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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-08-26
KAUFMAN KNOCKS OUT
FLYNN N NINTH
Irishman Has Advantage Over
Blacksmith, Who Turns Tables

LOS ANGELES, Aug. Is. Al
Kaufman knocked out Flynn in the
ninth round tonight. Kaufman was
able to knock Flynn down In the
eighth round for the first time. Up
to then Flynn had decided adyant-
age.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-08-26
PRIMARY ELECTION.

CHARLESTON, Aug. 2s.-In dem.
ocratic primary election four scatter
ing returns indicate the choice Of Gov
ernor Ansel over Col L. Bease. Ed
Smith Is leading In the senatorial
race.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-08-26

CHELSEA, Mass, Aug. 25.-A 40
foot high brick wall in Chelsea Square
collapsed today burying beneath ii
about 80 workmen. Eight were killed
outright or died as result OF their
injuries About 20 others injured some
Of them seriously. A number OF 9TH
ers escaped with minor injuries. M.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-08-26
FAILURE NOT FELT.

CHICAGO, Aug. rs. AT Las
o'clock this afternoon, half an hour
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-08-26

Continued on page 81
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-08-26
Man Who Held Up i6 Coaches
and Robbed i20 People,
0utwlts Cavalry
HEADED FOR JACKSON HOLE
II is Thought That II the Bandit
Reaches the Wyoming Hiding
Place, His Capture Thereafter VIII
Stand Q Slim Chance.

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The Jewish herald. (Houston, Tex.) 1908-1914, 1908-10-01
Address of a Young Jewess

The following address was delivered
by Miss Sadie Spielberger before the
Westminster Presbyterian Sunday
school at New Decatur, Ala Miss
Spielberger is only 1G years old, and
made this talk at a special request.
have great pleasure this morning
in having the opportunity of speaking
to you about our religion-the Jew
ish-and hope the Sunday school will
gather, some new ideas, some new
lessons, some new light from my few
words, and be drawn closer to us by
them.
We, like you, are divided into
classes-the Orthodox and Reform
Jews. The Orthodox Jews adhere to
all the old customs held in Jerusalem.
We hold the same principles as they
and almost the same aims, but have
let our religion grow and expand with
the world. l would like to give you
some examples of things we differ in:
They call their house of worship a
synagog; We call ours a temple. Their
services are conducted in Hebrew
ours in English. During their serv-
ices they wear a sort of mantle of
black and white stripes, called tails,
we do not wear this. The Bible says,
Thou shalt bind them as sign upon
thy hand and as frontlets between
The Jewish herald. (Houston, Tex.) 1908-1914, 1908-10-01

ike Ill MS IRE; yet III ne SINS, ne SUI! |
remains Gods child ard may obtain
If he repents, forsake. his !
evil ways and return to the right !!
path"
Now, lastly, would like to tell you
briefly about some of our most i'm
portant holy days. They begin on the
evening before, and their beginning
is celebrated by the lighting of can
dies. On these days we do not write,
sew, or CO any kind of work, but de-
vote ourselves wholly to prayers and
the customs of the day.
The day Of Atonement-Yom Kippur
is our most holy of holy days. 1t is
fast day. We do not fast because
we think by doing so our sins will be
forgiven, but it is day given up to
our souls food; trying to forget our
bodily wants. We realize our sinful
ness and try to repent. 1t is day
% make yourselves morally better and
help the poor.
New Years day, or Rosh Hashona
is another day Of self-examination, try
ing to make people happy in different
ways. 1t does not fall on the days
your New Year does, ewing to the
difference in calendars.
Now, our Passover feast lasts seven
days. 1t is in commemoration of the
time God brought Israel out of Egypt
During this week we only eat certain
kinds CT food to make us think of the
time our forefathers were compelled
to Go so. The unleavened bread, or
Ml.Zcs which you must have heard
of, is a sample of the food eaten in
the wilderness. 1t was made out of
flour and wa er and baked in the sun.
Our confirmation day, or Shabouth
is the anniversary of the time God
gave Moses the ten commandments on
Mt. Sinai. We children get confirmed
on that day, and because l would like
you to hear what we say, and also be-
cause | would like you to hear one OF
cur prayers, | will repeat the one
said on my confirmation day two years
ago:
Yes, we thank Thee, our Heavenly
Father, for our life, our health, our
youth and our birthright, and fervent
~ we pray Thee for Thy guidance and
support that we might prove ourselves
worthy of these priceless gifts. Bless
the words we shall utter here and may
heir lessons sink deeply into our
hearts; bless the prayers we shall of
fer here and may those earnest petit
tons strengthen our holy resolve to
walk humbly with Thee. May this
hours of confirmation bind us with
firm ties of piety and reverence to our
beloved parents and grandparents, and
in the fullness of confidence and Joy
may 1t turn their hearts to US, thus
realizing the ancient word. Not with
you only do | make this covenant and
this oath, but with him that standeth
here with us this day before the Lord
our God, and also with him that is
mt hara with nc thic How
The Jewish herald. (Houston, Tex.) 1908-1914, 1908-10-01

