- jwggg ljc /tnrmmii fflcst Uirflintmi, |og^In Every Sense of the Word.THE HOME PAPER. ;VOLUME Vl7 FAIRMONT. WEST VIRGINIA, TITURSDAY, FEliftUARA 2471910 NUMBER 28f> |

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A Full Line of

Up-to-dateSTATIONERY

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Office SupplieslipP CLYDE S. HOLT325 MAIN ST.

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EVERYBODY STILLFOR AN HOUR

Traffic at Washington Union StationSuspended to Let the president

Sleep.

HE WAS TIRED AFTERSTRENUOUS DAY YESTERDAY

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(By United Press.)WASHINGTON. D. C.. Fell. 21.All

traffic in the IjIb Union Station herewas suspended [of over an hour todaybecause President Taft arrived on o

special ear from New York and wantedto sleep. A squad of railroad officialshushed the whistles, hells amicar couplings until Taft arose. ThePresident was tired after a Htrenuotlnday Wednesday.

COL. R. E. FLEMINGniaarn iiiiiii

r«55ts AWATWELL KNOWN FORMER FAIRMONT

MAN DIES AT HIS HOME INPENNSYLVANIA.JC* - ; * ». -v.

Mr. Frank Ritchie received n telegramtoday stating that Col. It. K.Fleming died last night at 11 o'clockat his home in New London. Pa. No-lice or uss illness was putilfk^ioiI in thistKipcr a few days »iko and his death

j waH not unexpected, though the newswas quite a shock to his friends andrelatives here. Col. Fleming lived inIFnlrmont ninny years and has manyrelatives In the city.

IF VOU ARE GOING TOBUILD IN THE SPRING, LETUS SHOW YOU THE WALNUTAVENUE LOTS WE HAVE "TOOFFER. THEY ARE BARGAINS.

TaibmoiTt realty go.REAL ESTATE ANOINSURANCE,

FAIRMONT. WEST VA.

. 7 . DIXIE 7.TO-DAY . THURSDAY . EDISON

The Great Detective Story"THE LIVINGSTON CASE"

On the morning or the 2Sth.The silent figure In the back parlor.Hogarth, the great iletectlve..Marks of hnnil on velvet rurlaln.Under the eye of the law.On the rack.Steel bands and heart chords. *

Finis.A detective story much on the order

of the famous "Sherlock Holmes"tales. The film is dramatic and works

. oat to a climax both startling and unexpected,'holding the attention of theaudience to n high pitch.Got "STUNG" a little yesterday, but

beginning with TO-DAY, do't miss a

single production. "ALL GOOD."HIOGRAPH'S LATEST FRIDAY.

"Always Good."

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MUM Id WUNSAYS LEADER

! IN CAR STRIKECompany Thinks

| Differently,However(By United Tress.)

I'HlUAIJlCU'HIA. Feb. 24..Captaintlroome unit two hundred members of'the constabulary arrived early today

land arc dalnu jileket duty In the KensliiKtonand Oerniantown districts. Fif-!I teen hundred policemen are in tin;district. Cars are holng run on fair |schedules. .Mpi) ami boys tills jnorn-jItiK barricaded the trucks on Fifty-fifthstreet, Parkslde, with stones andboxes and placed several heavilythin ned tor|H)does on lite tracks. Sov-.eral car windows were smashed by the'torjicdoes. The police dispersed the1crowd and arrested several. The ar-rival of the constabulary caused ex-'eltfinent. .Many tbaiiKht It wouldmean more serious clashes.

Tit estreet ear officials and strikersboth express confidence that they willwin. The company declares It is pre-'pared to resume normal service asscan as the police order it. C. Pratt.strike leader, declared: "The light Is!tl'nn It <e ullll' (i tinCli.Mi iump li'iti'

Ion# it will L'iko us to convince :ii<» |company they can't win."

