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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-11-10
SHIRT.
Hotel Clerk Loses Shirts to Man That
Slept in His Room.

The night clerk at the most popu:
ar hotel on Main street Is much
wrought up today over the loss OF
two expensive and new shirts and a
real cute little red silk neckscarf,,
which were taken by a man living at
shinnston, SO he says. for he saw him
with ione of4the shirts on this morn
ing Just before he departed for home
and:a small bundle under his arm
which he believed contained his other
shirt.
The clerk in question permitted the
nan to occupyghis room last night and
lust after he paid his bill and left the
hotel this morning die went to try
room and discovered that two OF his
fine shirts had been taken from the
dresser drawer. He said that just be:
sore the man departed he noticed that
he had on a shirt Just like one of the
lew ones he had purchased, but did
not suspect that 1t was his until he
vent to his room. The clerk has writ.
en the ,Shinnston man and II he does
not return his alleged stolen property
ne Will cause a warrant to be issued
for his arrest, charging him with pet.
ty larceny.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-11-10
SOME BIC ONES
LOST THEIR VOTE
P. C. KNOX DID NOT REGISTER
AND NORMAN e. MACK VOTED
STRAIGHT REPUBLICAN,
TICKET.

Secretary of State P. C. Knox rush.
ed home to vote and was having fine
time Kidding" eX-Mayor Guthrie who
was not registered for losing his vote
when he was informed that the reg
istrar had left his name from the ell
gible list. so he had his trip to- Pitts
burg in vain but spent the time very
pleasantly with the fellows In the
clubs during the day.
Norman E. Mack, chairman OF the
Democratic National committee, lost
his vote by accident. He was regis
tered all right but In his haste to vote
by using a voting machine he pulled
the wrong lever and voted straight
Republican ticket. He called the at.
tention OF the election officers to his
mistake but 1t was like taking medi.
cine from the wrong bottle. 1t was
done and could not be changed, and
not even an antidote could be found
to soothe the wounded feelings OF the
big leader. : s.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-11-10
BETS
BEING PAID
MEN WHO WAeERED ON THE
WRONG END ARE PAYING
ELECTION BETS.

The election Is over, the correct
Official returns are In and last evening
and this morning many OF the local
men who bet on the wrong side
were, paying their bets.
1T Isl ia ltflat betting WAS not as
large either in volume or amounts in
this section AZ, has been during the
last elections for the past score of
years, nevertheless not few dollars
changed hands in Fairmont the great
er part of which was lost on the Con
gressional candidates of this district,
while several hats and boxes OF cigars
were also lost on the candidates.
AS the elections come and 60 there
seems to be falling off in West Vir.
ginia as well as all. over the country
freak bets to be paid. Not great
many years ago, in the old days of
torch light professions. man. might
be seen rolling peanut up the street
followed by crowd who was on the
winning side or the loser wheeling
his friend about the principal through.
fares In whcelbarrow. In the words
of Charles Dickens: such are the
changes a few years bring about
about and SO as the things pass away
as a tale that is told" The days of
freak bets have gradually sunk far in.
to Oblivion. probably never to arise
again, and the coming generation will
only know how ,their flrhers paid
their waSers In manner that causes
great amusement to the public.
1t also Is probable that there Is a
falling off in the money bets. 1t is
estimated that there we're $1,000 900
staked on the complexion of the elec.
ton returns. At this rate the money
at stake in this country probably was
equal to the entire fortune Of some
Of our multi.millionaires
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-11-10
.B|.|LAG|lHAIlE|R
ARRESTED
PHlLADELPHlA OFFICER Ar.
RESTS ITALIAN AT IN G. II
j Z. IN o Mt AND TAKES HIM
TO @ QUAKER CITY. 4,

