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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-04-02


After the Anal cur die demon
stra tion Of the andie sfas prolouncz
ed MS ANS bowed aEatn and
again and repeated her little speech
satIsnedS that Is ey had made Their ia:
yor.te and her comp mons understand
their appreciation the audience we're
soon on their way to their homes and
the front of the chester was darkenedi
But not for long The last one was
scarcely out. OF the house when the cur
tain hichSi had 30 lately fallen was
raised again, the lights III the orches-
ira relighted. and a single light above
the stage set burning. Beneath this
light sat a little figure enyeloped in a
long and heavy cloak: The lender OF
the orchestra called ont: "All ready.
Miss Adams,r and the little woman
seated on common wooden chair on
tho darkened stage. started to cele-
tbrate q night of triumph by conduct
ing a;rehearsal Of music. whose charm
had furnished several hours ofjleliglt
flor discriminating auditors. but had
not quite satisfied the keen car and
the temrernmental intelligence of her.
! TO whom only the best is worth while.
1t conxes back that Ec1l. feeling.
healthy look. puts the sap Of life In
your system. protects yon from dis.
ease Holsters Rocky Mountain Tea
i has no equal Us a spring tonic for the
! whole family. 35c. Tea or Tablets
= South Side Pharmacy. "A \! +
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-04-02
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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-04-02

Enw.s the TING to take. Rbf Noun,
. e lli q y drives out the germs OF
winter builds np the stomach. lid!
Eneysg and liver. The most wonder.
fnl spring tonic to make people well.
You'll be surprised with: results,
35c. Ten or Tablets South Side Phar.
macy. az Z - :. I. Il 3
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-05-07
How the Poison Sellers
of American Saloonatics Fortify Their Wicked
Trade-The Maine Minnesota



big enough but the Model License League com
mitted larger fraud by republishing these
mendacious statistics in it's address to the country
and representing that the figures for Minnesota
covered the whole state. This representation has
been copied by the Swiss wine merchants.
In other words, what this document and similar
publications which being scattered over Eu-
rope and America present as the number of pris-
oners in the whole state of Minnesota was orig
inally published as the number of prisoners in
only small part OF that state
Fortunately there now at hand official docu-
ments for real comparison between the states of
Maine and Minnesota upon this line, so far as a
comparison can be made.
1t needs to be kept in mind in the study of this
comparison that statistics of arrests and imprison
ment mean comparatively little as an exhibition
of conditions in different states. The enforce
ment of law, the pecularities of statutes and ord
nances and the different methods of administra
ton afford such a wide range of differences that
the number of arrests or imprisonments IN cities
or states particularly in far-separated parts of
the country, is of most doubtful value in studying
any great problem. Mr.. John Koren, the expert
special agent of the Bureau of the Census, in the
Special Report upon Prisoners published by the
Census Bureau in 1907 we'll says:
"As guide to the relative frequency or infre-
quency OF criminal offenses these ratios by them
selves are of doubtful value. A community with
a large number of prisoners in proportion to its
population may be far more law-abiding and Or
derly than one with low ratio. 1t is not merely
question of how the laws are enforced, but what
standards the courts follow in imposing penalties
and what facilities the community provides for
conhning considerable number of prisoners"
1t must be further held in mind that Maine is
situated in that group of states that has the second
largest ratio of prisoners and that in that group
Maine has the lowest average That is to say, in
situated the general average of prisoners per one
hundred thousand population as given by the
United States Census, is 1915, but in Maine the
number is 70. Not only is this ratio the lowest
in the North Atlantic division, but also only the
District of Columbia and West Virginia have
lower ratio in the South Atlantic division, only
Oklahoma and Arkansas have lower ratio in the
South Central division and the general average of
the North Central division, which has the lowest
general average of all the divisions in the United
States, is in excess of the ratio of Maine, being
752
If an honest comparison were sought, Maine
should be compared with the other states of the
North Atlantic division and the showing of such
a comparison would be not only that every other
state of the division has higher ratio of prison
ers, but that the only state that approaches Maine
is the one-tme Prohibition state, Vermont The
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-05-07

In Stoddard county, Missouri, when we had
$4,000 year from the saloons, criminal
court cost us from $4,000 to $4,000 year.
Now, under local option Prohibition, the cost is
about $1,7O0 a year.-Jadge Fort.
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-05-07
THE PLOTTING CONGRESS
Republican Politicians Trying to Please the
Temperance Voter with Law that
Won't Hurt the Traffic


