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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-06-09
KILLS WIFE IN EMBRACE
Murderer Then Turns Weapon on
Himself

Cumberland, Md. Information
has just been received from Frank
lin, w. Va, of murder and suicide
in Brier Branch Hollow, rural Sec
ton some miles southeast of Frank
lin, several days ago. O. P. Fair
child shot and killed his wife and,
turning the same weapon on himself,
took his own life.
Mrs. Fairchild was sitting on her
husbands lap at the time he killed
her. Reaching his right arm over
her shoulder in apparent embrace, he
placed the muzzle of the revolver
against the left side of her head and
fred single shot into her brain.
AS, she fell lifeless from his lap he
raised the gun to the right side of
his head and ended his own life with
one shot. Both had been married
before and were widower and widow
when they contracted their mar
riage. Mrs. Fairchild's son, of nine
years, by the first marriage, and her
baby girl, by the second marriage,
were in the house. The day before
the pair, who had been living apart
for year, had apparently effected
reconciliation. Fairchild was
quarrelsome man and was fined in
the circuit court last fall for feloni-
GUS assault on Minor Boyer, in which
he inflicted injuries on Boyer's head
with stone which almost terminated
fatally.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-06-09

Rising Sun, Md.
ENCOURAGING BRIGHT PUPILS.

Parents and educators everywhere
viii be interested In the experiment
now being tried In the Cincinnati
public schools of establishing class
room for especially bright pupils.
which would appear to be the logicss
accompaniment Of the classroom for
backward pupils. The proposition
that it Is as unfair to hold back the
apt or clever child in the ranks OF
the mediocre as it is to speed the dull
pupil to q pace he cannot maintain
appeals as reasonable and common
sense. 1t will be argued with much
force that the system which makes
provision for caring for the backward
pupil cannot be justified without pro-
vision is made for accompanying the
needs Of those who can advance more
rapidly than the average, says the St
Paul Pioneer Press. The proposition
simply provides for the application
TO schooling Of the plan, that is gen
orally adopted and followed in the
business world. where wage scales,
chances of promotion and all the adj
vantages are based on the ability Of
those employed to advance rapidly in
one line or another. This has not
been the rule in the school where the
system has been adjusted to meet the
requirements Of the average pupil.
with special provision made for those
below the average. The net result Of
this system has been retardation, for
which the pupils are not to blame.
The Cincinnati educators have decid
ed that the old system Of trying to
make all children fit the same edu-
cational pattern is unsatisfactory in
general and particularly unfair to the
bright pupils. who are to be given spe-
cial attention under more sensible
and equitable method.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-06-09
Opposes Hanging OF Women.

Washington. representative
Caleb Powers, of Kentucky, asked
President Taft to prevent, if possible,
the execution in this cite of Mary
Lomax, colored woman, sentenced
to death for the murder of her hus-
band. Mr.. Powers told the Presi-
dent that Mary Lomax is the first
woman condemned to death by a
civil court In Washington Mrs. Sur
raft, hanged for completely in the as
sassination Of President Lincoln, was
sentenced BY military court.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-06-09
TAFT HITS FROM
THE SHOULDER
Den0unces the Underhand At
tacks on Reciprocity.
SCORES SPECIAL INTERESTS.
Reviews Proposed Measure Elab-
orately In Address Before
Western Economic
Society,"

Chicago.-President Taft in a
speech before the Western Economic
Society here declared that the prin-
cipal opposition to the Canadian
reciprocity agreement came not from
the farmer, but from the Lumber
Trust and from American manufac-
turers of print paper.
In one of the most comprehensive
addresses that he has made on the
subject, the President outlined some
of the methods employed by the
opponents of reciprocity, practically
told the farmers that they were be-
ing .'buncoed' by special interests
and said that the fate of the agree
ment rested not so much with the
United States as with the people of
the country.
If the farmer and the country at
large, he said, could be brought to
understand that this treaty was in
the interest of majority of the peo-
pie, he would not longer fear the
coming vote in the Senate.
Not Sparing in Words.
The President was not sparing in
his words. He told of the reasons
for the opposition to the treaty by
the Lumber Trust and by the paper
manufacturers, and without using
names scored a New York firm, some
of whose members recently appear
ed at the hearings before the Senate
Finance Committee in Washington,
ostensibly in behalf of the National
Grange and objected to the enact
ment of the agreement.
In spite of the forces that are ar
rayed against it. the President ex-
pressed the belief that the agreement
would become law.
THE BILL" he said, twill pass, if
it passes at all, because of the force
of public opinion in it's favor"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-06-09
Indicted for RrIharx.