Angelo stebini, an 1tallan aged 80
years, was arrested yesterday after
noon at Kingmont, small station on
the B. & o. a short distance from this
city by officer ". G. Massey, Of IPhila-
,delphia, an Italian member of the
Pennsylvania State Detective Associa;
tion. on a charge of numbering an
aged and wealthy Italian merchant
and his wife at Philadelphia about
seven weeks ago. u
The crime was one of the most re;
voting that has occurred in the
Quaker City for many years. s 1t is
said that the old man and woman
were stabbed to death and the motive
was not robbery but was! done by
order of the Black Hand Society. II
lis also said that a prominent and
wealthy foreigner Philadelphia bank
ef3had a hand IN. the crime and 1t was
he who told where stebini was and
the. detective. ) acc ompanied by q Gus:
In of the alleged murd derer went TO
,lSlngmotlts h NJ 4. 4
H ebinf mad bhen Z SofhIng fpr tile
past several weeks as: ia section hand
ullyluc -pdltlll0Ic duu7 SuiO Y Ohub sttiiN
according to- the detective this Us
not the first time he has been in
trouble, but was never arrested on
such a serious charge. The aged
couple whom he Is charged with stab
bling to death were worth more than
$l00. 900 and stood high in the better
Italian society Of Philadelphia. y
Steb.ni was brought to Fairmont
last evening and placed In the county
Jail. While in prison he was care
fully watched by Patrolman Hager,
as 1t was feared he would commit
suicide. ..e5 " s
+ He was taken to Philadelphia late
in the evening. where he SSll at once
be arraigned on a charge Of murder
with the banker who has been arrest.
ed and is now in jail at Philadelphia
awaiting his preliminary hearing.
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INSULT TO THE.
u 5. FLAG
STARS AND STRIPES TORN DOWN
BY GREASERS, AND MANY
u AMERICANS ATTACKED.

< MEXlCO CITY Nov. 1O-Through
insults to the American flag and as
saults made openly oil American citi-
zens in the streets, demonstration
against Americans. beginning last
night. with the stonlng Of the Mexl-
can Herald Offices, yesterday deveop.
ed, into an affair OF international i'm
portance.
A vigorous. protest was registered
by the American ambassador with the
Mexican department, OF foreign rela.
itions, and ut the same time the facts
were telegraphed to Washington.
Tonight the. attacks were renewed
Windows In u dozen American bust.
ness places were smashed. Al about
town, shutters were hurriedly drawn
and establishments closed. Forces OF
police appeared in the streets and kept
the crowds, moving.
While the police looked on and
seemingly, made no effort to prevent
1t, an American flag floating in front
Of u candy store in the business quar-
ter, was torn down this afternoon BY
several hundred medical students and
others who .trampled aud spat on the
stars and stripes: The mob then tors
the flag to tatters. Photographs we're
taken Of the flag desecrators before
the Office ofaDlahlo Del Hosar, a
Mexican Newspaper showing many
individuals waving bits OF the tori
American flag.
The demonstration today was con-
tinuation OF the affair OF last night.
caused by antipathy aroused among
the people by the burning at the stake
OF Antonio Rodriguez, at Rock
Springs, Tex. on the night OF Noyem.
Der 3.
Publication today, by several Mex
lean papers last night, tended to In.
cense the medical students, who were
the promoters OF last nights demon
stration.
Ell Diario Del HoGar was particu.
larly violent in the expressions OF
animosity toward tho people OF the
United States, characterizing them as
giants OF the dollar, pigmics OF cu!
ture and barbarous whites Of the
north,' and asking where is the
boasted Yankee Civllization?"
Vigorous Protest.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 10-1'rotest.
ing vigorously on behaf OF the Mexi'
can government. Senor De La Barra,
ambassador to the United States from
Mexico. presented claim for repair.
alton to the state department today be-
cause of the lynching of Antonid
Rodriguez at Rock Springs, Texas, on
November 3.
Rodriguez who was Mexican citi.
zen, confessed TO the murder of Mrs.
Lem Henderson at Rock Springs and
was burned TO the stake.
Senor De La Barra had lengthy
conference with Alvey A. Alice, second
assistant of the secretly OF State, in
which he was assured that the Unitec
States would do everything possible to
apprehend (he guilty persons.
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HORSES MUST
Be BLANkETED
WEST VIRGINIA HUMANE so.
ClETY STATE LAW PROVIDES
PENALTY FOR NOT PRO.
TECTING ANIMALS.

G. L. Brand, local agent for the
West Virginia Humane Society stated
10 n West Virginian repogter this
morning that the law regarding the
hlanketlng OF horses and mules in
cold weather was TO be enforced rigid.
ly this winter. and asked the West
virginian to request that all owners of
horses, drivers, teamsters and othe:
people having horses and mules to
supply blankets for them as cold
weather is coming on. ,-5
A number of prosecutions were
made last winter by the Humane So
ciety when the law regarding blanket
ing horses was broken. and the policy
will be followed this winter Agent
Brand also stated that It Is to the
owners benet IL lle prdtefots. his
horses in cold weather, as horses like
humans are subject 10 diseases caused
by exposure in cold weather.
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gpATEs sE1IxEpS
For the Next Annual Commandment
at the State University. Y

ss II is definitely announced that the
commencement at the West Virginia
University win be held beginning
Tuesday June IL. this year. instead
Of on a Wednesday, as has been Gus;
tomary The following night; yEednesi
day June Is. the State Educa tional
Association will begin a three days
meeting In Bluefield and sit IS thought
by the arrangement Of dates a num-
ber Of educators will be able to at
tend both the commencement and the
meeting Of the ASSOCIATE ion.
# Bluefield was given the meeting.
this year to give the educators from
different parts OF the State an oppors
tlnlty to see the splendid progress
that has been made In school work
in the coal regions of the southern
part OF the State. Better salaries are
paid in the mineral producing coun.
ties than in any ofithe others and the
free schools are accredited with being
admirably conducted. N
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-11-10
JUDGE MASON At HUNTINGTON