Foolish Trickman blew into muzzle of

loaded gun and wasshot.

l-l'M IHUtl'OKT. Teh. 24..HlDWinKJInto the muzzle of a loaded gun at theinstant It tvns discharged, 1.. a. Smithwas perhaps fatally injured at Illsbutcher shop hero late last night. Thebullet entered Ills mouth ami passedInto the region behind the left eye.

Mr. Smith was cleaning his gun beforehe lett the shop to so home anddid not thilifc the sun was loaded. Justas he started to blow down the muzzle!the sua in some unexplained manner Iwas discharspd and the bullet enteredIlls 111(111 111.

Er. |,. C\ Oyster was en I led I o Kiveliiin aitentinu ami iie made the man asroniforlahle as possible. Ills irondltlonIs critical.

charlTstoT joryjilljuly;

MEMBER OF COUNTY COURT i1HERETOFORE WET ANNOUNCES

CHANE OF POSITION.»'

| CHAHl.KSTOX. Foil. 2 4..DocliirlnKitun ion; iit|iiur qiie«ncn nail rcacneitbeyond the county court, judge M. I*.Malcolm, who recently voted to tnlce;up license question. s\n<l who has been i

openly in favor of granting liquor!licenses, wiiile the other two membersj

i of the court linve opposed him, yestor-1day issued n sinned statement that hewould not vote to grant litpior licenses)

| during the fiscal year tto July 1). andthat if the whisltey people, or tltoiv''representatives, attempted to throwretlcctlcn on the court, or any memberthereof, hecar so they would not takeat) the tpiestinn. he would not vote for s'license during the remainder ol* histerm of office. I'

Very ColdMERCURY DROPPED TO 16 BELOWAT BRADFORD AND 20 IN THE I,

COUNTRY.

(By Unite,: I'ress.)BRADFORD. Pa., Feb. 2!..Sixteen }'below last night. Colilest of the win-!*

| tor; in the country the temperature |'was twenty below. I.ow gas pressurecaused .stiff('ring, |'

Meets With Mrs. Atnett. i1The ICllzalietli Hayes Circle of the)

Prrshvtprinn Olinrrh will niuot tmuAr.

row afternoon at 2::if) o'clock at Lie!'homo of Mrs. ICllr.ulx-tli Arnott on,'Madison street, a Kt-od attendance is 'desired. 1

ADMITS HIS GUILT.WASHINGTON, Feb. 21..Admit-

tlnn that he was involved In an alter- <cation which resulted In the shootingor Harrison lllgbee and Leslie Lordon it Jersey City train, William Boyd,njted 115. colored, wa. sarrested here^anil taken to Jersey City today charjr-ed with the shooting, j

TWO CONVNEAR BEER IS

TO GOME HIGIWILL HAVE TO PAY $1,000 L

CENSE IN OHIO SAME ASREAL THING.

COLUMBUS. Ohio. Feb. 24..'"Neabeer" is just near enough of real beeto pay the thousand dollar Aiken ta;This in briif io the decision handedown by the Ohio Supreme Court ye:tcday, which held that that tax musbe paid on all near beer or otner sutr.titute3 foi beer.The isffrcr of the decision is tha

all so-called saloons selling near beein the dry counties must pay the thoicaiid-dollar AiKen tax or close up. Thcase is reported by the court, and thsyllabus. Is to the effect that the Aiketax may be collected in any caswhere rrfait liquor is sold, whether thrr.alt liquor is intoxicating or not.Tim murf ImlHfc !"» t»~ *i~. % ....MO IIH J IS HI

meaning of the law an It iG wordecThe style of the ease in which the dtctsWn was given was LaFoltelte, trea:tirer of Guernsey county, vs. Johiand Bessie Mur-ay.

REMAINS TAKENTO RARKERSBUP.U.

Funeral serv.'aes were held thimorning at the colored M. E. Churcon Monroe street over the remains o

Percy Hayes, who diea yesterday morring at the heme of Ins sister, Mrs, Rotert Smith. After the services at thchurch the remains were taken to P-nhersburg en Nc. It for interment.

