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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-10
EIGHT MEN LOSE LIVES
BY EXPLOSION IN MINE
Fire Boss Had Just Completed
an Inspection and Reported
Everything Safe. :

PUNXSUTAWNEY. Pa. November 10.
Eight miners were killed In the Adrian
shaft of the Rochester and Pittsburgh
Coal and Iron Company's mine. locatei
four miles from here. as result OF the
explosion at q O'Clock yesterday morning.
Fifty miners who entered the shaft
hours after the accident in an attempt
10 effect rescue were driven out ny
gas Some of them, becoming uncon~
scious, were carried To the surface by
comrades.
The work of rescue was abandoned
pending the arrival of the mine rescue
car from the government station OF the
bureau of mines at Pittsburgh. All the
miners are foreigners
Recovering the Bodies.
The car got I'm late last night. and six
bodies were recovered.
Fire Boss j. Haddck made an inspec-
ton Of the mine shortly after . pm.
Soon thereafter two of the missing
miners arrived for work and entered the
mine when informed by Haddick that
all was safe. Half an hour later six
Others entered. From this time on
miners. Just how many is not KNOWN
went to work.
The first intimation Of trouble came
with the finding OF number OF dinner
buckets about four miles back In tho
mine. Two men who made the discovery
and detected gas beat a hasty retreat
and spread an alarm
Went to the Rescue.
1t is believed that the owners OF mo
dinner buckets. six I'm number. dropped
them when they noticed the gas ana
rushed far into the mine In an attempt
to rescue the first two men VINO went 10
work. These men, IL was known. were
employed a mile and half from the in-
nermost working of the mine, which ID
five miles from the entrance.
The cause Of the explosion las not been
ascertained.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-10
FUNERAL OF MRS. MARSHALL.
Native of Baltimore, She Remembered
Seeing Lafayette.

Funeral services for Mrs. Ruth Ann
Marshall. widow Of Capt. Philip s. Mar
shall. who died yesterday morning at the
home of her son, 1919 Columbia road
northwest, will be held at 10 o'clock to-
morrow morning at the home. Burial
will be in Rock Creek cemetery. Four
grandsons and two great grandsons will
act as pallbearers.
Mrs. Marshall was born in Bal
timore August q. 1915. She was the
daughter of Thomas Rush and Barbara
Wagner August 6. 1869. Mrs. Marshall
celebrated her ninety-third birthday and
many relatives and friends gathered at
her home. At that time she told of hav-
ing seen Lafayette pass through Balti-
more.
Mrs Marshall died after brief illness.
Her son, Thomas r. Marshall. survives
her.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-10
SCH0oLMEN's CLUB TO MEET.
Dinner at the Highlands at z O'Clock
This Evening.

meeting of the Federal Schoolmen' 8
Club is to be held at the Highlands at
O'Clock this evening. The members will
assemble for dinner at o'clock. DR..
Paul Monroe professor of the history OF
education at the teachers college, Column
bia University. will deliver an address.
The club meetings of the year will be
held the following dates: November 10.
December s, January ). February =.
March and April s.
DIR. Claxton, United States commissioners
of education: DR.. Davidson. superintend-
emit of schools of the District of Column
bia. and Dr. Wickliff Rose, administra-
tive secretary of the Southern Education
Board, are scheduled to address the club
during the winter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-10

The flight will depend on the weather.
The army has been remarkably free from
accidents since taking up aeroplaning as
a part Of it's regular work. and it is not
intended to have any of the officers make
the flight under adverse conditions merely
for the sake of doing a difficult stunt"
The department has not yet decided on
a southern flying field for the aviators.
Capt. Charles de Forest Chandler Is now
inspecting several locations in South Caro-
lima and that state probably will be Sc
lected as the Aying field, but no definite
determination has yet been made.
The longest flight that has yet been
made at College Park with the new Ber-
liner rotary motor was made by Paul
Peck in a Rex Smith machine last week.
when he was in the air forty-iive minutes
Another endurance flight will be made
this afternoon, IL the weather conditions
are favorable, and an attempt will be
made to stay up two hours. which is as
long as the machine is now equipped for
fuel carrying
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-10
KILLS IN SELF-DEFENSE.
Jury Believes Story of Woman Who
Shot Her Husband.

