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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-03-07
SALOONS ARE 1.
DECREASING
GOVERNMENT STATISTICS SHOW
DECLINE IN NUMBERS IN
f LARGE CITIES.

WASHINGTON, o. c., March q
There ~as in 1907 a decrease Of 6 per
cent. NTH number of salons through
cut the country. according to the U. S.
Census Bureaus forthcoming report
on the statistics Of theafss largest cit
les which had a population Of over 81,
COO each that year. -
The report, prepared by chief Of d..
vision e. H. Mailing, contains complete
statistics of the number:of liquor II.
ctnscs in force at the close of the H.
ce1se year In each Ct the cities anc
the number Of inhabitants to each
dealer selling liquor by the drink.
More than one-fourth of such deal
ers in the 1853 largest cities were re-
Ported from New York and Chicago:
the cities IF over 100000 population
w:ti the. smallest number of saloons
were Washington t52t) and Pittsburg
is1a.) In cities of this class, the Iarg-
est number of saloons in proportion to
the population were in Milwaukee and
New Orleans where in tho former,
ttere was one dealer selling liquor b.
the drink to every 1872 inhabitants and.
In the latter, to every 200 fnha bltants.
TIL number of Inhabitants to every
dealer in Philadelphia was ISL, and in
Boston 72y. The other cities having
less than 200 inhabitants to each deal.
er were Galveston t134); East ST.
Louis t143l, Mobile t15S), Houston
t1s8), Hoboken tt6s), Sacramento,
Calf, t1s8l, San Antonio (17sJ.. Ia
Crosse, Wisconsin, ttss), Springfield,
H., (1s8), and West Hoboken t1st.) {!
The smallest number OF saloons an
proportion to population Is shown for
the cities Of Pennsylvania and Massa-
el,ueetts, and the largest for those Of
Texas, Ohio and Wisconsin,.
In comparing the number Of retail
Liquor dealers In fh1 cities reporting
for both 1907 and 1eo5, It is shown that
there was decrease. of 6 per cant. IN
the number OF saloons In 1907. The
decrease was general r, nearly every
Part of the country. except the Rocky
Mountain and southwestern States. 3
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-03-07
PosTo RIco--
BASKET BALL NOTES.
clarksLurg Beats midaets

OEdFRbuuT9 BEATS MTuGtts
At Clarksburg the Normal Eiidnets
were defeated by the fast ciarkshurg
association In one Of the best games
seen there for some time. THE Asso-
citation team greatly outweighed the
Midgets but were lacking in speed,
only their. weight winning for them.
The score:
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-03-07
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
To the Creditors Of. Napoleon c. HAY

To the Creditors OF .Shpoieoh " IA"
kins. deceased:
In pursuance of decree OF the In
ternlctliate Court OF the County oil
Marion. made in cause therein pend
ing to subject the real estate OF the
said deccdent to the payment of his
debts. you are required to present
your claims against the estate OF the
said dccedent for adjudication to A. J..
Lehman. Conmissiner. at ffs office In
the said county. on or before the 18th
day of April, 1910, next.
Witness. w. S. Black, Clerk OF said
Court, this Goth day OF February. 1910.
". S. BLACK. Clerk.
Feb. IS Nlch.. T-1t-21-2S Apr. 4.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-03-07

inc "Favorite Prescription is unequaled
and is invaluable in allaying and subduings
nervous excitability, irritability, nervous;
exhaustion, nervous .prostration, neuralgia
hysteria, spasms, St. Vitus's dance, and
other distressing, nervous synptoms5con,
monty attendant upon functional J and Or
ganic disease Of the distinctly feminine
organs. It induces refreshing sleep and
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets sinvpiporate
the stomach, liver and bowels. One to.
three dose. Easy to take as candy.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-03-07
;rpton Is scientific medicine, carefully devised BY
expeeneed and sknaf
" Is made Of native american
female system

( AS powerful, invigorating tonic "Fa-
the whole system and to the organs dis is
tinctly feminine in particular. For over
WORKED, 'woru-out," Il run down. debilitate;i
teachers, milliners, drcssmakers, seam
stresses, ''shop-girls," house-keepers, nurs-
ing mothers, and feeble women generally,
Or. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is the
greatest earthly boon, being uhequaled
as an appetizing cordial aud restorative
tonic.
As soothing and Strengthening nery-
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-03-07
Association SO.
Reception a Success.