The Huntington Herald Dispatch in
speaking of Judge J.isW. Mason's re.
cent visit to that city says: ,
3 Judge John w. Mason of sFairmont,
arrived here yesterday for the pur-
pose OF attending the wedding Of his
son. ]. w. Mason. to Miss Josephine
Colbert. which event took place last
night. During his stay in the city
Judge Mason spent a pleasant after;
noon with Judge Doolittle at his of
fees in the. court house.
i Judge Mason has "a great many
friends In this city, he having at
one time resided here. He was at
one time commissioner of internal
revenue for the southern district and
made his homesi this city. He sue
seeded Joseph Miller, OF Kenova, who
In turn succeeded him. y. (;
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-11-10
WIFE PUT RAZOR I'M s5s
i...3 Her HURRYs COAT

HUNTINGTON. Nov. 1O!=-It deyei.
oped during the course of d police
court trial yesterday morning that q.
B. Ellis; who was arrested and charg-
ed with sdisorderly conduct as well as,
carrying a razor, was an innocent VIC
tim OF his Wife's solicitude, inasmuch
as she swores upon the witness stand
that she had placed 1t 5unwittingly In
ihubby's left hand coat pocket.
L The. coat was hanging upon an
accustomed peg at the time and the
wife, according to her statement,
had no anticipation that 1T would be
worn on the eve Of her, spouse's cele-
.bration. 4 e
{ Fate, however; decreed that the coat
should be worn and Ellis untirely un.:
conscious OF the dangerous weapon,
sailed forth. He was arrested dur.
ing the course ofsthe night and lodged
IN Jail to- await trial yesterday,
I Ellis was fined five dollars iot
disorderly conduct. 81
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-11-10

Trunk TAKEN
LOCAL coGoRED MAN LOSES
h HIS cGoTHlNG-FoUND

$t Shortly before noon to-day The po;
|itce located ] Ohm dison 'sE trunk at
stle lnctt y. .5aipis 20 s tA Ion
stolen from hiss room. on last So atiirs
day evening, but there was thing In
.he trunk exceptthe bottom, the lock
having been broken and the contents
removed before being taken to the
station.
Madison, who is ., resro, boards and
rooms at Peter; .Fs saps house in Hui
alley, Second iwatd., When he went
10 hls room on Saturday evening after
his days WORK he was surprised to
lind his trunk had been removed. He
at once notired the police and since
hat time they have been looking for
1t. There seems to be no one about
the railroad station that knows when
the trunk was brought there, but the
oaggagemaster seeing it on the plat
lorm early this morning took 1t into
the baggage room and communicated
%ith the police on discovering that
lhe lock was badly broken. ,i
MuUson is a we'll known and faith
II. ..... ..yJe aDout a local livery stable
all .e .s inucn wrought up over his
loss, as the trunk contained every
piece OF clothing he possessed In the
world. excepting those in which he
was working.
Z He appealed to Justice Amos this
Afternoon to issue search warrant SO
that he might locate his lost property
but as he suspected no one at his
rooming house and had no idea who
could have committed the theft no
warrant could be issued.
This is the second theft that has
been pulled Off at the Pagan house re.
Gently. Ed. Banks, another negro, lost
all his clothing only a few weeks ago.
rhe sneak thief entered his room and
as his trunk was not locked he took
every article from 1t and made good
his escape. but Madison trunk was
locked and the thief or thieves had no
key TO unlock the trunk and fearing
that In breaking the lock they would
attract the other roomers' attention
they took trunk and all and after re,
towing the contents removed II TO the
railroad station. ~
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-11-10
STEAM.
Acids In Water Eats Boilers Up and
alnterferes With, tse Production Of
Stearn--Materiais Used. 81 to coun-
teractt Acid, = ~

