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The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1911-03-30
MINE ACCIDENTS

BY an act Of Congress which be-
came effective. July /. 1910. the work
OF the Bureau OF Mines has been re-
adjusted. The investigation of mine
accidents with all equipment for that
purpose has been placed under the
care Of this bureau. The bureau of
mines therefore includes mine acct
dents and fuel Investigations, for
which an appropriation of $4l0. 900
was made by Congress. The total APP
preparations for the Bureau including
the salaries. rent and expenses Of
removal, amount to $780,, 200.
Congress 1t can be seen that mine
accidents are to be regarded as most
urgent and so must receive the first
attention of the Bureau. $4,000 was
appropriated for mine accidents.
A mine experiment station was cs-
tablished in Pittsburg during 1908.
a. which investigations of explo-
sions from coal gas, dust, electricity
and other possible causes have been
continually under way. Practically
all of the coal mines in which ex-
plosions have occurred during the last
two years have been carefully ex-
amined, the gases, coke and dust ha re
been analysed at the laboratory In
Pittsburg and every effort has been
made to determine the explosibility
of various mixtures Of gas and air
in the presence of shots OF different
types of explosives.
Considerable progress has also
been made In the Investigation Of
explosives used in coal mining, ami
the conditions under which they
may be used with least risk. Manufac-
turers have submitted many explo-
sives for t. st at the station and a
considerable portion of them have
passed and have been classified
among the permissible explosives.
The Investigations ano educationa.
work In connection with the use OF
artificial breathing and other types
of mine rescue apparatus, the social
ed oxygen helmets. have not only
been useful In developing more salts
factory use of such equipment in the
examination of mine explosions, but
also better methods of using this
equipment In mine rescue work.
BY the new law fuel investigations
have been transferred from the Geo
logical Survey to the Bureau of
Mines. Through the work done IN
this department of the bureau there
has already resulted a better realiz-
alton throughout the country as TO
fuel values. One result of this work
Is that nearly all of the fuel now
bought by the Federal Government
is bought on specifications and subject
to test by the Fuel division, or -pur-
chased after examination made of the
coal supplied by the mines from
which coal is delivered to the govern
ment.
1t is the intention OF the Bureau
Of Mines to issue series of bulletins
covering their work and investiga-
tions. All these publications when is
sued can be obtained by addressing
the Director of the Bureau of Mines
at Washington, ID. c.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1911-03-30
LECTURE At N. {. CHURCH

Rev. Grant Perkins. b. d., of Ona-
way, Mich, will give his lecture on
Rome today, its People aud Religion"
at the Methodist Episcopal Church,
April 4th, at 1880 p. m. The lecture
will be illustrated with stereopticon
views. Every one should hear this
lecture.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1911-03-30

HOUSE AND LOT FOR SALE
New well built modern style five
room cottage. plenty of water. good
garden and barn. lot only few minu-
ties walk from postoffice. See J. w.
Hoskins. Berea. Ky.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1911-03-30

ground as that of the editor of The
Citizen on Twelve Steps of Progress
for the Public Schools"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-19

fed the o. w. R. & N. Co. that
the agreement TO use the N. P.
line from Portland to Tacoma is
terminated.
Iron Clad Contract.
When asked about 1t today
Judge Reid smiled a sort of dis
gusted smile and exhibited to the
Times a copy of the contract be-
tween tn Hartman and the N. P.
line.
This contract is irOncIad. 1t
runs for 900 years from the time
it went into effect, which was a
year ago. 1t provides that the
Hartman line must pay 1925, 900
q year rental and this goes on for
998 years from this July, whether
the company uses the limo or not.
In view of all this Judge Reid
made his statements just as POSI-
tive and forcible as language
could make them.
No Right To Do It.
"The N. P. has no more right
to order the Oregon & Washington
off this tract than it would have
to order us off. In reality It
owns third interest but the char
ter prevents the line from making
a deed so it was put in the form
of a contract and the Oregon &
Washington has Just as much
right on the road as we have.
There has never been a difference
between us since the joint opera
ton began" said Judge Reid.
For months rumoA5 have been
afloat that the Hartman, Milwau-
kee, Canadian roads and some
others were framing up to cut
loose from the N. P. and get their
own lines into Tacoma and visions
of $40, 100000 deposits and other
things on an equally imposing
scale were pictured.
"It's a dream" says Judge
Reid.
One basis for these dreams was
the conference between the N. p.
and Hartman officials here some
months ago. 1t was reported that
the Hartman end had given an
ultimatum then that unless all
sorts of impossible things were
done the Hartman line would cut
loose.
No Ultimatum Given.
Judge Reid exhibited to the
Times some contracts showing
Just what this conference had
done. They were contracts for
joint ownership of a depot at Abb
erdeen and joint agreements on
the Grays Harbor situation and
similar details.
"The conference was perfectly
harmonious" said Judge Reid.
Judge Reid says the realty
boomers who are looking for
Hartman to build into Tacoma
may as well abandon their hopes.
They would have to pay that
s325, 900 a year rental to the N.
P. anyway and that is something
not to be overlooked.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-19
Run Down
BeforeHer
Home