CALLAO, Mo-, November 10. : Moses
Fulton. farmer, was shot and killed yes
terday morning by his wife. who says
that she acted in self-defense.
The two quarreled Wednesday Mrs
Fulton said she tried to leave the house
that night. but that her husband caught
her and brought her back. She said Full
ton threatened to kill her. and placed
butcher knife and pistol under his
pillow.
That was about IL o'clock Neither
slept According to Mrs. Fulton. at
O'Clock yesterday morning Fulton arose
and left the room. Returning. he said:
You know what told you l was going
to do last night?"
Mrs Fulton says she thought he was
going to kill her. She pulled the revolver
from under the pillow and tired
Mrs Fulton testified before a coronerS
jury, which gave a verdict that her act
was justifiable.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-10

bill providing for the establishment in
the District of a school for feeble
minded children-a measure that the
board was unable to secure favorable
action on at the last SESSIONS recon-
mended in the report.
During the past year. the report states.
the board handled IA total of 1929 cases.
One hundred and sixteen wards became
of age and were discharged. Six were
married The board asks a total budget
Of $86,92O for conducting the work dur
ing the next fiscal year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-10
Planning for Police Drill.

Preparations are being made by Maj.
Sylvester for the annual inspection and
drill of the members OF the force about
the end OF November. This afternoon the
CAPTAINS and lieutenants were at head
quarters to receive instructions from Col
Burton R Ross. one OF the members os
the inspection committee
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-10
Cullember Gets Verdict for $1,000.

A verdict for $1,000 damages was re-
turned yesterday by a jury in Circuit
Court No 2, before Justice Gould In IA
vor of John r. Cullember. a former Dis
trict STRENGTHENING wagon driver, against
the washington Railway and Electric
Company Cullembers sweeper was struck
by a car Of the company. and the driver
injured Attorney w. Gwynn Gardiner
appeared for the plaintiff
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-10

a new departure, and ii is thought il will
be very useful III communication between
the posts on the various islands when
mail facilities are inadequate and the
telegraph IS unsatisfactory.
One Of the last flights contemplated by
the army aviators at College Park be-
fore the close of the flying season will
be trip from the Park to Fort Myer,
Va. November "A. If the weather is
good. This date will see the first drill of
the season IN the riding hall and. as
usual, this will be a benefit drill given
for the Army Relief Society. This is
usually quite society event at the fort,
and the feature of having an aeroplane
visit the post is something new.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-10
WANTS MORE AUTHORITY.
Board of Children's Guardians Makes
Report on Feeble Minded.

More authority in the handling of
feeble-minded cases in the District is
desired by the board of children's
guardians. In its annual report the
board recommends that 1t be allowed
to adopt any method of examination by
experts to determine feeble-mindedness
that is deemed advisable. Heretofore
the examinations have been conducted
entirely by the president of the Column
bia Institution for the Deaf and Dumb.
That Congress be urged to pass the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-10
Will Hear Grand Master Griffin.

Grand Master w. r. Griffin of Rich
mond Va, and Vice Grand Master Floyd
Ross of st. Louis, Mo-, of the True Re-
formers will deliver addresses at a meet
ing of the local branch of the organiza-
ton tonight in the hall at 18th and U
streets northwest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-10

waited in fear and trembling. And Fo-
garty, alone and unaided, except for his
pet ."Thrteen," saved the day for his
country The story is indeed a rich one
and will appear in our next Sunday
Magazine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-10
ARMY FLYING MACHINE
GOING TO PHILIPPINES
Expected to Prove Useful in
Communication Among the
Many Islands.

The War Department has decided TO
send an aeroplane 10 the Philippines in
the near future. The chances are that
the machine selected will be either
Wright or a Burgess-W Wright 4 new ma
chine probably will be bought for the
purpose. 50 as not 10 break up the es-
adjustment in this country. There al
ready j. shortage OF officers available
for detail to the Signal Corps and il is
not thought that one OF the officers from
College Park Will be sent To the islands
The most likely man for the work is
Lieut.. Frank +. Lahm. who is now on
his way to the Philippines He was one
Of the first three officers trained 20 fly
the original Wright machine. which is
now In the National Museum.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-10
Both Men Suspected.