The reception given the Normal
School basket ball FIVE on last sztur-
day evening ty the young ladies at
the Woman's Hall, was an entire sue
cess. a very pleasant evening was
enjoyed and all present had most en-
JoyabIe evening.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-03-07
juniors. 81.

Referee. Smith; ur1pirf- Ford; seor
:r, MeNe-ly; timer BALI time o
halves, 20 minutes.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-03-07
viii ,Fiav Hard Saturday.

The Fairr:ont yHigh School baskes
ball five will play 2. hard game satur-
day evening when they go against the
fast Normal five. at the Normal gym.
Thts will be the second meeting OF the
two teams for the present Geason and
one of the best gamrs Of the year Is
expected. Both teams are confiden.
Of the victory and great contest will
result.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-03-07
BIG STEAMER pETRoYEp,
tBy United Press

Ef5y BHFFHU I'FHrS, J
PORTLAND. Me-. March f.-One
life Is believed to have been lost and
ten passengers barely escaped death
early today when the Maine Steamship
Conpany's big vessel. Manhattan. was
burned here. Tugs rescued the pas.
senEers. The loss Is estimated to be
$250.000.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-03-07
~ ~ y - 81 ttis Is 10 ~
{ WITH THE BuWLERS.
City puekpln League 3ss y
Stan ding TO March S, 1910:
porta RieaQ Wins.

Saturday afternoon an interesting
match was rolled between the two
/. ANS representing the Summers sto-
pie. factory. The Porto Rico team won,
defeating the cubans by ~ pins. The
cpbans say they will be able to W.,
the next match and another Interest.
ing game Is expected. The ae=re:
ctIRANs-st sa5i "a ~ -.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-03-07
Normal Midaets Lose.

At TIE Normal gym Saturday after
noon the r. II. s. juniors defeated
tie Normal Miu5ets in a good game
by the score Of 81 to II. The High
School was too heavy for the Midgct5
and wen with ease. The. score:
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-03-07

A precise Boston teacher spent a
quarter of an hour in imprcssins upon
her class the right pronunciation Of the
word vase.
Next day. hoping to reap the fruits
OF her labor. she asked:
Now. Johnnie. tell me. what do sou
see on the mantelpiece at homer" J.
And Johnnie piped forth: Fathers
feet. ma am. --Harper's Bazaar.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-27
WHAT FARLEY AND PETERSON
THINK ABOUT COMMISSION PLAN

There are two officials at the city
hall who are watching the move.
ment for the establishment of a
commission form of government in
the city Of Spokane with a great
deal of interest, but are saying
nothing-for publication, at least.
They are Robert Farley, city
comptroller, and J. Oscar Peterson,
city treasurer Both men will be
legislated out of office If the COM
mission plan is adopted in the next
few months, as they have a year of
their two year term of office yet to
nerve. Under the commission form
II is proposed to make the comp
troller, who will be known as the
city auditor, and the treasurer, ap-
pointive instead of elective, as at
present.
What do you think Of the com.
mission plan?" was asked City
Comptroller Farley today.
"Oh, l am taking no part in the
controversy, and am willing to trust
the result to the decision Of the
people. If they want the commits
zion plan it is for them to soy, and
for me to abide by their decision.
Personally, I am taking no hand in
the matter either way"
City Treasurer Peterson was
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-27

CHICAGO, May 26-An inno-
cent man shot through the heart,
another seriously wounded, third
cast into prison and held without
cause, a young girl broken-hearted
this tells in brief the tale of the
latest outrage due to the "shootto-
kill policy of the Chicago police
department.
John Dublin of Divernon, H.,
came to the city to see his sweet
heart, Pauline McHugh, and to
make preparations for his marriage
With his chum, Michael Wentor,
Dublin, having taken his father to
the railway station, started to walk
to his lodgings. Without having
done any crime. without having
committed any act more outrage
Gus than to run from four men
whom they thought were footpads
because they were sneakine
through the dark, the three boys
were set upon by detectives, who
opened veritable fusilade of pis
toll shots, killing John IAbin out
right wounding his friend in both
arms and barely missing his broth
er, whose clothes were pierced by
bullets. To make up for the over
sight, they beat him ovr the head
with clubs and threw him bleeding
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-27

