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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-01-18
THE. | | (: !. Al ANTS \ II
CLAIM 20
. ..0U'I'|O|'.|F: 50 !.
SENATORS
s4l-rgT,F 4 ; ~
Haue !: Enough: Il For
Submission, 81, of.
Amendment

CHARLESTON. w. Va. Jan. 49,
Prohibition leaders, believing that th,
State senator's have S:en the hand
writing on the wall. feel sansuine o
success In getting a State vide prohi
billion measure through at this session
and 60 SO far as to claim that tie,
will have 20 or 81 votes favorable K
submission when 1t corps to d SLOW
down. At present It looks as II there
might be some ground for their be
lief. but there Is an indefinite, almost
superstiuous feeling that at the las
moment enough votes will be muater
ed against tho submission resolution
to defeat Il. tj js --,5
As It requires two-thlrdd votesol
the membership and not Of the mem
bership present and voting, to submit,
an amendment to t1e constitution. II
is easy to see where the hitch nigh,
come. But In spite OF any such. con
tlnsencie the Anti.saloon league
claim to have assurances from 20 d
the 30 members. .5,
Seyenty-fye thousand names vii!
be on the petitions asking for subm!s
sion, $4,000 Of which have been re
ceived In the Offices Of the league herf
according TO information coming fror
league Headquarters. q number twiee
as large as last year. "a
In securing petitions. however. the
proaibitlonists. W.. c. T. U. and moth
|trs are Working altogether IN ,har
mory, except + the .au named . The
". r. c. U. have been circulating sep
aratc petitions. as have the proaiM
tIonists. Pressure Is being brought t.
bear on senators and delegates
thought to be against the measure By
the circulation Of otner petitions which
are to be: sent direct to the various
county and district representatives ID
botl hous;s In the hope Of influencing
them to change their vote.
Failing IN their effort to get reso
luton through submitting the amend
ment, the Anti.saloon League pro
poses to put through a statutatory pro
hibstion measure watch would have
m easier road to travel than the sub
mission measure. .HY-.s r
Local option bills by the score. how
ever. are to be poured into the legis
htive hopper so that II will be case
Of take your choice. The hasue be-
lleves that II Governor Dawson would
exert his Influence for the submission
amendment there would be little
trouble in passing It.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-01-18
{.
S SENATE NOT
ANXIOUS TO
........Dv..E|:RW0Rk !:
|. ITSELF
.Chhairn,en of The
Committees Not
Named Today

fsTtAIuIESrON, Jan. 1s.-Both
Houses met promptly at tn O'Clock
+ tnIs morning but tho Senate remained
In sesslon only short time, adjourn.
\ ing to meet at 900 o'clock this otter.
J. noon. bit at e:45 It had not recon
{. .yened. II Is not likely the various
I committees WILL be read To-Day
The House remained In continuous
y session through the noon hour and tie
4 attaches were rcc.t: The. members Of
the various coulnittaes were not CIV
l. en- ON.
y The following were named on The at
L tacnc list:
Printing CLERKS = Howard jarrett,
Jake Otto. G. A. Bolden. j. NJ. Mcvcy.
4 Journal Clerks-D. E. sayrc. J. W.
Williamson.
y, nj, ,-e, r,or.s1 . pr;chord
;t5,I. - 1,,o.,.I ,av u,riw cr,ham is
5;Sf,,,,h,,.h n.r,.. uaro,sh C.
Y ,,,o,.,r,,m Inc ,,,s,,cc Hugh VI coo,s
:.3tn .S,,,f = !. f.r,b,,,,u, b,,,, 7,.'n Moore 6 n
s:.,m,th z " s.v.,y - u co,.4n haven
~ T,i !. cn,,,h WI, pamsev IN Reed
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-01-18
NO FURTHER DEATHS.
Order Comos Out OF Chaos Following
Big Wreck. ..

