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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-11-10
cANToTs SOCIALIST MAYORS
ELECTION rs CONTESTED o

'ANTpN. o. Nov. -Harrt srhr-
ung. Sociaiisf. who. accordInr 90 un-
offriai returns has been elected rrayo-
~ canton hv three votes will have fo
hEht 20 prove his election The o.
hciai count Will b. mad. SATURDAY ana
u thc result shows schlung a winner
hr anything like = narrow margin.
bis Democratic rival Arthur Turnbuii
VIII contest the election
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-11-10
BLACKHAND AFTER
SEN. FAULKNER
Money Demanded on Threat 20 De-
stroy Msrtinsburq Residence
of Prominent Mar

- ,ial lIslei-. t1 fl. Intel .-er.rr
MAETINSBUEs. So "a %o,
Secret service mon urs Investigating
HIlrEhand i-ffsr sent fo ax- senator
'fas. J. tauikI.r. demanding 81. .Dsp
on penalty of having hIs home H.tds-
ti..r BOD South Mlrtinsburg wrecked
hr dfnamitinE - he refused Senator
Faulkner took H ueror letter % th.
d'riFnat"d spot while detective
waited i1 fh- background trf tho
sender - ths h'arkhaud note failed 200
appear. Senator Faulkners nmuu
have left town
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-11-10
BIG MERGER
New York Central Lines NAV Be
United Under One Manage
ment

CHICAGO. Nov. 9.-Rumors OF a
merger OF all the New YORK Central
lines under one general finfncici and
Operating management attended the
visit 20 Chicago today OF william &.
Brown. president OF he lines and
William X. Vanderbilt Jr. Harold
Vanderbilt. ". " Newman MARI N
Hughitt. ". q. issdyard. &. p. Daily
and q. J.. Schah
None of the visitors would discuss
the report. though they said g.; ldd
been heard before by them.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-11-10
SLAIN FOR MONEY
Woman Victim o. italians N New
York. -Four Suspects Taken
b. Posse for Crime

WHITE PLAINS. - v. Nov ~
posse ~ sheriffs. farmers and labor
rrs or tho NcW YORK Aqudu.' round -
90 up late to-day four Italians in
connection with the murder this morn.
INK - Mrs. Henry Hall. the young
vie 20 superintendent % thu aque-
duct near Yorktown. Mrs. FAl va.
attacked and robbed % $50 h5 several
men. who invaded her home. while her
husband was at work. She was stab
bed twice. once near the heart
Anna Erlfun. a nurse va. si.o q,
tackled. She spread ths alarm.
The four suspects were rfared fu
iait here. - there we're fears % moi
violence
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-11-10
ANDERSON RESIGNS
CHAIRMAN or TYLER COUNTY
REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE
QUITS
ArVs n. Undsr~ood. % Aims. O..
Chosen a. His Successor 81
Mlddiebourns Nssttna



NIDDfFuotRNE " Va 40, o
At meaflnE ~ the Republican
County Executive committee ~ -r,fer
rounty held here here. TO-DAY. the
snairman. y ~ anderson who IL ai-o
deputy state taN commissioncr. ten
drred hts resignation in compliance
with the wish Of fhc governor that all
state officials rcsirn from committees
Nrva ~ Tnderwood a prominent
ruunE Republican leader ~ Alma
was chosen to nm The tasnur, and the
anpointmcnf viii re very Hrseptshie %
mo Republicans ~ tho county
Mr.. Anderson vas a~ffte pourfar
nd an Influential Republican and his
sertices a. thf party leader nre refur
fnuflY duaurueed with rUa hIrf,
sfaudina 30 citizen. combined with
HnhinchinE infeEritt. has made hi-, a
force IN politics. however. the partY
viii stiii have hts hearty support ex-
rcriencs and infuence 90 DEPEND upon
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-11-10
GIRLS TO De TRIED
FoR STOKES ASSAULT