Emily Cortz, seven years old girl
while crossing the street in front
of her home at 907 Center street
this afternoon, was run down and
probably fatally injured by an
auto.
George ]. Ketchum, Stanwood,
was driving the car.
Ketchum who was accompanied
by his wife and two of her friends
was Just turning around when the
accident happened. The girl had
been playing in the street and
stepped squarely in front of the
car. Ketchum shouted to her, and
jammed on the brakes, but it was
too late. The front wheels had
passed over her body before the
car stopped.
The police are not holding Ket-
chum. He stopped his car and
carried the girl to her home, then
notified the police department and
called a doctor He remained at
the house till the police came.
The little girl was the only
daughter of her mother, widow.
She was unconscious much of the
time after the accident.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-19
Family Of 7 Starving
County Refuses Aid

With nothing In the house but
some weak mush to keep the life
IN six little children of Mrs. Lena
Oswald, 1904 East 31st street, and
with furniture men carrying off
the bedding because the family is
unable to meet the installment
payments demanded, j. H. Wat
kins, county poor agent under the
commissioners, is said to have
told the woman she should go to
work and earn something If she
wanted support.
The youngest child is but six
weeks old, the oldest 10 years.
The husband has secured job,
after long inability to get work,
but is up In the woods 40 miles
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-19

domestic tragedy In one Tacoma
woman's life.
The question is, shall she leave
an abusive husband who forced
her marriage through her ignor-
ance in the beginning and makes
life a misery now.
The Times put the letter up to
several citizens in different walks
of life for an answer, and their
answers are interesting.
Rev. T. H. Lane of the First
Methodist church refused to ad-
wise without more details.
She Would Leave Him.
81 would leave him." said Miss
Riddell, stenographer in the city
attorneys office.
81 would If could possibly sup
port the children" added Mrs.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-19

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
SAN BERNARDINO, CAL, Aug.
19.-With threats of mob violence
heard on all sides, Sheriff J. G.
Ralphs announced today that he
would resist with shotguns any at
tempt to molest DR.. A. w. Nc
Davit, charged with holding Miss
Jessie Mcdonald a prisoner in a
room adjoining his office. for fif-
teen months.
A double guard was thrown
around the county jail last night.
The Building Trades Council
has appointed a committee to
draft resolutions severely arraign-
ing McDavit. If necessary, money
will be raised to assist in prose
cutting him.
McDayit covers in his cell and
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-19

West, in the same office, who has
a husband and children of her
own.
Miss Riddell then decided that
what is needed is society that
shall provide for and assist women
of this kind.
Mayor Seymour hardly ap-
proved of such an organization.
at would hardly do to have a
society for the promotion of inf
deity to husbands. There are
now many societies that will ex-
tend helping hand after the leap
has been taken, but to organize
to push them off the cliff might
not work"
Depends ON Husband.
"In this case, however, /. think
1T would depend much on the hus-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-19