81 u aa
r The local tractfoitS companies are
having plenty Of tfonble5 these, days.
For some time thelo was a shortage
OF gas. The 4 main leading to the
power house was a our inch lines This
proved to be tootselalls and workmen
have recently COMP eted laying a six
inch line Iincre asing the gas supply: by
two and lone.fourth fimes what 1t was
on,the four inch line. Since the gas
supply has been SUFFICIENT there Is an
ingredient in the sSstter that Will not
steam. The tractloIg company officials
are at a loss to kno@ what Is the mat
ter with the water.
The best local chemists have an
alyzed the water and find certain
acids in solution. They: say that the
company Is using HE proper mate.
rialsi to counteract tie agency that is
causing 80 much 5trpuble. Since the
river has been SO low the company
has had much trouble to keep its boil.
ers in repair. The acid in the water
eats the boilers; out IN very short
time. This week has been taken up
most OF the time inYIrepairing boilers
that have been impaired by the pres;
ence OF acid in the water that Is used
to make steam. The water Is now
very low and where tie water Is taken
from the river to supply the boilers
at the power house there Is; as great
pile Of sediment perhaps IL there was
a. sufficient freshet to clean out the
river OF the sedimepf fSt he trouble aris.
ing from corrod edi sIers yonld be
ellminat led topEa 81
NJ All of this week Il he service % Esthe
traction companies has been far from
being satisfactory all on account OF
the troubles above recited but; this
morning 1t was worse than at any
time since the operation of the cars
has been interfered with by the .lin-
known agencies in the water. Yester-
day the interurban cars We're about
fifteen minutes behind schedule time.
The five o'clock interurban to Clarks-
burg this morning lost. one hours
time and did not reach this city on
its return trip until nine o'clock. The
six o'clock interurban car lost two
hours.
The gasoline car that has been ope.
rating bctween"Gray's Flats and Fair.
view has been out OF commission since
Saturday owing to broken valve on
the car. The repairs have arrived and
the car will soon be in operation.
The companies are doing all in their
power to correct all the things that
are causing trouble and to maintain
the operation OF their cars on sched.
ule time.
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PUBLIC SCHOOLS
WILL Be CLOSED
THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS WILL BE
CLOSED To-MoRRoW-TEAcH.
ERS WILL ATTEND ROUND
TABLE MEETING.

Tho public schools will be closed all
day tomorrow in order that the teach.
crs may attend the sessions OF the
Monongahela Valley Round Table
which will be held at Morgantown on
Friday and Saturday of this week.
All OF the city teachers, numbering
about seventy will attend the sessions
as well as the teachers OF three out
laying districts. Grant, Eairmont and
Lincoln. the board of education of
these districts having agreed to close
the schools In order that the teach
ers might be given an opportunity Of
attending the Round Table.
The railroad company has proVld.
ed special cars to transport the teacn
ers to Morgantown and 1t is expected
that upwards OF 125 will go from this
vicinity to Morgantown. Prof. Roster
desires that all the tcacners. ue at ,ne
depot at least twenty minutes before
the train leaves In the morning SO
that they will be- enabled to secure
tickets. Several extra coaches will
be carried to accommodate the dele.
CATION from Fairmont.
Friday morning will be spent by the
teachers in visiting the schools Of
Moreantown and in the afternoon a
special sectional meeting will be held
OF the primary. grammar, high and
rural grades. Friday evening the visi-
tors will be given a reception by Pres.
ident Purinton of the State Univer-
sity at the presidents home. A ses.
sion will be held on Saturday morn
ing after which the meeting will be
brought to close:
Plans have been made to make this
meeting Of the Round Table memor.
able one.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-11-10
RELEASED
PRISONER WHO HAD SERVED
HIS TIME in COUNTY, JAIL
SET AT LIBERTY.

Charles Holder, a well known Ger.
man. of Warrington, was released
from the Marion county Jail last even:
ing after serving only few days and
returned to his home.
Holder was arrested at Warrington
about a week ago on charge Of pan.
handling and upon conviction before
Mayor Beatty he was sentenced to the
Jail for thirty days. but upon an order
from Mi, Beatty to JaiIor Thomas Tuck.
er Holder was givelf his liberty.
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MADISON SQUARE.
|: /. |SBIllAI
WATSON STRING LEFTss ON THAN
"a NUMBER 4 a. .Fo oR N EV
YORK CITY.

Mr.. Frank Wlnterbottom, lett this
afternoon on IA for New York ac.
comaphying the Watson ysIang Of;
horses to New York, where they Will
show next 1 week at the Madison
Square Garden Horse Show. The
Lord Baltimore, Ringing Bells Ny
Maryland, Kitty Grey and in fact the
entire string OF blue ribbon winners
left all in excellent tcondl dltlon.
The horses will probably be shown
in Chicago before returning. +.
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House and Senate.