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Col, Jan
lS.-The confusion following upon the
wreck at Dotsero Ia gradually being
strighhned out There have been
no deaths among tAe injured since
yesterday and more hope Is entertain
ed for the recovery OF those whose
condition Is serious.
There wem one hnndred md thirty
six passengers IN the train and most
OF them were accounted for. u
George Naham, OF Princeton. Ind.
is missing. H1s vile 10 ono Of the seri'
onsly injured and IN no condition To
give n description. She insists that
hsr husband and father were on the
train. Tao iathup, Eenry Dunn. q St,
Louis, has bcun isund among the
dead. \ &, YAK s.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-01-18
FATAL INJURY ] !.
TO FIREMAN
LEANED OUT OF CAB IN TUNNEL
HEAD STRUCK WALL-cAN.
.sle NOT RECOVER.

CLARKSRURG, Jan. 1S.-ln going
through tunnel somewhere west Of
Pcnnsboro on Saturday afternoon,
Walter Crawford. a railway fireman.
who makes his home In this city, had
his skull fractured to such an ex.
tent that recovery will be Impossible:
He is now lying at the St. Mary's hos
pltal In m unconscious condition. and
not the slightest hope for his recov.
cry Is entertained by either the physl.
clans OF nurses. r:'Is s
MT. Crawford has been In this city
for several years. He was boarding In
Glen Elk. and employed as fireman
on the local freight which runs be.
tween here and P'rkersburg.
On the return run from Parkers.
burg Saturday afternoon when the
train was passing through tunnel
located west Of Pennsboro he leaned
out OF the cab window to look at the
track ahead. In doing so his head
came In contact with the side Of the
tunnel. and before the engineer could
come to his aid his head was terri.
bly, fractured and bruised. :. 4
The train was run to this city with
the fastest possible speed. arriving
here at six o'clock and the injured
man was rushed to the hospital. where
upon examination It was found that
his skull was fractured and depressed
in several different places. and recor.
cry out Of the question. .5%i,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-01-18
COOPER TRIAL
This WEEK
, sLAyERs OF FORMER SENATOR
iHis cARMAcK TO BE iARRAlGNED
WEDNESDAY,.

93 s931 NASHVILLE, Tenn. Jan. lS.-Col,
J DDslncan B.. Cooper his son, cb:n, Il
$young lawyer and former Sheriff John
| d. Sharpe, jointly indicted for the
I Staying OF former United States Sena'
!, tor Edward C;rnlck, who was shot to
! death in the streets Of Nashville In
November OF last yeilr. will b. placed
Z on trial before Judge W. NJ. Part on
Wednesday. There have been runners
I Of an attempt on the part Of the de-
tense to get further delay, but the
missing witness whose absence ca,'s'
ed one .postponeIncnt Is now In Nash,
! ville.
Col. Cooper is prominent in State
and National politics. CarrI.ct WAS
|. editor Of the Tennesseean. Editorials
In which he is said to have criticised
Col. Cooper for his work In the recent
J. b. Hat. - ~. ID Il .
gubernatorial campaign are said to
{ have been the cause OF the shoting.
4; The prosecution asserts that 1t VIII
4 prove that the killing Of Carmlcik was
the result Of a conspiracy to assassin
ate The feeling in the State Is In
tense and sentimcn It's nearly equally
divided.
a Great difficult will be experienced
I in getting a jury, as the law provides
that anyone yno has talH~. with /;
! witness G: t"lLr,l with ore who rir'
rorts to te'l wa: the witness saw or
heard is dlsI,S:ifcd as Juror.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-01-18
AFTER FIVE YEARS
Man Charged With Crime IN 1904 Ar
rested and Held for Court.

