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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-07-31

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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-06
IN MEM ORIAM

DREvER-In the passing from MS ~
the shirt Of MRS. ,sLIZABETH
LiNnSAY brewer. who was born
In Beth. Avshire. Scotland. eighty.
eight years ago. this community, ana
especiallv those who knew her have
Iost the presence OF one whose life
was ever an inspiration DeYorf
from her youth. faithful and true to
every trust, beloved by all with
Whom she came In contact. she has
now entered upon that lie above for
which she was so we'll prepared.
Time and space Will not permit
that 1 here record all that could
Wish. but I can bear testimony to
the fact that on more than one
occasion she stood ready to sacrifice
her own life for others. Devotion
to friend and principle always mark
ed her life I'M every respect, and to-
day cannot but recalJ those lines
Servant of God. well done: vel,
hast thou fought sthe better 1ght"
( ONE WHO KNEW HER.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-06
DISASTER CAUSED
BY INTENSE HEAT
Powder Plant Explodes and
Lives of Four Employees
Are Lost.

Hollidaysburg. Pa, July 5.-Intcnse
neat. 1t is believed. produced an explo-
sion al the Standard Powder Works.
at Horrell Station on the Petersburgh
branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad.
to-day, resulting in the death of four
employees and the complete destruction
of the works The storage house.
containing tons OF dynamite. nitro
glyccrinc and powder. was the only
building saved. Following is list
CT the dead:
Jesse Hesel, Hollidnysburg, ngcd
forty.
Ira Dobson, aged twcnty-onc. Holt
dnysburE, bridegroom of one month.
David Mcintyre, HorreIl, uged TWEEN
ty-t,yo.
William Necley, EorreiI, died Mt the
Altoona HOSPITAL
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-06
PADDLE IN WATER,
FOUR AREOROWNED
Waitress Falls Into Pond and
Drags Others After
Her.

Scranton. Pa. July 5.-rourwaitrcsses
a the Hotel Meadowside Mout Pocono.
were drowned to-day Il an ice pond
near the hotel Two otter waitresaes
were rescued unconsciois. Tho dead
are:
Annie Craig. ngcd eighteen. Oily.
phnnt.
Mamie Craig. aged twenty-five, sns-
ter of the former.
Catherine Vi. Loushlin. nged twenty
two, plttstOn.
Mrs. Lizzie SculIen, widow, aged
twenty-four. Throop.
The six sat on the inner edge OF
the pond, where the water is twentv-
Ave feet in depth and. -emoviny shoes
and stockings began T. paddle in tho
water, which was within easy reach
OF their feet Annie Craig slIppcd
into tho pond. Her sis'e r grabbed her
ana was dragged IN. The girls struK
Shng III the water lthched at tho
girls on the dam. nd tho latter.
or some Of them, olutche1 nj ,he
drowning girls 10 Il cue them. with
me result that all six in a very
,eW moments were a ting trantIcal!y
TO escape drownlnsI Their cries
brought help from H. hotel. and two
OF the girls were RESI- ed. The hodies
were recov red
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-06
HULK OF VESSEL. BuRNpD.
Old 1roauois, United stntcs Vessel in
the Civil, War.

Port Townsend. Wash. July 5.-The
OAK hulk OF the corvette 1roquois,
when was n United states man OF
war; TOOK part in the battle of Mobile
BAY and the Siege of Nicksburg was
set on fire last night by Junk men
whore she lay on the shore of Dis
covery Bay and furnished a Fourt n
OF July illumination all night. The
burning was in order to release the
copper from the wood
The Iroquois was built in New York
in 1885, and went out of commission
eighteen years ago She sank the
Confederate gunboat McRae at the bat =
Tie or Mobile Bay and lost a larger
proPortionate number of men than any
other ship of Farraguts fleet.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-06
New York Heat Stricken.

New York. july 5.-.AlthouCh the
ferecaster's prediction of not quite so
warm was literally fulillld to-day.
" as against % Yesterday and o. OH
monday sweltering humanity in heat
stricken New York quite generally
found little satisfaction in lower Their
mometer readings. The exha>~inr ef b.
iects OF the heat wave were manifested
n record tally OF heat Hrostrations-
the hot spell-and a swollen death H.,
The days list of deaths from heu.
~ the METROPOLITAN district was thirty,
elsht up TO midnight. In Manhattan
hnd bfonN Boroughs 1928 cases of heal
pros;rst!on were on the police records,
while Tor the territory tributary IL
New York City the figure was doubled
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-06
MARIA PA DIIE8 IN TURIN
Queen Duvngcr OF / lrtugsl Long lind
Jleen m

