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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-12-22
CABINET OFFICERS
DISOBEY THE LAW
NOT ONE PRESENTED HIS Esrl-
MATES OF EXPENDITURES RE-
oUIRED BY STATUTE.

WASHINGTON D. c., Dec. 10
Congress is going to ask The members
of President Roosevelt's Cabinet why
they are breaking the law.
Under the law each member OF the
Cabinet is required to have the esti-
mates for the expenses of his depart
ment in the hands of the Secretary Of
the Treasury by October IS of each
year. Should the estimates of any de
partment not be filled by November L,
the Secretary OF the Treasury is re-
qulred TO make up the estimates for
the delinquent.
Every member of the Presidents
official family failed to comply with
this law this year. Not only were the
estimates of all departments late in
reaching the Secretary Of the Treas
ury, but the latter was late with his
own estimates, and also failed to com
pile the estimates for his colleagues.
AS the result OF this delay all es-
Inmates we're late in reaching Con-
gress, and the various committees OF
the House which have to deal with
them have been delayed in getting
down to the work of formulating the
appropriation bills.
This is not the first year this ofrense
has been committed, although the
statute which has been involved is
written in plain language and does not
need a lawyer to interpret its meaning.
The remedy which has been suggest
ed was threatened last year in the law
against Cabinet officers spending more
money than Congress had appropriated
1t is to provide penalty of jail sen
tence, fine and the loss Of official po'
sition for violation of the law.
This remedy effected an nbslute cure
of the habit OF sending emergency ap'
preparations to Congress, and mem
bers are serlous1y talking of making
it means of compelling an observance
of the law requiring promptness in the
matter of furnishing the regular es
Inmates OF expenses. The remedy will
be added to some one of the appro
Driation bills,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-12-22
JOSEPH Letter SAYS
ACTRESS IS DREAMING
Was Never Engaged to Miss LawIOrd,
He Asserts, SO How Could
She Break off?

CHICAGO, Ill, Dec. 15.-chicago
society is talking of the announce.
ment made in New York by Miss Am
Der Lawlord, actress and former Ken.
lucky belle, that she had broken her
engagement to Joseph Letter because
he was too gay.
Letter propped himself up on his
elbow in his bed at his home, No, 139
Lincoln Park Boulevard, where he is
Ill, long enough to deliver a message
to q servant, who in turn repeated it,
He remarked in unmistakable man
ner that Miss Amber Lawlord must
have been dreaming" as no such
arrangement has ever been made that
he knew of.
I'm fact" said Mr.. Letter, there is
absolutely no truth in that young
woman's remarks"
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-12-22
200 PASSENGERS
IN DANGER WHEN TRAIN WAS
CAUGHT IN A cAVE-IN THIS
MORNING.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Dec. 16.-Fast
passenger train number four on the
Queen and Crescent railroad, which
left Chattanooga at IL O'Clock last
night for Cincinnati, was caught in a
cave-in at tunnel 27 near lockwood,
Tennessee, early this morning. A
wrecking train has been sent out from
Chattanooga. The tunnel is some dis
lance from the station and no details
are yet obtainable. One report says
that no one was hurt.
There is report that there are about
two hundred passengers on the train.
From early reports 1t was feared that
the passengers had been subjected to
great danger as a result of the cave,
in. It was feared that they would be
sufrocated.
The latest reports say no one was
hurt.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-12-22
lJNIONISM
WAS GIVEN A HARD WHAcK By
PRESIDENT ELLIOT LAST
NIGHT.

BOSTON, Mass, Dec. 1G.-Presl,
dent Charles w. Eliot and labor un.
ionism again came together in spirit
ed clash at the dinner of the Boston
economic club, held at the American
house last night. The subject Of dis
cussion was immigration" and the
diversity of sentiment among the
speakers was the conspicuous feature
of the occasion. Frank Foster, the
Boston labor leader, endorsed the
Chinese law in the interest Of the
American workingman and President
Eliot declared that the only advocates
of the law to-day are the labor I'M
ions, and that such laws are prema'
ture, ungenerous and un-American.
Mr.. Ne-Poon-Chew, a well known
Chinese editor of San Francisco, made
forceful arrangement of the Chinese
exclusive law, declaring it to be un'
just and nonsensical.
Tt is the labor unions who teach
the doctrine of contract labor, ex'
clusively," said President Eliot. THAT
is the source of all the agitation along
these lines. 1t is best to speak plain
| ly. The American who have got into
the good trades want to keep out, all
the newcomers from those trades
Mr.. Gompers, the other day, in New
York, opposed the admission OF Chi
nese students and educated travel
lers on the ground that Chinese cool
les might smuggle themselves into
the country in that guise. I want tc
protest against that line Of argument
that we should try to keep out new
arrivals because our earnings will be
reduced.
4 am no kind of restrictionist tc
anybody, either in education, religion
or immigration"
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-12-22
4IINlTED joe OIL KING
ADDS $4,000, 300 TO HIS BANK Ac-
COUNT FOR THE YEAR
1905.

