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Smyrna times., 1911-02-22
Coal Gas Killed Engaged Couple.

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Carbon monoxide (coal gas) poison
ing killed Grace Elosser and Charles
E. Twigg, who were found dead in
the parlor of the Elosser home, in
Cumberland, Md, on Dec. 81, the day
before they were to be married, ac-
cording to the reports of two chemists
who tested the blood of the two vic
tins.
Heretofore the authorities have
maintained that the couple met their
death by cyanide of potassium, the
coroner's jury rendering a verdict to
that effect
The reports of Dr. Charles Glaser,
of Baltimore, and DR.. R. L. Lynch,
chief chemist of the health depart
ment of the District of Columbia, the
chemists employed by States Attorney
Robb, were made public
The reports are against the theory
of cyanide poisoning and agree that
death in each instance came from
carbon monoxide poisoning.
Carbon monoXide is a gas supposed
to have been given off by a stove in
the Elosser parlor. DR.. Glaser's report
is at great length, while DR.. Lynch s
came by telegram and says samples
show the presence of carbon mOnox-
ide, and that death was undoubtedly
due to carbon monoxide poisoning.
Smyrna times., 1911-02-22
SLAYS BEARS IN FLOCKS
With Two Dogs and Four Cartridges
Man Gets Four In Ten Minutes.

With Two Dogs and Four Cartridges
Man Gets Four In Ten Minutes.
To kill four bears with two dogs
and a gun, with only four rounds of
ammunition, is a record made by few
hunters.
This feat, however, was accomplish
ed in ten minutes by John McFall,
who lives on Turkey creek, about
eight miles from Webster Springs.
w. Va.
McFall penetrated the woods to
look for some strayed stock and took
his rifle and two dogs. Presently the
dogs discovered an old bear with three
yearling cubs in a hollow log and
routed them out The mother bear, a
monster of her kind, came out first,
fiercely attacking the dogs. McFall
fired, but it took two charges, both of
which we're effective, before he could
bring her down. Two cubs following
were dispatched with shot each.
McFa1l was now without ammuni-
ton, and there was still another. The
dogs attacked this one, which was al
most full grown and most formidable
and hot fight was on when McFal
seized a club and dispatched the
beast
Smyrna times., 1911-02-22
A DRUG FlEND NATION
Wiley Says People Are Wasting Bill
lions In Disregard of Health.

Wiley Says People Are Wasting Bill
lions In Disregard of Health.
After DR.. H. w. Wiley, the noted
chemist of the department of agri-
culture, had declared in New York
that we are a nation of drug fiends"
and are wasting billions of dollars ow-
ing to careless regard for health, DIR.
Eugene H. Porter, commissioner of
health of New York state; Professor
A. G. Abbott, of the department CT hy-
giene at the University of Pennsylva-
MIA; George L. Flanders, president of
the Association of State and National
Food and Dairy Departments, and 9TH
er eminent men at the luncheon of
the Republican club made insistent de-
mands for national health board.
1--WE don't seem to care anything
about our health" said DR.. Wiley. I'VE
are the drug habit nation. We don't
feel satisfied unless we take some
thing for everything We are a coun-
try of drug fiends, drug slaves. The
present indiscriminate sale of drugs
threatens the public health fully as
seriously as does impure food"
Smyrna times., 1911-02-22
ship, AFIRE, STEAMS
TO SHALLOW WATER
Passengers Leap Overheard
and All Are Saved.

With almost the entire population
of Mazatlin, l.. California, lined up
along the harbor front watching the
spectacular sight, the Pacific steam
ship Benito Juarez steamed into the
bay, a veritable mass of flames and
smoke.
One hundred and twelve passengers
on board jumped into the shallow wa
ter of the bay and were saved, but
lost their baggage and other effects.
No one was injured. The ship is a
total loss.
The flames were discovered on the
steamer by the pilot; who boarded her
outside the breakwater. He found the
coal bunkers on fire.
The vessels cargo consisted mainly
of etquila, which contains a heavy
percentage of alcohol, and a heavy
shipment of matches.
The matches were ignited from the
heat of the burning coal, the flames
quickly spreading to the tequila, and
in few moments the vessel was a
roaring mass of flames.
The crew fought with the hose
while Captain Miranda got all the pas
sengers on deck to windward. The
flames became so hot that sailors
| ceased playing the streams of water
and turned them on the passengers
whose clothing had begun to catch fire
| from the intense heat.
All possible speed was being made
toward the harbor and safety. Wher
the ship came into the harbor score.
of tugs and launches, manned by mer
chants, officials and society men, wen
to the rescue.
The passengers became panic-strick
en- and jumped from the decks of tn,
steamer into the bay. They wer
picked up by boats.
Smyrna times., 1911-02-22
Tortured for Is Years