NEF- YORK. &rt. o. The stots.s
assault raFr which claimed wide
rpread attention during rrrfirrlrar-
hearings last summer. probably will h.
tried tnis month. Tho afforrevs rs-
Lillian Graham and Ethel Conrad
charged wlfh attacking vs. D ID
Stokes. the wealthy hotel man. fn their
apartment. agreed with the district a..
torn~y to-day to have the case real
hF November "a
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-11-10
MAYOR OF LONDON
rs INAUcURATED
Elaborate Exercises Mark Ooto-
aensrou's Taking Up Office

LONDON. Nov. 9-slF Thoma. Boor
crosby. VI u. was to-d dav inausurAfed
lord mayor of London with the time
honDrcd street show. which IL a never
failing attraction both FOR the Lon
dorer and hts cousin from the district
outside The chief feature was a
pageant and tableauN Representative
- the navds and military history of
Great Rritian in the period from queen
Elizabeth 90 Waterloo.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-11-10

BOSTON. NoN. p ft was stated to
dat o. friends - the Rev. Ciarencs
81. T Rl.hfaur. Who A. accused %
rlurrg fis death ~ Mlss Avis lin
1eil. that John g. Lee. ~ Lynchburg.
va. hae been retained ~ senior ooun-
sci fGr tho defense
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-11-10
Promoter Indicted.

Los ANGELES. nov. e.-Dr John
Grant Lyman. the promoter. now In
prison IN san Francisco. vas indicted
by the Federal grand jury here 90
day on The charge - having used the
mails 90 defraud. Bal vas fixed ar
$4,000
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-11-10
DIES OF
ILL TREATMENT
aRCNoEACOS sPURR
CONDEMNS PGs
SCHOOLS OF CRIME

sqeciai Dispafoh % Intshis.noer.
-..N.-s -.. ..}4..-. sl4.. .No. .. --
"teult-ntIaries are schoois tor
crime where young prisoners
bosst of their deeds and are
encouraged by the hardened
criminals declared Arch.
deacon Spur. % West vir-
sirls. IN an address on prison
work. before the third mis-
sionary council % the Episoo-
pal church. a. a meeting a.
Mccoy hall this morning He
further declared that the men
10 prisons are JUST like hun
dreds out of them. the only
difference being that they are
caught
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-11-10

FRANKTIN Tenn. Nov After
his sequiftal - the charge ~ riufrr
PINK" Beard Joe Beard uns TODAY
shot and fatally wounded in t1e court
house b. HenrJ Bearl. prosecutor and
urufrer ~ fre man. whose death
caused fre trial D. Uedfor1. a
constable. vho was uith the di.-harr
"a man. vas ais1 shot
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-11-10
TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED srRlkE.
soilernsssrs Out Wors N American
Locomotive Plants

nUNKfRK. ~ y. nov. 81 A
Franki1 % Kansas city. Mo- presL
dent ~ ne International B0iiermak-
ers. union. today officially declared a
strike AGAINST au The plants % me
Amerlrau Locomotive company About
ZOO men at Dunkirk. Schnectady.
Richmond. Pittsburg and Moutreal
vii b. arccfed.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-11-10

FARGO. N D- nov. "A blizzard
struck Fargo tonight putting fsir.
phone wires ont % commission
throughout the northern part % the
state srou is drifring and tn- fher
mometsr is rear zero. Trains are
late.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-11-10
shsrIr stahh.d.

WiLMfNgTON. y. G.. SOy. As
he Fas committing negro 4uspsefed
~ murder. sher.n smith. OF scotland
county was stabbed in the back by
te0 other negroes All thrse negroes
made their escape
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-11-10

BALTIMORE. Wf Nov a-Iohr A
torp in. whose name vas brought mo
the LorImer Senatorial irvesifEsffou
~ 'hicsEo today by former state
heprfsenfa'ire LsniE denied fhe
statements attributed 10 him by Isntr
on ne witness stand % dsy.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-11-10
THINK WIFE KILLED TWO HUSBANDS
Sensational Charges Involve Mrs
John Quinn in New Chicago
Mystery.