NEW YORK, Dec. 1G-John D.
Rockefeller. yesterday drew $5,OOO.pr9
as his share OF dividend of $40 a
share declared last month by the
Standard OIL Company. This is the
last quarterly dividend of the year and
brings the total up to 40 per cent. or
$4O,OOO,ooG. OF this, Mr.. Rockefeller's
share is $2O,0OO,OOO. 1t IS estimated
that his income from his railway, gas,
subsidiary oil companies and other in
vestments will be at leas' $20,OOO,"0o
more, SO that his income for the year
on the most conservative estimate.
reaches the enormous total Of 100000
900.
The year 1905 has been the banner
year for the Standard OIL Company, "a
far as earnings are concerned. The
disturbances in Russia, which have pre-
vented the normal production of Rus
sian petroleum, have made the de-
mands abroad for the American proi-
uct larger than ever before. The com
pany has swelled its profits still more
by steadily advancing the price Of pc
troleum to the consumers in the wi
ted States.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-12-22
TWO OLD PEOPLE
WERE SHOT LAST NIGHT WHILE
ENTREATING A SON TO RE-
TURN HOME.

NOLAN, W. Va. Dec. 15.-Benja'
min Endicott was shot and instantly
killed, ana his wife was seriously in
iured last night by Fred and Howard
Trippett and another young man
whose name is unknown. A son of
Eudicott was intoxicated and was
with the Trppetts and their compan-
ion. The elder Endicott with wife
went to search for the son. When he
was found they began pleading witt
his to return home. He refused, and
as they started walking away. the
Trippetts and their pal opened fire
on the aged couple. The Trippetts
have fed to Kentucky and a posse
has gone in pursuit. Threats Of VIC
lence are made.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-12-22
W. VA. WOMAN
WILL BE HANGED UNLESS sU
PREME COURT OR GOVERNOR
DAWSON SAVE HER.

CHARLESTON, W. Va, Dec. 16.--
West Virginia will soon vie with Yer
mont in interest in the handing of u
woman nurderess. The Attorney Gen
erals Office is Just now wrestling with
case which will be heard before the
Supreme Court of Appeals next month
during the January term of that body.
The case is that Of Sarah Ann Legg,
who was tried and convicted of the
murder of her husband In Clay coun.
ty some time ago. The woman was
sentenced by the court to hang by the
neck until dead on July 18th of this
year, but owing TO the fact that her at
torneys appealed the case to the higher
court the execution was postponed and
the woman now occupies q cell in the
Moundsville penitentiary awaiting her
fate which is now in the hands of five
judges Of the Supreme Court of APP
peals.
The contest in the higher court
hinges on the relevancy Of evidence adj
mitted in the trial in the lower court
In the latter tribunal, according to the
evidence adduced, the woman took
down tho gun from the wall and dellb'
erately sent Il bullet through her hus'
bands body causing instant death.
The defense claimed that the shooting
was accidental, and Notwithstanding
this theory the Jury rendered verdict
of guilty in the first degree murder.
Sentence was pronounced in accord
ance with the verdict of the talesmau.
Some criminal experts are Of the
opinion that the Supreme Court will
not grant a new trial on the grounds
upon which the case was appealed and
II such should be the case the woman
will be hanged, unless of course, her
sentence is commuted by Governor
Dawson
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-12-22

of them. =
That's the sort Of 9 yarn that my
little fellow ON the curb can start but
the real fellows sitting at this game
would write me down as an ass II l
attempted to give them any suca
blum. They know in New York and
to certain extent they've got IT
right.
Mr.. Lawson smiled when asked
what his pool was going to DO.
I'm general might say that we are
going to do substantially as we have
done. That is not a very specific an
swer, but 1 cannot be more specific.
would not care to show my hand,
even II had the cards all fixed. but
this is such crazy market that am
treating you frankly when I say that
really don't know"
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-12-22
WEST VIRGINIA SENATORS TAKE
coaNlzANcE OF FAKE STORY
AND REPupIATE 1T.