by a cure-defying stomach trouble
that baffied doctors, and resisted all
remedies he tried, John W. Modders,
of Moddersville, Mich, seemed
doomed. He had to sell his farm and
give up work. His neighbos said,
she can't live much longer. =
Whatever | ate distressed me. !"
he wrote, "till / tried Electric Bit
ters, which worked such wonders for
me that can now eat things / could
not take for years. It's surely a
grand remedy for stomach trouble. -
Just as good for the liver and kid.
neys. Every bottle guaranteed.
Only Sec at Benton. N. WeldoR's,
Smyrna, Del.
Smyrna times., 1911-02-22
RECIPROCITY OR
EXTRA SESSION
Taft Issues an UItimatun to
Congress.
hLSO WARNS DEMOCRATS
Declares Attempt to Revise Tariff as
Rider to Reciprocity Treaty Will Be
Promptly Vetoed.

Through Representative Mccall, of
Massachusetts, President Taft notifies
congress and the country of his inten-
ton to call a special session of con-
gress in the event of the failure by
the senate to vote on the Canadian
reciprocity agreement.
The presidents determination in
this matter is clearly disclosed in
formal statement given out by the
Massachusetts representative as he
was leaving the White House after a
conference with Mr. Taft. Opponents
of the reciprocity plan in the senate
have been hoping that the special ses-
sion talk would prove groundless, but
the statement knocks the last prop
from under them on this score.
Representative Mccall, obviously
speaking by authority of the president,
not only makes it clear that congress
will be called back if the senate fails
to vote on the agreement, but also
serves notice that members who
block action on reciprocity at this ses-
sion will be held responsible for any
business depression or disturbance
that may result from attempted tariff
revision by the Democrats in a spe-
cial session.
The Mccall statement goes further.
Through it President Taft emphasizes
his warning to the Republican party
that unless they are prepared now to
yield something in the interest of a
reasonable policy of protection an Op-
position will spring up that will wipe
from the statute books ''the last trace
of a protective tariff"
The Mccall statement conveys a
plain intimation to the Democrats that
President Taft will veto any tariff re-
vision that is not in keeping with his
own theory of protective principles.
This obviously is intended as a warn
ing to the Democrats that any at
tempt by them to tack the reciprocity
treaty to a radical tariff revision
measure in a special session would be
blocked by executive action when the
measure reaches the White House.
Representative McCalPs statement
makes it apparent that Mr.. Taft is not
talking special session by way of a
threat. The presidents attitude is pre-
cisely as outlined in these dispatches
more than week ago. He feels obli-
gated under the formal agreement
with Canada to call a special session
in the event of the failure of congress
to act before March 4 next.
The agreement between the two
countries pledges each to use it's "ut
most efforts" to bring about the pas
sage of the legislation. The president
feels that his power to call an extra
ordinary session of congress is includ
ed in this utmost efforts" pledge and
that he. is in honor bound to fill 1t.
Smyrna times., 1911-02-22
President Greets Babies.

Sunday was a fairly good sort of
spring day in Washington, and Presi-
dent Taft started out for a short walk.
In Farragut square he ran into what
looked like a convention of nurse
girls and babies. The president stop
ped to shake each child by the hand
and to remark to the nurse in charge
what very fine baby she had under
her care. Some of the children were
too young to recognize the president,
but many of them knew who the big
man was.
Smyrna times., 1911-02-22
PLAN COAST TO
COAST RAILWAY
Formation Of Gigantic Merger
Said to be Under Way.
ALL HINGES ON MORGAN

