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Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-03-26
COURT DECLARES
WARD LAW VALID,
-Four Judges Concur in Opinion
Which UphoIds Local Option
Elections.
JUDGE HARRISON ALONE DIS
SENTS

The Ward law, passed by the last
Legislature, is constitutional. The Su-
preme Court of Appeals of Virginia SC
decreed Thursday in a lengthy opinion
written by the president, Judge James
Keith. Judge George M. Harrison onlv
dissented.
BY this decision the court forever
sets at rest the question of the validity
of tlAe local option elections held in
Fredericksburg, Roanoke, Suffolk.
Lynchburg, and other cities, incidentally
it relieves the mind of the temperance
people and some politicians.
Judge Keith's opinion covers twenty
two typewriter pages, and is replete
with history of suffrage legislation in
Virginia, as well as with citations from
adjudicated cases of similar character In
other States. The opinion briefly
covers the suffrage sections of all of the
Constitutions in Virginia since the Dec
laration Of Independence.
The case on which the court decided
the Ward act to be constitutional came
up from the Corporation Court Of Fred
ericksburg, and grew out of the local
option election which was held in that
city on May 5, 1908. At the election
Sol votes were cast against the licensed
saloon and 800 votes were cast for it.
On May IL. 1908, petition signed by
twenty-four persons was filed in the
Corporation Court of that city praying
that the election be declared null and
void upon three grounds: First that
the persons petitioning for the election
were not qualified voters under the Con-
stitution. Second, that so per cent of the
persons voting in the election were not
qualified to vote in the next general cleo
tion succeeding the local option election:
and, third, because the act of the General
Assembly, approved February 25, 1908.
known as the Ward act, was unconsti-
tutional. The constitutionality of the
act was the only question in this case
which was considered by the court.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-03-26
GIVE Us MENl

Give US men!
Men-from every rank,
Fresh and free and frank;
Men of thought and reading,
Men of light and leading,
Men of loyal breeding,
The nations welfare speeding:
Men of faith and not of fiction,
Men of lofty aim and action;
Give US men-I say again,
Give us menl
Give us menl
Men who, when the tempest gathers,
Grasp the standard of their fathers
In the thickest fight;
Men who strike for home and altar,
Let the coward cringe and falter,)
God defend the right
True as truth, though lorn and lonely,
Tender as the brave are only;
Men who tread where saints have
trod,
Men for country, home and God;
Give US menl l say again-again,
Give us such men!
Bishop of Exeter.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-03-26
AFRO-AMERICAN NOTES.

Wayiand Harding and Miss Efiie. of
Avalon, were guests of Miss Katie
Croxton recently.
Mrs. Rosa Montague and little Helen
recently visited the formers mother.
Mrs. Fannie Pryor. Misses Annie and
Lucinda Greer also visited Mrs. Pryor.
Mrs. Sarah Selvern, Of Baltimore. is
spending few weeks with her mother.
Mrs. Nellie Payne.
Mr.. and Mrs. Logan Montague and
Miss Annie Parker were guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Howard Day not long since.
Ralph Pryor has returned home after
spending a few days with friends in
Washington.
Miss Janet Taylor, after spending
several months at her home near Heaths-
vile, has returned to Washington. She
was accompanied by her sister. Miss
Lula Taylor.
Miss Annie Parker, of Heathsyille,
expects to leave in few days for Balti-
more, where she will spend the summer.
On Thursday evening at the home OF
Mrs. Fannie Pryor hen killed a hawk.
All were sitting at dinner when they
heard the hen apparently alarmed. Sc
rushed out to see what was the matter.
When they got there the hen had Mr..
hawk down and in a short time he WAS
dead.
Mrs. Lucinda Fleet and daughter,
Miss Elizabeth, of Baltimore. are spend
ing awhile with the formers daughter,
Mrs. Sadie Taliaferro, near Heathsyille.
r. l.. Chamberlayne, the officers
steward on u. S. s. New Jersey, who
has been visiting his brother, Rev. ID.
ii. Chamberlayne, has returned to Bos-
ton, Mass. Mr.. Chamberlayne has
been around the world with the battle
ship feet. He brought many beauti-
ful presents to his brother and Mrs.
Chamberlayne.
Ryland Mutt and Miss Rubie DOLBY
were married by Rev. d. H. Chamber.
layne recently.
Mrs. Martha Morris, who resided op.
posite Irvington and near old James
wharf, died suddenly Sunday night OF
heart failure. Aunt" Martha, fol-
that is what she was called by white
and colored, was favorably known in
lower Lancaster and was considered
one OF the best nurses among her race.
Her last work Of this kind away from
home was waiting on Mrs. B. S. Ham
monds. Of Irvington, where she remain
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-03-26
SARCASM FROM Mr.. MILLER.
Editor The News Leader:

Editor The News Leader:
You've gone up against it hard and
strong. Mr.. Editor. Your readers should
bear with you, however, for feeling q
bit sore and for failing to keep the sore
spot entirely concealed.
Since Peck was pup, you have been
holding up Judge Mann as a shallow
Drained, long-haired prohibitionist. Evil
IDENTIFY, you expected him to declare for
prohibition along with the Anti-Saloon
League convention at Norfolk. And
then the fight for prohibition against
local option would be on-Mann leading
the prohibition forces and Tucker tear
ing his shirt for the cause of local op-
ton. The News Leader, as usual. beat
ing about and furnishing all the "conser-
vatism and common sense" of such a
contest.
But the other thing happened. Mann
didn't declare, neither did the Anti
Saloon League, and that's what makes
the thing so aggravating. On the other
hand, both Mann and Tucker have lined
up on the side of local option, and The
News Leader finds itself in the middle
of mighty bad fix. You've lost the
one ideal, the most petted and loved
issue. on which to oppose Judge Mann
for the governership. leaving you strand
ed high and dry.
With all due Difference, permit the
suggestion that you might let out on
"Wil.yum jennings Bry-un," YOUR
faithful old standby, as a means of
venting your wrath and cooling off. Mr..
Bryan won't care, of course, and by
bringing him into service again. you
could easily abate the fever and get
yourself back to normal Temperatures.
HOWARD c. MILLER.
Norton Va
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-03-26
How To
Gain Flesh

Persons have been known to
gain a pound a dayby takingan
ounce of SCOTS Emulsion. It
is strange, but it often happens.
Somehow the ounce produces
the pound; it seems to start
the digestive machinery going
properly, so that the patient is
able to digest and absorb his
ordinary food which he could
not do before, and that is the
way the gain is made.
A certain amount of flesh is
necessary for health; if you
have not got 1t you can get it
by taking
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-03-26
srArn OF ONO. Crrr OF TOLEDO, >.

LUCAS COUNTY.
Frank j. Cheney makes oath that he Is senior
partner OF the Arm OF F. j. Cheney & Co.. do
ing business in the City of Toledo, County
and State aforesaid. aud that said firm will
pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS
for each and every case of Catarrh that cannot
be cured by the use OF Hali's Catarrh Cure.
FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me aud subscribed in my
presence. this 9th day of December. A. ID. 1885
(sr.rl A. w. GLEASON.
NOTARY PUBLIC.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and
acts directly on the blood and mucous sur
faces OF the system. Send for testimonials
free. +. J. CHENEY & CO..
Toledo. o.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-03-26
THE WISE GUTTER.
Detroit Free Press.

Detroit Free Press.)
We all denounce the gutter, but
L here submit,
we must admire the man who knows
Just when to quit.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-03-26
}. j. HAMMELL CO.,
PlEkSANTVILlE, N. J..

Designers and Manufacturers of Artistic
Memorials in Marble and Granite.
OFFICES Atlantic City, N. J.: Phil
adelphia, Pa Wheaton, Va. Address
II. Booker Hale, Agent, Wheaton.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-03-26

Who makes the best liver pills? The
J: c. Aver Company, Of Lowell, Mass.
They have been making Ayers Pills for
over sixty years. Ifyou have the slight
est doubt about using these pills, ask
your doctor. Do as he says, always.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-03-26
GOATS CLEAN UP BRUSH.

