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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-04-22
THE. STAGE TAG
Mrs. Temples Telegram.

10 10.
Mrs. Temples Telegram" which
ran for three hundred nights at the
Madison Square Theatre, New York,
and for three months at Powers Thea.
tire, Chicago. will be the attraction at
the Grand Opera House, Wednesday.
April gath. II is farce comedy that
Is excruciatinsly funny, and yet one
that Is clean and wholesome, devoid Of
even the semb}auce Of an objection.
able feature. It is a class Of plays
that Is seldom seen nowadays, one
which was In vogue 4 decade ago,
when "Cherley's Aunt" "What Hap.
pencd to Jones" aand other slde.split.
tiers held the boards. Why theatre
managers have discontinued this sort
ol%entertalnment and Insist upon In.
flicting the public with so.calle,l mu,
steal comedies, would he hard to faith.
ON, for certainly those who have wit.
messed such a performance us Mrs.
Temples Telegram" have received II
In much the same manner that tired
traveller would welcome the sight Of
a green oasis In a desert waste. 1t Is
really refreshing 10 see once again
clean, funny farce, free from the IN.
evitable chorus and the stereotyped
dozen Or so musical numbers, which
in majority Of cases might be called
musicfess numbers. In "Mrs. TEN.
pies Telegram" there Is not n dull
line or dry situation in the whole
of three acts Of the play, and every
character is remarkably well drawn
and Is unusually indispensable part
Of the story. Not one Of the parts
could be called a minor one. oil Of
them being prominently connected
with the action Of, the play. In this
respect the play Is really extraordl.
nary, and its authors showed them
selves master Of stage craft In con.
structing 1t. The humor flows through.
cut the entire play; It does not lag
for an instant; there Is none Of the
padding which is becoming so common
In our later day plays Instead OF the
play being intersperscd with laughter,
1t Is one long ripple. Al times the
laugh grow into Il vertable scream,
but 1t never ceases as long rs the cur.
tain Is up. From the very beginning
Of the first act the fun begins to flow,
and it Is not checked until the fall OF
the final c.'rtain. The theme Is mol
n new one, but it Is handled in a most
original manner, The plot hinges on
The failing Of wives to suspect every.
thing that their husbands tell them,
and the husband IN the play, after
telling the true cause OF his being
kept out all night, which was that he
was suspended IN midalr In Ferris
wheel, and finding that his wife does
not believe him, invents an excuse
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-04-22

The long delayed premier Of Cleo
attrected a large crowd at Atlantic
City lust Thursday night.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-04-22
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Suggestive.

Miriam" said her mother, "hare you
ever given young Mr.. staplefonl any
reason to believe you cared for him
enough to marry him? y sssdl7
"llc seems to think So answered
the daughter, because told him the
other evening that he was sending me
too many costly flowers and ought to
begin to save bis money."-Chicago
Tribune. 8 Il 7
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-04-22

towns It is hard to get the people to
enthuse in advance bat ] suppose they
are imposed upon SO frequently that
they are suspicious OF any claims
made in regard to1a theatrical attrac-
tIon." .5llt1
Every legislature must have It's fun:
the law making body Of the State OF
Wisconsin Is having Its over, the anti
tight bill recently introduced by Mr..
Hughes. Every day since Its introduc.
tion the bill has been the target Of
levity. The last movement was the
adoption OF an amendment changing
the prescribed length Of skirts OF &C.
tresscs from four inches below the
kuccs to four above; requiring the
wearing Of cloaks by actresses when
the temperature Of the playhouse Is
below ~, and excluding bald.headed
men from the front row when such
cloaks are not worn. IA
MIR. Carpenter moved to send the
bill to the Judiciary Committee on the
ground that constitutional question
was involved In the proposition to ex:
clutle man who had paid his admis.
sion. Mr.. Hughes regretted that he
had not been taken seriously and wish.
ed the House would not pass II on
from committee to committee. He
suggested q, special Saturday session
for It's consideration that 1t might not
delay business. It finally went to the
Judiciary Committee. This is the
fifth committee to receive It. Nobody
but its sponsor seems I take the bill
seriously. s}3 (f VIII
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-04-22
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CIGAR STUB
Thrown On Young Woman's Hat
Costs Her the Hat and a u
/ Burned Face.