There was evidence against both men,
the authorities thought, but Childers
case was taken up first and he was quick
ly in icted. Next to C....oers cell Is
that occupied by Kennedy. The grand
jury has not considered his case.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-10
Ca3es in the Courts.

Jury in the circuit court at noon to-
cay announced its Inability to reach a YER
dict in the case of +. l.. Sinclair against
Fairfax Co. of this city. and was dis
missed by Judge Thornton.
The suit involved about St60. the pur-
chase price OF eighty barrels OF liquor
which Fairfax a. Co. refused. alleging
lions. This case was begun I'm the circuit
court Wednesday. Ii was given to the
jury late yesterday afternoon
The case will be heard at the January
term of the court.
The plaintiff was represented by At
toineys j. A. {. Keith of Warrenton and
Marshall Mccormick OF Berryvile. At
torney S. q. Brent represented the de-
fendant
In the same court the jury gave a COM
promise verdict for $50 In the case of
George G.. Pettitt against the Columbia
Granite and DIRE dying Company.
decree for divorce on the ground Of
desertion was given in the case of Charles
r. Phillips against Sophia Phillips.
In the corporation court, in the case OF
Cora +. Heintz Smith against @. Mason
Smith, the order of things was reversed
by the granting of limited divorce to G.
Mason Smith. the defendant in the suit
Alexandria Canton Organized.
Alexandria Canton. No I, Patr archs
Militant. was organized last night at
meeting held at Odd Fellows Hall. Six
applications for membership were re-
ceived. An adjournment was taken until
Thursday night. when plans for perfect
ing the organization will be made.
Failing to keep to his right when driv-
ing on King street yesterday afternoon
cost Robert Parker, colored, 81 in the
police court today. The wagon driven by
Parker knocked down a lad named Pres
ton III. Cookery. The boy was riding a
bicycle. but escaped injury.
1 Before a large delegation of members OF
( the order, including several from Wash
ington. the Past Masters Association OF
this city last night conferred the master
Mason degree on a candidate for Alex
andria- Washington Lodge, No. g, Masons.
| Alexandria Notes.
A concert will be given tonight by the
choir of St. Pauls p. E. Church. In ad-
dition to local talent. there will also be
talent from Washington.
Many persons last night attended the
supper given at the Young Peoples Build
ing under the auspices of the local branch
of the Anti-Tuberculosis Society. A large
sum was realized.
The ordinance for the extension or the
city limits will come before city council
at it's meeting Tuesday night, and II Is
expected that it will be passed.
Postmaster j. Armistead Eggborn, VINO
has been confined to his home by illness.
is rapidly improving.
| The Washington Memorial Lodge OF
Perfection will hold meeting at LOU
O'Clock tonight.
The commissioners Of election last night
canvassed the vote cast Tuesday. The
announcement as published In The Star
| was found to be correct.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-10
Has Studied New Control.

Since then the structure of the ma
chine has been changed materially, but
Lieut.. I.ahm has spent considerable time
AZ the Wright factory in Dayton and
las familiarized himself with the control
of the new headless machine so he is
qualified 10 fly H.
Having a machine il the islands VII le
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-10

The law providing for compulsory edu-
cation. which was approved at the cleo
ton at Lynchburg Va. Tuesday by a
heavy majority. viii not go into effect un-
Til next september.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-10
Death From Strychnine Poisoning.

The husband is Mortimer S. Childers.
whose bride of six months died of strych
nine poisoning. The other prisoner is
Robert Kennedy. who admired Childers
wife before her marriage.
Childers has been on trial for the last
three days. His case went to the jury
last night. Mrs. Childers took the poison
in medicine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-10

Three prize entries in our ten-thousand-
dollar short story competition In our next
Sunday Magazine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-10
TWO MEN AWAIT VERDICT
IN GEORGIA MURDER CASE
Husband Tried for Poisoning Wife
His Acquittal Will Involve
His Friend.

LEESBURG. Ga. November 10.-While
one man sits dejectedly in CELL waiting
for jury to pronounce him guilty or
acquit him of the charge Of killing
his bride, another prisoner awaits hope
fully this same jury's action. Both men
have been accused of killing the same
woman If the husband, whose case is
now in the hands OF jury. is acquitted.
then the second man. his erstwhile friend,
doubtless will have to face trial
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-10
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
Arranging for the Observance
of Thanksgiving Day.
DONATIONS FOR HOSPITAL
Jury Disagrees in Suit Against
Fairfax & Co.-New Cam
ton Organized.
Special correspondence Of The Star.