CHICAGO. Nov Witnesses at
the inquest held to-day over the body
or John Quinn. Who was found shot
70 death in his home here. November
:. gave testimony which threatened
to involve tho slain mans wife The
woman r. held by the police.
Elmer Thorpe. stepson b. the
Womans second marriage. told of
three marriages he knew she had con
tracted. though her testimony ac.
knowledged only two. Hs said that
he suspected Mrs. Quinh. then Mrs
Thorpe Of having killed his father
Who Was shot while Arranging 20 deed
his farm 20 Elmer
Mrs Quinn and daughter we're
held IN custody after Thorpe's death.
but we're released
Mrs Quinn's maiden name was
Jane Taylor and she came from Ior
don. ontario Her first husband u-s
John Mcdonald. vho died In 1901
from supposedly natural cluses
Thirty-hve days after HE death she
married Thorpe. Vho vas snot .nI
KILLED seventeen months aff ruara
She married John quinn i1 Kaiama.
roo. Men. In 1905
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-11-10

KALAMAZOO. aiirh.. ~ot lfra
John W Quinn Who is under arrest
IN ChicaEo. formerly conducted q
hoarding house here. Before coming
here In 1904. she resided in jackson
county. having married Warren
Thorpe. who was later found dead af
Jackson. with a bullet hole through
his head
Information obtained hero fs fo the
effect that the woman found dead in
bed ir the home % fhe Thnrpes e..
Jackson. vas Mr.. Quinns mother.
Mrs James Taylor % is said that
Mrs Ia ior's death u7a never fuUr
explained Eefrrr her marriage ta
Tavi1r Mrs. quinn is said 90 have
been married fp John Mruorad who
is also said tn have been found dsad I-
bed in 1901. under sasr tons cirruri-
stances
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-11-10
8 MINERS
PERISH IN
EXPLOSION
Adrian Shaft. Near Punxsutawney,
Pa Wrecked by Fire and
Explosion.
RESCUEHS NEARLY PERISH
WHO RUSH INTO NINE
Many Carried Unconsrious To Sur.
face Out Of Reach OF Foul
Gases i'm Mine.

S'NSO SWNtf, "a Nov. to-Sln
bodies of miners were recovered sro,
the burning Adrian ssu ef the Roehe.-
ter q Pittsburgh Coal a Iron company
shortly after O'Clock thls nornIno.
ey rescue crews from the eevern-
ments bureau ef mines STATEN a
Pittsburgh.
The rescue crew with eight n,inss.
equipped with oxygen heIrnsts started
Into the gas laden mine about mia
night The discovery of the bodice
vas teiephoned 70 the mine mouth.
oVt az an early hour thls morning,
tne victims had not been brought eut
ano the two other bodies had not been
foUnc.
III PtNNSUTAWNEY Pa. Nov. s.
hIsht miners are believed to have
been killed In the Adrian shaft of the
hochest,r Pittsburgh Coal and iron
CompanS mine. located four miles
rom here. as result of an cxp,,-
sion al O'Clock this morning. Ffty
miners. Who entered the shaft sey-rai
ho-rs after the accident In an attempt
TO enect a rescue. were driven our by
eAs some OF them. becoming uncon-
s'ious. were carried 10 the surface by
comrad.s
70" WORK OF rescue was abandoned
until tonight. when the mine rescue
. car of tho United States bureau OF
mines is expected to reach here from
o. Pittshurg
Ai the missing miners are for
cigucrs
Nine Declared Safe.
Fire hoss j. Haadick made an In.
sP"ci4oh or Ia" mine shortly after &
I" IA. Soon thereafter two of IN.
miSsing miners arrived for work and
entered tn mine when Informed by
hadd'ck tiat all Was safe. Half an
hour siH others entered. From this
ume miners, miners. Just how many
Tine miners. just hoW many is not
known. vent 10 work
The hrst intims ton OF the trouble
came with the finding OF a number OF
dinner buckets about four miles back
" the mine. Two men who made the
dt4'oVery detected gas. beat "A hasty
retreat and spread the alarm.
~ is believed that tho owners OF the
dlnher buckets. six IA number. dropped
. them when tley noticed Ras and
rushed lar into the mine ia an at.
tempt 10 rescue the first two men who
went To- work These men. 10 was
~. NH ~ n WAAAt ana a
half back from the innermost working
fot the mine. which ~ i've miles from
. tn entrance
RescUers Driven 7sek.
large rescue party made every
attempt 10 enter the mine. but were
driven back by tho gas AZ nrst IL
was believed that all the men who
lad entered the mine bad escaped.
Late this afternoon. however. IL vas
found thaf eight we're missing and a
call Vac sent 10 the government mine
rescue station ~ rittsburg
Tho cause Of the explosion has not
been aECrrtalnod
Within O. short time after word vas
received her" 81 the mine accident
near PuuNsutawney. Pa. rescus
crew ~ the local station Of the United
States bureau al mines and a govern
meui rescue car we're ready 10 10 TO
tho scene. Tho officials % the Buf.
falO. Richcster a f1ttsburg railroad
heid a regular train in order 10 carry
with it The rescue crew. car and
equipment
The train was due ia Pun1sutawney
a. a 30 tonight
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-11-10
THr WEATHrn
WAsHINooToN.