TOM MADDENAT WHEELINC

VISITS INTELLIGENCER OFFICEAND SAYS HE WILL BE HOME

FRIDAY MORNING.

WHEELl'NG. Feb. ^2..If statementthat have been made as a result ofraid on a number of alleged "speahcasies," by the Fairmont police oi

Monday night are true then that cit:is due to be in the limelight w?ilcamewhat of a sensation before man'trorc days, say., to-day's Intelligence!On Monday nignt n alleged booze emporium in Fairmont said to have beeiconducted by Thomas Madden, waraided and a quantity of intoxicantconfiscated. This raid was made undeIhc direction of Mayor Necly.Mr. Mannar) was found not at honv

when the police v.'sitcd nis place am

recording to press dispatches fronFairmont, the police have been scouring the country in an eftort to locathim. The v,anted man did not knovlie was wanted until last evenlnwhen he called at the Intelligencer olflee and asked that the Fairmonauthorities he notified that he wouhappear for trial in that city on Frfda;mcnlng

IVtr. Madden thought that he hoibeen j.tfairly treated by the Fairmonauthorities. He oid not deny that intoxicants might have been found iihis place of business, but said the;were net exposed for sale. He intimated that some Fairmont officialhad been liberally rewarded for keening their "hands r.ff" his establishmeiit,

PATERSGN MODEL CITY.

(Union Associated Press.)PATERSON, N. J.. Feb. 24.Notic

s rereay given mat on ana alter thidate, if any writer for yellow newsa.'ners or sensational magazines referto Patersnn as a "hotbed tf anarchyjr "home of vice and crime," he wilac made to eat his words. Armed w.'tlFacts, figures and statistics, the offle'als and busincs men of the c'ty aridetermined to put a stop to t;>e situtoon Paterson's fair fame.As a matter of fact Paterson is th'

moot ordtrly city of its size in thicountry. Police statistics of all citiein the United States hav.Vig a populalion of between 100,000 and 135,001show this, according to a report submitted to tho Beard of Trade.The number of arrests In Patersoi

For the vear 1909 was 9,280. the smallest total shown by any of the citiesited. Atlanta, Ga., leads the list witlM,80O arrests. Other cities with goodsized totals are: Los Angeles, 18,200Seattle, 14,100; Portland, Ore., 13,100Nashville. 11,300; Omaha, 9.900; Da>iwn,

ENTiONS WProhibitionists

| Also Get InTheRunning

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[ Say Martin Looks3 Pretty Good toI Themitr At the Prohibittcn convention helc' lats nlflht Ir Willard Hall, Mr. Arthuie G. Martin, the Democratic candidateR for mayor, was nominated and theII Democratic candidates for couneilmerc ifrom the Third, Fourth and FifUe wards were endorsed.

The convention was called to ordeip by U. A. Clayton, chairman cf the Pro

hibition City Executive Committeewno named r. p. Kelley temporarychairman and Oliver Shurtleff tempo

1 rary secreta-y. The temporary organization was made permanent and th(convention proceeded to place a tickelM the field.

C. F. Ritchie presented the name olA. G. Martin before the convention

s No other candidate was neminatech and Mr. Martin was declared the nom

inee for mayor.'* The convention resolved itself Intc

ward conventions for the purpose oi'

nominating candidates for councilmenIn the First -ward J. M. Smith wat

nominated. In the second ward Ira LSmJth was nominated. Tlic Third wj.-c

delegation selected S. J. Snider; the'Fourth ward endorsed George Ice one

the Fifth word vcted for Dr. H. S

| Yost.The executive committee consists a'

' the following men: First ward, OliveiShurtleff; Second ward, Oliver JFleming: Third ward, U. A. Clayton;

" Fourth ward. C B. Nay; Fifth wardA. C. Hawku.s.

3 POST GRADUATESa

Mel Last Night for Study of Medica11! Subjects.