thine eyes. This the Orthodox Jew
interprets literally and wears during
his prayers the tephilin in little
black ebony box which he binds
around his forehead and left arm near
the heart with black leather straps. !
The Reformed Jew thinks this only |
another way of saying, to have the
commandments near you-by your
hearts. There are many other slight |
differences, but both classes believe
n The One, Eternal God, keep the
same holy days, and believe in the
coming Golden age: The Messianic
reign of universal peace and happi-
ness the kingdom of God on earth
when all men will be united by the
onds of Justice, Love and Truth and
he whole earth will be filed with the
knowledge of God, and worship to-
gether.
The Orthodox believe that this
Golden age Will be brought about by
/ Jew, called the Messiah, and that
back to Jerusalem and there will be
1 resurrection of the dead. That is
why they keep up all the old customs.
The Reform Jew, however, thinks
that Messiah will not come; but that
all the Jews will bring about the Col
len age, when everyone will believe
in the One Divine Power, and that is
why we have been scattered all over
the whole world; and though all
through history we have been perse-
cuted and martyred, we still exist to
teach religion as we are taught in the
Bible.
Our house Of worship is very much
in appearance like your church. We
have a six-cornered star for an en-
blem We also have scroll called
the Safer Torah; it is written in He
brew and is the original copy of the
Bible. Ii is only read on the Sabbath
anu on Holy days. The letters vary
and each one is just certain size, for
in olden times, when print was done
by hand we wanted to insure the ac-
curacy of the writer and so we were
very particular in order that this sa-
cred work should be done correctly.
would like to give you an idea of
how our services are conducted. They
open by singing of the choir, and all
our singing is done by the choir, then
come the prayers, responsive reading,
singing and sermon ending in a bene-
diction and music.
Now / would like to quote to you
one of our cardinal doctrines because
it explains so we'll some of our most
important teachings:
MAN is the son of God, having one
Father, all men, irrespective of race,
country, creed or condition, form one
brotherhood, and should deal with one
another like brothers created in Gods
image and formed in His likeness;
the soul comes from the Creator pure
and sinless, and is immortal, even
though the body returns to dust. God
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-02-20
Your Turn
May Be Next
so DON'T LAUGH WHEN YOU SEE
SOME ONE TUMBLE INTO
THE CHILLY WATERS.

Any one who has crossed the river
and has not fallen in has missed a
very cooling sensation. It seems that
to get in the chilling waters is fash.
ionable and he who has not been thor
oughly ducked is no longer being con.
sIdei4d as being among the first to
be mentioned where conversation is
in progresse This feeling is not only
experienced by the white. people but
the colored folks are infected with 1t.
Yesterday afternoon colored woman
was being taken across the river. The
boat had gotten only a few feet from
the First ward side when she went out
backwards. her form falling in the
waRe of the craft. While there was
nothing to indicate that there was any
thing wrong with her yet she had the
grip. This was evidenced by the
fact that when she was rescued she
was still clinging to a bottle of the
stun the sale of which Is necessary
to secure the financial salvation of the
city. She was so warmed by the con.
tents Of the bottle that the chilled
water did not affect her much.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-02-20
Sends Message
To Governor

HUNTINGTON. Feb. 2O.-The sec
ond day Of the West Virginia State
Federation Of Labor was devoted al
most exclusively to the consideration
or the new constitution. Before ad-
journment the preamble and first ten
sections had been adopted. A sensa-
ton was created late yesterday after
noon when a resolution was offered
and issued demanding of Governor
Dawson an extraordinary session of
the Legislature and the enactment of
laws beneficial to the labor interests
of the State. after an extended pre-
amble. recitIng in detail numerous
grievances. the gist of the resolution
came in the following words:
Resolved by the West Virginia State
Federation of Labor in session assem-
bled in the city OF Huntington, that
we appeal to Governor VIM. NJ. o.
Dawson to call an extended session of
the Legislature to consider the follow
ing matters:
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-02-20
Diamond Robbery
TWO TRAYS TAKEN FROM JEW.
ELRY STORE IN BIG CITY IN
BROAD DAYLIGHT.

