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THE LAMAR REGISTER
LAMAR. ■ • • COl/IRAD 0
191 LIVES LOST
IN MINE WRECKS
118 BURIED IN ONE; 73 IN OTHER
—RESCUE WORK IS
SLOW.
WERE MOSTLY NEGROES
TERRIBLE GAS PREVENTS MEN
FROM ENTERING MINES TO
REMOVE DEAD.
IJttleton, Ala.—One hundred and
eighteen men are entombed in the
Banner coal mine, near here, follow
ing a terrific explosion.
Three bodies have been recovered.
Scranton, Pa.—A revised list of
dead shows that seventy-three men
and boys met their deaths In the fire
In the Pancoast colliery at Throop,
near here.
A canvass of the victims' families
shows fifteen widows and 137 or
phans.
Littleton, Ala. —The fatal after damp
which followed the explosion has so
far kept the rescuers from penetrating
the mine, although they have been far
enough into the Interior to see a grue
some pile of human bodies huddled to
gether near the shaft.
It Is estimated that about twenty
corpses are in this pile. Officials of
the Pratt Consolidated Coal Com
pany, which owns the mine, have
abandoned hope of bringing out alive
any of those below the surface.
At first the entombed men could be
heard knocking on the pii>es below,
but there is an ominous stllluess now
which indicates that the after damp
has done its deadly work.
Practically all of the men are negro
convicts.
The rescue work cannot proceed
safely until the mine can be brattlced
so that fresh air can be forced in to
drive out the after damp. This work
is going on, but It probably will be
several days before all of the bodies
are recovered.
A special train Is bringing the gov
ernment rescue car from Chattanooga.
This explosion differs from others in
that there are practically no mourn
ers at the openings.
The men at Banner were convicts,
without friends here, and whose rela
tives are scattered throughout the
counties of Alabama.
While no official statement has been
made, it Is believed the explosion was
caused by safety powder Ignited by a
lamp and followed by dust.
When the night crew left the mines
shortly before the explosion happened
the night fire boss. Sparks, reported
the condition of the mine as good and
the day shift was sent to work. There
were 170 men in all. only five of whom
were free laborers. The others were
convicts, mostly negroes.
Immediately following the explosion
several of the convicts with mining ex
perience discovered that black damp
was forming. They spread the alarm
and many started a race with death to
the entrance.
Forty-five of the miners cither
reached the outside in safety or got
within hailing distance of the shaft
and were taken out by rescuers.
Scores of volunteers were on hand,
brought by the alarm and made hero
ic efforts to bring out the victims.
This work proved effective until the
deadly gases reached the main shaft
Into which the men were headed.
State Mine Inspector James Hlll
house and Assistant Dickerson togeth
er with several other experts and offi
cials of the Pratt company, hurried
to the mine when news of the disas
ter reached Birmingham.
Legislative Plan Made Known.
Washington.—Legislative plans of
the Democratic majority of the House,
made known from a reliable source, in
dicate that the Senate will be given
speedily important measures for ac
tion.
The definite outline, subject to
further ratification, lists as follows
the order of legislation to be pushed:
Popular election of United States
senators.
Publicity before elections of cam
paign contributions.
Statehood for Arizona and New Mex
ico.
Canadian reciprocity.
Revision of schedule K, the wool
schedule of the Payne-Aldrich bill.
Leading Democrats, when asked
what they would do if the Senate im
mediately passed the Canadian reci
procity bill and then Indicated Its
readiness to adjourn, said the House
would not adlourn.
FOR PUBLIC CONTROL
VAIL FOR REGULATION A8 WELL
AS PUBLICITY.
SAYS BOTH HERE TO STAY
Frank Recognition of Public Righto
by the President of Western
Union and Tolephono
Companies.
Public regulation of public service
corporations has come to stay. P
ought to have come and it ought to
stay. That is the flat and unequivocal
assertion of Theodore N. Vail, presi
dent of both the American Telephone
and Telegraph company and the
Western Union Telegraph company.
It came In the form of his annual re
port to the, seventy thousand stock
holders of the two great corporations.
Although Mr. Vail’s advocacy of full
publicity In connection with the affairs
of such concerns was well under
stood. nobody In financial circles had
anticipated so frank an avowal of
full public rights In the shaping of
their general conduct. It came conse
quently as a surprise, not only be
cause of Its novelty and squareness,
but also on account of the unqualified
acquiescence of a board of directors
comprising such eminent and conserv
ative financiers as-Robert Winson of
Kidder, Peabody A Co., and Henry L.