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
WASHINGTON, d. c., Aug. 10.
Imprisoned for days in a locked
room with the acid-burned corpse
of her mother, 4-year-old Vir-
ginia Peterson today was saved
from death by starvation.
The reek of the carbolic acid
w.st which the mother had COM
mitted suicide, caused inyestiga-
tion.
For two days pasasfsby had
heard the little srps sdaintive
cries and had seen her fearful face
pressed tightly against the win
dow of the room, but no one sus-
pected that the child was impris-
oned in a chamber of death, starv-
ing, tugging at her mothers cold
hands and pounding her baby
fists against the unyielding door
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-19

away. His first pay of $10.25
he sent down, and 1t went for rent
and other necessities.
Woman Aids Them.
Mrs. George N. Siltts, a collec-
tor, discovered the conditions. She
got some bedding to replace that
taken by the furniture men and
helped get some food. This morn
ing she discovered the family had
been on the mush diet for three
days.
And the mother was much dis
turbed because a couple of the
older children had gone over to
the Indian school and had taken
some vegetables to keep the life
In their little bodies.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-19
State Insurance

(By United Press Leased Wire
SALEM, Ore, Aug. 19.-Gov.
West today came out as an advo-
cate of putting the state into the
insurance business.
millions in premiums" said
the governor, that now pour into
the. Golfers of eastern and for
eign companies could be kept
right here in Oregon. This money
could be used in making all man
ner of public improvements"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-19

Absolutely without foundation
and perfectly idiotic," is the char
acterization given by Judge
George Reid, general counsel for
the Northern Pacific to the whole
flood of rumors and stories that
have been circulating in the last
six months to the effect that the
Hill and Hartman lines are to
split and the Hartman lines build
into Tacoma on their own hook.
The latest rumor came out to-
day from Portland to the effect
that the N. P. had formally noti-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-19
NEWS ITEMS FROM
THE HICKTOWN BEE

Our new reporter has the pepper
mint gum habit. We sigh For the
good old days when Journalists did
nothing worse than smoke Old Re-
liable cheroots and take theirs
straight.
Miss, Gustie Gowan is thinking o.
becoming a actress. he Is Ia years
old now.
Blonde hair on ladies will be the
style this fall, they say at the Bon
Ton Millinery and ice cream parlor.
ssIsafe Watertower says his young
rather be married to a girl he loves
or to one that loves him. Too bad
he don't live in Utah. Lafe says.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-19
is Wife Leave Her Husband-A True Story

band. Does he actually love the
children, and is he good to them?
One can hardly harmonfze a man
being good to the children and
not good husband, but the inter-
est OF the children should be the
first consideration.
"If 1t is for their best interests
she ought to leave him. but IL
they love and honor their father
and he Is a good father 1t might
be different"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-19

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
SEATTLE, Aug. 19.-J. Hewitt
who was one of the six Hun
dred" made famous by Tennyson's
poem, who has been a rancher near
Bremerton for several years, left
today for Belfast, Ireland.
Hewitt is 80 years old and has
been in the United States so years.
He was also In the BLACK Hole
of Calcutta"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-19

have four small children and
my husband is very abusive. He
forced me into marriage IL years
ago when 1 was a stranger here
from a foreign land. have borne
it all those years, for I have
thought 1t my duty, though I
have preferred death to such
q life. Now it seems 1 can hardly
it any longer. Would 1t
be right for me to take my chill
dren and leave him, though I'm do
ing SO we will face poverty, for 1
have no relative or other person
to go to, or should I live with him
for his children's sake2
PLEASE ADVISE.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-19
Togo Can't
Come Here

Admiral Togo, the Japanese
hero of the Russo-Japanese war,
will not include Tacoma In his
tour of this country. He is Ill in
Boston and he sent word to the
Commercial club yesterday that
he could not get here.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-19
POSTAL BANK
FOR TACOMA J.

Tacoma will soon have a postal
savings bank.
The local office has received
word that the new institution will
be started In a short time and 1t
Is expected things will be going
and the bank doing business be-
fore the first Of the year.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-19
OFF ON LONG HIKE

NEW YORK, Aug. 19.-off on
his long hike across the continent,
Ellie Koodinopes, armed with a
letter from the mayors secretary,
started for San Francisco.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-19
RECTOR STANDS PAT

- PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 19.-"I
glory in them and thank God for
the enemies I have made in de-
nouncing the Astor-Force we'd
ding" said Rev. Geo. Chalmers
Richmond, when shown bunch Of
newspaper criticisms.
When 1t was suggested to DR..
Richmond that the public con-
demnation that had followed his
attack on the Astor-Force alliance
from the pulpit might influence
Col. Astor and Miss Force to aban-
don their plan to marry, the rec
tor was pointed in his assertion
that he did not think anything of
the sort.
1T would serve, rather" he
said, TO place a moral obliga-
tion upon Col. Astor's shoulders
to marry Miss Force"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-19
Girl
Tries to Break
Husband Will
(By United Press Leased Wire.)