BLUEFEIID. ". Va. Jan. 1S.-Thas
murder will out was demonstrated
when Joe Parsons. a deputy sheriff for
Mcdowell county. and Cal Halnes,
constable. arrested John Tyler, Via
alias Jerome Devision alias Jim Via, at
Crozier and after a preliminary exam
nation before W. c. Carter, a nragls
trate, lodged him in jail at Welch
charged with the killing Of Charles
Harvey at the Houston Coal and Coke
Works at 2 o'clock on the afternoon
OF June 16tn. 1904.
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s Washington. D. c.
January l3th, 1908.
To the Italians Of Weaver aud Of
Fairmont, ". Va:
have learned With the greatest sor-
TOW how two unfortunate priests awe
attempted TO searate you from the
bosom Of our Holy Religion and to dis.
turb your condolences. l therefore
deem #, my duty to cxhort you to be
on your guard against the deceit and
ins!d1ous snans which 5ney ARE, prac.
ticinE who should have directed your
souls to all that IS good. and at the
same time to point out to you the,
drcadsu! oaense Of which they arc
guilty. .@::l.. I'm
" These two well known priests have
rendered Themselves E: unworthy Of
itheIr character and ef tneir mission.
first Of alt BY having resisted the com.
nlands Of the Bishop Of Wheeling.
who. for Just and grave reasons. had
taken away from both the faculty Of
exercising their sacred ministry; In
tho second place for having rccourse
to an apostatae the more easily to sue.
coed In their nefarious purpose Of
leading you astray. The Rev. T!cay,
Ia Bohemian, whom they brought 70
you as o Bishop, was IN matter Of fact,
no Hshop at all; neither was he In
communion with thn Catholic Church
because on October 24th,, 1902. ile was
|publicly accommodated by the -B!sn-
op Of Cleveland. From this you rill
perceive bow serious Is the crime per.
petrated by the Rers. Cartora and
Pinccht and what 4 grave. resonsi.
bthty thy have assumed before God
In having treacaefoualy44 attempted TO
betray your souls. By 50 acting taey
have incurred the accommodation
pronounced BY plux x. III the Consti.
tuition "Apostolicae Sedisi" and ac-
cordinsly you should have no inter.
course with said priests, much less In
..
matters spiritual. s
! most earnestly recommend you 10
preserve your faith In tact and not to
listen to what Is said by those whose
sole purpose It Is to drag you down to
destruction. AS to them you ought
only pray the good God to have mercy
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-01-18
Navy Department to Build Houses In
Italy. to Protect Survivors Of tho
Recent Earthquake. y.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 1S.-secretary
Of the Navy Newberry was at his desk
yesterday completing as fast as pos.
slble the sending Of building material
to Italy for constructing a large num-
Der Of small houses to shelter earth.
quake sufferers. All red tape has been
waived 30 that vessels may be sent of
at tho earliest possible moment with
their loads OF material. Il i .i5i
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-01-18
ovERcHARGED SHOT Id
CAUSES EXPLOSION

CHARLESTON. W. Va. Jan. 49,
According to m official report to the
mine Inspector. the coroner's jury
ascrlbed the second Lick Branch dis
aster TO an overcilarged shot Of gun
powder, and exonerated the company
from all blame.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-01-18
Death at Mon on aah.

Mrs. Frances Chrisner died this morn.
Ing at her nome In Monongah after a
several weeks illnss. Mrs. Chrisner
was aged G2 years and her death was
due to a complication Of diseases. Fu.
neral services will bc held at Hepzi:
bah. but the date or hour has not been
namd. Undertaken Cunningham tn
charge. h a N l5st III "
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-01-18