.pondence)-It may be accepted as prac
tcaly certain that the present Congress will do
absolutely nothing in response to the demand
which has been addressed to it from all parts of
the country for some legislation for the protection
of Prohibition territory
AS the law now stands the Prohibition statutes
of the various states of the Union and the laws
which enable the people of localities to prohibit
the sale of liquor in the towns and counties are in
large part rendered nugatory by the various forms
of the Jug trade" Under the protection of the
federal interstate commerce law, liquor dealers in
license states, and in the license cities of those
states which are largely covered by local Prohibi
ton, ship their wares into "dry'' territory and the
traffic protected in all cases until the goods have
passed into the hands of retail dealer and in
some cases until the dealer makes, or attempts
to make an unlawful sale
For years past there have been bills before Con-
- gress looking to such modification of the federal
laws as would protect the people from this traffic,
but strangulation in the committee room has been
their almost uniform fate. At the present time it
is we'll known that, if bill embodying the neces-
sary provisions to protect Prohibition territory
could be brought before the House, it would be
certain of passage and would probably also pass
in the Senate, but these bills have been referred
to committees which had been fixed" by Speaker
Cannon and up to the present time nothing has
been allowed to come before the House.
Just the leading Republican members of
Congress are almost in panic for fear that it
will be necessary to adjourn before they can doctor
UP some clever scheme of foong the temperance
people without hurting the liquor interests, and
upon such a scheme all effort will be concentrated
in the days to The plan of the Republican
leaders is to frame some law which will sound
good and mean not much of anything and not in
any material way interfere with the liquor bust
ness, and pass it with great hurrah so that the
Republican Congressman go back to their
constituencies and point with pride" to what has
been accomplished, while the bosses can make
good" with the liquor interests
The so-called Knox bill, which is now on the
Senate calendar, is the result of this scheme 1t
gets its name from Senator Knox of Pennsylvania
and, would be expected from its authorship is
full of holes that you could "drive dozen
span of horses through it, at almost any point
and, if it should be passed. would leave the "ug
trade practically untouched
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-05-07

daily papers which admit disguised liquor dealers
advertisements to their columns "for revenue
only" have been spreading before the country
pretended comparison Of the criminal records of
the states of Maine and Minnesota, to the disad
vantage of Maine and the supposed discredting
of the Prohibition principle and policy. This mat
ter has seemed important enough to the liquor
interests that it has been translated into foreign
languages and has been published in Europe and
is at the present moment making the rounds of
the European press. AS it appears in bulletin
issued by the Wine Merchants Association of
Switzerland, under date of March 2s, the docu-
ment reads (the translation is made by Professor
J. G. Evert, the corresponding secretary of the
Bureau International contre PAlcoolsme')
The RESULTS OF PRoH1B1ToRY LEGISLATION!
[Schzveiger Wengetumg, March 28, IooS.]
The American and European abstainers are ac-
customed to point to the state of Maine when
speaking of the blessings of Prohibition. The fol-
lowing figures, which are taken from the official
statistics, will serve to throw some light on the
assertions of these people. In the year 1907 there
were 5,769 inmates in the prisons OF Maine. In
Minnesota, which has three times as great popu-
lation and no prohbitory legislation whatever,
there were only 1,489 There 207 female
prisoners in Maine and 40 in Minnesota Maine
paid $780, 900 for the maintenance of its prisons,
Minnesota $4,000 In Maine there were 1928 ar
rests for drunkenness, in Minnesota COS. In
Maine AL dives had to be closed, in Minnesota
25 Here we see what prohibitory legislation
leads to!
At first it was almost impossible to identify the
source of the figures which are given in this pre-
tended piece of statistics AS regards Maine, it
seems probable that the compiler had access to the
official statistics of that state before the same
were published to the general public and copied
an inaccurate total of the whole number Of pris-
oners in the jails of that state for the year 1907
ignoring the state prison.
In the case of Minnesota the identity of the
figures presented is even more obscure. They
correspond in no way with the figures in any Of
fetal report for the state Of Minnesota at any
time. Their probable source is as follows: There
is published in ST. Paul. Mimi, paper known
the St. Paul Record, of rather mysterious origin
and without clearly identified publishers 1t has
the reputation of being a paper conducted solely
for the purpose of hiding legal notices. This pa
per seems to have been bought up by the liquor
interests at some time during the early part of
the past winter and to have been used for the
publication of pretended statistics concerning the
results of Prohibition and comparison between
Maine and Minnesota. For the purpose of max
ing this comparison the Record took certain
counties of Minnesota apparently selected with
care, to make showing, stating that those coun-
Evening journal., 1908-03-31
Homo From Weddlna Trlp.