Queen Duwnger OF lortugal Long Had
I,cen III.
Turin Italy Jul. 5.-Marla pia.
queen powager OF Portugal died at
me royal chateau a stup!nigi. at ail5
o'clock this afternoon She had SUI
fered from urernla.
The Queen Dowasor Maria pia had
suffered Tor long time from kidney
disease Queen Helena and Dowacer
queen Margher'a we're at the bedside
.or some hours, and Queen Mother
Amelte and the Duke OF oporto ar
rived half All hou, before death oc
CURED Queen .AH.ei!e almost fainted
on entering the room. while the Duke
OF Oporto's eyes Were filled with tears.
The dying Queen Dowagcr, who had
OFTEN asked for them. turned her eyes
toward them, but vas unable to speak.
she seemed to look for another--evl-
Gently Manuel. whose arrival had been
announced.
King Victor Emmanuel and Premier
G 81 VIII attend the funeral word
OF me Queen powaser's death was
se!asraphed to tho Pope. VINO was re-
ported to be deeply affected.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-06
WANT GOD IN DAILY LIFE.
Too Grent Stress Laid on Fu,ur
Existence. Snys Minister.

''"iN WI
Existence. Snys Minister
Cambridge Mass. July 5-"The
church proclaims liberty. equality, fra :
ternity. It is lc." declared the Rev.
F. B. Boyer. of New Bedford. in an
address yesterday before the New
England Conference for Church Work.
In progress at the Episcopal Theo-
logical Seminary.
The world is tired Of the church
OF Christ making excuses TO mammon,"
he continued. The formulas of a
Christian commonwealth are still read
In our churches. but they are very
little practiced The church lays great
stress on life after death. but the
workingman struggling for bread be-
lieves that God ought to prove
His Justice here, They want a Goo
who is working here to-day, not God
OF yesterday Tho people are begin
ming to doubt the goodness of God:
they are beginning to doubt the very
existence of God"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-06
WASHING MONEY
MEANS ECONOMY
Method Whereby Dirty Cur
rency Can Be Cheaply Re
stored to Circulation.

Washington. D. c.. July Sin two
months from now Uncle Sam Will be
in the laundry business. Orders inau-
guratinG the new industry were given
short time ago by Secretary Mac
Neagh, and a huge machine TO handle
the business is being constructed a.
the Bureau Of Engraving and Printing,
under the personal supervision OF Di-
rector Ralph, who has become known
as the official Chnaman OF the admin
istration.
Cleansing Piper Money.
The new departure Of the government
Will be that OF washing dirty paper
money ard returning it to the business
world IS clean as 81 II camo from a
shirt factory. Secretary Macveagh
more than year ago conceived the
idea that paper money could be washed
and the government saved much in tho
expense OF reissue. Under the existing
system old and dirty paper money is
returned to the Treasury Department.
where II is macerated ana new money
issued in It's place.
Much of the money is, of comrrc,
actually worn out from constant
thumbing. but large percentage of II
is merely dirty. with the nbre still
good. Mr.. MacVeaEh believed tina. II
the dirty money could be washed there
would be great saving to the gov
ernment
He requested Director Ralph to be-
gin experiments. Mr. Ralph started
In TO see what he could do He has
completed machine which operated
few days ago for the benefit OF the
Secretary and Treasurer McCiung.
each pronouncinc 1t marvellous
Overcome Difficulties.
In his first experiments Mr.. Ralph
did not find much difficulty in wash
Ing the dirty bills. but the dinlculty-
was In drying them and stiffcninc
them. After they Ind gone through
the washing process they were run
through the sizing machine and then
through the drying machine. making a
process OF three machines. Continu-
Ing his experiments, Mr. Ralph devised
method whereby the washing. driving
and starching goes on almost stimuli
tnneously. and from this model is be-
ing built machine that is expected
to be in regular operation in the
Treasury Department in sixty days
Representatives OF the laundry ma
chine trust have pronounced il per
feet.
Capacity OF tho Mnchinc.
The new machine Will turn out 100
clean notes each minute and APPROX
mately 5000 an hour From the time
that note is fed in until I, comes
out looking brandnew two and half
minutes elapse, but the transformation
in appearance is wonderful
Secretary MacVeagh proposes to In
stall one machine in each sub-treas
ury. which will insure clean money IN
all sections of the country One OF
the great complaints OF the business
world far away from Washington is
that the paper money becomes so nm
clean for use. and that fresh. new
money is seldom seen The new pro-
cess is expected to remove the cause
for these complaints.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-06
FLOOD Loss 100000, 900.
FINDINGS washed Away and Crops
ItMincd In HnlsnrIn.