Reue1lyle e !,l yle dSgl1
Rec:y0
BIZ

CHARLESTON /, Y. !. Va sIsii Rs
Ia atcc,,ocsm ,t,,c I, eSy,at, the ff,t.corIin ndas
IN the the ,,nr annual ssspot oi lid stase ~
caommlss,odissf mis- Il various rsysiine s5sfIs
win be intTods.ee tariy ttiis pset.
The soeaiied radl dlcai sne asusea 10 II. NJ
Sa,d "a, i 70 {, q, coal, Ill and sis iii bslS
prepa e j, !, red 3uaiilder tte sapsf oi IS
governor ana Ia nothing wili he disci6sad
as .;, 10 g thelr II contents un!il hey asa.!
ready e, /, !, tor2 /, s,ib,mis ,i sioa: II Y
som . Y q IN the. III Z bills stSich ytili s
,utrodu ~ ,,,ss, "a sxlll increase se sssst4
revenues by;st III solloying hfnousss
inafrIta.n,os az, IA 4. i. /. +. &. s01v6 (
percentage y,r, i, ;,p,I 81 Ippblics sptiiiaes
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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-01-18
italian.
Delegazione Apostollca.
Stat! Until dAmertca.
1871 Hiltmore Street, 5t
Washington. D. c. 4

y lg Gennaio 1890
Agl1taliani dl Weaver e di ~: ~, ,,sf
Fairmont. ". Va.
Con sommo dolore no appreso qua
nto 81 e tentato dl fare. .da due. sven
turati Sacerdoti per strappar,1 dal
seno dclla nostra Santa Rcligione, e
turbare lc vostre soscieuze. Credo per
clio milo doyere esortaryi a stare In
Euardia contro le artl subdole c Ii
inside che v! tendono queI che ayreb
bero dovuto guidare le anime yostre
al bene. cd In pari tempo mostrayri
lenorme dclitto che hanno essi com.
meSSo.
! due ben noti Saccrdoti 81 sono
resi- indegni del ioro carattercS {
della loro missione, prImjeramente per
aver risestlto agli ordlnI dol vescoro
di Wheeling, Il Quale per giusti gravi
motlvi aveva tolto nd entrambi Ia
facolta di esercltare Il sacro mlniste
70: In secondo luoeo per essersi rtvultI
I'D I'm apostata per riuscire piu' facil'
mcnte mel diabollco disegno di ,trarvi
In inganno. Qucl Rev. Tichy infatti. al
.origine Boemo, che Vi hauno preaen,
tato come rvescovo. non solo non e
vescoro. ma Ineppure 81 trova In com
unione con Ia ChIesa, Cattoliea, poi
che Il "a ottobre 1902 fl dal vescoYo
di Cleveland .pubblicamente scommunl:
cato. Da clio vol comprenderete quanto
grave e Il ,delitto commesso dai Rev.
carfora Q Pittocchl. E quanto grave. re.
.sponsab!llta't banno assuuto dinnnzis Il
Dio' per aver cereato d. tradlre le vos.
tire anime. Essl pol agendo cosI han.
no incorso. nella scommunics illuminate
dalla costltuzIone di Pio TX "'Apostoli,
cae Sedis" perc!o vol non dovete aver
nessuua relazione con tessi motto
memo In cose spiritual. '5t
VI raccomando vivamcnte di con
seryare intatta ID yostra Fede Q di
non dare ascolto a clio che VI diranno
quei che hanno Il solo interesse di
trascinarH ALA royina. Per essi do.
yete soltanto pregare Dio affinche' alb.
bia picta dl loro e Il faccla, ritornare
su In retta via.
Benedicendovi di cuore mi dico.
Dcymo. 3;5
D. FALCONlO,
Delegate Apostolico.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-01-18

Blaze on R1ugeIy NVcHVts
Tho fire department was called out
last night to put down a blaze on
Rldgely avenue. James Messervy's
kitchen caught fire from aleaking gas
range. The fre did little damage.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-01-18
ELECTRIC 7HEATER

7:3o to 10000 "7o.nl.- 1T" 7:an 70 1000
,- ACT I.
NJ. c. VILE, Singing AMI Dancing
Dutch Comedians. "cono to Laugh.7
ae .a ACT II.
KRAMER & FITZPATRICK, Eccentric
Singers an! Clever Dancers.
PlctuNs and Songs Changed Every
Day. q
1880 10 1000 1880 10 1000
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-01-18