Nashville, Tenn.-The Davidson
county grand jury returned an in
dictment against e. C. Goodpasture
on bribery charge. Representative
]. @. Mcdonald, of Overton county, a
Republican, accused Goodpasture of
offering him $500 before the legis-
lature met to vote with regular
Democrats on organization, and to
repeal the liquor manufacturers law
and the election law. The Tennessee
Anti-Saloon League pressed the
charges and Goodpasture was ar
rested
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-06-09
LITTLE DANGER IN SMALLPOX
Only 80 Cases Out Of 10000 in
1909 Were Fatal.

Washington.-In nearly 10000
cases of smallpox reported in the
United States during 1909 there were
only go deaths, making the average
mortality rate less than one-half of
per cent.
Public Health Service statistics an
nounced show that even the dim
inished number of cases of compare
son with last year was excessive.
Kansas had the maximum num-
Der of cases, 2,197; Illinois, 2,135;
Utah, 1854, and North Carolina,
1888.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-06-09

The famous auto expert who broke
his neck in an effort to establish new
speed records might have given his
life in better cause. A man. it is
true, can easily find out If human
manufacture can stand the terrific
strain put upon it by these speed ex-
periments. but If he finds to the con-
trary the knowledge is seldom of any
use to him. nor does its acquisition
serve even the minor purpose of being
q warning to others. The need of the
age is to learn more how to enjoy life.
rather than faster ways of rushing
through it.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-06-09
Girls Refuse TO wre.t,..

New York.-Because none of the
graduates would take the parts of the
two wrestlers, the class of 1911 at
Barnard cut out scene from As You
Like 1t, which was offered to re-
stricted audience on the Barnard
campus, There were any number of
young women ready and willing to
be foresters in russell doublets and
green hose. but not single senior
could be induced to play the part OF
. wrestler.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-06-09

The demonstration in the Car
dinal's honor was one of the most re-
markable ever held in this city. or
perhaps. in any city in the country.
Men of different creeds and various
nationalities and conditions in life
gathered to give public expression to
their respect, love and admiration
for citizen who has ever been the
fearless and outspoken champion Of
what he considered the right prin-
ciples for the welfare of the nation.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-06-09
Corporation Yield HIcher.

Washington.-Revenue from the
corporation tax this year will be
greater than previously estimated.
according to the latest supplemental
estimates. Assessments for the first
four months of the present calendar
year are more than $28.5O0, 900,
which is more than the assessments
for the corresponding period of the
preceding year. Pennsylvania, New
York and Illinois continue to lead
the list.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-06-09

In putting its ban on the common
drinking cup" the New York Board
of Health is doing good thing. The
public drinking cup is carrier Of in
lection and the habit Of using an in
dividual drinking vessel under all cir
cumstances might be good to acquire.
There are folding cups of metal. rub
Der and even of paper, which one can
keep about the person without dis
comfort and can get at trifling ex-
pense. Scarlet fever, diphtheria, infiu-
enza and even tuberculosis are trans
missable, and are frequently trans
mitted. through promiscuously used
water glasses and teacups.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-06-09

Fifty additional postoffices were
designated as repositories, making
a total to date of $50. They will be
ready to receive deposits on July
and include Sistersville, w. Va;
Berea, o.; Cadillac, Laurium and
Manistique, Mich; Batavia, Herrin
and Hillsboro, ILL.,; Bloomington,
East Chicago and Elwood, Ind;
Marinette, Wis; Rochester, Mimi;
Bismarck, N. D.; Boone Terre, Mo-;
Norfolk and Superior, Neb.; Carroll,
Ia; Abilene and Fredonia, Kan.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-06-09
MORE POSTAL BANKS
Mr.. Hitchcock VIII Extend sys-
tenn Now to the Big
Cities.