CLARKsBuRG, W. Va. April 22.--,.
At ! o'clock Saturday, while Miss
Seelcy was standing near the Traders
hotel, guest at the hotel threw the
stub Of a lighted cigar upon her hat
and the headgear was ablaze. She
threw the hat aside and escaped with
but slight hurns ai,out her face. Her
hair was badly slnged. *
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-04-22

Bankers and Brokers" which did q
big business at the National Theatre
ut Dayton, Ohio, the last three days
Of last week, plays Wheeling and sew
cral other West Virginia towns short.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-04-22

Mary Marble and Sam Chip will be
seen in Dream City" next season,
which has been purchased from Joe
Weber.
New-York tribune., 1907-06-07
BECOMES CORPORATION.
Wanamaker's Store Capitalized at
O,OOO-Ogden a Director.

The department store of John Wanamaker, at
Broadway. 9Th and 10th streets. Incorporated
Wednesday ut Albany, with capital OF $7,5O0,000
The directors named in the certificate filed with
the Secretary of State are John Wanamaker,
Thomas B. Wanamaker, L. Rodman Wanamaker
and William L. Nevn, of Philadelphia, and Robert
C. Ogden, OF this city. John Wanamaker viii be
the president of the corporation and his L.
Rodman Wanamaler. will be vice-presdent. Jo-
sePh d. Williams. who looks after the credit
counts Of the store, is TO be secretary and treas
urer.
Ogden. who has been for many years in charge OF
the New York house OF John wanamRker, had
tired from the firm. The inclusion Of his
among the tncorporators means that he retains his
financial interest in the department store Thomas
D. Wanamaker said yesterday afternoon that Mr..
ogden would return TO active participation in the
business in he should recover his health. MIR.
Ogden is now at KennebunkpoTt, Me-. for that pur-
pose During his absence. L. Rodman Wananaker
Will be In charge Of the New York store.
Thomas 2. Wanamaker said yesterday that the
purpose OF Incorporating the department store was
me to perpetuate the business
New-York tribune., 1907-06-07
NEW STEEL TUBE TRUST
Lake End, 1t Is Said, of Standard
Oil RaiLzUay Project.

Special advIces from Loraln. Ohio say that In
Nestgation Of the true inwardness" OF the build
ing or the udewater and deepwater railways by
standard on interests in West Virginia and Vir-
ginla has brought out the announcement that the
Jones LaughlIn Company, of Pfttsburg, and the
tennessee Coal and Iron Company are Interested
IN the lake end Of the big railroad project TO an
extent hitherto unsuspected II is declared on
alleged good authority that these two steel inter
ests are forming combination for the constrlo-
ton OF huge tube mill in Lorain. IN competition
with tho National Tube Company. OF the United
States Steel Corporation
Ihe plant Is TO be erected. It is said just OF
LoFah' where for more than year there has been
a carefully concealed movement for the purchase
OF land until in all than four thousand acres
nave been purchased and cash paid TO the amount
OF more than $4,000 II has been declared that
ue Lorain * Southern Railroad, now being CON
5tfucieu south from Lora!n TO the Ohio River by
Joseph ramsey. TO connect with the Rogers rail
ioAd Whlch Is being built 10 the seaboard will have
llh terminus at Oak Point. Masking that the lake
eId or the great Standard OF road
Inc standard OIL Company. being one OF tho
largest users OF steel IN the world, especially OF
plpy' VII! back this combination and toin ia tho
uea- 70 the extent OF transportation facilities over
us aIhed railroads connecting with the Virginia
runway. Ine OIL company is building to get "A
udeWater outlet for It's foreign shipments which
nave grown as great even as IFS domestic trade.
New-York tribune., 1907-06-07
BIG TRAFFIC INCREASES.
Roads in South and Southeast Make
Fine Reports for Month.