Philippopolis. Bulgaria. July 5.-The
damage done by the recent floods is
enormous. The monetary loss is osti-
mated at s20,0OO,000. Many buildings
were washed away by the rain swollen
streams. and crops and market gar
dens were ruined In wide areas. Now
n water famine threatens the city, a $
the mains have been uncovered and so
torn apart that month will be occu-
pied repairing them.
The inharitants OF many villages in
the south of Bulgaria have sought
refuge in the mountains
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-06
New Enyinnder. wi,tea.

~ Boston, July 5.--Another day If ex-
cessive heat wilted New Englanders TO-
day. The number of deaths and rros-
trauons to-day exceeded those az tho
two previous hot days. Fifty-s4vcn
deaths were reported IN New England.
and the prostrations ran into the hun .
dreds. Half dozen drownngs also
were reported
There were eighteen deaths due di-
rectlY TO the heat within the limits
of Boston during the day. and siXty-
Sly cases of prostrations. In New Eng :
mad cities and towns outside OF Boston
tHrtN-nine deaths We're reported, max.
Ing total. including Boston. of Atty
seven UP to midnight
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-06
DEPENL AUDS TAFT
At PARIS BANQUET

Paris. July 5.-The Fourth OF July
banquet OF the American Chamber Of
Commerce, at the Hotel Palais d'Orsay
was the most brilliant in its history
Five hundred Americans attended.
The guests included the American am
bassador, Robert Bacon; NJ Couyba.
Minister OF Commerce.: former United
States Senator Chauncey NJ. Depew.
/ Baron d'Estournelles de Constant. NJ
HanotauX, Senators du Pont and Bar
bier and NJ. Pallain, governor of the
Bank of France.
The French government furnished
a hand for the function. and B. ].
Shoninger, president of the chamber.
presided. The speakers included Am
hassador Bacon. NJ. Couyba. Baron
Il Estournelles and Mr.. Depew.
For Permanent Court.
Mr.. Bacon dwclt upon the efforts
to obtain internationa arbitration and
favored a permanent international
court of justice authorized to settle
all questions OF judicial nature be-
tween the nations. He appealed TO
all to aid in the great work, through
this practical means OF procuring in
ternational peace
NJ. Couybn declared that the COM
mercial ARRANGEMENTS between France
and the United States had brought the
than in the past. He said that the
influence of the United States was TO
make the French a more modern peo-
pie. destined to labor for peace.
After Baron 'Estourrelles had given
an account OF his marvellous trip
through marvellous America" Senator
nepew contributed enthusiastically
humorous speech. But after launching
into political topics. he criticized the
Insurgents In the United States Con-
gross. He declared that the recent
supreme Court decision authorizing
reasonable combinations had prevented
the greatest panic the world has ever
known
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-06
GETS A RESPITE.
Court Grants Certificate Of Rcnsonnblc
Doubt in Bnnkcr's Cnsc.

New York. July 5.-A certificate of
leasona nle doubt in the case OF Joseph
B. Reichmunn, formerly president nr
the Carnegie Trust Company. was
granted to-day by Justice Page in the
State supreme Court. Reichmann was
conviotet last"week of making n false
report 10 the State banking depart
ment and sentenced to four months and
one half in the penitentiary.
Inc court fnds that the defendants
constitutional privileges were invaded
In that he was forced 10 answer ones.
lions before tho grand Jury under
threat of contempt of court. which
should not have been allowed Reich
mann was released in $4,000 bail His
case Will go TO the appellate division
OF the Supreme Court
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-06
NOT DESTROYED
FROM WITHOUT
General Bixby Confident That
Inside Explosion Wrecked
the Maine.