A herd Of goats will clear the under
brush from farm in very short time.
For the last five years herd of 40 goats
in the vicinity of Lawrenceville, Ind.
has been eating and working on differ
ent farms. In that time the animals
have changed owners ten times.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-03-26
STAY ON THE FARM.

The men who are running away from
the farms too frequently make a mis-
take. and some day in New York, and
the day is rapidly approaching. when
our young man will wake up to the fact
that he has pretty good chance on
the farm and that he may be more of a
man and to greater degree indepen-
dent and happy in life if he stays where
his happy lot was cast in connection
with his fathers farm or another which
ne may be able to procure.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-03-26
TRUCKERS NOTES.
IMPROVING THE SOIL.

Would we have rich lands we, as
farmers, must go back to some of
natures methods, or at least learn of
her secrets and then improve upon her
methods. Keep the soil busy. Let it
grow some humus or restorative crop
just as often as possible. Divide the
crops with the soil, give it its just share.
then 1t will give the farmer more abun-
dantly of its treasures than under our
present unwise management. Tillage
may be manure in the sense that il
liberates the stored up or heretofore
insoluble forms of food to plants. But
when it comes to adding to the natural
store of fertility tillage must fail. Crops
in some form and artificial fertilizers
given back to the soil are the only
methods of actually increasing the store
Of usable fertility. OF these the crop
returning method is by far the more
rational. The best crops for this
purpose also furnish cheap forage
for domestic animals. Atlanta Cotton
Journal.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-03-26
SCOTS
EMULSION

Send this advertisement. together with name
OF t9aper II which ii appears. your address and
forr cents to cover postage, and we will send
you Complete Handy Atlas of the World"
scott e COWNE. 400 Peari St. New YorE.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-01

w. d.. 81 L \ #. n. o.
sara, Of Guffey street, went. to Nor
gontown yesterday to visit Mr.. and
Mrs. r. Bennett. .55
Mrs. Charlotte Rector, Of Belington.
has been the guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. B..
D, Walker for several days.
Mr. John S. Scott has returned from
a several weeks stay ut Charleston,
Miss Cora Wilson, OF Market street.
has returned from ten days WISH
with her sister, Mrs. Dent Powell. Of
Pittsburg. Z.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard A. Pople and
daughter, Lucille, Of Diamond street,
" ent to Burton yesterday to visit rel
atlyes. Mr. Pople has returned acme
but Mrs. Pople will remain for a few
days. .5l
Miss Blanche Smiley, Of Eldora, Is
the guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. J. S. Walk
er, OF East Park avenue.
Mrs. George Talbot. Of Buekhan'
non, was the guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
ward r. Bishop, Of Columbia street.
Saturday. She was en- route from
Plttsbnrg TO her home. Il
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-01

Is. A.tshuttlesworth. of Morgan.
town avenue, spent Sunday with rela.
StlYes1at! Little Falls.
81 Mr. MIL, H. Martin, Of Pcnnsboro, and
d daughter. Miss Kitty. have returned
home aftersa3 short visit with friends
ard jrelatives5in this city.
u \ Mrs Nj Harry Kiger and children.
Elizabeth and Richard, of the Fourth
sSward,3 spent, Sunday in this ward.
~ S NIr.Sand Mrs. ]. D. Radford expect
Ito move tomorrow from Raymond
sstreetto thelproperty on Market street
Bwlihh5they purchased recently.
Mrs. S. n L. Jacobs and daughter,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-01
SHERIFE's SALE OF PERSONAL
PROPERTY. t ~
"A The First National Bank Of Fair
mint We, William n. Furbee. II,

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ty t'F'ue OF ah eSe tal ~ ''e
directed IN the ABOVE ent,.'ea eause
laaely pchu'lis III lhe oi'eu'. oo". y
Marion county, west virginia. l nave We
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-01
Want advertise lt-that "opport''n-
ity" you are able to offer to someone
with a little money 10 invest.
READ THE ADS.
and the 4s
s25.0O In Gold Prizes.