into a cell.
The four detectives in plain
clothes were in the shadow of a
building when the young men first
saw them, and their actions were
so suspicious that the boys quick
ened their pace. The detectives
called to them, then, as they did
not stop. opened fire. The boys
did not know that their assailants
were officers.
The officers insist that they were
justified in the killing. They say
that men who run when called to
stop show guilt.
Whether or not this duty" as
performed had anything to do with
the disappearance of a large sum
of money which friends of the dead
man say was on his person when
/ he was shot, but which was not
found when his body was taken to
the morgue, doth not yet appear.
The fiancee of the dead man and
his sister, Martha Dublin, were
dragged off to the police station al
$3.50 a. m. to be questioned. Thence
they went to the morgue to view
Dubin's body. Both were prostrat
ed by grief.
| The tragedy has occasioned wide
spread and profound indignation
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-27

quizzed in like manner. Il have
nothing to say on this question for
publication at this time," said Mr..
Peterson. 1T is up to the people to
determine whether or not they want
a change. l have heard great
many men remark that they
thought ii strange that some people
want to change our form of govern
ment before the system adopted a
year ago is even given trial, and
it appears to me as if this question
is a timely one.
"A year ago we voted to abolish
partisan politics in municipal cleo
tions, wipe out ward lines and elect
councilmen at large. and I would
like to see this system tried to see
how it works before we take up
something else.
But, as | said, I am taking no
part in the fight and am willing to
let the people determine for them
selves whether or not they want the
commission plan"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-27
HUMAN SKIN
Is WORTH S1.66
A SQUARE INCH

10y United Press Leased Wire)
VANCOUVER, Wash, May
27.-Human skin, if healthy, is
valued at $1.66 % a square
inch for grating purposes by
Dr. J. p. Guerin Of Vancouver,
who desires over 500 square
inches to graft on a burn suf-
fered by Otto johnson several
weeks ago.
Or. Guerin performed one
grating operation on Johnson,
when he covered one-twelfth
of the burn.
The doctor. desires to secure
enough human skin to cover
the remainder of the burn, and
offers S. to each person who
will give up three square
inches of skin, to be grated
on johnson.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-27
SIXTEENTH COUNTY
TO VOTE DRY

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
BOISE, Idaho, May 27.-Oneida
county today is the sixteenth in
Idaho to vote itself into the dry
column. The local option issue car
ried here yesterday by the over
whelming majority of approx
mately $500.
Very little interest was taken, il
being conceded that the "drys'
would carry the county by an over
whelming vote. There has not been
an open saloon in the county fol
more than a year.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-27
5000 SALMON IN ONE DAY.

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
QUINAULT, Wash, May 27.-The
run of salmon is increasing daily in
Grays harbor. 1t is believed that
the run of last year will be broken
Quinault Indians yesterday deliv-
cred 5000 salmon to the Hoquiam
Packing Co s docks.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-27

dinance issued by the city council
will be confirmed at the next
meeting.
Property holders In the eastern
part of the city have petitioned the
council to extend the water mains
for better fire protection. Among
the petitioners are E. H. Stanton
& Co. and the White Pine Sash
company.
Tho HiIIyard Baptist church will
be the scene of memorial services
to be held there by the Veterans Of
the Spanish-American war next
Sunday night.
Fleeced out Of $500 and
charged with the purchase of So
900 shares of mining stock, M. C..
Gray Of Pullman has filed a COM
plant against his friend, c. H..
Reeves, in the superior court yes
terday.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-27

A call has been received by Rev.
DR.. c.. Ross Baker, pastor Of tho
Emmanuel Baptist congregation.
which holds services In the Masonic
temple, to fill a pastorate Of
church in Alabama. Rev. DR.. Baker
will cave for the south shortly.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-27

A email fire broke out in the Spo-
kane Casket factory at 1920 Water
avenue at o'clock yesterday even
ing. The fire department at Peace
full Valley answered the call.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-27