Nov e-Torecaaf
Wsst va Psur-
sylvnnia aEd One
natn Or slow Fr.
fay and aasurfar
coitsr saturdsy.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-11-10
SEE GOES TO PEN

Head 81 Absolute LIE Cult Get From
Ore % Eve Years Inprisonmsat
'lil' A'". N"f. ht~lfu Arihur
500. found pl tho "ahsoIufs fIT.-.
COLT convicted ~ cDrtri,,lt ng Zoo ~
d' Ingusurt uf Mildred Bridges. 81
t~uii" fI-'ip.s pf fhs tgf-. Was t.-dnf
a' a'nfsr'.d fn from nn. Goo f.- ..sfs
boo prison auI vas taken irip custody
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-11-10
UNCLEN NEB \
the WEATHER.

TrF wa Al ulrrn
frla uarrar
nurslrrr downstairs
nf obi. rlcn Ia
Hnu nunHHn r-
flsharf a 20 e.
COS n sd meet al
when uatesffm
10 in tre m ffis q
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-29
Gulf Coast Country
Of Texas and Louisian;

See others doing what might be doing you We1
unusual about these their cropSt the regular thing
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-29
Strawberries, $3.50 per Acre

NJ. L. Mebenc was paid $4,000 cash, f. o. b.
cars at his home station Chocolate Bayou, Tex
for his strawberry crop from ga acres-over $3.50
per acre. B. c. Bates got 1926 from one acre and
Bernard Peterson got 5000 from an acre (at Choco-
late Bayou Shipments Of strawberries to north
markets begin at Christmas and there are berries
for the fancy city trade all through the winter.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-29

YOU hold the reins to riches in the Gulf Coast
Country of Texas and Louisiana Every natural
help to success is in your grasp The weather is your
land is your unlimited capital; both soil and season back
to anuaryts clear path to prosperity there foranyms
Strawberries in January, cabbage in February, onions
month is money maker. That's why you can get ahe
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-02-04
TREASURER, SHORT,
BROWNS HIMSELF
Body of Officer of Westinghouse Com
pany Found i'm Sca-Em-
bezzIed $4,000.

