. he Joined his father with Grants
army. at City Point. He was educated
in Binghamton public schools. and COM
pleted his time Gas an all-round printer
in the old Binghamton Republican Office.
For fifteen years ne was a student of
natural sciences under the scientific
The Washington herald., 1910-06-05

made HIS points strictly In accordance
with law. and there was little chance to
suppress him with the president In the
chair Finally, the president was pre-
vailed upon TO call the late Joe Jackson.
Of st. Louis, to the chair. and while Joe s
rulings would not have stood the test or
CushIng's Manual. they suppressed the
Boston delegate. and the means justified
the end
Eugene Paetsch, Of the blhdery. sailed
from New York last week for an ex-
tended visit to Germany.
Charlie Fisher, proofroom messenger,
Is enjoying ten days leave.
The convention OF the International
Printing Pressmen's Union. which meets
at Columbus, Ohio. this month, promises
The Washington herald., 1910-06-05
MhItr EneIe TrIhe Nieet.

White Eagle Tribe No. u, Improved
Order of Red Men, had a goodIy attend
ance OF members at the burning of It's
council fire on last Friday night. The
great sachem. James W Allison. made a
talk on good OF the order
The Washington herald., 1910-06-05
Ex-sHAH HAS GOOD TIME
His Dethroned Majesty Is Intending
Undergraduate I'm Hospital.

SHoeE8E 0OuA1S IN AOApAtahs
Odessa, June 4-Unlike his melancholy
companion In misfortune. ex-Suitan Abb
dull Hamid of Turkey. the dethroned Shah
OF Persia seems to be having rather a
good time in exile. The Russian news
papers report that he is now an active
and fairly popular member of society in
Odessa, where he resides in a palatial
villa furnished for him by the govern
ment- From his first arrival he began to
study the Russian language diligently.
The law courts are one OF HIS favorite
places OF call. Sometimes he sits on the
bench beside the judge and hearts civil
and criminal trials He has also taken
UP the study OF medicine. The Odessa
hospital school is the largest 10 South
Russia. and his majesty Mehemet Ali. :"
as he is still addressed, has taken TO at
tending the clinical demonstrations with
the students Of surgery He has put his
name down as an intending undergradu-
ate for next session OF the medical fac
ulty
The Washington herald., 1910-06-05
Planning for Rirthdnr.

oseeola Tribe No. 10. Improved Order
OF Red Men. Tennallytown, Is making
elaborate preparations for the public
celebration OF its first anniversary, on
June g Prominent speakers will be
present.
The Washington herald., 1910-06-05
NO CROWN FOR QUEEN MOTHER
One Used at Coronation Was De-
sfFOyed.

sfFOyed.
London. June 4.-One Of the many mat
tiers Of detail that King George VIII have
10 settle Will be the style Of the crown to
be worn by the Queen mother. The crown
she used at the coronation was broken up
almost Immediately after the ceremony.
for the very simple reason that the bulk
OF the diamonds Of which it was com.
posed were only hired for that purpose
The Queens crown. preserved with the
regalia and made for Mary OF Modena. IS
not at all likely 10 be taken into use. and
the small diamond crown which Queen
Victoria had made at her own expense
was her private property. BY her viii
she devised II as an heirloom to belong
TO the Queen consort for the time being.
The Washington herald., 1910-06-05
ACCIDENTS TO WORKMEN
Risks Taken by Miners and Efforts to Remedy Their
Conditions.

This il the third Of a series taken from Miss
Eastman's bJok Work Accidents and the Law"
published By the Russell Sage Foundstion.l
The Washington herald., 1910-06-05

This kind OF carelessness in miners IS
somewhat different from the love OF risk
developed In the typical railroader. II
is a natural impatience at delay, an IN
willingness to stop FOR anything that viii
interfere. even temporarily, with accom-
plishment-a weakness perfectly familiar
TO those who have done manual work.
Miners are paid by the ton. and this
prevailing human tendency TO put off
an interruption of work Is accentuated
by their eagerness TO get out a big ton
mage.
Six Of the men killed by a fail Of slate
were ''greeners," /. G. inexperienced
miners. In two Of these cases a careless
partner had not posted the roof well. In
the other four cases foreman was at
fault for allowing a "greener' TO work
in a room by himself or with another as
ignorant as himself. In one case the
slate fell in room that had not been
inspected for days. Two men were killed
by a fall of slate not in a room, but in
one of the galleries. for whose safe
conditions foreman and fire boss are al
together responsible In two cases posts
1t is hard to get at the truth in this
matter of ordering and delivering TIM
bers. Miners and foremen are human:
there is likely to be friction and failure
on both sides in such matters. One Ital-
ian who had worked for years In the
mines of this region told the investigator
that very often tie miners do not get
timbers for several days after they make
the request. An old Scotch miner of
sixty said that he asked for posts once
and was told by the pit boss Goreman),
an Irishman. "If you want more posts
you must go and cut 'em yourself The
Scotchman, unwilling thus to lessen his
earnings for the day, went on working
without the necessary pests. This man
also said that often he had seen a fore
man hurry 10 a room where an accident
had iiappened and ill it with posts, so
that when the inspector arrived there
would obviously be plenty of posts on
hand.
Coming to the next largest group Of
fatalities, the record shows that nine men
were killed as the result Of the operation
of trains, or trips as they are called.
There are three ways of hauling these
trips. and each has it's risks. The oldest
way is TO use mules. Another method Is
to fasten all the cars 10 a rope and haul
them out of the mine by means of an en-
CINE outside. This also is nov a rather
antiquated method The most modern
method of hauling is by an electric motor.
with an engineer and brakeman on each
trip.
In ali these ways OF hauling there Is
considerable danger of cars leaving the
track. Three of the nine men were killed
in wrecks or collisions Of cars. In one
case there was no trip rider. in the sec
ond defective car caught upon another
car I'm passing; in the third there was
defective brake.
Because of the danger, mining COM
panies usually make it rule that none
but the men engaged in running the trip
shall ride it. As one superintendent ex-
planned; I'VE are not pretending to run
ears for passengers; we are running them
to get coal out" The danger is inn
piled.
But miners do not escape all dangers
from trains by keeping of them. Not
The Washington herald., 1910-06-05