/11 The Post C.radiiato School of thtV Marion County Medical Asliorintioi

met Inst evening In the offlees ofDrs'* C. O. Henry mid H. It. Johnson. Ills1 eases of the Stomach was the sttbjecl5 discussed. llrs. Hohrbangh and Heidi3 gave splendid addresses on this stlhr ject anil the subject was'generally dir.

enssod hy the physicians present. Anumher of the physicians of the city

^ were present and a very profitable" evening was spent.

v New PostmastersSHUKUI5S MAKES TWO APPOINT' POINTMENTS IN LONG PENO*

ING FIGHT.i

d WASHINGTON*. Feb. 21..Congresst man sturisgs has recommended tin. atipoiutnicnt of J. Walter Crlss att postmaster at ijelington, to sncceei

y Fred Moore, resigned. ami W. A. MaI. son as postmaster at Phillppl. He wllB make recommendations or poslmas

tors for Martinsbnrg. Terra Alt.a andi- Tnnnelton on Monday.

Representative llnbbnrd is reportedas greatly improved and expects to lieIn his seat In n few ilnys.

TO VOTE ON STRIKE..!a (Union Associated Press.)1-j OMAHA. Feb. 24..Officials of thes Erotherhood of Locomotive Firemtn" to-day sent strike resolut.'ans to allI Union Pacific firemen, to be voted on1 next Tuesday. The t|uestin at issuei- is whetner ths answer of the railroade of'icials refusing the organization'ss demands oi increased wages shall be

Gkiuinmcu so aronr^tion or respondedt-> with a ger.cral strike.

s.*

ERE HELD Ir Peoples PartyNot SatisfiedWithout a

Ticket> Most of Democratic

Candidates areEndorsed

ii The People'* Party- convention was- held last night in the First M. Ei Church cn Main street. Attorney Ira; L. Smith, of the Second ward, presidedi over the meeting and Mr. M. L. Holt,t of the Tnird ward, was made secretary.Arthur C. Martin, the Demorrratic candidate for mayor, was endoieed and the candidates for council

. on th#*' Third, Fourth and Fifth wards were- endorsed.

The ticket as named by the People'sparty last night Is as follows: For

: mayor; Arthur G. Martin; for council,F?ret ward. Lute Brcwn; Second ward,

I Ira L. Smith; Tnird ward, S. J. Snider;. Fourth ward, Grorge Ice; Fifth ward,I Dr. H. S. Ycst.

The executive committee consistsof the following men: First ward.

> Bruce Morgan; Seccnd ward. J. C.F Evans; Third Ward John W. Poling;Fourth ward, VV. A. Flnley; Fifth ward,

: W. A. Crowl.

; MILK TRUST; MEN INDICTEDORAND JURY FOUND TRUE BILLS

AGAINST EIGHT TRUSTDIRECTORS.

NEW YORK, Feb. 24..The 'milktrutl" was indicted in New York yesterday. After a grand jury investlga-

1 Lion extending ever a period of weeks,a blanket indictment was handeddown in the criminal branch of the

' Slate Supreme Court naming eight ofi seventeen directors of the Consolidateed Milk exchange, a New Jersey cor-pcration. and charging that they met

I June 29, lOOl, in New York, arm "con'spired together and with others to fixthe whalessle price M milk and didfix it at $1.41 for a forty-quart can ofmilk."One year in prison and a fine of not

more than $5,000 or hoth is the per> l"vfor each offense. Bench warrantswore issued for the eight directors.They are:

WALTER J. COMFORT, president ofthe Robert Reiu Ice Cream company

. anil a director of several other coroo.atfons.THOMAS SMITH, of Thomas Smith

5 Sons.FREDERICK E. SCILER. a mill;

dealer of Newark, N. J.DANIEL BAILEY, a milk producer.JOHN M'BRIDE. a milk dealer of

Sussex, N. J.HENRY J. HUNTEMANN. of the

Standard Dairy Company.JAMES A. HOWELL, cf the Howell1Pemarest Dairy Company.GEORGE SLAUGHTER, of the R. F.