New York. Feb. 4.-The body OF
Edward st. John. assistant treasurer
of the Westinghouse Electric and Man
ufacturing company of New York.
Pittsburg, and other cities. was found
in the surf off Coney island yesterday.
II was fully dressed and there is no
other theory advanced than that the
man committed suicide by drowning
himself some time during the last "a
hours because of a shortage in his ac-
counts believed to be due to specula-
ton in Wall street with the company's
funds The amount is estimated TO be
not greater than $4,000.
The shortage was not discovered
until after the report of the suicide
today" said Vice President Charles A.
Terry Of the Westinghouse company
last night. st. John had been the en-
ploy of the company more than 10
years, and for the latter half OF that
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-02-04

things Of the Wards had to be saved,
and most of them were. In the morn
ing we found ourselves marooned on a
volcano in the middle of very rough
lake. The launch was there, but we
did not dare trust il in such sea.
for fear the pitching would keep the
gasoline from feeding. So we worked
all the forenoon. and finally got the
houseboat afoat again. The wind was
falling. and we reached the mainland
late in the, afternoon. Then We had
TO ride to Tanauan: and il got dark on
the way, and the road" was the worst
you ever heard OF. with trees blown
across it. almost bottomless mudholes,
and lots of people in il. afoot, and on
carabao and horses, all invisible a foot
away.
At last We reached Los Banos. just
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-02-04
CHORDS AND DTSCORDS

lily or the late deceased the greatest
victim Of high prices s the poor
traveller. He j. legitimate meat for
everyone Newspapers which sell
for a penny on the street leap to
FIVE cents when they cross the sacred
confines Of a depot platform. Sand
WiChGS are five cents on one side Of
the stree and sandwiches off the
same pig are 70 cents on the ether
side IN the station. When oranges
are 20 cents = dozen down town they
are . cents apiece or the train and
maybe 10 cents if you look meek
enough. 1t costs - cents to rent
patch of floor in a baggage room long
enough 70 store ii trunk for a day
a-d d half. 4 department store VIII
sell YOU an iron bed for $7.35 and
will haul it -hree miles to your house
free of charge. But after you have
paid $50 for a railroad ticket and
arrive home it costs you 80 cents to
get suit case hauled q mile. You
can set a room in hotel costing
$z00nu for 81 night with the
privilege of getting up and turning
on the heat if there is any. The
best you can do on a SD, 200 sleep
ing car is $50 a night and you
have TO sleep in layers at that.
The Burlington railroad used to
maintain a lunch room and restau-
rent at Barstow, near Rock Island.
for the benefit of travellers going
north or coming south on the
through trains. Going north at
night sandwiches cost 10 cents and
pie was 10 cents a slab. Coming
back in the morning the same ar
tiCles were , cents apiece Nobody
knows why this was but the infer
ence was that tourists returning
from the northern resorts had been
pretty we'll cleaned out anyway, and
that traffic wouldn't bear any more
than the cent rate Once a Rock
Island man who had 10 come TO Pc
oria ordered a sandwich and some
pie in the morning, paid for il and
had il laid away for him That night
re appeared on the evening train and
demanded his property. They had 10
give II TO him, but there was some
talk of arresting him for forgery or
sonnet hing
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-02-04
N TIE WRONG PEW.

Manager r II. Taylor tells of a
man of means who has been putting
il over on him at the Illinois the
atre. During the performance by
the Aborn English grand opera COM
pany last sunday night the manager
made the discovery-and incident
ally made an enemy. he says.
Il noted when others of the bet
ter class OF attractions PLAYED the
Illinois this gentleman would pur-
chase a sea. N the gallery and
lad always been of the impression
that he viewed the performance
from that part of the theatre.
happened 10 follow into the body
of the house after him last Sunday
and / was surprised when ! saw him
take a seat in the parqUet. l asked
him If he had not made a mistake
and he protested that he had not,
whereUpon / requested 10 be shown his
sea- check He produced il
Why that calls for a chair in the
gallery. l said
suppose it does?' he inquired
DO you expect me 10 walk up
there?'
It's customary for patrons OF
this house 10 be served what they
pay for as Is done in all well regu-
lated theatres.
q" Well. / do not propose TO climb
into your gallery he answered
Il told him as politely as I knew
how that l had no alternative to CT
fer him except the return of his
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-02-04
HARD LUCK,

Hard luck" exclaimed Watson.
You fellows don't know what hard
luck is I claim that I hold the "a
hour record for hard luck When !
was boy l lived in the Pennsylvania
oil country and my grandfather own
eli a big farm down there. They
had never found oil within five or
six miles of grandfather's place. but
they were gradually edging along in
his direction and We all expected that
sooner or later somebody would IN
cover a gusher there. That would
mean a fortune for grandfather. and
as 7 was his only heir ! naturally
took considerable interest in the
matter. Well, one day a rich oil
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-02-04
WITT RRINGe TIE cnLoe.