Washington, ID. c., July 5.-Thc loss
Of the battlcrhip Maine WINS eauscd by
the explosion of her three magazines.
No such effect us TINT produced upon
the vessel could have been caused By
mn explosion from without. Such In
the op!Siun OF General William III.
Bixhy, chief of engineers. United States
Army, who has returned from per-
soual inspection Oh the work OF raising
the Maine.
General Nxby says that n portion of
the deck over the magazine was blown
upward md backward nnd thut there
are numerous conditions which prove
this. No explosion from the outside,
says the general, eouid hive caused
the same result
What the primary cause of the cx-
plosion Nns," said General Dixhy to-
night, "Niil never lie learned"
General BiXby does not believe that
the Navy Department will find the bod
ics,Of sailors and officers on the Maine
Eic says that they nrc probably buried
EGO feet or more from the wreck I'm the
mud.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-06

here and follows devious way
through Germany 10 Hamburg At
that port the automobiles entered in
the tour will he shipped to southump-
ton, England. There they will again
take to the road. proceeding to Edip-
burgh and returning to London.
Among the English cars entered is one
by the Duke of Connaught The only
American starter was entered by Cap
tain j. f. Loder- Symonds, of the Eng
lish army.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-06
GREAT FIGHT AT LISBON
NcnarchIst AEitntors IrcItc spamen IN
Armed Revolt

London. July 5.-Dispatches received
bN London, news a~rncy from Lisbon
nlace between the popujoc. ana me
seamen chartered in barracks in Inc
city The seamen. melted by nonai.c!,
Eae agitators attempted to raise an
armed revolt. ReVolVers and knives
We're used with deadly effect.
me government called out all avail
able troops. both cavalry and tlfsn.
try. and after severe fighting. managed
tc duen the revolt and restore order
state of panic prevails. accordin y
to these dispa tohes. and elaborat. rrc-
cautions are being taken by the lu-
o1utionary movement
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-06

years ago failing health compelled him
TO leave the Sun. and since then lie had
supplied dramatic criticisms and notes
10 Twenty-Five or more out-of-town
papers.
Mr. Fyles was the author of several
collections of short stories and one
book on the stage. called The Theatre
and Its People HIS most familiar
work was The Girl Left Behind Me-"
which he wrote in cola borat ton with
David Belasco. Other plays from his
pen included Cumberland. 'G1.'' and
The Governor of kentucky"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-06
DRAMATIC EDITOR DEAD.
Franklin Fyies, of New York Sun. Vic
tim of Henri DIsense.

New York. July Franklin Fyles.
for thirty years dramatic editor and
critic OF the New York Sun. is dead
at his home here OF heart disease He
was born in Troy. n. Y, sixtY-four
years ago. and started newspa per work
In that city while a boy. He started
as Il reporter on the Sun when only
twenty years old. and five years later
became dramatic critic. His long SER
vice in that position made him due to
succeed William Winter ms dean Of
the critics in this city. About eight
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-06
LIGHTNING KILLS FOUR

birmingham, Ala. July 5.-Four
deaths by lightning In Northern Ala
nama we're reported to-day. Ruce
Lowry. well-known farmer near
huntsville. was instantly killed. Mrs.
H. NJ. Harmon and her one-year-old
naoy were killed last night near Gull
man. Ala Mrs. Harmon was standing
In the door holding the child in her
arms. negro was killed to-day near
Anniston. Ala. by a bolt OF lightning
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-06
al PrnI.ed the King.

Referring to the coronation. Mr. De-
pew said he was particularly struck by
the fact that every newspaper In Eng
land continually praised the King.
NO newspaper in America" he said,
would be worth circulating unless it
criticized the President"
President Taft." concluded the ex-
Senator will live when other Presi-
dents are forgotten. because he ha .
brought to the people of the world the
realization OF the principle Christ es-
tahl!shed at Calvary--peace among ma
lions. brotherhood among men"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-06
-uoo lpI3ueuu o. Xepui uu SO souuouru
Appalling Death List.

Philadelphia, Pa. July 5.-Twen;v
nine oeaths from the heat Were re-
ported at the coroner's offioe to.doy
making total of fiftv-one cases slnce
the present hot wave reached THIS city
iasl SATURDAY. The maximum Temporal
rufe mere to-day Was "a degrees at !
r. NJ The average for the dav was
81. 10 degrees above normal Da.l.hs
from the heat were also reported from
many parts of the Stnta
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-06
Advertising Specialists

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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-06
TO JOIN FEDERATION.
fi"n :" lni"ni.e Migratory workers
Submitted 90 Gomncr.

New York. July. 5-Migratory work.
efs OF America. Of whom i, is esti-
mated there are 2,o01,0oo, viii be or.
submitted TO Presid.H, Samuel Gomnrrs
Of tho American Federation al Iahor
by Andrew Furnseth. president Of tho
international Seamen's Union OF Amerl-
ca, meets with official sanction.
Mr. Furnseth iu announcing Tho ,,,n
saiG mat the situation is dangerous to
soclety as a whole! and to organized
remedy must corae
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-06
Meets Death In Storm.