Hlgginson of Boston. Henry P. Davi
son of J. P. Morgan A Co.; Senator
W. Murray Crane. George F. Baer. T.
Jefferson G'oolldge Jr.. Norman W\
Harris. John I. Waterbury and others.
President Vail's declaration Is her
alded as the first recognition by those
In high corporate authority of the Jus
tice of the demand that the public
be regarded as virtual partners in all
matters that pertain to the common
welfare. He goes directly to the
point.
''Public control or regulation of
public service corporations by perma
nent commissions.'* he says, “has
come and come to stay. Control, or
regulation, to be effective means pub
licity; It means semi-public discus
sion and consideration before action;
It means everything which is the op
posite of and Inconsistent with effec
tive competition. Competition—ag
gressive. effective competition—means
strife. Industrial warfare; it means
contention; it oftentimes means tak
ing advantage of or resorting to any
means that the conscience of the con
testants or the degree of the enforce
ment of the laws will permit.
“Aggressive competition means
duplication of plant and Investment.
The ultimate object of such competi
tion Is the possession of the field
wholly or partially; therefore It
means either ultimate combination on
such basis and with such price* as
will cover past losses, or it means
loss of return on Investment., and
eventual losa of capital. However It
results, all costs of aggressive, un
controlled competition are eventually
borne, directly or Indirectly, by the
public. Competition which Is not ag
gressive. presupposes co-operative ac
tion. understandings, agreements,
which result In general uniformity or
harmony of action, which. In fact. Is
not competition but is combination,
unstable, but for the time effective.
When thoroughly understood It will
be found that “control" will give
more of the benefits and public ad
vantages. which are expected to be
obtained through such ownership, and
will obtain them without the public
burden of either the public office
holder or public debt or operating
deficit.
“When through a wise and Judi
cious state control and regulation all
the advantages without any of the
disadvantages of state ownership
sre secured, state ownership Is
doomed."
"If Mr. Vail Is right." says Harper's
Weekly. In a concise summing-up,
"then it seems pretty plain that we
are entered upon a new era in both
economics and politics. And It Is high
time we did if evolution Is to sup
plant revolution as an efficient force
in the development of civilization.”
Unreliable Physiognomy.
I am a'profound disbeliever In phys
iognomy. Features are false wit
nesses. Stupidity frequently wears a
mask of intelligence. I know busi
ness men who look like poets and
poets who look like business men.
Men of genius Invariably look like
Idiots, and if you pick out the man
who looks most eminent in a party
you are sure to find he Is a nobody.
I always distrust men who look mag
nificent. Nature is a stingy creature.
She seldom gives a man the double
gift of being great and looking great.
She took care to lame Byron and de
form Pope and disfigure Johnson. But
the crowning example of her Jealous
Tarsimony Is Shakespeare. I have al
ways been disappointed with Shakes
peare's face. It does not live up to
his poetry. It Is dull, heavy and com
monplace.—Adventures In London.
COLORADO
LEGISLATIVE
DOINGS
Gove Bank Guaranty Bill.
A statement was made in the Sen
ate to the effect that nearly 90 per
cent of the banks of the country are
made insolvent through loans to their
officers, directors and stockholders.
Senator Frank EL Gove who prepared
the “banking code" portion of the
Crowley bank guaranty bill, explained
that, if depositors are to be fully pro
tected, a hard and fast rule on the
subject of loans by state banks would
have to be enacted and the Senate
voted to retain the following provi
sions of the Crowley bank guaranty
bill.
"No bank shall loan to any officer
or employe thereof. No officer or em
ploye of any bank shall become en
dorser for any person, firm or cor
poration borrowing money therefrom
without the approval of the board of
directors entered on record In the
minutes of the board.”
The same provisions apply to unin
corporated banks and the following
amendment was adopted: “No bank
shall become the creditor of Its stock
holders in an amount exceeding 40
per cent of its capital.”
For three days and two nights the
Senate, in committee of the whole,
has subjected the Gove portion of the
bank guaranty bill to a critical analy
sis and of the sixty-three sections of
the bill thus far considered, but few
amendments have been offered. Sen
ator Gove prepared his portion of the
bill with the aid of thirty state bank
ers and as the measure now stands
the guaranty offered to depositors con
sists in the enforcement of rigid bank
ing regulations as to loans, invest
ments, reserves and examinations.
The bill applies only to state banks
hereafter organized.
Bill Establishing New Court.
There is one bill in the Senate over
which both legislators and politicians
have given themselves but little con
cern. The bill becomes quite import
ant as adjournment approaches be
cause there are the Democratic plat
form pledges, the tunnel and the ap
propriation bills which will crowd
every minute of the remaining portion
of the session and force night sessions
besides. The Gove bill, re-establish
ing the court of appeals has been lost
sight of, but Its author will call It out
Into the sunlight one day, not later
than next week, and Senator Gove
will try to make it a special order on
the calendar.