NEW ORLEANS, La, Feb. 2O.-A
$4,000 diamond robbery in broad day.
light, in the heart OF New Orleans.
With hundreds of persons passing at
the time was perpetrated here at the
jewelry establishment of NJ. Waldhorn
and company.
Two men drove up in front OF the
store in buggy. One of them alIght-
ed and smashed one of the large plate
glass windows in the front of the
store. He quickly seized two trays
filled with diamonds and jumping back
into the buggy was driven on.
The proprietors OF the tewelry store
say the trays contained 112 diamond
rings.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-02-20
State Federation Of Labor
Becomes Slightly Sensational

First-The enactment of remedial
mining legislation.
second-ro enact an employers liza.
bIlity act.
Third-To abolish the present prl.
yate detective and guard system as
in vogue in some sections of our
state.
Fourth-To provide for a more rig.
id enforcement of the laws by the min.
ing department; and be It further
Resolved, That copy of these res,
olntions be forwarded to Governor
Dawson, requesting him to give it his
immediate and careful consideration.
Last night the delegates and officers
of the federation were banquetted at
Carpenters hall by the Rartenders'
union, of Huntington. One hundred
and ten covers were laid. Hon. t. S.
scanlon, of Huntington. was toastmas.
ter. The principal speakers of the
evening were Senators Littlepage and
Montgomery. who came down from
Charleston and explained why little
progress had been made toward enact;
ing legislation desired by the labor in.
terests at the extraordinary session.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-02-20
Outlook Is
Very Bright
SPRING TERM AT THE FAlRMoNT
NORMAL WILL LIKELY
BE LARGE.

From the number of inquiries and
requests for catalogues coming to DR..
Bennett, president of the Fairmont
Normal School. the attendance will
be very large during the spring term.
The new law just passed making
Normal School diplomas equivalent to
first grade certificates will cause many
students to begin planning at once to
finish the course.
Courses of study especially designed
for teachers will be arranged for the
spring term and there is no doubt that
large numbers will come for the work.
Inquiries as to boarding and room.
ing places are coming in almost daily
now and it Is hoped the people will
lend a hand in the matter Of giving
good accommodations to the students
at as reasonable rates as possible. The
students of the Normal School spend
much money In this city in the run of
year and the more students the
school has the better it is for the
town. The people OF the city ought
to be interested in the school from u
business point of view as we'll as from
the educational side for 1t means much
to have a large number of young men
and women from various parts of the
State spending ten months of the year
in Fairmont.
The present year has already been
one of the very best in the schools
history and with rousing spring term
it will likely surpass any record yet
made.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-02-20
Morgantown
News Notes
PETRo TRAvATo SENTENCED BY
JUDGE MASON TO PENITEN-
TIARY FOR LIFE,

MORGANTOWN. w. Va. Feb. 90
Petro Travato was sentenced to the
penitentiary at MoundsviIle for life
to-day by Judge Mason. Judge Mason
in sentencing Travato said that there
were four chapters to the case, viz:
1.-TWO kegs of beer. two murders, one
man In the pen for life. two men in
Jail for completely.
L. c. Watson, cadet who missed
roll call ten times, was expelled from
the University. Watson took the
matter up with the regents, now in
session. The University council was
sustained in its action. Cadet Faulk.
ner will have to face the same charge.
Tom Foulk, of Clarksburg, will be
the general manager of the University
Athletic Association. It Is expected
that one hundred and fifty men will
attend the annual banquet of business
men on Saturday night.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-02-20
County
T. Urinary
Set For
April! II
Committee In
Session To-day