Washington. Postmaster General
Hitchcock has decided to increase the
extension of the postal savings sys-
tenn from 100 to $50 officers week,
with at least 1000 repositories
designated by July 1. This will be
a worlds record in the number oper-
ated within SO short time after
establishment.
On July the system is to be ex-
tended to first-class offices in the
large cities; only second-class post
Offices have been designated so far.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-06-09
Kaiser Faxors Cupid.

Berlin. According to the Berlin
Zeitung, an announcement will be
made on June II of the betrothal of
Princess Victoria Louise, only daugh-
ter of the Kaiser, to hereditary
Prince Adolf Frederick of Mecklen-
burg-Strelitz. The paper quotes the
Kaiser as saying: II do not intend
to sacrifice my girl for politics. She
shall marry for happiness above all
else"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-06-09
University Cashier Arrested.

Minneapolis, Mimi. D. Bren,
who told story of having been held
up and robbed by highwaymen, was
arrested charged with embezzling
$4,000 of University of Minnesota
funds. Bren has been connected
with the university for ten years and
has been cashier of the institution
four years.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-06-09
His Home DynamI+ed.

Wheeling, w. va.-Disgruntled
coal miners who had been discharged
are suspected of blowing up the home
of General Manager Lewis Finley, of
the Finley Coal Company, at Golfers,
w. Va. with dynamite. Luckily no
one was home at the time, but the
house was destroyed. Bloodhounds
from the state penitentiary are trail
ing the perpetrators of the deed.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-06-09
COLD STORAGE LIMITS
Opponent Of Hepburn Bill Fixes Time
for Meats.

Neutrality-suspicious. B. Foster,
of Ottumwa, Iowa, appeared before
the Senate Committee on .Manufac-
lures in opposition to the Hepburn
bill to limit the time that food prod
ucts may be kept in cold storage. He
said that cured pork might be kept
safely for nine months, fresh pork six
months, fresh beef, mutton and lamb
six to nine months and veal three to
four months.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-06-09
lightning Starts s2so, 900 Fire.

New Orleans. Eight immense oil
tanks of the Indian Refining Com
pany, several miles below this city
on the Mississippi river, containing
10000 barrels of gasoline and 10000
barrels of kerosene, valued at $780,
900, were destroyed by fire. The fire
was started when bolt of lightning
struck one of the tanks.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-06-09
Woman OF rs Suicide in Gen.

Philadelphia.-Using a handker-
chief as moose, Mrs. Minnie Miller,
rs years old, committed suicide in a
police station here by hanging her
self from the bars of a cell. The
aged woman had been arrested on a
charge of picking pockets, and Is
minutes after she had been placed
in the cell the body was discovered.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-06-09
browns Near MoundsxilIa.

Wheeling, w. Vac. e. Nice got
beyond his depth in deep hole In
the Ohio River, near Moundsville,
and before help could reach him had
gone down for the last time All
efforts to recover the body proved
unavailing.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-06-09
Fear for their Meal rlek.t.

Pittsburg.-TheR Rev. DR.. John H.
Dietrich. pastor of St. Marks Memo
rial Reformed Church, says that
most ministers are afraid to "en-
danger their meal tickets" in preach
ing the truth and doing church work.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-06-09
lIlenaI TO Ireat h Tacoma.

Tacoma, Wash.-Saloon men from
all parts of the city were booked at
the police station when seven de-
tectives made Fl arrests for alleged
violation of the city's anti-treating
ordinance, which prohibits treating
in saloons. The constitutionality of
the law will be attacked by the
saloonkeepers.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-06-09
-Four Burned in Pitts buro : Re.

Pittsburg.-A child was burned
to death and three persons were in
jured in fire which destroyed six
buildings in the East End, causing
q loss of 100000.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-06-09

A Harvard professor has solved the
riddle Of the sphinx. but it is safe 10
assert that he doesn't know why the
harem skirt is.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-06-09

Let US not abolish the sat just yet.
Doctor Young tells Us that the rat is
the original and busy conveyor of
germs.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-06-09
Dear Man Hit BY Train.