"Rambllng Billy" Coyne Of PhiIa.
delphia is known as Kid" although
40 years old. Yesterday he made
his appearance at the Union Rescue
mission and secured bed and
breakfast. He is beating his w&ys
from Philadelphia to Spokane.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-27

the peculiar SAVIOR of pathos lent tC
the shooting by the circumstances
havinb served to awaken an inter
est that the average kindred exam
pie Of police stupidity and cold
blooded inhumanity does not com
mand.
Chief Stewart, of course, stands
by his men.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-27

L. r. Burnham was arrested on
complaint of Edward Anderson for
selling Mexican lands that did not
exist. He was placed under $4,000
bonds by Justice S. c. Hyde.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-27

The police are on the lookout for
a man who carries bullet planted
in his body by a colored woman. A
Waterman stationed in one of the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-27

Ladies' lingerie, taffeta and pongee
dresses at wholesale prices. Florence
Waist House, $40 Mohawk. SO
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-27

The divorce suit and cross com.
plant between Frank and Maggie
McNutt has been dismissed n an
agreement drawn by both husband
and wife.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-27

The Brownies addition paving or.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-27
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q ANTI.NOISE ORDINANCE. Z

q An anti-noise ordinance has =
. been introduced In the city I
. council by Councilman Peter =
q Nelson. The ordinance 10 Z
= modelled after that Of Tacoma. Z
q The ordinance, II enforced, Z
q will do away with the flat =
. wheeled cars used by the Z
. streetcar companies and the =
. whIstling Of Northern Pacific Z
. engines at night within the =
. city limits. =
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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-27

! towers overlooking the Northern
Pacific tracks at Browne street
stated that he saw the shooting
and that as the woman shot he saw
the man covevr his hand as If shot.
A charge Of conspiracy has been
filed against Agnes Young, former
ly Agnes Robenhorst, Wallace F.
Young, James w. Morrison and the
American Bonding company Of
Baltimore in the superior court
yesterday.
A new literary club has been
started at the North Central high
school. The officers elected are:
President, Marguerite Spencer;
| vice president, Olive Turner, and
secretary-treasurer, Bertha Cosand
What was thought to be sui
| eide proved only case Of hyster-
les, when a police officer In an au-
| lOulODlle, together Will olcWdiu
| Milburn of the emergency hospital,
| answered a call at 21S Short court
last night. They found Mrs. Nora
Winchester in an advanced stage
of Mysteries.
Carl Benesten, who was suing
the Washington Milling company
for $1154 damages for the loss of
his left hand while in their employ,
was given a verdict in his favor
by a jury in Judge J. d. Hinkles
court yesterday.
Strawberry growers Of Spokane
valley are offering pickers 30
cents a crate, which average from
So to $3.50 a day.
Alex Nelson brought suit against
the Dry Pressed Brick Yards for
1887 damages for face disfigure-
ment, in the superior court yester-
day. He alleges that he is ashamed
to show his face in public as re-
suit of the injury.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-27

A suit has been filed against
John II. Johnson by l.. Louise
Smith for injuries received in front
of the Empire hotel, on Riverside
and Division, in the superior court
yesterday. She asks for $2634.S5.
The last Of the parents meet
ings was held by the Social Hy-
giene society on the second floor
of the Edison school, Fifth avenue
and Lee street.
Mrs. Carrie Swanson, who owns
property throughout the city, but
who can't leave liquor alone, was
arrested, together with F. X. Bos-
from of the Great Northern shops
at Hillyard.
After his serious illness, State
Senator Hutchinson has made his
appearance on the street looking
very thin and pale. He is feeling
fine, however, and will soon be
able to attend to business.
City Dog Catcher Ed Jenkins,
colored, was bound over to the SUI
perior court on the charge of as
sault and battery on Boyd Travis
on May 9, by Justice of the Peace
8. c. Hyde yesterday afternoon.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-27

Strawberry growers Of Spokane
valley are offering pickers 80
cents a crate, which average from
50 to $3.50 a day.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-27

towers overlooking the Northern
Pacific tracks at Browne street
stated that he saw the shooting
and that as the woman shot he saw
the man coveyr his hand as IL shot.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-20
DEFENSE OF BALL|NGER
Gets PILES IN TROUBLE
Prosecution Seeks Investigation
of How Washington Senator
Secured His Seat
Especial to The Herald)