\ The Marion County Republican Ex'
secutiye committee met at two O'Clock
this afternoon in A. L. Lehman's law
otices. The members present were:
george NJ. Jacobs. chairman; A. L,
Lehman, secretary; DR.. G. H. Brown
field, Fairmont district; DR.. J. W. Nc
Donald, Union district; DR.. C. B. Nc
Neely, Warrington district: F. H. San
ders, Lincoln district; j. A. Hess, Paw
paw district; w. s. Reppert, Grant
district; w. Fl. Bunner, Winfield dis,
trIct.
The principal item of business trans
\ acted at this meeting was the deter
mining the date of the county pri
mary election. Some days ago at the
FIRST district Congressional commit
zee meeting at Clantsburg it was de
cided to hold the congressional prI
,maries early in April The commit
tee this afternoon did not think II
wise to have two primary elections
and while ne date of the congressIOn
al primary was considered a little
early for the primary for county Off
ces. yet 1t was thought best to set
April II as the date for the primary
for all purposes.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-02-20
Little Girl
Kidnapped
LITTLE RUTH FLEMING TAKEN
FROM TOWN BY HEAVILY
YELLED WOMAN.

Ruth, the little six year old daugh
ter OF w. NJ. Fleming, was kidnapped
this afternoon and the whereabouts OF
the little girl is not known. 1t is
thought. however. that her mother is
the one who took her. 1t is thought
that the woman left on the Wheeling
train The chief Of police Of that city
was notified to keep lookout for her.
Other towns between here and Wheel.
ing were notified Of the child stealing.
The authorities were not sure that the
child was taken on that train and
towns between here and Pittsburg
were called up.
Mr.. Fleming and Chief shumaker
went to Clarksburg on the three
O'Clock car to see If they could find
out anything about the kldnapper in
that city.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-02-20
Delegate Strader Was Expelled
From The House To-day On
Order OF Speaker Seaman

Senator Montgomery predicts that
his corrupt practices act VIII pass the
House all right, though opposed.
Congressman woodward and Hughes
came to the Capitol yesterday on a
hurry-up call and got busy Immediate
~ upon their arrival to prevent the
corrupt practice bill. passed by the
Senate and on its second reading In,
the House. from taking effect immedi.
ately upon its passage. They say that
their Grand has been successful and
woodward returnedto Washington last
night. The bill covers corruption at
conventions and elections. requires pub.
lication of expense accounts of candi
dates and committees and is as radi
cal measure of it's kind as has ever
been introduced in the Legislature Of
this State. 1t was amended in the
Senate to take effect at once upon its
passage
This amendment went through with
out attracting attention. and only
Tuesday was it discovered that 1t was
"ioker" If the bill prevailed
amended it would render null and vol
every Congressional and county pri
mary or mass convention that ha
been called and all five Congresssiona
conventions. The bill provides tina
no convention or primary shall bt
held until after May 10. The Con
gressmen do not oppose the bill. but
merely oppose it's going into immedt
ate effect.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-02-20
Mother And
Two Children
cREMATED IN THEIR HOME
WHICH WAS BURNED WHEN
LAMP EXPLODED.

PARKERSBURG, Feb. 2O.-Mrs. An
ME Angus and her two children were
cremated in their own home at Tally
ho. The house caught fire while the
husband and father, John Angus, was
at church. and when he arrived on
the scene the roof had fallen in, bury.
ing the remains of his loved ones be-
meath It.
A portion of the woman's trunk and
an arm of one of the children were
discovered by searchers. The cause
of the fire is not known, but the sup
position Is that lamp explosion oc.
Cured.
Angus Is mad with grief and he at
tempted to commit suicide by throw
ing himself into the flames, but was
restrained from doing so by neighbors.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-02-20
MineIReport Is
Being Held Up
Especial to the West vlrglnlan.) }


CHARLESTON. Feb. 2O.-speaker
Seaman had the sergeant at arms ex-
pei Delegate Floyd Strader, of Ran.
dolph county. from the House just be-
fore noon to-day for voting a long,
drawn out NO." as is his custom. The
vote was OF ten seconds duration. The
House then went into executive ses.
sion and 1t is understood strader will
be permitted to apologize tomorrow.
The report of the mine Investigating
committee is being held up because
there are statements in reference to
the Fairmont Coal Company and the
New River Coal Company which
should be eliminated. Delegate Mitch
ell introduced House bill number IS
which makes operatives as well as
operators liable for intimidation. The
House passed the Senate resolution
in regard to the commission for the
Virginia debt, which was substituted
for House resolution on motion of Del,
egate StrIckIing.
The enactlng clause OF the bill elm.
mating general history and single en-
try bookkeeping from the schools was
struck out by the Senate.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-02-20
The President
WAKES Warm
SAYS RAILROADS CAN'T CUT
WAGES UNLESS COMMERCE
COMMISSION SAYS so.