Steven Dairy Company.

MAXIM HEADS AERONAUTS.

» (Union Associated Press.)NEW YORK, Feb. :'4.Hiram Maxim.inventor of smokeless powder and

the noiseless gun will be elected headof the Aeronaut,'.: Society at its meet!ing in this city thiB evening. The societywill shortly ofler an "OctaveChanute" cup to the person who rr>ake3Lie best fight in a flying machine,

t Another meeting Is to be held short'ly, when all arrangements for theaawrding of the "Octave Chanute" cupwill be completed.

DON'T BE DISTURBEDby the question of where to buy Shoes.Alt you have to do is to come here andthus make sure of the best qualitesand the most economical prices. Oldbuyers of footwear hrre connot be In-ciuced to go elsewhere. Experiencehas taught them that hero Is wherethey get the best styles, the bestprices and the best service.

SHURTLFFF & TOON 'SWalk-Over-Boot Shop.-

-AST NIGHTTO SUBMIT TO

ARBITRATIONPRESIDENT WILLARD WILLING TOLET DIFFERENCES BE SETTLEDBV ERDMAN ACT.

<ry l'ntW jtoss.1BALTIMORE. Feb. 24.President

Willard, of the BaltiVncre and OhioRailroad, to-day declared the company was willing to submit the wagesettlement question to arbitration with:the employes. He says if the employesare unwilling to accept the company'scounter proposition the company is'ready to arbitrate under the Erdmsnact. He den'/d that the men are paidlower than by competing linec.

Mrs. VaughanDOESN'T BELIEVE HER HUSBANDWAS POISONED BY DR. HULL.

WAS ARRESTED.

, (By United Press.)MONROE CITY, Mo., Feb. 24.Dr.

James T. Hull, of Monroe City, was airestedearly to day on a warrant foi'lowingpost mortem examination whenstrichnine is alleged to have beenfound in the ntomach of the late Prof.J- T. Vaughan, of Kirkville.

r-roi. vdugnan t widow to-day declaredshe doesn't believe her husbanddied of poisoning, and declared thatshe ia confident if a trace of poisonwas found it wasn't ndm,Viistered ortaken accidentally by Vaughan butmust have been placed In hlo stomachatter berth.

Old Oil WellsMADB GOOD AS NEW BY USE OFCHEMICALS.GREAT DISCOVERYMADE.

PARKERSBURG, W. Va.. Feb. 24..:By the use cf chemicals, the Parsons1&. Swenev Oil Comnanv have in.creased the production of an old oilwell on tne Gutermuth farm, in Uniondistrict, this county, from two barrelsa day to about ninety barrels duringthe past twenty-four hours. Theleare on the Gutermuth farm was recentlyacquired by the above companyfor the purpose of making the test,which is a new invention in the oilbusiness ana has caused keen Interestamor.g oil men. The well onv/hich the test was made, when drilledfti ten yearj ago, producrd twentyfivebarrels of oil a day.

LOCALlflRRIERSMAY BE AFFFRTrd

BONUS OF SEVERAL HUNDREDDOLLARS FOR MAIL CARRIERS

IF SENATE ACTSFAVORABLY.WASHINGTON. Feb. '24. . Letter

carriers In- many cftles will each receivea bonus of several hundred dollarsunder the terms of a bill favorahlyreported by the Senate ClaimsCommittee. The similar House committeehas yet to pas upon the measure,but will probably order a favorablereport next Monday. The billcalls for payment of letter carriers'clalmr, which are technically barredby the statute of limitations.When the carriers took up the matterw.th the Postoff>ce Department

officials a satisfactory settlement wasprcmisea as soon as the matter couldbe arranged- When this was not accomplisheda suit was instituted i*theirbehalf in the Ccurt of Claims butan ofCclal plea was entered invokingthe statute of limitations, whereverthe pay had accrued more tnan sixyears before institution of suit againstthe Government. Such procedure hasrot met the approval of the Senatecommittee, however, its members contendingthat, in view cf the expresspromise made officially to the cariers|that they would be paid it is notv.|unuuir mr any present oniCi<ll3 10invoke the statute of limitations atthis late date.