On Thursday. March 4th, there will
appear in the West Virginian a special
page OF display advertisements In
which practically every business in
Fairmont will be represented.
There will appear also on this page
the announcement Of n plan by which
$500 in gold will be distributed to
The readers Of the special advertise
mcnts. vt r.
Watch for the particulars and get
ready to reap the harvest of gold
coin. VT II
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-01
Diamond Street N. E. Church.

q Diamond Street M. E. Church.
" The Brotherhood Of the Diamond
\ Street NJ u. Church was organized at
the caurch yesterday afternoon. The
otherhood will meet next Sunday
aiternoon at;$which time the officers
will beS elected. f.r
1.-THE number present at Sunday
ssshoocl yesterday WIS two hundred
and Sthlrty.Rye. The average attend
alce: February, 1908, was 20, while the
average for February. 1909, was 22l,
The schools the largest On this ward
and SisS growing rapidly with Mr.. E.
Wilson as Superintendent.
~ The y choir5wlll practice Thursday
evening at the church. All members
&are, requested to be present. y.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-01
There are 7l-2 gal. tomatoes and
corn mixed In, so cans at l5c

per gal. Observation-Disclosures. LOS
Total cost Of everything $500
! $50 cans ut .13c ehch. which
was my retail price, is .....slC2.5O
The difference between s1G2.5O that
they sold for and $500 that they cost
me, is sS0.4l. which is a clear profit.
l. sold part Of my canned goods to
the grocerymen for s2.25 per easel Of
24) ut wholesale price. There are So IL
cases In 1850 cans an dat $2,25 per
case they would come to $117lS. The
difference between sl17.1s and $500
Is $500, which Is a clear profit sell
ing them at Wholesale price. II be.
lieve II all farmers would do as I did
there would be no fruit and vegeta.
blcs 60 to waste because they We're
b
selling too cheap to pay for gathering
and taking to marl:et.
When fruit and vegetables are plcn-
tiful and hardly pays to take them to
market, get n Gamer to can them, and
the next winter you will be able 10
set your own prices. must shy that
home.canned goods nave no equal for
natural flavor. Feeling tllat this will
be a new and prosperous enterprise
among the farmers before many years.
| remain,
Yours truly.
J.. c. +. DAVIS.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-01
cATAWBA NEWS.

Mrs. ]. r. Jolliife was calling on
Mrs. Floyd Michael Monday.
CnarNlie Iswisher. from near Win
field. was the guest Of relatives here
recently.
Mrs. Grace Pylts and daughter,
| May. were recent Fairmont visitors,
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde kisner and son,
Roy, were calling on Mr.. and Mrs. X.
E. Harden one evening last week.
Mrs. Jesse Dent. Of RivesVlle, spent
several days last week with her moth
err, Mrs. Sis Somers.
Mr.. Lindsay Cox was recent vls'
tor ut our school,
Miss Ada Harden spent "Wednesday
might with Miss Roso Brown.
Miss Blanche Malone returned 10
her home at Opekiska Tuesday, after
n few days visit with Miss Cora Haun.
Mrs. Ruth Dent was calling on Mrs
J. w. Brown ono day recently
Mr.. and Mrs Joe Tichnell and
daughter. Miss Flossie' we're mere
from opekiska for meeting Wednes'
day night.
Miss Sadie Swisher returned Tues
day evening from GAINESVILLE, Ohio
where she had hem for some time the
gnest Of her sister, Mrs. Charles Ear.
$50 - - .g.. ~, -HIg., '{.. !, n ~+w
ket.
Mrs. J. W. Brown and daughter
Miss Rose. we're calling on Mrs SIS
Somers Thursday.
Nfessrs. Lloyd Bissett and James
Murphy. of Murray. were THURSDAY
visitors here.
Clifford Radcliffe has returned from
n business visit In Hampshire county
Mrs. Bud JollIffe and Miss Edna
.1cl!lNe were shopping In Fairmont
ono day recently.
Miss Isa Anvil was calling on Miss
Rose Brown Wednesday.
There will be preaching Sunday.
Several will be taken into the church.
and we understand there will be two
Or three baptized,
Literary was resumed again Fri.
day night. A good programme was
rendered.
:. There is great deal OF sickness IN
our community at the present time
SHIRLEY.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-01
HOME CANNED VEGETABLES
A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS OR 4
NEW ENTERPRiZE FOR THE
4. FARMER-A TRIAL MAY .
PROVE VERY Sue
CESSFUL.