WASHINGTON. D. c., Feb. 20
Serious Industrial disputes in pros
pect were in the mind of President
Roosevelt w n he wrote a letter to
the Interstate Commerce Commission
which was made public yesterday. He
says that information has reached him
that, on account of the enactment OF
drastic laws by the Congress and by
various State Legislatures, 1t Is re.
garded as necessary by railroad com,
panles to reduce the pay OF employees.
He points out that under the law
either party may demand the services
of the chairman of the Interstate
Commerce Commission and of the
Commissioner of .abor as board OF
conmiliatlon. He suggests, therefore,
that the Interstate Commerce Com,
mission make such an investigation as
will enable it to furnish data concern
ing wage conditions on various rail,
roads as may relate, directly or indi'
rectly. to the possible impending con
troversy.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-02-20
Virginia Debt Commission VIII
Investigate Claim of Mother State
Legislature
axes Action
On the Subject

CHARLESTON, W. Va, Feb. 90
At a joint conference of both houses
held in executive session yesterday
afternoon a proposition was submitted
to appoint an advisory, bipartisan com
mission to consult with the State
board of public works in regard to the
Virginia debt suit. state officials and
some Of the attorneys who are coun
sci for the State in the suit were
present. Governor Dawson, Attorney
General Clark May and Attorney Yves
ley Mollohan, OF counsel for this
State, made speeches explaining why
they deemed 1t advisable that bl
partisan commission be appointed
The following resolution was submit
ted to the conference:
whereas, the defense of this State
in the equity suit Of the common
wealth of Virginia VS.. West Virginia
is now vested in the attorney general
and the board of public works of the
State; and, whereas, said attorney
general and board have expressed a
wish that non-partIsan committee oil
citizens and property holders be ap
pointed with whom they can advise
and take counsel as to the matters In
volved in said suit, therefore.
BE It resolved that, John w. Mason
and William G. Bennett, of the First
congressional district; Frank NJ. Rey'
holds and John ]. Cornwell, of the Sec
ond congressional district; William A
MacCorkle and Samuel Dixon, of the
Third congressional district; e. NJ
Gllkeson and George W. curtin, of the
Fourth congressional district: c. W,
Campbell and Isaac L. Mann, OF the
Fifth congressional district and Ma
than Con, Johnson N. Camden, John
X, Thompson and F. B. Enslow, at
large, be and they are hereby appoint
ed such committee, and it shall be
their duty to advise with the board OF
public works of the State and make
such Recommendation as they may
deem best to protect the interest and
welfare OF the State in said matters.
Report to legislature.
"The members Of said committee
shall take the oath provided by the
constitution which shall be fled with
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CONTINUED on Page Four.l
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-02-20

Tells Of New
Railroad
w. S. Meredith
Gives Interview

The Clarksburg Telegram last eve.
ming contained the following interest.
ing story:
Within the next six months anoth-
er railroad will be in operation in
Harrison county. says Judge W. Scott
Meredith. of Fairmont.
Judge Meredith came to the city
Tuesday night with several capitalists
from New York and Pittsburg to
complete the transfers and titles OF a
large boundary of coal owned by the
Allegheny Coal Company. This work
was done preparatory to beginning
The active development of the field
owned by the company.
The company's holdings consist of
several thousand acres of the Pitts.
urg and other veins of coal at and
round Jarvisville, in this county,
'hlch the company proposes to de.
elop on an extensive scale.
The Allegheny Coal Company has a
harter from the Secretary of State
or a railroad and 1t proposes to
,uild one to its proposed coal opera.
ions at Jarvisville. Judge Meredith
states that the line of railway which
The company will build and operate
will be from Fairmont to Clarks.
burg and thence to Jarvisvllle, some
is or so miles. though it may be de-
cided to change the route and build
the line direct down Tenmile Creek
to point on the Baltimore & Ohio
just west of Wolf Summit, eight
miles out from Carksburg.
Asked when the company would
begin the construction of the road and
the operation of its mines, Judge Mere.
dith replied: "At once" The Tele.
gram was also assured by him that
it would be safe in stating that the
railroad and mines would be In opera.
tton within six months from this date
at most.
Among the gentlemen back of the
enterprise are F. s. Landstreet. Of
Davis. w. Va, and A. A. Hermann,
of New York
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