The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-29
FLAMING BRANDY
Gut OFF PROGRAM.
Artistic Chef s Plans for
Taft Banquet Go
Awry.

HlltepuIS, fa., OCTOBER ga siren
uous and varied entertainment, alled
with unique features. has been ar
ranged for the visit OF President Tar,
to this city on the last day of the
month. The main events are the frst
annual meeting or the National Mine
safety Demonstration and First-Afd-
to-the-Injured competition OF tho
United States Bureau OF Mines; the
centennial OF the beginning of steam
navigation on the Western rivers. and
at night the banquet of the Pitts.
burg Chamber of Commerce.
The President will reach here ~ 5.ao
A. M. on October 81 from Chica 40
Pittsburg was to have been the Last
stop of the President on his presen,
trip before returning TO Washington
but tho trip was extended to Include
participation IN the installation OF
ouicers OF the University of West v,r-
ginia, the dedication of the Lincoln
Farm Memorial at Hogenvlllo. ~
brief rest at Hot Springs, Va, a
Nls,t TO several places in Tennessee
November Z.
After breakfast in his private car
the President will go to Forbes Field
where VIII be held the competition OF
the nrst-aid-to-thc-i injured teams from
all parts Of the country under tho au.
spices of the United States Bureau
OF Mines. Tho mino safety demon.
Etrations will be held at tho conclu.
sion Of the competition.
In the test Of. explosives a huge
gallery, or miniature coal mine viii
be used.
VIII Witness Explosion.
Tho permissable explosive eous, "a
one-half pound or 40 per cent. nitro
slycer!ne dynamite. will he first placed
In the gallery. Within will be 1873
poundE OF fne coal dust distributes
uniformly Throughout, with twenty
pounds on wooden bench at tho
mouth OF the gallery. With the fir
Ing OF the permissible explosive no
explosion OF coal dust Is anticipated.
Tho Same experiment, however. viii be
repeated for the President. and this
tine black blasting powder will he
used as tho explosive. An explosion
or coal dust is expected to follow the
hrins OF the black powder. Imme-
diately after the coal duet explosion
foremen miners. equipped with various
types OF artificial breathing appar-
stus VIII enter the gallery and recover
supposed victims OF the death deal
Ing gases. AS the rescuers bring OUT
tho victims, the frst-aid miners viii
he on hand to resuscitate those over
come, demonstrating the use OF arttn
cial respiration and oxygen respirativ..
apparatus.
a number OF doves will h. carried
INTO the gallery Immediately after the
explosion. Biologists have discovered
that carbon monoxide. or white damp"
which follows the ignition OF gas In
coal dust affects birds much more
QUICKLY than men. When the birds
snow diatress II Is warning to res
cuers to seek eafety and take meat
ures TO dissipate the gas
In the teetb here untivivisectionfsts
VIII have no complaint to make be-
cause the birds will be reuuscitated by
the use Of oxygen. and Will suffer no
i'll effects afrar~ard. At the concur
zion OF the mine experiments and the
competitions President Taft will pre-
sent medals to the victors
Following this n parade Of 1897
miners. each representing one of the
1927 men killed in coal mines OF the
unitec States In the last twenty years
VIII silently pass before the presi-
Dental reviewing stand. Thirty thou
sand miners arc expected TO attend
the meeting.
After luncheon President Taft will
go to the Water Street wharf on tho
MononGahela River and assist the
Western Pennsylvania Historical So.
ciety in concentrating the beginning
of steam navigation on The Weatern
Rivers. The New Orleans. tho frst
stea to navigate tho Ohio and
Mississippi Rivers IN 1911 was built
b. Nicholas J. Roosevelt. y replica