Will Adjourn April 22nd.
The Eighteenth General Assembly
will adjourn without day on April 22d.
The House will concur with the
Benate in adopting a resolution fixing
this as the day for closing the regular
session, leaders have decided that
this will be sufficient to pas sail the
laws that can be passed by this as
sembly in regular session, as well as
to break the senatorial deadlock.
Bills Made Special Orders.
The other bills made a special order
which were not reached:
8. B. No. 464, Cornforth, an act to
encourage the breeding of horses and
creating a state racing commission.
8. B. No. 4C5, Cornforth, an act to
regulate the holding of racing meets
8. B. No. 193. Hilts, an act making
new regulations to govern warehouses
and the issuing of warehouse receipts
H. B. No. 117, Teller, an act making
a new classification of counties and
regulating the salaries of county of
fleers.
H. B. No. 256, Slattery, an act to
amend the revenue law of the state to
require the payment of a fee when a
state license is transferred.
H. B. No. 544. Madden, an act to
make possible the creation of road 1m
provement districts in rural communi
ties.
H. B. No. 1, Skinner, the railroad
commission bill. (Platform pledge.)
1 1 H. B. No. 116, Lafferty, an act mak
ing an appropriation to enforce the
act providing for the examination and
care of pupils in the public schools.
H. B. No. 321, Parker, an act pro
viding for a change In the terms of
the district court for the Thirteenth
district.
H. B. No. 363, Ellison, an act re
pealing the law requiring the Supreme
Court to hand down written decisions.
H. B. No. 287, Hasty, an act pro
viding for the creation of the Four
teenth judicial district, to be composed
of Prowers, Baca, Kiowa and Bent
counties.
H. B. No. 89, Vogel, an act provid
ing for the building of a bridge over
Sand creek in Cheyenne county.
H. B. No. 172, Riddle, an act pro
viding for the appointment of an as
sistant state librarian.
Other special orders will be made
by the combine that has control of
the situation from time to time.
At the request of Representative
Ashton of Pueblo his anti-cigarette bill
was also made a special order of busi
ness.
Spring Debility
Felt by so many upon the return of warm weather
Is due to the Impure, Impoverished, devitalized
condition of the blood which causes that tired
feeling and loss of appetite as well as the pimples,
bolls and other eruptions so common at this season.
It Is cured by the great constitutional remedy
Hood’s Sarsaparilla
which effects its wonderful cures, not simply because it conUins sarsaparil
la, but because it combines the utmost remedial values of me**, than twenty
different ingredients. There is no real substitute for flood’s Sarsaparilla.
If urged to buy any preparation said to be “just as good,” you may be sura
it is inferior, costs less to make, and yields the dealer a larger profit.
“JUST FERNINST THE HILL”
Little Polntar for Those Who Fool a
Desire to Seek the State of
Matrimony.
The state of Matrimony Is one of
the United States. It Is bounded by
kissing and hugging on one side and
cradles and babies on the other. Its
chief products are population, broom
sticks and staying out at night. It
was discovered by Adam and Ev*
while trying to find a Northwest pas
sage out of Paradise. The climate Is
sultry until you pass the tropics of
housekeeping, when squally weather
commonly sets In with such power as
to keep all hands as cool as cucum
bers. For the principal roads leading
to this Interesting state, consult the
first pair of blue eyes you see. —Ex-
change.
ITCHED SO COULD NOT SLEEP
*7 suffered from the early part of
December until nearly the beginning
of March with severe skin eruptions
on my face and scalp. At first I
treated It as a trivial matter. But
after having used castile soap, medi
cated waahrags, cold cream, vanish
ing cream, etc., I found no relief what
ever. After that I diagnosed my case
as eczema, because of Its dry, scaly
appearance. The Itching and burning
of my acalp became so intense that I
thought I should go mad. having not
slept regularly for months past, only
at Intervals, waking up now and then
because of the burning and Itching of
my skin. Having read different tes
timonials of cures by the Cutlcurm
Remedies, I decided to purchase a box
of Cutlcura Ointment and & cake of
Cutlcura Soap. After using them for
a few days I recognized a marked
change In my condition. I bought
about two boxes of Cutlcura Ointment
and five cakes of Cutlcura Soap In all,
and after a few days I was entirely
free from the itching and burning.