enormous earnings reported by the railroads
IN the South and Southwest the Improvement being
que 10 an active expansion in the Industrial actv!
ues In that part OF the country The Southern
Hatiway Tor the last week in May presents a gain
Vi s'0V4o' comparison being made with period
year ago. when traffic receipts were heavy. Com
parsons IN all cases made with a time when
lhe railroad business active, and in the gem
eral list Of roads the only instance of bad earnings
year ago is furnished by the anthracite COM
@ paines which at the corresponding period in 1908
tion9 suffering from suspension OF mining opera
The Gould roads show marked irnnroveroept &;
fenna fnahEs and In their reports supply a good de-
70 the pesstmstic talk heard in wall Street
iot the properties. Missouri Pacific for the
OaS week In May increased its gross earnings $S7
Ssoo nna nnaahIilS a gain for the month of moro than
In av while the Texas Pacific for the last week
~ ~ LAY showed an increase of SlO277 The hest
showing s made by the Southwestern roads is thai
for tbe me iaiissouri Kansas & Texas. Its earnings
70 uie !ast week in May increased $216971 makine
eai tne s month gain Of 1854 1Ol. and from July
New-York tribune., 1907-06-07
HARM OF THE STRIKE.
Waterfront Troubles Effect on the
Commerce of This Port.

In speaking OF the recent waterfront strikes and
their effect on the commerce Of the port. Irving
T. Bush. president OF the Bush Terminal Com
pany. made the following statement yesterday to
reporter for The Tribune:
The general public interest in the develop
Inent OF this port commercial centre does not
recognize that the stevedoTe strike possesses for
i ien particular interest not usually present in
tne nlouthpleces or the country and while its
merce IS increasing II is becoming relatively less
tIiIpoI lht 10 the country at large owing the
increasing Importance of the other ports OF entry
iolher III olher words while the commerce OF this port
increases each year, Il does not increase In its full
pLtoPTorti9n tT TO the commerce of the country as a
WlloIe. Ihls view is entirely aside from the ques-
stei TI whether the wage paid To the striking
stsVedore Is too little or too great 1t merely
sLaeIs t the TACT that New York is competing with
me me 0Sher ports for the commerce OF the country
anu II II Is necessary for the steamship lines dock
ing mere 10 pay 40 cents hour for labor as
against 70 and 30 cents hour at other ports
I'VE" ioFk. as a whole, must suffer. Every c,tl-
zen zen VINO makes his living through or because of
o!r Soi1ilerClal greatness should be Just as in
Se9esteo as the steamship man IN seeing that New
ports. ~4' 'A'i9 WIN OII-eE
There is a general inclination to regard talk or
I nI'is Gh5racter as originating with the ''bogfe
man Inc citizens OF Liverpool however are he
EEnng E1g5g, 10 realize that other ports OF entry in
ana some day New York may wake up.
New-York tribune., 1907-06-07
TRUSTEES WANT MORE TIME.
Ship Trust Controllers Ask for Five-Year
Extension of Office.

J. P Morgan, J. Bruce Ismay. W J. Pirrie. p
- a. Widener and Charles Steele. voting trustees
OF the International Mercantile Marine COMPANY
have Issued a circular to the stockholders asking
iof authority 20 extend the voting trust for five
years or until October l. 1872 in order that the
poHcy OF tho present management may be carried
10 successful completion. The circular is In part
as follows:
Holders of large amounts OF the nrererraI and
O.i.thon STOCK voting trust certificates believing
- 81 great Importance 10 the stockholders that the
ppohcy OF me present management should DE con-
t LLuet uiluI the plans now under way for improv-
iiHs lno conpanys fleet and permanently establish
ing US strength are completed. have urgently re-
QueSted ths voting trust 10 propose an extension
or me trust FOR further period OF fiye years
Nouce Is therefore given that II prior 10 Son
tefnper J. 1877, holders OF a sufficient number oP
the present voting trust certificates shall have
s4sniueo thelr desire that the voting trust be ex-
tended for the period OF five years, or say until
october l. 1872 the trustees will consent thereto
ana VIII arrange so TO extend the agreement
Tor such holders In that due notice will
pc given IN order that the present trust Ger
tincates may be presented for stamping or for
exohange into new extended certificates as may
be determined. ~'
New-York tribune., 1907-06-07
BUSINESS TROUBLES.