Mrs. W. A. Fisher md sister. Miss
Elizabeth Alexander, spelt the lat
ter part Of last week with friends In
Warrington.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-01-18
Letter. Read III tholic
Churches BY Dire ctiior 81
Bishop ]. Donahhue hue
Priests Seek to Lead Members Of The
Church from the Faith

Tho fo,oBus -n7 Catholic Churches OF Faoa
and ,,onppsaa yesterday by dire ction Of Bishop Donsaun
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-01-18

/ Subscribe for the West Virgin ian.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-01-18

English.
APOSTOLIC DELEGATION.
~ United States Of America,
,1s1l Baltimore sa-.
:. Washington. D. c.
January l3thiT 1908.
To the ltaltaus Of Weaver aud d
.iS,S,u,.n4 ~ Ia ~ = =.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-10-03
NEW INVENTIONS.

One of the eastern magazines has a
picture of a man and woman in an
automobile, looking at an aeroplane
sailing the sky above them. Evidently
the machine is standing. AS evidently
the suggestion of new inventions ap-
peals to the observer of the picture.
Are these men old who remember
when telegraph operators quit taking
messages on paper tape, and caught the
characters by ear?
Are they old who remember the first
telephone?
Even the children remember when the
first automobile came to town. And yet
here is a device more startling in its
conquest Of nature than either of the
others.
Though the aeroplane has not been
perfected to the point of practical
things-as the other devices have-it is
a triumph, a revolution-and a revela-
ton. And the man with an automobile,
however finished, looks from his seat
better than kings could boast a genera
ton ago. to the spectacle of a human
being lifting above the earth, and navi-
eating the "invisible ether"
And will those who are children to-
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-10-03
NOT A WORTHY CAUSE.

In the light of the Kearns conduct
} for the past few weeks it must be clear
+ to every friend of the city, no matter
/ how he has heretofore voted, that the
cause represented by Kearns is not a
worthy cause. 1t is not one which
makes for the good of the city, nor for
the advancement of any interest in the
.city.
His is a personal grudge. He hates
Reed Smoot because he charges Reed
Smoot with having kept Tom Kearns
out of the United States senate. But
Ithe people of Utah needed no counsel
Tor direction in that good work. They
/ tried Tom for four years, and found he
was not a good senator. He did dis
credit to the state. He did not repre-
sent the people here, and the people
{ here know it. There is no blame at
! taching to any one for keeping him
from reelection TO the senate. 1t is
vastly to the credit of these people Of
Utah that he was not sent back.
And, crystallizing his grudge for de-
feat upon the one man, ne has devoted
himself to a lifetime of fighting Smoot.
And into that cause he has dragged
people, good and bad, in party largely
composed OF earnest and sincere men
and women; made them the implements
of following his fight against the man
whom he charges with his overthrow.
Ordinarily. the people of Utah in
every party, wanted to vote for a pres
idential candidate last fall. A majority
of them, having always been Repub-
licans, wanted 10 vote for the Repub-
lican nominee, William H. Taft And
most Of them were prevented by Tom
Kearns from so declaring themselves
by their ballots.
Most of the people of the American
party realized the honor and advantage
in President Taft's visit to Salt Lake,
and would have been glad to help ex-
tend to him a cordial welcome They
were prevented by Tom Kearns, and
they were by him put in the light of
being ungracious to the chief executive
of the nation-an attitude which is not
their own. Nothing that could have
been done by the local committee would
have placated Kearns. He regarded
Reed Smoot, George Sutherland, Joseph
Howell. Governor Spry as inevitably
prominent in the entertainment of the
President. He hates every one Of them. |
and-totally overlooking the fact that !
the United States senators, the con-
gresham and the governor always and /
everywhere are fittingiy charged with /
the conduct Of entertainment for a /
PresIdent-Tom Kearns started 70 make |
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-10-03
COME TO The STATE FAIR.