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph w. Jackson
have returned from their wedding trip
Northern Pennsylvania and
New York State. They left Whining
ton last Saturday week for Lewisburg,
Pennsylvania. where Mrs Jackson has
two sons at Bucknell University. After
spending Sunday in Lewisburg, the
couple went TO Buffalo, en- route to
Niagara Falls After a short stay in
Buffalo they arrived at the Falls where
they spent the most delightful part OF
their trip They saw about all there
is TO see at this season of the year,
a visit to the Shredded Wheat
biscuit plant and taking a flying trip
over the gorder into Canada. The re-
turn trip brought the newly cd
couple to Rochester where they were
by DR. Joseph w. Stewart
dean of Rochester Theological SEMI
nary. They were cordially received at
the seminary which Mrs. Jackson es-
peciallly visited IN the interest Of her
son, who is a ministerial student at
Bucknell Short stops were made at
Elmira, Canandagua and Lewisburg,
and last of all at Washington, d. c..
Both the bride and groom are much
pleased with their trip. They enjoyed
excellent weather throughout, except
one very cold morning at Niagara Mr.
and Mrs. Jackson win reside for the
present at No. 6t0 West street
Evening journal., 1908-03-31
CANNOT SHARE
IN PENSION FUND
City Solicitor Says Matrens
and Linemen Are Not Mem
bers Of Police Force

City Solicitor Townsend sent to Chief
OF Police George Black Today an opin-
ion In which he declared that the two
police matrons. as well as the two
custooians of The fire and police tele-
graph system, are not members of ne
lty polite department and therefore
not entitled 10 share in the police pen
sion fund The opinion follNys:
March ol, 1908
George Black, Esq, Secretary Board
OF Police Commissioners. city.
Dear Sir:-Replying TO your letter of
March II, 1908, in which Won request
that / inform your department whether
or not in my opinion the employees
OF the Fire and Police Telegraph Svs~
tenn; also the two matrons employed
by your department are TO be consid-
cred as members OF the police force"
under the act providing for a Police
Pension Fund" passed at Dover March
Il, l9O7;--I desire to report as follows:
The title Of the act is IAN Act pro-
Viding for Police Pension Fund FOR the
members Of the police force Of the City
Of Wilmington"
The above mentioned act does not
designate what constitute the Police
Force" or Members Of the Police
Force. The act creating the Board Of
folice Commissioners which was pass
ed at Dover, April IS, 1898. provides
that the police force shall consist Of
one chief OF police. two captains Of
police, and such number Of sergeants
as may be deemed necessary for each
police district in said city and sixty
men, which police force may be in
creased by the said board with the
approval of the council.
Aside from these statutes this Hes
ton has been before the court on some
Few occasions. IN the case of CITY
Of Florence VS.. Brown. 40 S. Car. ss2.
the court held that the term police
force' when used in a statute or other
writing refers to the body Of men ar
pointed TO preserve the peace and good
order in a city or town.
IN the case OF Commonwealth vs.
smith III Mass, 4O7 the court held
that the term Police officer did not
include city constable"
In the case of People VS. Gregg. IN
f) 90 Hun, 107, II was held that the
mayor OF the city. although ex-odicio
mead or the police force of that cltv
was not police officer"
From an examination OF the above
statutes and decisions + am OF opinion
mat the TWO police matrons and the
employees Of the fire and police teie-
graph system are not entitled to the
Denehts allowed under the act pro.
Vding for a police pension fund.
Very respectfully,
Sylvester d. Townsend.
City Solicitor.
Evening journal., 1908-03-31
MAY PROCEED
AGAINST CASTRO
BY united Press Leased Special wire.