CESSfUl.
Last spring bough n $40 Gamer. !
worked 1t 71.2 lays and put up $50
cans OF tomatoes $50 cans string
beans. 100 cans blackberries and 50
cans Of tomatoes ana corn mixed. max.
ing n total Of | $50 cans. The follow.
Ing shows what | cleared on 1850
cans of fruit and vegetables that I put
up last summer In ! IL days:
For labor Of . men at $1.50 per
day each for ILL., days. sa3.75
Cost OF ! $50 cans and freight. 27.0o
There are &c 20 BIZ. OF tomatoes
in $50 cans at 25a per bu. can.
I ners price ...... SIG
There are II ZIG bu. Of beans IN
x $50 cans. al 50c}per $bn5 mar
h ket mIcet Of time SEQ
There are PIP gal. bllatckbe rr g I. III
4tilns1oote ats2oc! per gal "a, ~
\ ret price, at time (. \. $50;
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-01
4 a ma. 4
WARD Y |. 4 !|| 1
IA .1:l Z,
|a.1Il ~ W. " - !. y y HIN
AIM. IPE.%cchu1r-ae:h.

One hundred and eighty pupils were
Sprssent At 1 the Sunday school yester.
gdayS morning. The Brotherhood Of
Willing Workmen held ID very inter
sesting meeting at;two O'clock. At the
\ close 3of the preaching service last
4 evming alter service was iheld, and
much good was ccomplished. The re;
ssgiyalE services will be held each We'd.
SSnesday and Sunday evening. FL
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-01
lS,WilIl C, I: Texas.

n Mrs! John ~. Huff, Of East Park
ayenue.&will leave In a few days for
gSTexasS where she will Join her hus;
sssbanlwho mas been employed there for
some time past.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-01
.sjf cityTHospital News.

City Hospital News. (.
II Mrs Aria Stevens, OF East Barnes
street, was dismissed yesterday,
III Mr. Frank Lelenik, Of Enterprise,
La surgical patient. was dismissed.
Mi. Joe sTrenock, of Austin, was adj
Emitted TOR, trea tment for blood poison.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-01

Here For Funeral Of Mr., Q. 3. Powell.
AZ Among those from distance who
were here for the funeral Of Mr.. D. B..
Powell $were: ar and Mrs. Dent
Powell; o. Plltsburs; Miss Leila Rob
siilson. Of Weston, and Cecil Powell. Of
aGrafton. ii N 4,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-01
No, o. q.

the regular ;mea ting Of the Odd
Fellows (which will be hehl on We'd.
sneslayE evening at their hall on Ier.
SchatnE street, there will be Ave inltia.
/; tons. " \ .fSist ,rr 7g
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-01
u For Bride and Groom.

Z For Bride and Groom. m IN
u Mr.; and Mr.. Arms stealey enter.
Staimed Sat six oclock dinner last even.
ding at theirInome on Raymond street.
complimentary TO Mr.. and Mrs. Rea.
son Tenant who were married re-
Gently.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-01

s. n 8. Board Meeting. rs,
& Thereiwill be a meeting Of the Sun
day school board this evening at sew,
i en.thirtyS o'clock at the Diamond Street
III. z. Church. s.5
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-01
! ss,s.$,L.sST. A. VIII Meet.