4 & I'shes most important Developments
sini i he slatei Yeiectio iohSn e&s sof yesterday
was the certainty that the state sen.
ate will stand at IA tie politically, flf-
teen Democrats and fifteen Republi.
cans, and the increasing OF the Dem
5ocratic majority In the house Of dele.
gates. from q TO f3S.
Y The Republicans have elected their
senatorial candidates in the First.
Fourth, Sixth and Fourteenth districts,
while the Democrats were successful
in the: eleven other districts. AS there
are eleven holdover Republicans sena-
tors to four Democrats, this places the
senate, at. fifteen to fifteen. This de-
relopInent of the day comes as great
to the enthusiastic
and victorious West Virginia Democ.
sracy. which had hoped to secure con-
troll Of both house Of the legislature.
Two Of the Republican senators are
elected by small pluralities, Hearne
defeating Caldwell in the upper fan
Handle district by only 116, while Dr..
Smith, In the Fourth district Jack
son, Mason, Roane). J. is. successful by
"a plurality nearly, as small. In the
Sixth district, in which are Mcdowell
and Mingo, strong Republican GOWN
tiles, M. q. White (Rep.) Is elected
without opposition. the Democrats
having decided not to make a nomlna.
stion! In the Fourteenth district, Hood
scored nearly the normal majority in
Preston - 2,OOO-which gave him tho
victory over Highberger (Dem) by a
good margin. The Preston Democrats
CARRIED their. county for Congressman
Brown, and claimed last night that
they could have done as we'll for High
sborger. II they had even suspected that
The legislature would be close as a re-
sult?ofs Tuesdays battle of the ballots.
with tho senate tied, 1t will be diff.
kcult for the Democrats to put through
partisan legislation, 1t Is conceded on
9ll sides.
PDuring the day, later figures on
congress Increased the margin of tho
democratic Victories in all four of the
districts they carried. the First, Sec
ond. Third. and Fourth. The Davis
plurality iii the First goes up to g..
.337. IN the Second, Brown has 1926:
in; tho Third Littlcpage defeats joey
( Gaines by.j741 or more: in the Fourth
Hamilton wins by 2,1S7. Hughes. the
only Republican elected. has 1876 by
virtue OF the reported heavy plural.
tiles in Mcdowell and Mingo counties.
y b a y . y
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BOX SUPPER.

The Royal Neighbors will give a
box supper on Tuesday evening, No.
vember 18th, at the Woodmen Hall,
All the members are requested to be
present and to bring box. 1t Is de-
sired that the relief committee OF this
lodge will visit the sick of the organi-
cation. Among the number who are
indisposed are Mrs. NJ. E. Cox, Miss
Lucy Shroyer and Miss Bessie Stealey.
Miss Telsie Brown, a member OF this
Organization who has been III with
blood poisoning has recovered and is
ablel to be out. y Z. 3 n E. 81
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THE PLACE TO EAT.

The place to eat Thursday even.
Ing Is at the Dutch Market Supper.
The ladies of the Presbyterian Legion
will have the best Of edlbles which
will be prepared after the fashion Of
the best Dutch cooking. The menu is
published In to.day's paper.
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PRISONERS sweep
PRISONERS IN COUNTY JAIL
SWEPT THE BASEMENT OF
COURT HOUSE..

Capt. Thomas Tucker, Marion coun
ty jallor, had number of prisoners
to perform stunt this morning that
was most highly pleasing to the occu
pants OF the Court house as well as
to the public in general who have been
at the temple of justice, by giving the
basement OF the building good. thor.
ough sweeping, and he will later in
the week follow up the good work by
having the floor scrubbed.
IT is an assured fact that this will
not be objected to, for, according to
the occupants OF the building the
basement has been In need OF thor
ough cleaning for long while. .
Subscribe for the West virginian.
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COOP s. T:HIl.lNes!. d

Get your supper Thursday evening
at the Dutch Market Supper m the
Stevenson building at the corner Of
First street and Fairmont avenue.
Kraut, old ham, CHI eesei dough
nuts and all Of the dishes peculiar To
Dutch cooking will be served by the
ladies of the Legion. The full menu rs
published in to.day's, West Eirginian.
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missionary MeetIno.

The women's Foreign missionary
Society Of the NJ. P. Temple vii Il l,ld
a meeting tomorrow afternoon at 2.30
O'clock Mt the home or Mrs. Maggie
eRger on Maine street,
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READ THE MENU,

Read the menu that will be served
at the Dutch Market Supper Thurs.
day night by the ladies of the Presby:
tefiar Legion, !.