My eczema was entirely cured, all
due to using Cutlcura Boap and Oint
ment dally. Hereafter I will never
be without a cake of Cutlcura Soap on
my washstand. I highly recommend
the Cutlcura Remedies to anyone suf
fering from similar skin eruptions and
hope you will publish my letter so
that others may learn of Cutlcura
Remedies and be cured." (Signed)
David M. Shaw, care Paymaster, Pier
65, N. R., New York City, June 2, 1910.
Cutlcura Remedies sold everywhere.
Send to Potter Drug A Chem. Corp.,
Boston, for free book on akin and
scalp troubles.
Covered.
Mother—Did you paint the table?
Father—Yes, I gave It a coat and
two pairs of trousers.—Harper's Ba
zar.
LADIES CAN WEAR SHOES
on* site •mailer after using Allen • K<>ot-Ms**. the
Antiseptic powder to be shaken Into the shoes. It
makes tight or new shoes fee lens j. Gives rest snd
comfort. /refuse iztilUvhi. for KIIKM trial
package, address Allen 8. Olmsted, Le lloy, N. T.
Full life exists in three dimensions,
art In two, and science in one; like a
solid, a superficies, and a line.
Take Garfield Tea in the spring to purify
the blood and cleanse the system.
A man doesn’t have to be a detec
tive in order to find faulL
A Poor Weak Woman
As she is feme*. . will endure bravely and patiently a
ego nice which a strong man would five way under. At i
The fact is women are more patient then they ought r]
to be under such troubles.
Every woman ought to know that sbe may obtain
the most experienced medical advice free of chart*
and in ahoelmtt caufidmce and privacy by writing to ■ ;
the World’s Dispensary Medical Associatioa, R. V.
Pierce, M. D., President. Buffalo, N. Y. Dr. Pierce
has been ohief consulting physician of the Invalids’
Hotel and Sorgieol Institute, of Buffalo, N. Y., for
many years and has had a wider practical experience
in the treatment of women’s diseases than any other physician in this country.
Has medicines era world-famous lor their astonishing eAcecy.
Th* nose perfect rentedy aver devised for weak and d#tt»
woaaom is Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Proscription.
IT MAKES WEAK WOMEN STRONG.
SICK WOMEN WELL.
and variod symptoms of woman’s peculiar ailments are folly set
•arth in Plain English in the People’s Medical Adviser (1008 pages), a newly
re vie ad end up-to-date Edition, cloth-bound, will be sent on receipt of 31 ona
•ant stamp* to pay cost of wrapping and mailing an(y. Address as • hove.
Truth a Trouble Maker.
A West Philadelphia ,*n>kn and hla
wife have separated.'VNone of their
friends know why, hut one, being
curious, asked the husband:
"What was the trouble between you
and your wife?"
"O. nothing much. She bought a
new hat for $20 and asked me what I
thought of It. And I told her. That's
all."
“SPOHN’S.”
This is the name of the greatest of all
remedies for Distemper, Pink Eye, Heavea,
and the like among all ages of horses. Sold
by Druggists, Harness Maker*, or send to
the manufacturer!. 9-50 and SI.OO a bottle.
Agents wanted. Send for free book. Spohn
Medical Co., Spec. Contagious Discs sea,
Goshen, Ind.
Indication of Wisdom.
"Why do they call the owl the bird
of wisdom?"
“It stays out all night and doesn’t
tell what it sees or does." —Judge.
You are not treating vouraelf or tout
family fairly. If you don’t keep Hamlins
Wizard Oil in tne house. It’s the beet
substitute for family doctor and a mighty
good friend in case of emergency.
There la an ancient saying, famous
among men, that thou shouldst not
Judge fully of a man’s life before he
dleth, whether It should be called
bleat or wretched.—Sophocles.
Eye Salve in Aseptic Tubes
Prevent* Infection —Murine Bye Halve
In Tube* for all Eye Ilia. No Morphine.
Ask Druggists for New Size 25c. Val
uable Eye Rook In Each Package.
Set yourself earnestly to see what
you were made to do. and then set
yourself earnestly to do IL —Phillips
Brooks.
Garfield Tea assists overworked digestive
organs, corrects constipation, cleanses the
system and rids the blood of impurities.
Reducing the waits between the
acta will not lighten a heavy play.
Sickly Smile
Wipe it off your otherwise
good looking face—put on that
good health smile that CAS
CARETS will give you—as
a result from the cure of
Constipation—or a torpid liver.
It’s so easy —do it—you’ll see.
•IS
CASCARJETS Me a box for a week's
treatment, all druggists. Biggest sailer
la the world. Million boxes a month.
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llUillnkliAYlUTll FOR WEAK
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W. N. U., DENVER, NO. 15-1911.