WASHINGTON d. c., Dec. 1G-
Senators Elldns and Scott yesterday
took cognizance Of an utterly false
story sent from this city to the Wheel
ing Register and reproduced in other
Democratic papers in West Virginia,
which was in effect that they had OPP
posed the appointment of Representa-
tive Joseph a. Gaines on the inter
state commerce committee in the
House by Speaker Cannon.
The story was evidently designed
to embrace the Republican Senators
and place them in false light, aud
was d lie out Of the whole cloth. In
stead Of their opposition to Mr.. Gaines
both Senators favored his appointment
to this Important committee and they
make oflcial denial Of the Register
lake In this statement to the Intelli-
gencer, which they telegraphed today:
wheeling Inteiligencer. Wheeling, w
va:
we authorize the statement that tho
Export from Washington, in the State
papers, that we opposed Congressman
Gaines, appointment on the committee
Of interstate commerce and foreign
commerce in the House is absolutely
false. On the contrary we favored it.
s. B. EIKtNS,
N. B. SCOTT.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-12-22

know that / have been onst6e WRONG
end 81 the market 1t bars my sense
OF perspIcacity to have to admit that
/ have been there so long. but a fell
low must find philosophy for that
feeling when he goes into the stock
market "I've played my hand right
out IN the open. said had informa-
ton that certain condition existed
and that certain consequence might
be predicted. This consequences has
not yet arrived, but it is as sure as
Christmas to come-or I'm broke.
@oh, I've heard all that before" he
interrupted at the suggestion that
many thought his actions were ex-
actly in the opposite direction from
his words as set forth in his advertise
ments and that he was "long" Of "the
systems pet stock instead of short"
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-12-22
MRS. TAGGART
HAS FLED WITH HER CHILDREN
AND IS NOW IN CONTEMPT
OF COURT.

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Dec. 15.-Cap.
tain Taggart cannot grasp the fact
that his wife has fed from Wooster
with their two children. He said:
II cannot believe. If she has,
shall make an attempt to secure them.
a shall insist upon the rights which
Judge Eason granted me in the trial
81; the divorce case at Wooster. The
whole matter is in the hands Of my at
torney. Mr.. Wertz, and he will I'M
doubtedly go after the children If they
are missing"
Ed. S. wertz, of Canton, Captain
Taggart's legal counsel, arrived in Co.
Iumbus to confer with his client.
mrs. Taggart has fed with the
children,s said Mr.. Wertz, "and she is
now in contempt of court. When we
get ready to go after the children,
however, we will nave no trouble in
locating them and securing their re
turn"
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-12-22
Rarbour Is a Ranner county.

Ten years ago. Barbour was the
original Banner County in the State
Sunday school work. Years of disor-
ganizatIon lost for US that standing.
Two years ago the work was reorgan-
lied at Belington by little handful
and. after incessant work, the county
ranks as Banner county.
Six points must be covered by a
Banner county. /. County Organized.
2. County Convention Held. 8. Every
District Organized. 4. Every District
holds Convention. C. Apportionment
in full. Statistical report from every
school. The first five points were
covered some time ago and the re-
port from the last school was received
yesterday SO that Barbour can go up
to the State Convention at Clarksburg
next April as Banner county.
The full report shows IS schools
opens a total of CSC months, 1854, a
total enrolment, including Cradle
Roll and Home Department, of 4,505,
an average of 81 to each school.-Cen-
trail Republican.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-12-22
MANAGER ELECTED.
RirI< stathers viii Look After the War
slty Football Team.

MoRGANTowN, Dec. 15.-Yester'
day afternoon the board of directors
OF the athletic association met and
elected President Birk stathers of the
athletic association football manager
for next year. Day before yesterday
the board adjourned after three ballots
because there was deadlock, Mr.
stathers having four votes and B, 9,
Colcord four. Yesterday after two bal
lots the deadlock was broken by the
president Of the association using his
prerosatiye and castng on q tie E9te'
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-12-22
TATTLES
ON PRETTY GIRL
s4RlEKs NICKNAME OF MIS-
TREss' FRIEND WHEN ASKED
WHO TOOK SET OF FURs,
FROM APARTMENT.