The following petitions IN bankruptcy were rledi
yesterday with the clerk Of the United States Dis
tTict Court:
Julius NJ Locker. of No 14o Orchard st, volunta<y
petition showing OF s4.2SS and of $50
The principal creditor is the Z b Cania Company.
$500
c =. Scholtz & Son Company, involuntary petttion
hy creditors follows: Sargent & Co, Silica Rob-
ert Murray $l3. Patterson. Harrel s. Gray SIS Pref
erences and admission insolvency charged. Joha
B. Lord was appointed receiver with bond OF s1ooo
Aaron Kapan. OF II East nth ST.. Involuntary
petition by creditors follows: Wilrnerdtng Morris
& Mitchell, $500; Kane & Wilkerson SILK Company.
500. and l. F. Dommerich s. Co. 500 Preferences
ar alleged ..
Schedules OF Armstrong, Walls 4 Co show debts 81
$50 and assets OF SooS9- Ihe latteE constst ~
cash SIS; stock in trade $4,000; due. ss3013i
deposited bank s5.906- Th principal creditors ars
Inc JJnon Bank Brooklyn S. 600. secured Cleveland
twist Drill Company. Ss.o4s. and large number OF
minor creditors unsecured. with claims aggregatra
$64.9T3
County yesterday against property OF Louis philips.
Stanton ST. and Mangin ST. II taver %
Joseph voIkommer in suit brought 20 recover sss&s
The attachment granted by Justice Maddox :.
Robert c. Perry has been named as assignee q
Woodbury.. Limited, advertising agents. at No ls0
Fifth avenue IN place of Thomas +. Murray. re-
signed. The liabilities are A3.1sa
New-York tribune., 1907-06-07
S. I CHAMBER OF COMMERCE DIMES
Daniel Moynihan, of Controllers Office. SAYS
Borough Deserves Subway.

Tho Chamber Of Commerce Of Staten Island held
It's annual dinner last night the Hotel Castleton
st, George About eighty persons were present and
they applauded Daniel Moynihan. OF the Control
ieI ONCE VINO told them that Staten Island need
Gu suo"ays just as badly, and was as much en-
utled 10 them as the other boroughs He went on
20 say that they had not got them because they
hed not demanded them vigorously enough or made
any suong public expression Of opinion II they
ustnehued subways strongly enough and long
Der. - -' "7'-'e' the 1AdIli-
~ dDIhrough th President Cromwell spoke on the affairs
CI Ot uS ne p0Ioush controller Metz, Postmaster VIII
- anu commissioner Beusei o have sunlfar
u. , Iaaieu 10 appear The chairman and toastInas,
Chamber ' ~"''' PieS'd'ht OF mo
New-York tribune., 1907-06-07
INTER-MET. DIVIDEND DECLARED.
Three-Point Rise in Stock Follows and Clos
ing Price Is 48

The directors Of the Interborough- Metropolitan
Company declared the usual quarterly dividend Of
ia per cent at their meeting yesterday. and there
by disproved the runor current for several days in
Wall Street that the present dividend would be
passed. The announcement that the dividend had
been declared caused rise Of three points In the
stock, from z5 TO 49. II closed at as q net gain
for the day OF 2. points.
Interests identified with the company said yes
terday that there possibility Of the passing
Of the dividend in the present year They pointed
out that the subscription OF % per called on
Metropolitan Securities stock Just prior the
merger OF that company with tho Metropolitan
Street Railway Company and the InterbOrough
Rapid Transit Company provided sufficient funds
to meet dividend payments Metropolitan Street
Railway stock for another year at least inasmuch
the Interborou gh- Metropolitan company holds
the great bulk of Metropolitan Street Railway Com
pany stock
New-York tribune., 1907-06-07
TO PROTECT CURB BROKERS.
Messenger Boys Compelled to Wear Caps
with Badges-Check to Thefts.