AS the table indicates, forty-eight out
of seventy-one, or 81 per cent OF these
deaths, were due to a fall of slate OF
rock from the roof OF the mine. On ac-
count Of the absence Of explosions, this
percentage is somewhat high, but in
1906. 50 per cent of the coal mine fatalities
in the United States were due to such
falls OF roof
The Washington herald., 1910-06-05

The dangers Of falling slate are recog-
nlzed ard provided against with some
detail In the Pennsylvania mining laws.
Provision is made for the regular and
frequent inspection of mines. for in
struction of worknen by the foreman,
and for the prompt furnishing Of ma
terials needed By wOTlmen as the exca-
walton advances. Constant watchfulness.
prompt ordering and proper use OF ma
terials for safety are required Of the
miner.
Can anything be learned from the cases
about the operation Of the law? TWEEN
ty-two Of the forty-eight deaths due 10
fail Of roof were. according to the evil
dence obtained. unavoidable. In the in
quests on these twenty-five cases both
foreman and fellow workmen testified
that inspection had been made az the
proper time. that plenty of timbers were
on hand, and that they had been properly
used In three or four cases miner was
crushed while in the act of taking down
slate TO prevent accident.
In fourteen cases such testimony as
was given pointed to the carelessness Of
the miner killed. In certain records this
testimony was convincing, but in most
of the fourteen records there was merely
the statement from a foreman sometimes
from a fellow-workman also) that he
had visited the room after the acci-
dent and thought from the looks Of
things that if the deceased had used one
more post he might have prevented the
accident"
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infrequently a minor walking is caught
by train in a place where there is not
clearance for a man between track ana
wall. He is crushed against the wall.
Two Of the nine men IN this group were
thus killed
The Washington herald., 1910-06-05

Albert s. Nolen. president Of the Bos-
ton Feeders and Assistants Union. came
10 Washington to march with the or
ganization with which he served during
the Spanish war to Arlington on DecOra-
ton Day and to visit friends and rela-
tives.
The Washington times., 1910-01-18
P. MOORE TOO FAST
FOR HARRY THOMAS
Though Game, Briton Is
Outpointed in New
York Bout.

NEW YORK, Jan. 1S-EngIand will
have 20 send over something better in
the bantam-weighc line than Harry
Thomas, in the opinion Of New York
sports today. II she hopes to pluck any
IaureIs in this land Of the punch and
home Of the swat Thomas went Up
against Pal Moore. Of Philadelphia, last
night. at The Olympic Athletic Club. in
Harlem, and though he managed TO
stay the ten rounds, the PhIadeIphian
had all the better Of the milling.
Thomas showed a toIerabIy good as
sort1eut Of wares and made good the
assertion that he is in English Cham
pIon Digger Stanley's class, but Moore
was at his best, and always managed
to gave the Britisher a little better than
he received.
After the scrap was over Thomas
face had a decidedly blurred appear
anCe, as nearly every square inch OF it
had been in collision with MOore's fast
flying fists Everybody agreed Thomas
was game
The Washington times., 1910-01-18
MAT CHANGE ROSTER
Of VIRGINIALEAGOE
Danville and Roanoke Likely
To Be Dropped From
Organization

RICHMOND. Jan 1s--In 1906. when
the virginia League was organized an
agreement for five years was entered
into by the owners Of the six clubs
whereby no change in the organization
as far as the cities are concerted, could
be made until the close of the 1910 sea
son Recent disturbances among the
naguates creates the belief that he
present year will be the last IN which
the league IS to be conducted as IL
has been since the founding
DanviIIe- according % well denhed
rumor. IS more apt TO lose out than
any other city IN the circuit Roanoke
has frequently been slated 20 be GUST
I'd and the reason here Is that the
MANAGEMENT Of this club is not, or Tath-
er has not been, in accord with the way
Things have been conducted IN the past
The effect Of the expiration Of the
agreement may mean that the league
yyiU be changed 70 include eight cities
and II is believed in this case Peters
burg and Newport News will get INTO
the circuit. II Danville is ousted and
the sIx-cIub rule Is maintained, It IS
more than likely that Petersburg VII
he the lucky town IF Roanoke snca
get out. then il IS natural to suppose
that its place viii be taken by New
port News.
The Washington times., 1910-01-18
O'CONNOR CHOSEN
AS FIGHT REFEREE
Washington Man Named to
Ofhciate in Fridays Fight
at Baltimore.