On Monday, October fourth, the state
fair of Utah will open its doors. And it
will be to the benefit of every citizen
of the state to pay it visit.
The management has never felt quite
so sanguine of success, even with the
good meetings Of the past, as they are
this year. They have had the benefit
of fairly adequate finances, and have
expended their money to the best in
terests of the event. They have re-
ceived more encouragement that usual
from exhibitors, and their very good
shows OF past years are certain to be
eclipsed this week.
Every department is well represented.
The interest in the state fair has be-
come more extended than formerly, and
sections of the state that have not
taken part in past years are contesting
for pre-eminence now.
With anything like good weather, the
Utah state fair will prove its right to
the more ambitious title it has assumed
the Inland Empire Exposition.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-10-03

trouble for the committees, and pub
lish to the world a condition of strife
here in Utah which every welI-wisher
of the state would labor hard to sup
press.
1t was a necessary following of the
Kearns policy that employees of his pa
per, knowing what was required of
them, should publish that totally false
and easily cOntradicted story concern
ing the Unitarian church visit. And it
was part of the perf1dy to be expected
from such a company that an innocent
reporter is made to bear the blame for
publication instantly denounced by
thousands, and disproved by the hun
dreds who personally knew its untruth.
The good people of the American par
ty are being made use of by Tom
Kearns in his personal campaign for
vengeance. He cares not for the good
of the city, for the improvement of the
streets, for a better sewer system, for
sidewalks. God knows he cares nothing
for the moral betterment of the citizen
ship Of Utah-or else he would correct
the very considerable factor of general
immortality within his own personal
control
And it is time for the men and the
women who are honest and sincere to
quit the following of such a leader. He
has proven in the past four years a
total disregard of the professed princi-
pies of his party, and has inaugurated
a system of bossism more offensive than
any Of which he could complain. He
has robbed the people in diverted taxes,
in excessive charges for public work,
and in the outrageous price filched from
the city treasury for publications.
No good purpose can be gained by
further obeying the behests of Tom
Kearns. Not one worthy motive re-
quires his further sustaining. And the
best people who have for so long
watched him, who have had him again
on trial, see him by himself convicted.
The best interests of the city, Of the
citizen. and the general cause of
Utah's good repute demand the defeat
of the Tom Kearns party in the COM
ing city election. And by the declara-
tons of his former followers themselves
it is clear that the days of his DOM
nance are drawing to a close.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-10-03
WHO CHECKED THAT PROGRESS

That Davis and Weber county irriga-
ton enterprise was most hopefully in
augurated. It was handled admirably.
and it promised tremendous advantages
for the state of Utah. More than $4,000
acres of land between Salt Lake and
Ogden could have been reclaimed-land
that now is utterly useless because IN
productive. The abandonment of that
plan is one of the things to be regret
ted.
No reason is given for the failure of
the people to adequately back up the
promoters, except that "a campaign of
Misrepresentation" has been conducted
by Utah men whose motives cannot be
regarded as commendabIe. Not a citi-
zen of the state could have been harmed
in the slightest by the success of the
enterprise. Every man, woman and
child in the state must have been
gamer by its successful completion.
Who are the mossbacks that have
turned aside this movement toward i'm
prOvement of the lands of the state?
What pestilent trouble-maker has
checked the advancement of the peo-
pie? Why was the project killed? And
who can at all be profited by the policy
of reaction?
Fifty thousand acres of land re-
claimed from the desert is a tremendous
addition to the resources of the state.
When that land lies so close to market
as this-within the line of the noun
tains, and directly between the biggest
cities in the whole region-the pOssibili-
ties of its use are tremendously magni
fed.
Let US hope that the scheme may be
pushed forward again; that the pro-
moters may not be discouraged; that
the friends of developing Utah may
actively interest themselves to con-
vince the people of the two counties
and of all other districts interested
that their prosperity will be enhanced
by the completion of the project.