An Important Meet.'.ig of King's DaughIterc.A special meeting of'King's Daughtersis called to meet at the heme o(.

Mrs. E W. Howard at 7:30 p. m. Fri'«lay._February 25. Important business, will be considered and every memberIs urged to be present.

NEW LINE TOFAIRMONT ISSUREGO NOW

"Official" News isObtained AtBaltimore

The Baltimore 8tar of yesterdayslates "Official information vvae ob- ,, ,

tained to-day from Weat Vlralnla- -towSEKHHHthe effect that the Baltimore and Ohio,the Pennsylvania and the Pittsburgand Lake Erfe Railroads had about S .5completed plant for the Joint conatruc- ' **vHttlon of a railroad from Fairmont, West a

Virginia, to a point near the northernboundary of the State, at a coat ofsomething like $3,000,000."When completed, the line, which'

vviii be about thirty milea long, w"JItraverse the heart of the rich coalproperty taken over by the three men-. VUtloned roads from the Little Kanawhasyndicate. There are thousand* ofacres of this West Virginia cool propertywhich have not yet been develop- ySed, and tne new road which is to bebuilt will be the means of operatingmines on C large portion of the landincluded In the deal."Surveys over the right of way soouiredare now being made by engi- ' -,'j

necrs, and it was learned to-day thatar*ual pnnclftir-tAtn wa fLr .uuntilai idtSHstarted within the near future."The road will be a portion of the 1

Euckhannon and Northern Railway, 1and, under the plane now being prepared,it will run by way of Morgan* v,,-'-;town and Fairmont to RivcsvllIe to theState line. ' " IH9"The contemplated improvement laof especial Interest to the Baltimoreand Ohio Railroad, and ft Iff expectedthat when the Little Kanawha propertyIs opened up and developed, as .itwill be, the coal tonnage of the roadwill be greatly increased. By tHe

. /time that the road ie oompleted theBaltimore and Ohio will be in a pot)*lion to handle the looked for Increase ^In coal traffc in the coal reglbns OfWtst Virginia. At the present time,the officials of the road are planningto expend (nillions in providing additionaltraffic facilities for the shippersfn that part of the State, and after c;these improvements are carried Intoeffect, the Baltimore and Ohio will be ,

enabled to take care of all coal ship-ments sent over its lines."

CARsTAFTER~PERFORMANCE

OF THE INDOOR CIRCUS FRIDAYNIGHT.MANYFROM OUT OF

TOWN POINTS WILLATTEND. Many

out-of-town people reeldfag on S§the trolley lines will be In attendanceat the Indoor Circus at the Grand OperaHouse to-morrow (Friday night)when the management of the Grandhao arranged to have ears run to Farm- >>ington and Chlefton after the performance.The Indoor CIrcua Is provingvery popular, and is drawing goodhouses, matinee and night. The showis all to the good and If you have not ;;yet seen a performance you should do V.f;go without fall If you want to be highlyentertained.

J. W. RICHARDS DEAD.BOSTON, Mass., Feb. 24_John

Walker Richards, aged forty-seven,chief accountant of the American Tel- Iepiione and Telegraph Company, diedin Newton yesterday. He was a native ;

of Ironton, Ohio.

Hit The frailand spend ysur money at Leopold'*,Everything to wear for

Man and BoyYou always get your monoy'* worth,

and the style Is always the lateat If ,;Jbought at ouf store.

shoes to wear that do WEAR and

HATS of the latest style*.'

' ^SHIRTS of the newest designs, from

the cheapest to the best.

TEOPOLO'SL-FOBBEHEBCLOWES.3