She had run . block 20 catch q
car on the Long View line.
That's fine exercise for you,
cheerily remarked the conductor as
he assisted her on the car. That
what brings the blush OF youth TO
your cneeEs."
She weighs about 200 and was
putting so that she could barely
speak.
Il can see. young man, that yon
are not very we'll posted said the
woman after she had recovered her
breath. 1T takes more than bloCE
sprint to bring the roses TO the
cheeks of a woman who has passed
40. There is only one thing that
will produce them, and its procur-
able at the drug stores. Without
IT our cheeks would look like the
calf of a leather boot"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-02-04

Leopold Van Watermelon came
home run Of juice Tuesday night and
proceeded TO plug the dishes on the
supper table Ills wife had him ar
rested and he was arraigned before
Judge Cartwright Yesterday morn
ing Leopold swOre that his wife
was an agjtator. and Mrs. Watermel-
Ion testified that Leopold was the
ultimate consumer of large uuanti-
ties Of beer. The judge suspended
4 fine of S4S0 during good behay-
iOr-East Moline Herald
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-02-04

island. probably two miles, are still
capped with a couple of inches Of it.
Ward has little bamboo house at
his landing on the island. aud We got
into il al night, wondering if il would
stand. That kind of house in Leyte
and Cebu' was blown into kindling
wood that day, but the typhoon did not
come our way. About midnight it got
around west of us. and the wind
changed TO the southeast. Then the
house boat got loose. and smashed in
TO our house. which got scared and
stood on its hind legs Next the house
boat was fastened again. and partly
unloaded. After that l slept. but the
rest Of the party had more excitement.
At o'clock the houseboat filed
with water, and slipped its moorings
and beached. All the housekeeping
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-02-04

landed alright and struck OF up the
hill 10 see the sight II is d climb of
only about 600 feet to the rim of the
outer crater. The gale was right from
our side, and cleared the vapors away
so that We had fine view of the whole
crater, some three miles across. and
so that the fumes we're not too an
moving Then We went down in, and
the wind and clouds made the visit
comfortable.
On still, sunny days, the heat in the
the crater is quite intolerable There
We're several active places about the
crater. In one, there were two vents,
like dragons nOstrils. in the side of
the wall around a bright green boiling
lake. The stream from them blew out.
horizontally. perhaps 80 yards, with
the sort of roar | should expect from
such a dragon. and then rose in a
great, clear, white cloud, straight up,
until it was caught by the wind blow
ing across, over the whole crater. In
another. larger boiling lake, was
place where the water yawned occa-
siOnally 10 let a great pile of mud and
rocks be heavod up. In another place
was deep hole. about 40 feet across.
apparently bottomless, coughing out
some pale reddish fumes II you tap
the rocks anywhere on the crater floor.
the ring IS hollow, probably because
they arc porous.
After an hour or so, We climbed out
Of he crater, expecting to get back to
Los Banos that night. But when we
got back 10 the landing the wind was
still stronger, and the lake so rough
that Mr.. Ward did not like to put off
81 We stayed, and the wind went on
rising.
CHANGES IT'S "BREATH."
In the afternoon We went mp again
10 the rim of the crater, and found
that the hole that had been sending
out some colored fumes in the morn
had changed its breath, and was pour
in" ON enormous masses Of steam,
blowing its cloud mp a thousand feet
OF more. in spite Of the storm. and
filing the whole crater with fog
Sometime very recently there was an
eruption of fire mud, with the wind
from the vest and all the stones in Il
rather narrow line 10 the edge Of the