NEW YORK, Dec. 16.-Pipita, a
Mexican parrot, turned detective yes
terday and indirectly recovered a
set Of furs which had been stolen
from her mistress, Miss Josephine
LImmer, Of No. 81 East Ninth street.
Miss Limmer has had Pepita for four
years.
Pepita has a name for each of Miss
Limmer's regular callers, but is by
no means equally friendly with them.
One, however, has been a particular
favorite and has been greeted always
by cries Of pretty grill" So often
was this endearing expression repeat
ed that Miss Yetta Frankel, of No
IA Forsyth street, became known in
the house by the name given to hel
by the parrot.
When Miss Limmer went home yes
terday afternoon $50 set of furs was
missing. vainly she searched ward
robes and trunks, and finally appealed
to the parrot.
who's been here, Pepita?" she
asked, but the only reply was a jar
gon.
what sort of a parrot are you any
how?" she demanded. Here you
talk SO much that am almost tired
to death of you, and yet when ash
you simple question you don't an
swer me-" Then, disguised, she gave
the bird smack across Its mead.
Miss Llmmer's sister, Miss Seintia
Hartwig, of No. 22S East 125th street
arrived just then, and she, too, asked
the parrot who had been in the room
Pretty girl" screamed the bird
pretty girl. 1 never lie. Pretty
girl. l never lie."
Her suspicious thus aroused against
Miss Frankel, Miss Limmer went to
the police. They were inclined t.
make light of the parrots testimony,
but finally followed the clue. In Miss
FrankeTs home they opened a trunk
and in it found the furs which Miss
Limmer said she had lost
Paul Diamond, boarder in the
Frankel house, was arrested, as was
Miss Frankel herself. She said she
had bought the furs from man.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-12-22
MASKED ROBBERS
Tied Woman to Her Bod and Searched
The House.

ALTOONA, Pa. Dec. 1C.-Bound
and gagged an6 tied to her bed, Miss
Elite Cutchall, aged 80. of MapIeton,
was found by neiEhbors this morning
almost strangled and terribly exhaust
ed. Two masked robbers had entered
the house last night and finding the
young woman awake tied her up be
fore searching the house, They rot
nine dollars. Miss Cutchall is rich
and the burglars doubtless anticipated
good haul.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-12-22

BOSTON Mss Dec lc Thomas
awo denies the mild inainua-
tion ndushiaIly circulated from
Ses YORK that lie has "gone broke
~ admits however that for several
6onths he das been headed in that d.
earii5h 81 rapid pace. and that un.
die marEet changes, he will reach
lie oai The fumor that he has been
TRYING 10 make other loans besides
Ire 2e6:0pO mortgage recently placed
81 Ills esldepce, also finds confrma-
tlon from him. He admits that he has
lust clfnched d mortgage" of $3.50,
900 on some other property. There's
10 use in denying it" said he last
nIsht: when the question was pumped
Il him Those who are most inter
eated to know, already know 1t. They
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-12-22
public school Statistics.

WASHINGTON, Dec. ia state
rnent by the Commissioner Of Educa,
dion discussing matters pertaining to
his ONCE for thu fiscal year 1905 shows
that the number of pupils enrolled in
tie common schools during that period
was 16,256,03S, or 20 per cent. Of the
entire population as estimated by the
Census Bureau. The actual average
number Of days attended actual aver
age number Of days attended by each
papiI enrolled reached 1O2 days.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-12-22
$25.oCo LOSS.
Engehart Wooden Mills Near Terra
Alta Destroyed BY Fire To-Day.