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
NEW YORK, Aug. 19.-Mrs.
Marie Wilson Gebhardt, widow of
Frederick Gebhsrdt, who was a
member of the original Florodora
sextet, begun suit today in the
supreme court to break the will Of
her husband. Tax reports show
that Gebhardt's property was
worth 100000. Under his will,
Mrs. Gebhardt was ignored.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-19

The n American aviation
Johnstone his death Lake Michigan William
Badger crashed earth The
Badger daredevil glide machine
snapped
ment later the bpane wings crunbed sheer drop killed Bad
His picture the circle below
low him Johnstone other victim
The pictures
ascended.
fall he
By United Press Leased Wire that the contest committee will
CHICAGO Aug 19.-Theredecide the question of danger
almost muny at the aviathemselves
on here
when Frank Mudd chairmanto death.
of the contest committee declined T
tell the avators conditions
wind blowing. gerous are notp to in
Earle Ovingon said "Theterfere with
wind enough makepromoters
racing suppose
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-19
RAIN MAY BLOCK GAME.

There may be no game today
II the rain keeps coming down.
A little rest for day would make
both teams feel better anyway,
and then We could have a double
header tomorrow. We'll play if
It clears up in time, thought" said
Mike.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-19
TRAGIC.
SUICIDE

until she sank to the floor. crying
in exhaustion.
When rescued, little Virginia
was lying still and apparently un-
conscious on the floor near the
door. AS tender hands lifted her
up she partially revived, murmur-
ing, where's mamma. Where's
mammal"
The little girl was rushed to
hospital. Her condition Is pre-
carious.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-19
Wedding
Coming
Soon

NEW YORK, Aug. 19.-Accom-
panied by his fiancee, Miss Made
line Talmage Force, and her faith
er, William H. Force, Col. John
Jacob Astor is today off on an in
definite cruise in the Astor yacht
Noma. There is a persistent ru-
NOR afloat that the party may go
ashore at New London or Green
wich and that the marriage may
be consummated within the next
"a hours.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-19
Famine Overhangs Liverpool.

Famine Overhangs Liverpool.
LIVERPOOL, Aug. 19.-Fam-
inc today overhangs the entire
city. The death rate is mounting
upward by leaps and bounds.
Hungry mobs, led by frenzied
women, attacked the cold storage
plants, but got nothing. The food
supplies are exhausted.
Meanwhile mighty stencil
arises from uncollected garbage.
Tons Of refuse is rotting in the
street, with no one to remove it.
Every lump of coal in the city is
being turned over to the bakers
to enable them to make bread.
When 1t is baked the city au-
thorities will distribute 1t among
the clamoring mobs. Not a res
taurant or saloon remains open.
Milk depots we're opened today
to dole out scanty portions for
dying babies.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-19

(By United Press Leased Wire.(
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 19.-
Frederick B. Lloyd, a prominent
San Francisco insurance man, who
was accused of the theft of $64,-
600 two years ago. appeared In
the police court here today for
trial
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-19
Iennyson Here
Off for Home

"Theirs not to make reply,
Theirs not to reason why,
Theirs but to do and die,
Noble Six Hundred"
-Tennyson
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-19
WEATHER FORECAST

Cloudy this afternoon and
night. Fair and warmer Sunday.
Light west. shifting to northerIy
winds Sunday
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-19

HAS 999 YEAR
DEALWITHN.P.