ALEXANDRIA. Va. November 10 1911
ARRANGEMENTS have been completed for
union Thanksgiving services November
80 i'm which the congregations Of the
Following churches will participate: See
ond Presbyterian. First Baptist. Trinity
Methodist. Methodist Episcopal South
and the Methodist Protestant
These services will he held ~ II o'clock
in the Methodist Episcopal Church south.
when sermon will he preached by Rev.
DR. John Lee Allison. pastor OF the Sec
ond Presbyterian Church.
Services will also be held that day at
the three Episcopal churches and 81
Mary's Catholic Church will have it's
usual services.
Arrangements have been completed for
a turkey dinner which will be given to
the little ones at the ChiIdren's Home.
This will be in charge OF the Women's
Christian Temperance Union. Special
dinners will be furnished the inmates at
the city almshouse and Jail that day
THANKSGIVING will also he a donation
day at the Alexandria Hospital. and the
ladies in charge of that institution will
be on hand to receive gifts for the hos
pital
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-10

$1.O0 Hay Cart: o
inch plush horse on
rollers: entire length
p inches: height. Z
inches: wagon with
tin wheels; painted
brilliant red
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-10-18
high FLYERS
IN The Tolls
Son OF Pittsburg Millionaire and Girl
Companion Held Under Heavy
Bail.
fBy Associated Press.)

New Orleans, Oct. 13.-Francis Mob
Ter, who claims to be member of a
millionaire Pittsburg family, a gradu-
ate of Princeton University and a Sec
ond year student of West Point, now
on furlough, and his intimate COM
panion of three months, Miss Alice A.
Black, an eighteen year old daughter
of a Colorado Springs couple, were
held on ten thousand dollars bond
each today on charges of forgery.
Mohler and Miss Black alias Miss
Pullman" we're brought here today
from Bridgeport, Connecticut, where
they were arrested by Pinkerton de-
tectives. They admitted to the police
that they are wanted in half a dozen
cities. When arraigned they pleaded
not guilty to charges of forging and
circulating forged checks here on
which they are alleged to have col
lected about two hundred dollars.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-10-18
WANTS AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL.

Jackson, Miss, Oct. 1S.-The citi-
zens of the progressive little village
of Decatur. Mis-, will send a commit
tee before the School Board at its
next meeting with a view of getting
that body to erect an agricultural high
school at that place. The board has
practically decided upon erecting such
a school in that section of the county,
and it is up to the various communi-
ties to get out and hustle. The city
that gets the school will be the one
that will put up the most money and
offer the best site.
The town of Decatur will soon have
new courthouse which will be a
credit to the state, and the main line
of the railroad will be extended so as
to reach to the town. With these i'm
provements the citizens look forward
to the time when the school will be
established, and this will mean larg
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-10-18

Phe extraordinary results which |
American investigators have attained
in the mixing of vegetable species so
as to produce original and more useful |
varieties have been more discussed by |
the European members Of the Inter |
national Genetic Congress than any |
other new material brought before |
that body Of savants at the conference |
lust ended in Paris This association |
deals with the principles that underlie
the propagation and development of
life both plant and animal, leading up.
in the end to the intricate research
into the concious modification of the
human species.
Prince Roland Bonaparte, whose alb
sorption in science has entirely with
drawn him from politics. did much to
make the present Congress a success,
He and Phillip Vilmorin, the secre-
tary, are in favor, on account Of the
interesting work of Americans. OF
holding the next meeting projected
for 1915 in San Francisco, that is dur
ing the Exposition year. Walter T
Swinale of the Department of Agri-
culture, one Of the delegates of the
United States Government. persuaded
many of the European members to
favor the long journey to San Fran
cisco. The next meeting place has
been left to the decision of commit
tee which will take San Francisco into
consideration.
Harvard was represented by Prof
e. r. Southland, Director of the Psy-
chopatic Hospital, Boston. Professor
, Iaughlin was here. representing the
Carnegie Laboratory of Experimental
! Evolution at Cold Spring Harbor, n.
Y. G. N. Collins and DR.. Stockberger
the Department of Agriculture, Frank
N. Surface the Kentucky Expert
ment Station, and c. f. Saunders the
Canadian Government.
The American delegates were told
often that the United States was the
only government that gives adequate
support to investigations of this kind.
European inquirers and experimentors
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-10-18
SOCIETY WON'T
TOLERATE CAIARRH
GET RID OF IT!