BY United Press Leased Special Wire.
WASHINGTON, March S1.-Drastic
action will likely be directed against
President Castro and his Venezuelan
government by the United States Con-
gress after its consideration OF the cor
respondence concerning the American
claims transmitted to it to-day by Sec
retary of State Root.
The correspondence deals with five
claims in all, the most important of
which is that of New York and Ber-
mudez Company over the asphalt de-
posits of the South American Republic
Among the documents in this case is
the report Of Special Commissioner w.
]. Calhoun, appointed by President
Roosevelt, upon the conclusions Of
which Congress win probably base its
action.
These cnarge substantially. that Pres
ident Castro. after dispossessing the
company of its lands seized its pro-
perty without right or legal warrant
and, by the appointment of his own
agent as receiver. continued to work the
asphalt deposits exclusively for mis- or
his governments benefit. Commissioner
Calhoun in his report finds that the
companys right under the title acquir-
ed according to the land and mining
laws of the country was never passed
upon. and that the government OF
| Venezuela has seized and still holds the
property, in doing which it ignored
title which Il had previously granted
and the validity OF which remains 10
oe adJudicated"
Evening journal., 1908-03-31
JACK DAILY JOINS
TRI-STATE RANKS
WeII-KnOwn PugiIiSt to Look
After Physical Culture
of Players

Cornelius Moriarity, better known in
pugilistic circles as Jack Daily"
former Wilmington lad. has joined the
ranks Of the local Tri-State Baseball
Club. not as a player, however but as
a physical instructor who will accom-
pany the team on its pennant Journey
and who win look after the welfare Of
The players from a scientific stand
point
Jack has his headquarters for the
present at room No. 2S. Clayton House.
the apartment occupied by Manager
Michael Grady, and this morning was
engaged in rubbing down and massag-
ing the arms and legs Of several Of the
local players In this process Jack"
uses preparation Of his own, the
prescription for which he sends to a
drug store for compounding.
IT'S a good one" said DAILY this
morning, and viii take the stiffness
and soreness out Of an arm or leg in
a short time. 1 used it when l was
in the ring, and / know what it will
do"
There was nothing doing in the
baseball line this morning beyond some
"hot airing" among the players Of the
Wilmington and Newark clubs at their
quarters at the Clayton House But
one new man reported to-day, James
.McDermott, a third baseman, from
Philadelphia, who will be tried out In
that position by Manager Grady There
has been some talk to-day of a pro-
posed deal by which George P. Stall
lings, owner and manager of the New
ark team would secure two Of the local
men before he left Wilmington with
his team. Mr.. Stallings and f. r. Stall
lings, assistant manager of the club,
left this morning for Newark. where
they will remain until tomorrow. Be
fore his departure Manager Stallings
denied that such deal was on, but it
is believed nevertheless that there is
something doing" along this line.
For some time il has been whispered
that pete" Cassidy was about to for
sake the Tri-State camp and pitch his
tent with the Newark Eastern
Leaguers. Mr.. Stallings denied this
lemphatically to-day and Manager
Grady and the owners Of the Whining
ton team were equally as positive that
in their statements that Cassidy win
play here this season. Pete" says
certainly I'll be here" and then
smiles significantly.
Manager Grady went to Philadelphia
this afternoon and is in conference
with Connie Mack regarding two men
whom he hopes to get a line on. One
is a pitcher and the other an outfielder.
Should the weather of to-day continue
tomorrow It is probable that some
arrangements will be made whereby
a hall will be rented large enough for
the pitching staff to work out in.
John ]. Sullivan, short stop. who
halls from Philadelphia, reported last
might.
Evening journal., 1908-03-31
THREE ACCUSED OF
RECKLESS DRIVING
Child Was Knocked Down by
Team and Sustained a
Broken Leg