BALTIMORE, jar 1S--The obtaining
OF Fat O'Cs luo- 10 act as official ref
cree and tn matching Of Tommy Lowe,
Of Washington, and Dummy Decker, OF
this city, were two important details
arranged by lIanaE or Harry Jeffries FOR
the opening Of sbe Monumental Sport
ing Club, at AIbaugh-s Theater. Friday
night
In a trip TO Washington JeHries re-
ceived the assurance from O'COnnoE
that he would ~ on deck when the
first bout was called out, while re also
had Lowe affix his signature 10 articles
Of agreement, calling for him 10 face
Decker for eight rounds al catch
weights in the feature contest OF the
boxing set-tOS-
In getting O'COuEor to referee the To-
cal athletic promoters have landed an
excellent official The WashinEtOnian
needs no introduction 10 the local low
erS Of boxing and wrestling and IS con-
sideTed quite an authority on both
branches OF the sport In Washington
re is considered the most capable wrest-
ling judge, having acted IL that role
in practically all OF the big matches
there, while IL viii be recalled that
O'CCunOr rendered decisions in a half
dozen or more mills in the rOped arena
here last season
The Washington times., 1910-01-18
Declares Jeffries- Johnson Battle VIII Be Prohibited in
State Evea if National Guard Has to Be
Called to the Ring Side.
RICHARD SIGNS FOR SALT LAKE ARENA
Promoter Goes With Plans for Heavyweight Fight. But
Chief Executive Says Until Law Is Repealed There
Is Not Slightest Chance of Fight IN the State.

IF Messrs. Jeffries and johnson at
tempt 10 settle in Utah their differences
Of the right Of the heavyweight pugilis-
tic Championship they viii find they viii
be confronted by the militia of the State
il such an extreme is necessary to pro-
hibit the fight.
Unless the present law IS repealed
there viii be no prize fights on July 1
or any other date as long as 1 am gov
ernor.'
This is the unqualified statement Of
Hon William SpTy, chief executive Of
Utah. who is here attending the Gov
ernors' Conference ia session at the
Willard
Feeling Against Bout.
Governor Spry declares he does not
know where the fight VIII be held, but
supposes X will be fought in California.
where there is no legal restriction OF
pugilism-
The governor explains that there IS
stringent law on the subject and, al
though Their. was recently a small fight
held at Ogden, the feeling amonS Utah
ians against such q tight as the Jei-
fries-JOhnson battle is too strong 10
ever. consider holding IL there
The only people in the state. barring
regular frht followers. who want 10
see the contest held there - cotc--e
OF business men in salt Lake City who
think shat the advertising would De
,xeU worth the while Governor SPry
Is. however. Of the opinion that such
advertising as might be derived from a
prize fight IS undesirable
Governor SpTy's declaration VIII
probably put an end to all the talk that
has been INDUCED in by the promotes
and viii mean that the fight viii De
hid IN or about san Francisco
Tex Richard has insisted from tle
o,7r,a+ mat the affair could be held in
T-tsth. but ha Will now be forced TO
alter his arrangements
q speCiaI from Salt Lake City this
morning saws Richard yesterday sig 81
q rr.nrrscr with q local CCmPaT TO- ne
use Of d biCycIe-track arena for 'he
The Washington times., 1910-01-18
RACING OPPOSED.

NEW ORLEANS, Jan Is--That there
viii be stubborn opposition 20 the ef-
forts OF those trying to secure the re-
peal Of the antf-raCe track law was in
dicated yesterday, when Mayor Rehr-
man over his signature took authority
on himself to deny published statements
TO the effect that the business inter
ests Of the town were crippled as a re-
suit of the absence OF winter horse rae
ing Statements 20 the effect that
business in New Orleans is not good
are misleading said the mayor Bust
ness Is good. The town is in good
condition, and these reports are sian
deroUs-"
The Washington times., 1910-01-18
FOOTBALL TRIALS
HERE WELL RECEIVED
Players Enthusiastic Over Idea of
Trying Out Various Sugges-
tons for Changes.

College and high school football play
eTs of this city are enthusiastic over
the announcement this morning that
there viii be a course Of experiments
on the new football rules in this city
within the next two weeks.
The idea is 10 get separate squads
from each Of the schools and IryOut
formations IL order that all may be
able to form some opinion Of the num-
erous changes that have been suggested
for consideration OF the national rules
cOmuiItee which meets in New YOTh
the first week IN February