~There is one sure way TO Danish
catarrh and along with 1t the disust-
ing symptoms such as hawking, snuf'
Sing and splitting.
Breathe HYOMEI, that's all you've
got 10 do. Breathe 1t a few minutes a
few times a day. Breathe 1t deep into
the lungs and see how quickly the
sore, germ ridden membrane VIII
clear up and inflammation vanish.
HYOMEI is pure antiseptic air II
does not contain morphine, cocaine or
other habit forming drugs. 1t is made
from Australian eucalyptus and other
antiseptics. and it is rigidly guaran'
teed for catarrh, asthma, Group
bronchitis, coughs and colds. com
pIete outfit (inhaler and bottle) $l'oo
separate bottles, if afterward needed
~ cents at The Owl Drug Store ano
,iuggists everywhere.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-10-18
truth about the explosion.

Judge Peter s. Groscup of the Uni
ted States Circuit court who resigned
few days ago Is credited with the
desire to succeed United States Sena-
tor Shelby Cullom of Illinois, In the
next Congress. He Is regarded as
Progressive. Republican in politics
and favors the repeal of the Sherman
antitrust act, which, he says, II log
ically enforced, would forbid two
grocers on opposite corners Of the
street forming a co-partrership to
save expenses, and which. partially
enforced, put the industries Of the
land at the mercy not of the law but
of the officers of the law.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-10-18
new BUSINESS HOUSE
FOR HAT1IESBuRG
Smith Piano Co., of Mobile, Ala, Open
Branch Store Here---Fine Line of
Pianos and Player-Pianos

At 1874 East Pine street, Smith
Piano Co, whose main office is in
Mobile, Ala, have opened a branch
store, under the management Of Mr..
Fl. l.. Pruitt. Here will be found a
beautiful line of pianos and player
pianos, fresh from the factories, and
all callers will receive the most
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-10-18

courteous attention, whether they pur-
chase OF not.
This company will sell at lowest
prices and will arrange payments 70
suit the convenience Of customers.
Anyone thinking of purchasing a
musical instrument should call upon
Smith Piano Co, see their stsek ana
get their prices before buying. left
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-10-18

Most of the Republican national
committeeman as well as a majority
of the Democratic national committee
feel that at the meetings in Washing
ton in December to select time and
place for the national conventions a
decision should be reached to hold
both conventions In Chicago or ST.
Louis as the most central city. Still
other cities are to be put to the fore.
Since most of the States have passed
laws forbidding the use of free passes
since the last national conventions,
1t is predicted that the attendance at
the meetings next year will be con-
siderable smaller.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-10-18
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The town of Tripoli is the terminal
point of African caravans bringing to
the west the products of vast hint
erland where ostrich feathers, ivory,
some gold dust and other African pro
ducts are taken. Perhaps the most
interesting feature Of the town can
be seen in the remains of what was
once triumphant arch erected in hon
or Of Marcus Aurelius in 1874 A. D.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-10-18

United States Judge Easch, of Mon
tana, who has just resigned, says he
did it to enter private practice, his
salary as judge being too small and
the labor too heavy. To friends he
adds that other reasons for his action
are that Federal Judge in Montana
must be a business and social hermit,
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-10-18

Senator Hoke Smith of Georgia says
he will work for national divorce
law. He also says he wants to go on
record as faworing less education in
dead languages and more education
in plain foods.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-10-18

their own expenses. Monsieur Phillip
Vilmorin, in France of the hereditary
family of scotsman, and his brother
Maurice, President of the French Bo-
tanical Society, devote much of their
income to scientific investigation.
are for the most part working out Of
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-10-18
POLITICS AND POLITICIANS.


Henry M. Whitney, one of the most
influential Democrats in New England,
and once his partys nominee for Gov
ernor of Massachusetts has bolted the
regular organization and announced
that he will stand with the Republi-