Charged with reckless driving in August
last at which time they are accused Of
having run ever the three-year-old child
OF Mrs Elizabeth Redmond, at No I :
Seventh avenue, breaking the childs leg
and causing a bad scalp wound, Leon
Camp. Frank McVeigh and Charles Glib
bons. three young men. were arraigned in
the City Court to-day. for trial. Camp,
however, was first arraigned on a charge
Of disorderly conduct and for which he
Yves fined $40 and costs. He resisted Of
fcer Brown when the latter went to the
young mans house to place him under
arrest on the reckless driving charge.
1t was testified by Camp, who was called
as a witness, by the state that on the day
the child was run over. Gibbons was
driving the team which knocked down the
youngster Camp said that he and Nc
Weigh came up in the rear in another car
riage, but he said they did not see The
child when they drove up 1t having al
ready been carried away. Camp said they
met Gibbons a short distance away and
they then learned for the first time that
a child had been run over. He said he had
agreed to give his share Of money to-
asked why. replied because all three had
been together all of that day
The case was continued until to-mor-
row to hear the evidence Of the father of
tire child.
Frank Leauby. charged with non-sup-
port, was held in $500 bail for the upper
court. Through his attorney, Armon d.
Chaytor. he waived a hearing for that
tribunal
The case Of Edward Hines. a colored
boy, charged with the larceny OF eight
barrels of bottles was postponed until
Thursday. and in the meantime, Humane
Agent Frank Stout will investigate the
boys character and make a report to
the court.
Gilbert Demby colored. who is accused
of acting improperly toward a seventeen
year-old girl, will receive a hearing to-
morrow. This case is also in Mr.. Stouts
hands.
Charles Freeney. oolored, charged with
trespass as dismissed
Evening journal., 1908-03-31
Given a Birthday Party.

Mr.. and Mrs. James Bronson Of Mary
land avenue and Elm steet gave a party
TO their daughter, Caroline Bronson in
honor of her eighth birthday on Monday
evening. The little ones spent very
pleasant time playing games, after which
refreshments were served. Among those
present were Misses Elsie mad Elva War
lex, Irene Lyons, Mary and Anna Crother.
Clara Duncan, Mary and Martha Huester,
Caroline Bronson, Neal Comfy, George
Clifton, Abe Huester John ODonnell.
Calvin Crother, Emmer Bronson, Edward
Bronson, William Bronson, Mr.. and Mrs.
James Bronson. Mr.. and Mrs. J. c. Brun,
Mr.. and Mrs. G. e. Neville Mrs. Edward
only.
Evening journal., 1908-03-31
REV. Mr.. WILLIAMS
AT ST. ANDREWS

The Rev. Richard P. Williams was
the speaker at the noon-day service in
st. Andrews Episcopal Church, Eighth
and Shipley streets, to-day. Mans in
ability to comprehend the acts of the
Deity should be recognized by humil-
ity. Mr. Williams declared modern
criticism of Christianity could only go
$50 far and was Of no avail in the end.
Christ was beyond criticism and ex-
PLANTATION. God had provided a way
from out of every temptation. he said.
and all men could choose how to meet
Il.
The Rev. r. Marshall Harrison, d.
D., Of Philadelphia, will preach at the
service tomorrow.
Evening journal., 1908-03-31
CHARLES COOK
DIED IN BALTIMORE

Charles w. Cook, aged 60 years, for
many years a resident or this city. but
Of late employed as a stationary engi-
neer in Baltimore, died in that city yes
terday. The body was shipped to this
city to-day, and the funeral will take
place from the home OF Clerk of the
Market Charles A. Cook. a son of the
dead man. No. 1910 r street at 1S0
o'clock on Thursday afternoon. Inter-
ment viii be made in the Lombardy
cemetery.
Mr. Cook was well known in Will
mington and he is survived by his
widow.
Evening journal., 1908-03-31
ANDROSCOGGIN
ARRIVES SAFELY

Captain w. H. Cushing. commander
Of the United States Revenue Gutter
Androscoggin, which was built for the
Revenue Service by the Pusey and
Jones Company, and which sailed from
this harbor on saturday last, returned
to Wilmington last evening and will
remain here until the completion of
the Snohomish and Davey. building by
the same firm for the same service.
The Andoseoggin, with Captain Cush-
ing in command, left the mouth Of the
Christiana River at s o'clock on Satur-
day morning and arrived at Arundel
Cove, Curtis Bay, Nd, on Sunday af-
ternoon at 4.3O, making the run Of
about 400 miles in 80 1-e hours. The
ship acted well on her initial voyage
and her machinery worked in a salts
factory manner
Evening journal., 1908-03-31

Ivory Soap is cheap;
a cake of it costs only a
few cents.
But please, please,
don't buy Ivory Soap
because the price is
small.
Buy it because it is
made Of good materials;
because it contains no
"free" alkali, and be-
cause it will not injure
the finest fabric or the
most delicate skin.
Ivory Soap
SO $500 Per Cent. Pure.