Standard Oil Crowd Central Pathway
Now, Save Erie, the Eastern Outlet.
Alliance Is Probable.
Financial America, a Wall street
newspaper in New York declares
that railroad men believe the passing
of the control of the Missouri Pacific
is the forerunner of a new transcOnti.
mental line extending from New York
to San Francisco, with branches GOV.
ering the middle and southwest, from
the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico
The proposed line, it is believed, is
to find it's eastern outlet over the Erie
railroad.
Through the acquisition of the Mis-
souri, Pacific, Kuhn, Loeb & Co., John
d. Rockefeller, Blair & Co. and the
Deutsche bank party are placed in a
position to exercise control over the
Denver & Rio Grande and the West
ern Pacific, and probably also over
the Wabash and the Texas & Pacific.
In other words, control over the Mis-.
souri, Pacific carries with in directly
or indirectly potential control of four
other Gould lines, and all that is re-
quired to make complete oceanic
ocean route would be the Erie rail
road.
1t is not suggested that any contest
is likely to be entered upon for con-
troll of the Erie in connection with the
formation of a new transcontinental
route, for it is well known that no
conflict is probable, or even possible,
over that property. Kuhn, Loeb &
Co. and their associates, however, may
be regarded as having a foothold in
the property through the Hartman
estates holdings of Erie securities
That the Morgan interests are we'll en-
trenched in the control of the Erie is
undoubted, and no change in the
status of the property is likely with
out their consent.
There is, indeed, considerable doubt
as to wether the Morgan party under
any circumstances would be willing
to relinquish the Erie, and it is
thought more probable that, instead
of an absolute merger, some sort oi
firm alliance may be made between
the Erie and the western connections
embraced in the old Gould system.
Such an alliance obviously would ac
crue to the advantage of the Erie IL
| getting it a larger portion of through
western traffic. The Morgan people OF
various occasions in the past have
shown themselves quick to take ad
vantage of any proposition which
would benefit the position of the Erie
t-This was notably true some years agC
when, through J. P. Morgan, the Eri'
acquired the Pennsylvania Coal com
pany, thus making that road an i'm
portant factor in the anthracite trade
and building up for it a great cours
of latent assets.
In mapping out such line it woul,
be found perhaps that the section o
the Wabash from Chicago to Detroi
would be superfluous. The Canadian
Pacific, however, has been anxious
secure an eastern outlet of its owl
from Chicago and is known to hav
had it's eye on this portion of the Wa
bash, which would carry it from Ch
cago to Detroit, there connecting wit
its own line in Canada at Windsor
Ont, just across the river from D,
troit. 1t is believed to be not at a
improbable that when the final adjus
ment is made the Canadian Pacifi
may turn up in control of that link {
the Wabash.
Smyrna times., 1911-02-22
SEVEN BURNED TO DEATH

Escaping Gas Burns and Wrecks a
House.
But one member of family of eight
lives to tell the story of five attend
ed by a gas explosion, in which the
home of ]. D. Harden, a prominent oil
and lumberman in Sutton, w. Va, was
partly destroyed.
His wife and their five children and
an adopted daughter were burned to
death. A fire in the lower part of the
house and roomful of gas in the up
per part is believed to be the cause
of the disaster.
Smyrna times., 1911-02-22
Break Into Jail TO Rob.

Two masked burglars broke into
the town Jail at Warrior Run, near
Wilkes-Barre, Pa, and after smashing
open the door of the cell containing
Stanley Jandus, the only prisoner, they
robbed him of $29 after threatening
his life with revolver.
They fed, and Jandus, finding him
self free, went out and aroused the
police and the burgess. The burglars
have not yet been captured.
Smyrna times., 1911-02-22
FederaIs Defeated; 90 killed.

Information was received in Ell Pa
so, Tex, that the federals have beer
fighting east of Juarez with insured
tos, and that General Navarro, com
manding the federals, has retreated
some distance toward Juarez, with
ninety killed and as many wounded
If any such information has been re
ceived in Juarez the officials refuse tC
confirm 1t.
Smyrna times., 1911-02-22
HOW TO CURE RHEUMATISM
1t Is An Internal Disease And Re