The boys who carry messages for the curb
brokers appeared IN blue caps yesterday with
badges bearing their numbers. II learned
that this departure made TO protect the
brokers from dishonest messengers. Many COM
plants have been made lately to F. c. Mendels
jr.. the dean OF the curb, that boys who have
taken certified checks to the banks failed to
reappear, and traders were said TO have lost
several hundred dollars in that way recently. A
few days ago a broker gave a boy, whom he
took for a curb messenger, a certified check for
SO to take 10 the bank That was the last he
saw Of the boy.
While the curb market has no organization,
z. c. Mendels. Jr., by the tacit consent Of the
rest Of the brokers, exercises a general super
vision over its affairs. and, being informed
OF the losses, decided that the curb messengers
should wear caps hereafter with the badge
affixed and that all boys without the official
cap and badge should be barred from the roped
inclosure.
New-York tribune., 1907-06-07
THE COTTON LEAK" TRIAL.

Washington, June 6.-Statistician Olmsted of
the Department OF Agriculture testified again to-
day in the trial of Edwin 5. Holmes jr on the
charge or conspiracy 10 dcfraud the government bv
diYuging the Information concerning the cotton
crop. He was required explain the process of
the bureau Of statistics more
DR.. Charles Z. Clarke. present associntc statis-
tcian followed Mr.. Olmsted. He spent the greater
part OF his time in identifying Holmes's signature
70 Communications which flied as * hibItS
The fact was developed that there had been some
communication between Holmes and Theodore u
Price, New York broker. but the nature of II
was not disclosed. Mr.. Clarke Also Identified
Holiness handwriting IN the rough draft of a de-
partment letter signed by the President ana issued
In contradiction of charge made in 1903 that the
contents Of the cotton crop reports are known ia
New York before their official publicGtlon.
New-York tribune., 1907-06-07
GAS HEARING GOES ON.
State Tries to Make Master Mastea
Change His Report.

The hearing before Arthur H Mas+en 70 svggas.
changes in his report the sO-cent gas suit 70
te submitted TO Judge Lacombe was continued
Yesterday. Charles T. Mathevson COUNSEL ,or tbo
consolidated Gas Company began by ATTACKING
.he items in the briefs of counsel for the cttv ond
state alleging generalization.
II was contended that an estimate Of ss9e ooo a..
the value o. the Ilth street plant should not he
charged IN the valuation OF real estate ana nlants
t4cause the plant had been abandoned NJ Nc
,hewson said that this was a mistake and ,ho.
the plant was not abandoned. 1t had heen 70
nuested that the valuation Of the 18th street pIant
At So $1,000 and the Goth and 6lst streets pan+ az
g665S5 be eLso stricken out for the same reason
hut Il was sid that these were still In use ana
that there nothing in the testimony to show
Otherwise.
That the valuation OF the stock assets should be
sz64e 900 instead Of E9s940O0 one OF the other
contentious Mr.. Mathewson said that the so7 $40 :
0O represented the actual stock issued and The
larger figure Included additional s. 2s5 900 ob,sa
ton assumed in issuing the stock.
'Then It wasn't devoted 10 public ser,tcA sra
should be deducted" said Deputy Attorney General
De Ford
The state requested that the master In hfs rs,o.
find that the Consolidated Gas Company naId
$4,000 IN dividends IN 1905. or this amount 81 22s
s52 represented income from ell sources but gas
The profit of $56S,647 it was contended. paid IN
dividends, represented a profit OF Al cents a thou
sand feet. IN objectng 10 this request Mr. Mathew,
said that $3.50 81 did not represent the income
from gas. The total included surpluses from otba-
years, dividends from securities IN other corpanies
rental Of gas stoves, etc
M. Mathewson said that the income from ,ba
gas business would represent a profit OF only q
cents & thousand feet, and that the figures s,b
ing viii be continued to-day.
New-York tribune., 1907-06-07
WILL GET BIG SALARY.
q. ID. Eldridge to Drazo $500 as
ActuGy of Mutual Reserve.