S3ITE3se 6l6.i,yi Gs[l. Z. VIII Weet' IN n
in members Of the L. T. L. are re-
Squested ato5&bes present at the meet.
ling Wednesday evening at four o'clock
aatstheS Diamond Street N. Z. Church.
;SAn$ excellent programme Is being ar.
ranged Sand 10 full attendance is de-
i sired. M u It'll 4 n B II 4,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-01
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|rII5I!llGS:;I
! MORE .........
|SvC CHE |.
AT 4. STORE >. { :. I, I.
THAT ] ]. 4. ! I. !.
ADVERTISE5.

w
Ifyou were q merchant would.
MT you rather sell q thousand I
yards Of silk In a day, at a prof.
It ofa10c a yard, than to sell /
without advertising) fifty yards,
at a profit Of rs cents a yard? y
Isn't It plain that In all such ,
instances the buyer gets the ben
eft Of the volume Of business"
which advertising enables the /
merchant to do? tt
The none. cost Of Journey
Long or shortly stage coach
mot to count time, or comfort)
was greater than that Of q pres.
ent dry journey by railway. The
sold ways" Of doing things were
not even CHEAPER. a
Til. cost of things In an old.
fashioned store nowadays Is
greater than in the progressive
stores-the advertised stores.
It's not even CHEAPER to pat
ronlzc the non.progressiye mer-
chant-not to count the unwis.
dom Of helping make 1t possible
for reactlonary and non.pro-
gresslve merchants to still do
business" XXX
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-01
guPHoLsTE:R Rim 81

5I5II lUPHULSI E RlN 0.FSlEJs
We make a specially of FIRST %elasnts
up to date upholstering8 botaS plainln and
fancy. Mattresses and feathers srel.
ovated. Sewing machine needles ana 4
supplies. All work guaranteed. A
7, ,5 't.fs II. c.8vo ELkERi u
101 Fairmont Ave. 55s Yost / BuildlnES$
Con. Phone $685. FAiRMo NT,esyv..susa,s
DENTISTS. TX: i. y x
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-01

per gal. ......... 1.os
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-05

CLINTON-Fire damaged the office Of
the Clinton County Advertiser 10 an ex-
work on the part of the fire department.
however, prevented the total destruction Of
the building. which was threatened when
the flames were disCoN cred. the fire haV-
ms gained a considerable start before
the alarm was sent I'm. The blaze is sup
pcsed to have originated under the metal
ing.
CLINTON-Charles Austin. an 1s-year-
old youth who formerly resided with his
parents I'm Clinton. Is astonishing tho
people on the Pacific coast by his achieve
ment in perfCctinE a complete y~lreless
telegraph outfit near Portland. with
which he convCrseS with other wireless
stations on islands in the PaoNfic ocean
hundreds Of miles away. He mas oven
~s.gHaled to the Hawaiian group. 2.956
miles from san Francisco. The lad has
erected his apparatus upon a height near
the city Of Portland. doing all of the
work without aid from anyone.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-05
Van Vllssingen
Ends Confession
He Says He Redeemed Million Dollars
in Forged Paper with Other
F~orgeries.

CHICAGO, May 4-Pcter Van VlssIugou.
the former real estate man who IS serving 4
sentence for forgeries amounting tn SI.gs,.
600, completed the story Of his twenty Years
of crime before Referee in Bankruptcy
Wean here today.
Van Vlissingen was questioned again a-
to his relations with Bernhard Rosenberg
and Maurice Roscnfeld, the Chicago fiuau-
ciers who, he declared, forced hIn to carry
on more fOrgeries in order a. pay back
what he had fleeccd from them after ne
had confessed his practices Ia hem a. 1914
lie named several men who he told Rusen-
berg and Roscnfeld he was victimiziug.
'Rosenfcld particularly was bounding me
TO death for money. ! was getting II faster
than was safe for any Of US"
Did you tell Rosenberg and ltosenreId
how you made the forgeries aud about the
electric light system you used?'
Yes
How much forged paper did you redeem
between the years 1901 and 1852
About 81, 900 900 in bogus paper"
when you paid Rosenfeld and Rnson.
berg money did they return YOU a specified
paper?"
Some times
Van Vlissingen said that Rosenfeld and
Rosenberg had returned to him $1,000 worth
Of forged paper during the last four years.
How much Of this paper did you re-
issue p"
81 don't know