Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 67, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 December 1909 — TAFT TO STOP MINE HORRORS [ARTICLE]

TAFT TO STOP MINE HORRORS

President Recommends Establishment of Bureau to Remedy Conditions. Washington, Dec. 3.—Representatives Douglas of Ohio and Austin of Tennessee called on President Taft and told him that if there had been a bureau of mines, with up-to-date methods, the disaster at Cherry. 111., probably would have been averted. The president has made a recommendation for such a bureau. Austin asked for a large appropriation for the continuation of tests of life saving apparatus for mines.