The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-12-07
FRAU IS CHAR GEDln
WARDS ii D ()RLD II FAIR n
MATTER NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
"a IDENT5 Fra McIs BY PRES
iDENT CARTER

EfE STsLo us, Dec. In a letter to
Mai. J. G. Pangborn president of the
United Exhibitors association, Presi.
dent Thomas u. Carter, of the Nation
al Worlds Fair commission, declared
thar s.,nost grave and serious charges
of CORFU Dtion in connection with the
awarding OF certain premiums nave
been filed with. the National commits
sion.
The letter, after quoting ina part
Of the act of Congress making an APP
preparation for the exposition which
provides Athat the appointment of all
Judges and examiners for the expos-
ton and the awarding of&premiunis,
II any, shall all be done and perform
ed & by. the exposition company, sub
Ject, howeverstos the approval Of the
National commission created by sec:
ton two of this act continues as fol-
lows:
.#sS.5seUnder the rules adopted by the
company and approved by the com
mission, the group jurors were to be
appointed by the company before
August 1, j 9o4. None of the jurors
was submitted to the commission for
approval in accordance with the pro-
vision OF the rules and regulations. a
number of those who acted We're not
submitted to the commission for ap
prevail until after they had performed
their functions and departed from the
grounds. and many of them have not
been approved.
s.5t:NIosts grave and serious charges of
corruption in connection with the
awarding Of certain premiums have
been flied with the commission in the
form of nff1darits and otherwise In
view of such charges and the failure
of the company to observe tile law in
the appointment and submission of
the jurors for approval by the com
mission, the right OF this body to in
yostigate adequately supported
charges Of fraud, bribery or miscon-
duct amounting TO fraud on the part
of persons making or influencing
awards is maintained by the commits
approving awards resting under the
burden of any such charges. With
this view the exhibition company
takes issue and thus far had not de
liyered any Of the awards to the com
mission for approval
1.-The awards resting under charges
of serious character are fortunately
not numerous, but, regardless of their
number. the commission has refused
and viii continue to refuse to approve
them until the charges shall 1.ave
up. AS to the great volume of the
awards. the commission is and has
been prepared to act promptly but
up 10 the present time the company
has not presented to the commission
any awards for approval
President Carter has also caused
to be sent to President D. r. Francis,
OF the Exposition Company, a letter
explaining the position of the Nation
al commission in regard to the
awards, an excerpt of which follows:
Tie commission cannot permit
the use of its name, nor the name OF
any of its officers or members, in con-
nection with any diploma, certificate
or other evidence of award, while any
part of the proceedings rest under
adequately supported and uninvesti-
gated charges of bribery, attempted
bribery corruption, fraud or miscon-
duct amounting to fraud. hereby no.
tiry you to refrain from using the
name Of the commission or the name
Of any of its officers or members in or
connected with any diploma. certifi-
cate or other evidence of award for
any exhibit