Wheeling. w. va.-Owing to deaf
ness. which prevented him from hear
ing an approaching train, Orville Bar
rett, of West Wheeling, was struck
by train and instantly killed.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-06-09

A Texas man sold $4,000 snakes
last year for prices ranging from rs
cents to $3.50 each. Nobody can justly
complain that the price Of snakes is
high.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-06-09

A French physician injected radium
into worn out old horse and made it
frisky as q colt. There is hope for
our ancient racehorses and baseball
players.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-06-09

England is worried over the 5.000.-
600 annual destruction inflicted by
rats. Most thinking people. are. and
what worries most is that the meas
ures. for wiping out the pests are re-
ceived by. the rodents with cheerful In
difference.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-06-09

Wealthy men cannot always do as
they please. A judge wouldn't allow
Cornelius Vanderbilt to cross his legs
In court.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-06-09

An Iowa professor claims that cold
weather in spring is good for the fruit
crop. Evidently the wolf cry from
Georgia was false alarm.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-06-09

A New Yorker named Jones has
asked permission of the courts to
change his name. 1t behooves the
1000, 100000 bearers of that honored
monicker to arise in protest.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-06-09

A scientist says that normal man
has large feet and a normal woman
small feet. This seems to settle the
question outside of Chicago.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-06-09

The telegram had the effect of
quieting persistent rumors that the
Illinois Senator would resign. SEN
ator Dillingham;, chairman of. the
committee, said that undoubtedly
Mr.. Lorimer would be given the full
est opportunity to testify.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-06-09
c4lcAco's sas.ooo.ooo STATION
Structure Said to BE Worries Finest
Passenger Station.

Chicago, Ill.-The new station of
the Chicago and Northwestern Rail-
way in this city. one of the largest,
most costly and most magnificent
passenger terminals in the world. was
opened to trafiic Thursday. Costing
nearly 100000 and with q right
of way area of 81 acres, 1t is re-
garded as a marvel In modern rail-
way station construction.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-06-09

st. Louis.-Albert Shule shot and
killed Mrs. Katherine Moran in a
rooming house here and then killed
himself.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-06-09

New York reports the theft Of Si5.-
900 worth Of hair. That's what comes
o. leaving 4 around on thu dresser.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-06-09
GREAT TRIBUTE TO
CARDINAL GIBBONS
Presidei and Ex-Presi-
dent r. sSeIt Present.
GOV. CROTHERs PREsIDEDs
Reception In the Fifth Regiment
Armory to MaryIand's Leading
Citixen--Great Concourse
Of People Present.
Cardinal GIbbons IIonored.

Cardinal Gibbons lionored.
One of the greatest honors
that ever fell to a Marylander
was bestowed upon Cardinal
Gibbons Tuesday.
The occasion marked the if
tieth anniversary of his priest
hood and the twenty-fifth ami
yersary of his cardinalate.
Thousands of citizens joined
in a reception to the Cardinal
in the Fifth Regiment Armory.
President Taft and former
President Roosevelt spoke.
Speeches were also made by
Speaker Champ Clark, Senator
Elihu Root, Mayor Preston and
others.
Governor Austin l.. Crothers
presided.
Among the prominent person
ages present, in addition to the
speakers, were foreign ambas-
sailors and ministers, members
of the Cabinet, United States
senators and congressman.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-06-09

Baltimore. - Representative men
of the city, the State and the nation,
ambassadors and ministers represent
ing foreign nations, paid tribute to
James Cardinal Gibbons as most dis
tinguished churchman and citizen at
q public reception given in his honor
in the Fifth Regiment Armory Tues
day afternoon. The occasion for the
event was the fiftieth anniversary Of
his priesthood and the twenty-fifth
anniversary of his cardinalate. The
reception began at o'clock. The
armory was open to all visitors.
The citizen., 1911-07-07
She Can Add to Husbands Comfort
by Having the House Attractive
and HospitabIe.