CUMBERLAND, Nd, Dec. 15.-The
extensive plant Of the Englehart Wool
en- Mills Company, near Terra Alta,
West Virginia, burned to-day, causing
a loss exceeding $4,000 and throwing
fifty people out Of employment. The
fire originated in the Picker Depart.
ment. Insurance very small.
William Gol1iday, while oiling ma.
chinery at the extract works, Rio
West Virginia, today, fell into tank
of scalding hot extract from which dye
preparations are made and was boiled
to DEATH. Golliday was 80 years Of age
and recently married.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-12-22
NO DIGGING NOW
ON PANAMA CANAL
.MR TAFT TELLS SENATORS Ac-
TUAL EXCAVATION HAS BEEN
STOPPED BY THE CON-
MISSION.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. 10
Panama Canal expenditures will prob
ably he given an airing in the Senate
when the eleven million dollar appro-
priation bill will come up for passage.
Senator Allison reported the bill, e&-
planning that the Committee on Appro-
rriations had stricken out the first sec
ton, covering the bond feature, on the
ground that 1t should be passed upon
by a Legislative committee, and that
some slight changes had been made to
provide fuller and more detailed re-
ports to the President and to Congress.
In the hearings before the Senate
Committee, Secretary Taft was closely
Questioned with reference to the work
which has been done. He said his es-
Inmates provide for the employment Of
seventeen Thousand men-four thou
sand in the sanitation department and
thirteen thousand on track work, con-
struction of buildings. machine works,
putting together equipment and pre-
limhary work Of all kinds.
No actual excavation is now being
done, MI, Taft said, it being the opin-
Ion of Mr.. Shonts and Mr.. Stevens that
former Chief Engineer Wallace made
mistake in expanding what he did
upon the Culehra cut.
Mr.. WaIIace's Work VaIueIess.
"Hr. Wallace did his work in the dry
season." Mr.. Shonts told the commit
tee, Selecting easy work at the top
OF the cut, where he had gravity hauls.
He m!sled himself and other people by
taking the cost per cubic yard thus ar
rived at as being the unit OF cost at
which the whole work could be done.
Mr.. Shonts frequently criticised the
methods of Mr.. Wallace, declaring that
excavation was costing, with his plant
and force, as much as s1.5O cubi:
yard in the wet season. This was the
work the present commission stopped.
Estimates OF the former chief en-
gineer MIR. Shonts considered pracu
caly valueless. r.,Wallace computed
with his unit at fifty cents. With this
he figured he would save on sea lev
ell canal $SO,OcO,OOO, as compared with
previous estimates and 1t was this
which induced his commission to ia
vor the sea level project.
There was general discussion in
the committee over the type of the
canal. Senator Hale thought the com
mlttee should be able to answer the
question, Whit kind of canal arc
you going to have there?" which he be
lieved would be asked by Senator Nor
gan. What" he added, could we say
gentlemen"
AZ think" suggested Secretary Taft
you will say you do not know" and
; he added, that in his opinion this ques
ton should be determined within the
Eext four months,
"Mr. Wallace" said Mr.. Taft, twas
Of opinion that the work could go or
economically fer two years without de
termining the type of canal. Mr. Ste
vens is of a direct opposite opinion"
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-12-22
Camp For Reform.

NEW HAzEN, Dec 15.-Walter
Camp, Yale athletic advisor, last night
gave out statement relative to re-
form in football and laid special stress
on the adoption by the rules commit
tee ofta ten yard rule and one forbid
ding tackling below the knees. BE
considered the purposes of these rules;
namely, opening play and lessentns
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-12-22
LEHIeH VALLEY
Buffalo Express coIllded With
Freight This Morning.

wLKEsBARRE, Pa, Dec. 1.-THE
Lehigh Valley Buffalo Express, which
left this city at /: 80 this morning col.
lided with the rear OF freight train
at Glen onoko at 4 o'clock this morn
ing. and both trains were consider
ably Jared.
Fireman of the express train,
George Aborn, Of Easton was thrown
from the cab and received 2 broken
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-12-22
Postmastcrs Appointed.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-THE fol
lowing postmasters have been appoint
ed in Virginia: Charles D. Hickerson,
at Arco, Warren county; John T.
Booker, at Locdstowns, westmoreland
county.
In West Virginia: William L. Me
man, Brandonville, Preston county;
Henry NJ. Holdeman, at Coalition Ran
dolph county; Charles o. Bowles, Of
Hogg, Putnam county.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-12-22

ar mani other0inju None Of the
others Of the crew Or PAS nser we're
hurt. The tracks were blocked fpr
some hours.
y do you notice that g great
men nowadays are being sued foF
breach Of promise Y
Yes, but that ism t the worst 81
.'What s it2g
"The women are winning most q
the suits. Detroit Free PFes
Try ~ West ylrsLnlan Raps ad
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-12-08
Imitation Gems.

Nearly all OF the precious stones have
been successfully copied in glass, some
SO accurately that even experts have
been deceived. A prominent New York
Jeweler, in discussing the achievements
Of art in this direction, says:
Exquisite gray pearls are now
made by cutting beads from mother-of-
pearl shells and coating them With a
thin layer of silver But, of course,
they are mere limitations, and the
pearl is rot a precious stone in the
ordinary lnse OF the word, being an
animal product There is an import
ant distinction between the artificial
gems and imitation precious stones
The former are true gems, while the
latter are only counterfeits. The busl-
ness of manufacturing limitations Of
diamonds and other crystals Of value
is conducted on an immense scale in
Europe, and large numbers are ex-
ported to the United States.