George D. Eldridge. a Tribune reporter learned
Yesterday Is for the present at least. to retain
the place Of actuary to the Mutual Reserve at a
salary Of $4,000 year. Until week or two ago.
when he was deposed from the vice-presdency in
favor Of George w. Harper, Mr. Eldrdge held the
ouaI Office Of vice-president and actuary, at
sa'dIy OF SSl'o0 The new salary attaching to the
pIeslue1cy' however, is only $4,000, Mr. Harper
performing his old duties Of treasurer in addition
mus 1lr EIdridges former salary has been cut
$SoOo although next to the presidents $50 900 Il Is
the largest salary now received by any officer OF
the company.
Inc directors voted to retain Mr. Eldridge at this
saIary the reporter learned this weeks meeting
when, as told exclusively in yesterdays Tribune the
salaries Of the three principal officers were cut to
the tune Of SIS, ,00O
MT EIdridge has been connected with the Mutual
reserve Tor many years. Although he was identified
cIoseIy with the Burnham regime and is still under
Indictment with ex-President Burnham charges
OF larceny and forgery. the directors base their
action on the recognition OF the value of Mr. Ell
urlugeS actuarial services. To this recognition OF
ms especial actuarial fitness at this juncture. Il is
SAID ms relatively high salary is due directors
being of opinion that while they might readily OBJ
tam the services Of competent actuary at a much
lower figure, MIR. Eldridge IS Indispensable the
Whether Mr. Eldrdge remains with the company
~ It's; Is thought, viii depend partly on his own in
ing indictments, should the ever come to trial
con,-cTion M oF Blvlson reversal or the
health.
, urthfr changes, it is learned, pending in
oLle BOARD OF directors According to present plans
an attempt is to be made to induce through friend
Slp or wish for office, both, several we'll known
BUSINESS ana professional men to lend their
10 lne directorate. Seeing that the board is
nations. ~ ''S
II Is understood, however, that several officers
VINO are now directors have expressed their entire
W,t4ingness TO assist in this plan by retiring from
With the consent OF the board Of inspectors for
!e New York Life Charles Stirrup the representa-
i've or the international committee who is under
arrest for conspiracy serving an international
, Wttcter at the hnal wedding out OF about TWEEN
'NTSlN thousand duplicate class votes.
!, lhTough the nomination of u man Ali his place
ne ueath or George c. Rand. OF this city, who was
yylecleu a Mutual Life trustee recently, became
Hiao"1 mo N IN INSURANCE circles yesterday Mr.. Rand
VAS chairman Of the North British and Mercantile
Oompanys American board OF directors.
New-York tribune., 1907-06-07
EARNINGS oFN.Y.o LINES INCREASE.
Report for Last Month Expected to Show
Large Net Gains

Earnings Of the New York Central lines for the
month of May show large gains in gross. which are
expected to be reflected to some extent in net re-
turns. not Yet available. The New York Central
presents an increase of N.16S 364. making for the
hNe months OF the current calendar year an in
crease Of S3.N7G55 The Lake Shore shows an IN
GreaSe Yi OF $nS,649, the New York, Chicago & St
SoulS an increase of SIS G66. the Chicago Indiana
southern an increase of S76.257. the Lake Erie &
western an increase Of sl5OO4. the Michigan Cen
raI an increase OF $272,S7S the Peoria & Eastern
an increase OF S5S56. the Cleveland, Cincinnati
1ihlc3go st Louis increase OF S302 sos and the
tlttsburg & Lake Erie an increase of $l432S. The
, G,lhclnnau Northern and the Rutland road also
sshoWed Improvement. The total increase gross
for all lines $2,046 GA for the month of May
and from January SIS 09S 3S3