The birds find sources of exultation
In the building of their nests, and you
can discover that they are house fur
nishing by the joy of their songs. 1t
is the natural instinct of love and life
to make a place to dwell In. To the
woman who can devise a beautiful
gown, the arrangement and decoration
of a room is the expansion and ten
fold higher use of her art. To the
woman who would endear herself to
her husband, a guarantee might be Of
fered that II she can keep within the
limit of his means and yet make for
him a lovely, comfortable, appropriate
abiding place, in which he has room
for the development of his own tastes
and opportunity to bring about him
his friends In hospitable fashion, she
will have endeared herself inexpress-
IDLY to him and increased his pride In
her tenfold. Let the good order and
beauty and contrivances for his indi-
vidual comfort be sufficient to make
his friends envious, and ready to say
that his home tempts them to marry.
and the wife becomes lovely In his
eyes, in far more fiattering way than
because she is pretty and well dressed.
To become the source of husbands
comfort and rest is to have placed
The citizen., 1911-07-07
First Savings Bank Instituted by
Miss Priscilla Wakefield.
Missouri Man Digs Some Interesting
Facts Regarding Origin of Saw
inss nstitutions-Lived in
Parish of Tottenham.

Kansas City, Mo.-The fact that
woman, Miss Priscilla Wakefield, was
the founder of the first savings bank
among English-speaking people was
one of the interesting things which w.
s. Webb, cashier of the Missouri Saw
lngs association bank of Kansas City,
mentioned in an address before the
members of the local chapter of the
American Institution of Banking at
their regular weekly meeting the
other night
There has been a great deal writ
ten to prove when and where savings
banks originated" said Mr.. Webb. "A
French writer has asserted the idea
originated with Hugh Delestra in
1910; an Austrian author has insisted
the first one was founded in Bruins
wick in 1875, and similar institutions
are said to have been founded in Ham
burg in 1898, in Berne in 1887 and in
other cities of the continent Of Eu-
rope at different dates.
mo one can go very far with his
Investigations of the origin of the
savings bank idea until he Is brought
face to face with the somewhat star
tling fact--there was a woman at the
bottom Of 1t.
I'VE find women today who have
risen to be the actual heads Of banks;
but their work has been easy COM
pared to the efforts of Miss Priscilla
Wakefield, who blazed the way for
all women-and men, too-in starting
the first English savings bank. This
remarkable woman lived In the par
ism Of Tottenham. Middlesex county.
England. She founded her bank In
1893"
After speaking of the beginning of
the savings banks in America Mr..
Webb discussed conditions with ref
The citizen., 1911-07-07
CANNOT STAND FOR TROUSERS
Bloomers Save Day for Irish Girls
Who Want to Make Hay on Mrs.
Bemonts New York Farm.

New York.-"We think we'd like to
go to Mrs. Belmont's place and learn
to be farmers" chorused two girls
who burst in upon Miss Mary Don
nelly at the Thirty-fourth Street Po-
litical Equality association headquar-
ters the other day. But we want to
ask one thing. We've seen pictures of
the farmerettes in the papers, and
they made us sort of afraid. They
look as If they were dressed In pants.
Would we have to wear store pants?"
"Bloomers," corrected Miss Donnel-
ly, "and they can be as full as you
like. and you can make them your
self. real fancy If you like, out of
pale blue stuff. you know"
Both girls put their names down at
once and wanted to rush out to buy
rolls of pale blue stuff" but Miss
Donnelly told them 1t would be pro-
vided for them. Both were Irish; one.
she said, was music teacher, and the
other worked in an art store.
But we're tired of the city" they
sighed. ITS farming for ours"
When they reach Hampstead they
will find new piano in the cottage
where the farmerettes live. Mrs. Bel
mont purchased 1t to give variety to
the evenings.
The citizen., 1911-07-07

ey upon or to discount or deal in
notes. bills of exchange, or other per-
sonal securities, or to transact any
banking business. whether of issue,
deposit or discount The board of d.
rectors may, however. make loans to
the amount Of so per cent Of said de-
posit.'
Another section provides that no
depositor shall be allowed to deposit
more than $4,000. Another that GER
tain per cent shall be set aside for a
guaranty and indemnity fund. which
is commendable, but It provides that
the stockholders shall receive only
six per cent. per annum on their stock
and that all above that shall be d.
vided among the depositors, whose
pass books must be called in once ev-
cry three years, when the distribution
is made.
mo sane investor will put his mon
ey In bank stock where he knows he
can make only six per cent. per an
mum, and with such restrictions as
have named would probably eliminate
all profits and make his stock liza
bility instead of an asset"