1t Is An Internal Disease And Re-
quires An Internal Remedy.
The cause of rheumatism and kindred
diseases is an excess of uric acid in the
blood. To cure this terrible disease this
acid must be expelled and the system so
regulated that no more acid will be
formed in excessive quantities. Rheuma-
tism is an internal disease and requires
an internal remedy. RUBBING with
Oils and Liniments WILL NOT CURE,
affords only temporary relief at best,
causes you to delay the proper treat
ment, and allows the malady to get
firmer hold on you. Liniments may ease
the pain, but they will no more cure
rheumatism than paint will change the
fiber of rotten wood.
Science has at last discovered a per-
feet and complete cure, which Is called
Rheumacide. Tested in hundreds of cases,
it has effected the most marvellous cures;
we believe it will cure you. Rheumacide
gets at the joints from the inside, sweeps
the peisons out of the system, tones up
the stomach, regulates the liver and
kidneys and makes you well all over.
Rheumacide strikes the root of the dis
ease and removes its cause. This splen-
did remedy is sold by druggists and
dealers generally at soc. and 81 bottle.
In Tablet form at 25c. and SOC. a package.
| Write to Bobbitt Chemical Co., Balti-
more, Md. Booklet free. Tablets sent
| by mail.
For sale IN Smyrna by
B. N. WELDON, Druggist.
Smyrna times., 1911-02-22
DEPOSITS FOR EVERY CHILD
Wealthy Kentuckian Starts 1925 Bank
Accounts For School Pupils.

Bank accounts for every school
child in the city of Middleboro, KY,
have been started by j. H. Bartlett, OF
Middieboro, who deposited a small
sum to the credit of each of the chill.
dren enrolled in the schools of Mid.
dleboro in the recently established
postal savings bank. Not one of the
1925 children, white or black, was for
gotten.
Smyrna times., 1911-02-22

Carnegie Offers More Hero Funds.
Andrew Carnegie has offered here
funds of $1,000,000 each to Denmark
Norway, Sweden and Holland. Den
mark has accepted the offer.
Smyrna times., 1911-02-22
GRIP MAKES MUTE SPEAK
Voice, Lost 80 Years Ago, Returns
Quite as Strangely.

so'SS' -osA % icaiS T9O, nctuIHs
Quite as Strangely.
Miss Lizzie Grant, sixty-seven years
of age, of Ephrata,- Pa, lost her voice
thirty-three yeasr ago and could not
speak above a whisper.
Last week she was attacked with
the grip, and upon her recovery was
surprised at regaining the full use OF
her voice. 1t was the first time since
1878 that she heard her voice.
What caused the loss of her voice
was mystery, and it's recovery is
just as inexplicable.
Smyrna times., 1911-02-22
s1.eoo.ooo Sale of Coal Land.

1t is reported that Uniontown, Pa,
and Washington county coal men have
sold tract of 1000 acres of coal land
to the Crucible Steel Company of
America. The consideration was ST..
100000.
Smyrna times., 1911-02-22

Find Woman's Body Floating In Rivei
The body of Mrs. Augusta Lang,
seventy-seven years old, was found
floating in the harbor in Baltimore. II
is believed she threw herself into the
water with suicidal intent.
The Washington herald., 1911-04-21
TRUST SHUTS DOWN
BIG STEEL PLANT
Tariff Bill Causes Combine
to Discharge 600.

Birmingham, Ala, April 0.-An the
construction work on the 100000 plant
of the American Steel and Wire Company
~ Corey, a part of Birmingham, has been
suspended on account Of the tariff bill.
it is said, which placed barbed wire and
other articles the company manufactures
on the free list. Six hundred men were
laid of at once and others are to follow.
In some quarters 1t is taken that the
United States Steel Corporation, of which
the American Steel and Wire Company is
subsidiary organization. is attempting
to demonstrate an error in the ways of
Representative Underwood. of Birming-
ham. When informed that pressure would
probably be brought to bear upon him
from his home district to change his posi-
ton on certain features of the tariff
measure, Representative Underwood gave
out the following statement in Washing
ton to-day:
The free list bill is the result Of the
action of the Democratic caucus, and
that action was practically unanimous. I
propose to stand by the bill. / have no
power to change or modify its provisions,
II / were so inclined, and my position
has been pretty well understood since the
measure was first drawn up"
Every effort Is being brought to bear
on Representative Underwood from his
home district. and the shutting down Of
several plants is threatened.
The Washington herald., 1911-04-21
A HOPEFUL MESSAGE TO SCALP
SUFFERERS AND MEN WHOSE
HAIR Is THINNING,