JUDGE REID, COUNSEL FOR HILL ROAD, DENIES EMPHAT-
I STORY THAT THE HARTMAN SYSTEM
WOULD BREAK AWAY FROM N. P. AND BUILD OWN LINE
SOUND.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-19
Fear Mob May
Lynch Dentist

is making no effort to secure the
$1,000 necessary for his release.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-19
BANK CLEARINGS

Cearings $591 s47.so The foregoing
Balances 51465.64the Times today indicating the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-19

LONDON, Aug. 19.--More than
100000 men are on strike in Eng
land today, provisions In London
are almost as scarce here as In
Liverpool and suffering among the
poor is intense.
Conditions in the slum districts
of the larger cities are most seri-
GUS. Thousands are facing star
walton and with no garbage being
removed there is grave danger of
pestilence.
Fear the Plague.
"First, 1t Is the children" an
Irish physician working in Liver
pool is quoted as saying. "They
are dying everywhere. But 1t
will not end with them unless the
refuse Is removed. Should infec-
tious diseases break out, people
would be carried off like flies. The
atmosphere of the city is already
something horrible"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-19

MayCarry
Thousands
To Death
STRIKE GROWS WORSE IN
ENGLAND AND STARVATION
FOLLOWS IN IT'S TRAIN
MANY CHILDREN DIE AND
ADULTS MAY FOLLOW.
STRIKE BULLETINS.

. Railway managers admit
= two-thirds of roads tied up.
. London street cars use
. strike-breakers.
. Irish and Scotch railroads
. demolished.
. Men stand firm on demand
. that they must deal with en-
. ployers direct. Yielding to
. arbitrate wages, but insist on
. recognition of union.
. Government will start mill
. itary train service to relieve
. starvation.
. Mills and collieries close
. down for lack of cars.
= American tourists petition
. to be sent home on foreign
. steamers.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-19
. zee Q o o . Q q o Q o
(BULIETIN.)

(By United Press Leased Wire. }
LLANELLY, Wales, Aug. To-
Two Ipersons were killed and one
wounded here today when troops
and police fired into rioting
mob.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-22
GENERAL OROZCO AT CHIHUAHUA

Chihuahua, Mex. June 21.-Gen Has chual Orozco. to whom much credit is giveL for the early success of the reVo- lution, arrived today al the head of his troops. Tomorrow all those who have not already called for their checks with the exception of several hundred have been retained in the government service, will receive thoiy pay and the famous aggregation, which for months held sway along the border, will have disappeared
 The troops came into the city mount ed on mules and horses of every size and age and carrying arms of all de- seriptions, but in spite of their unmil- itary appearance, they were given such a reception as is cue a conquering army.
 Three military bands and more than a thousand regulars and rltrales es corted them into town and at the gov ernments palace, which 0rozco was formally received y the officers of the regular army Generals Rabago and Villar stood with Governor Gonzales, while Orozco bowed acknowledgements of the honors headep upon him. once or twice he tried to escape from the ap- plauding crowd, but as often called back to face what appeared to him to be more trying ordeal than any hereto fore encountered during the rebellion.
 The celel ration continued until late into the night the insurrectos and the members of the governments forces fraterniZing in a manner that put at rest all fear of any serious clash be- tween them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-22
SPECIAL MESSAGE
 ON FAKE MEDICINE
 SENT TO CONGRESS
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ID

may belong entertains the slightest idea that any of these preparations will work the wonders promised on the labels.
 Prior to the recent decision of the supreme court, the officers charged with the enforcement of the law regarded false and misleading statements concern ing the curative value of nostrums as misbranding and there was a generai acquiescence in this view by the prop rietors of the nostrums. Many pretended cures In consequence were withdrawn from the market and the proprietors Of many other alleged cures eliminated false and eXtravagant claims from their la bels, either voluntarily or under the com pulsion of criminal prosecution.
 Nearly 100 criminal prosecutions on this charge were concluded in the federal courts by pleas of guilty and the imposi- tion of fines. More than 150 cases of the same nature involving some of the rank est frauds by which the American peo- pie were ever deceived are pending now and must be dismissed
 ''I fear, if no remedial legislation be granted at this session that the good which has already been accomplished in regard to these nostrums will be undonc and the people of the country will be deprived of powerful safeguard against dangerous frauds. Of course, as pointed out by the supreme court any attempt Co lesislate against mere expressions of opinion would be abortive. nevertheless, if knowingly misstatements of facts as to the nature of the preparations be provided against, the greater part of the evil will be subject to control.
 The statute can be easily amended to include the evil I have described T recommend that this be done at once as a matter of emergency
 (Slgnature) "WM. H. TAFT"