Martinsburg, w. Va. July 5.-Deputy.
sSneriif Harrison Kctterinr. son OF
Sherin p. ID. KetternS. OF this county
and prominent young farmer. was
struck and instantly Killed by light
ming tonight while in barn on ms
farm near Baxter. in the western sec
ton of the county. He had gone Is
the barn TO care for his stock durint.
violent storm. The barn was de-.
stroHcd with all its contents and the
body of the deputy sheriff was narti,,
consumed in Tho DESTROYED buil1inG.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-06
GRAND DUCHESS DYING
Che is Eldest Member of Russin's I'm
pcrinI EnmilN.

St Petersburg. july 5.-The Grand
Duchess Alexandra Josefovna. the old >
est member of the imperial family. is
dying from Inflammation OF the larvnX.
An ofticial bulletin issued gave her
condition as extremely grave
Alexandra Josefovna was Princess Of
sake Alien bourS. She was born in
1850. and was married in 1915 TO C,nnd
DUKE Constantin Nicolaicvitch grand :
uncle of Emperor Nicholas
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-06
Fire in stnte Prison.

lena, Mich July 5.-Firo to-nirht
dcsirovcG the dining room and kitch !.
"a building OF the State Prison for In
sane Criminals, causing loss esti-
mated at $4,000. Many or the p~!s
ohcrA became panic stricken and their
cries for help filled the air. aithou..h
NJ no time were they in danger from
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-06
ELKs. SPECIAL TO ATLANTIC CITY.

Special train will leave Broad and Han
cock Streets. Richmond. $50 A. NJ sunday.
July 9Th. through TO Atlantic City without
change of cars. All first -ciass tickets (one
way or round trip) VIII be accepted within
limit for passag this Special Ample
coach and Pullman accommodate for all.
For full Information apply 10 any r.. F and
p Z. X. ticket agent.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-06

London. July &c Johnstone Sto-
nev. a noted scientist. died to-4s.y. He
was born In 1926 DIR. Stoncy was as
Economical assistant to the late Earl
OF Roose in 1915. professor of natural
philosophy In Queens University, Ire
land in 1852 and secretary to Queens
University from 1857 until its dissolu
ton in 1882. He had written extern
Sivclv on astronomy
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-06
I Flight liz Postponed.

Atlantic CITY y. j.. July 5.-"I viii
b. in Atlantic CITY until further no.
t'cc. Under present arrangements I
VIII not make the last leg OF my n!cht
70 ashineton until Friday or Sntur-
"hN. was tho announcement made
az noon TO-DAY BY Harry y Atwood
the aviator. who flew from Governors
island 10 this city Yesterday
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-06
F0URTH'S DEATH LIST
Thirty-eight Are Killed mud i.c17 In
iIrt.d.

Chicago. H.. July 5.-Latest newspa-
per reports on the number of casualties
In the United States due to the cele-
bration of the Fourth OF July tonight
show that thirty-eight lives were sac
rlhced and that l,2i7 were injured.
Fireworks claimed eighteen victims.
firearms twelve gunpowder FIVE ana
toy pistols three. according to the re-
ports received by Chicago NEWSPAPERS.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-06
ThIrty-Seycn Dead in ChIcnrn.

Chicago. III, July 5.--Heat Killed
thirty-seven persons. including twelve
babies. and Frustrated dozens in CHI
cago to-day. the NTH day Of the pres
degrees was recorded at the Weather
Bureau tower at 2:So o'clock this at :
ternoon. while at the street level Tho
mercury climbed to los degrees
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-06
TWO STREET CAR COLLISIONS
Many Persons Injured in Accidents nit
Pittsburg.

PittsburE.
Pittsburg. Pa. July 5-Nineteen per
sons were hurt in two street car col
hsions here Tonight most OF whom
are in hospitals, Tho first occurred
during the evening rush hour. when
detective brakes failed to hold an East
Liberty car. which crashed into Cen
ire avenue car. Both were we'll filled
ana some OF the passengers were hurt
IN jumping. The cars were wrecked
Aoont the same time two interurban
cars en- the Castle shannon Line came
together in head-on collision Three
persons were bruised and cut by nvine
glass. while more than a score were
badly shaken up
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-06
PRINCE HENRY on tour.
Takes Large Party on Endurance Run
In Autumn nhilra

Homberg, Germany, July 5.-Headed
ny Prince Henry or Prussia thirty
eeven German and twenty eight Eng
hsh participants started to-day on the
annual Prince Henry automobile en-
Gurance tour.
The course for this years tour starts