Dandrur now---bald later. The same
Is true of scalp diseases. In fact, bald
ness Is n scalp disease. The trouble
with the greasy salves and lotions. the
so-called dandruff and scalp cures YOU
have tried so far, Is that they don't do
anything but temporarily relieve the
itching and cake the dandruff so il
doesn't fall until it's dried out again.
Nothing can cure-really cure such
troubles but a real scalp medicine that
will kill the germs causing dandruff
and scalp disease.
Learning from leading fellow drug
gists throughout America that they had
found whirlwind cure for dandrufY.
eczema, and all diseases OF the skin and
scalp, the ODonnell Drug Stores, on
proving to the laboratories compound
ing the treatment that they are the
most prominent drug stores In this city.
secured the agency for the remedy
This remedy is ZEMo. the clean. liquid
ease. and ZEMO SOAP to wash the
scalp or skin clear and clean of the
dandrun or scale and by its antiseptic
qualities soothe and heal.
Sold and guaranteed by druggists
everywhere, and in Warrington by
O'Donnelrs Drug Stores.
The Washington herald., 1911-04-21
DEMOCRATS FAVOR
PRIMARY ELECTION
West Virginia Special Ses'
sion Is Commended.

Charleston, W. Va. April 20.-That the
Democrats of West Virginia are moi
opposing an extraordinary session OF the
legislature and a direct primary law fol
the nomination Of candidates for public
office is evident from the number OF
letters written to Gov. William E. Glass
cock by prominent leaders of that party
declaring unequivocally for the enact
ment of such a law.
Hon. John T. McGraw, Of Grafton
leader of the Democratic party in West
Virginia for almost score Of years
and the present Democratic national COM
mitteeman from this State, has taken q
decided stand on the public question. and
emphatically Endorsed the action OF the
governor in calling the legislature in
special session for the consideration OF
the question Of direct primaries.
The legislature is called for special ses-
sion on May 16 to consider the matter Of
primary election law. including the
nomination Of United States Senators.
The Washington herald., 1911-04-21
HOUSE TO HAVE 433 MEMBERS
No State to Lose Representatives
Under This Plan.

The House Committee on the Census
yesterday authorized a favorable report
! on the bill fixing the membership of the
next House IN the Sixty-third Congress
at 433, an increase Of forty-two over the
present membership. Under this plan no
State loses a member, which would have
been the case had a total lower than 433
been agreed upon.
The bill reported is Identical with the
Crumpacker measure, which passed the
House last session. but which failed to
come to a vote in the Senate. The Demo
cratic committee. however, struck from
the bill that section approved last year
which gives to the Department of Com
merce and Labor the right TO make the
reapportionment ten years hence.
Under the bill reported yesterday Ala
bama, Colorado, Florida. Georgia, Idaho,
Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Monta-
ma, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Rhode
Island, South Dakota. Utah, and West
Virginia gain one each: California, 3: IL
inois. >: Massachusetts, 9; New Jersey
2; New York, s; Oklahoma, 3; Pennsyla-
vania, A. Texas, ?, and Washington, ..
The Washington herald., 1911-04-21
DEFENDS THE RECALL.
New Senator Speaks In Behalf OF
Arizona.

Arizona.
A new insurgent Senator made his
initial speech in the Senate yesterday.
Beginning with an explanation to the
Senate for assuming to speak so early in
his service, Senator Works, the new
member, discussed at some length and
with approval the new constitution of
Arizona, and defended the initiative. ref
erendum, and recall. As the recall has
been tried in California cities, Mr.. Works
speech had added interest. He declared
the Republican party would go down to
defeat and destruction unless ii adopted
these measures. He gave a like warning
to the Democrats, and said IL neither old
party met the situation, third party
would form.
He declared President Taft had no
right to refuse to approve the. constitu-
ton on the ground of disfavoring the
recall
The provisions for the recall OF judges
and other officers is not in violation of
the Constitution or any law of the
United States" said Senator Works. 1T
is not in violation of any provision, re-
quirement, or limitation Of the enabling
act. 1t is a question that affects Arizona
alone, and one that her people have
right to settle for themselves. II the
people of the Territory have complied
with the terms upon which they were
allowed to form a constitution. the Ter
rtory is entitled. as a matter of law and
Justice to have the constitution approved.
and no representative Of the government
has any right to refuse to approve il.
He has no right to impose any other
test"