WASHINGTON, May Ex-senator
Samuel H. Piles of Washington, who
injected himself into the Pinchot-Bal-
linger investigation as 1.-THE friend from
home" and particular champion of Sec
retary Ballinger, is likely to himself
become involved in an investigation as
the result of his activities. When Piles
came to the front as a man from Bal
lingers own state and testified for his
friend, Attorney Brandeis, for the
prosecution, demanded that informa-
tion be admitted telling how Mr. Piles
was elected to the senate, and plainly
intimated that the Morgan -Guggenhetm
syndicate was not only backing Mr..
Ballinger but had also secured Senator
Piles his seat. The investigating COM
mittee refused to make further inquiry
along this line, but paid no attention to
Senator Roots demand that Brandels'
remarks regarding Piles be removed
from the records. Since then the
Pinchot-G CLAWS following have made no
secret that they are busily backtrack-
ing the circumstances of Piles election
to the senate and have freely intimated
that Senator Lorimer of Illinois may
have company in a senate investigation
on how he was elected to that body.
The matter has created a sensation in
Piles home state and there is no ques-
tion but that an attempt is being made
there to stir up a hornets nest for the
senator.
Senator Piles himself evidently does
not relish the turn affairs have taken,
and on a question of personal privilege
addressed the senate and denounced
Brandeis remarks as a fabrication.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-20
SUES FOR HALF OF
100000 ESTATE
Dr.. w. lie Moyne Wills Begins
Action Against Sister.
Alleges Prejudice
COMPROMISE PROPOSALS FAIL
Plaintiff Says His Purchase of
Saloon Property Made
Mother Cut Him Off

DR.. w. LeMoyne Wills began an
action in Judge Wilbur's court yester-
day against his sister, Miss Madeline
Frances Wills, for an equal division OF
property decided to her by their mother,
Mrs. Charlotte L. Wills, on the ground
that his father, who died in 1891, left
will declaring the property should be
left equally between his two children.
BY the terms of the will of the late
Mrs Wills, her son was given only an
income of S100 a month from the estate,
which was estimated to be worth mill
lion at the time of the fathers death.
The fathers will directed the mother
to take charge of the property and at
her death divide it equally between the
two children.
According to DR.. Wills, his mother
and sister became angry with him when
he invested money in property at First
and Los Angeles streets, on which D.
saloon was located.
In view of their objections to his
owning saloon, the plaintiff declares
he was not given his share of the prop
erty and that the mother decided va1u-
able property to her daughter before
her death, leaving the remainder to her
by a will.
The case had been postponed from
time to time in the hope of a COM
promise Probably more than a week
will be required to hear the case. Some
of the papers exhibited in the action
date back to the year 1900, in connection
with property held by the Wills family
in Allegheny county, Pa.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-20
LET LONG AND SHORT HAUL
CLAUSE STAND, SAY J0BBERS
Protest Sent to Washington by
F. P. Gregson

Formal protests against the elimi-
nation of the long and short haul
clause in the present interstate COM
merce act have been forwarded to Sen
ator Flint and Congressman McLach-
Ian by +. p. Gregson, traffic manager
for the Associated Jobbers of Los An
geles, and by officials of various busi-
ness organizations in Southern Cali
fornia. Following is the substance of
the message sent to Washington from
local business organizations:
elimination of long and short haul
clause and adoption of amendments
extremely detrimental to entire west
Would take from carriers the right to
make rates to Pacific terminals lower
than to interior points at their will,
which means disruption of rate making
basis to entire coast. This jeopardizes
manufacturing and Jobbing interests,
and destroys property values which
have been built up on present basis
Would abort purpose for which Pan
anna canal was constructed, as sea car
riers would have no incentive to make
but slightly lower rates than rail,
knowing that railroads could not with
out great annoyance and trouble obtain
permission to reduce rail rates to meet
sea competition. We earnestly request
that everything be done in coming con-
ference to hold present long and short
houl clause intact"
The amendments to President Taft's
bill eliminate the words "under sub
stantially similar clauses and condi-
tions," which is the saving clause
which permits the carriers to make
lower sea competitive rate to the Pa
cific coast than TO intermediate points.