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ropes. which II la claimed parted ono
rope as neatly as II. It had been cut.
with 9 knife when the weight Of three
men was placed upon II.
Il The contractor found evidences Of.
acid having been applied TO 'tbs part.
Of the rope which / broke. This, no,
thinks; was done BY some person itry:,
ing to kill all the men at work when!
the scatiold would fall. He does not
suspect who could have placed the
acid on the rope. which fot several
nights has ben put Into 4 barrel and
allowed to remain standing on tho;
sidewalk In front Of the Hotel Antlsr.
Whoever applied the acid to the rope
did so in one spot only, SO that r. It
would require some little weight to pull
iitiapart after Sithad destroyed the ma!
Mia tissue oithe rope & q
The boss had to climb down! .. rope.
from the fourth story ito the. sea tfo.d
itolrelease the twisted guy rope and To-
tlieveithe men who were suspended In
the air and holding on by. their arms
and legs In imminent danger Of losing
their hold and their lives; at ithe@sams
time. He was cheered by the great
crowd that gathered as hes. slowly.
swung himself loose: and let himself
slide down. the ropes 10 the, scaffold. J, (. E;
# The accident happened shortly after
noon; when the three, enibloyes.. John
Thompson, Herbert Clems End William
blackburn. were preparing To. raise the
scafrold upon: which they were work.
ing cleaning the granite .frbnt. Of. the
hotel. from the fourth story 10 the
fifth. The rope on the right hand Side
Of the scaffoid parted snear4the scat.
fold without warning and thompson,
who had been pulling on the guy rope
on that side. Just frightened hfs hold
and hung suspended II the air as tho
.scaffold Tell from him. ~. a.
Clems ahd Blackburn With rare,
presence Of mind, .onsthe opposite end
Of the swinging ladder each grabbed!
as the other end dropped. one catch:
Ing the scafrold and the other. the,
ropes on the other side. The, guy; rope
twisted and; held the scaifold from fall
ing clear and. each OF the men chung
desperately, while the crowd below.
scattered and gathered on the other
side Of the street, expecting any min-
ute. TO. see the men drop. to- certain
death: y $; IN
u Contractor, Smith was eating in the;
hotel when he heard "a cry that tho
scaf1old had broken.2 He, raced up the
stairs until he reached the Nth floor,
and, swinging out Of the window. he
grabbed the suspended abuy rope and
slid down TO where he could release:
this rope and. allow the swinging lad.
der to descend to the pavement. Z. q
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Il The Fairmont building: and Loan
Association closed the SECOND month
Of its careet3 on last Saturday., and the
growth has been exceedingly satisfac-
tory to the sstockhold ers. 4 5f2 l; q
Starting as n did. Just prior to the
holidays. the growth was not as fast
as II would otherwise. have been, as
most, OF the members are persons OF
small means. who were arranging 10
take care OF the Christmas require
ments. Many OF these people will
startito,morrow. Il being the first Sat.
'urday OF. the new year. !:
IT Isl anticipated thai there viii be
many houses erected, III the spring
and in order to take care OF the dc.
mand For funds that VIII be made
upon the association to help build
them. the Board of Directors has an::
thorized the sale of 1000 shares OF
J new stock. The payments Of this
stock are made at the rate Of twenty.
five cents per week on each share.
and any one can subscribe to any
number OF shares at any time. :
The first Of the year is q good time
ito subscribe for tho \ stock and no
doubt great many will do so. Il Y 4
The association is.underi the direc.
ton tof the best and strongest busl-
ness men of,the city.
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Missionary Society; Meeting.

~ The Home. Missionary Society Of the
First M. Z. church VIII meet on Mon,
day afternoon at $3.50 o'clock at, the
home OF Mrs. W. E. Arnett. on Pike
street. AT this meeting the minis.
ter's box will be packed and all mem.
,bers are urged to be present with their
contributions. The election Of on.
GERS vii also be held.ss ,.:.5. : < y
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Misses Margaret and Caroline. WHO
had spent the holidays with the form.
.cr,s parents, Governor and Mrs. AID.
Fleming, left Wednesday for their
home in Charleston. They were &C.
'companied by Miss Virginia. Fleming.
who Will &be their: guest for several
weeks. ~ N. !. N ~.
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ST. ALsANs HAS 1,2os.

WASHINGTON !: D. G. Ian, g..
Especially The Census Bureau Sgave
out today that stAlbans, kanawha
county, West Virginia, has "a popula.
tlon, Of 1903. ~, e Y 4 = 49, 5 y
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-01-06

THE Ladies' Of the G. A. R.will hold
their regular meeting Saturday at.
sternoon&at twoso'clock at the Odd 5Fe,.
! lows " s.! hall. H. Z. Il, Z. Il! "a
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JUDGE WHITNEY DEAD.
Was Appointed TO vacancy Caused BY
Death Of Justice Dayton. 2

CORNWALL, Conn. Jan. 6.-Judge
Edward Baldwin Whitney, appointed
December 24Sby Governor White to
the supreme, court bench OF New
York to fill the vacancy caused ( by
the death Of Justice Charles 5W::}}Day:
ton died Unexpectedly at his country
residence here yesterday, ~
Judge Whitney organized the nd
tlonal association 81 Democratic clubs.
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For Mr.. Ice.

Honoring Mr.. W.. B.&lce. who leaves
next week for Charleston to attend to;
legislative duties, Mr.. and RMS; George:
lceSentertained at;slx O'clock dinner
s1astseyening at their home; on. Walnut
avenue. u ,i:SS 4 3 n HI,
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sorrosis on Saturday.

~ ~ S. 700 ~ ~ '.'psJ' IA -,Aa
The Falr1nont sorosls will meet on
Saturday afternoon, at 9 O'Clock atsthe
home Of Mrs. NJ. A. Jolliire. on Madi;
son street. All members are: request:
ed to be present. ss Z. Y x,
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Events. Of. Interest In Fairmont !,
and. Vicinity Told In
Paragraphs.
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There Is an aged man In Fairmont
who spends much Of his time dallying
With calendars and other literature
OF like nature, and who. incidentally,
has been furnishing for the past ser.
eral weeks for the West ivlrglnian
forecasts Of \ the weather week
ahead. We'll this sage opened his
mouth and spake 8 as follows: "You
will notice that there are very few,hol:
idays this Year to fall on Sunday. St!
Valentines Day falls on Tuesday, ST.
Patrlck's day. on Friday: Fourth OF
July on Tuesday; Halloween on Tues.
day, and Christmas and New, Years
Day. on Monday; Washington's BIRTH
day comes on "Wednesday. tbut only
Llncoln's birthday; comes on Sunday,
Easter sunday comes almost a month
later than last year. which is on April
18th; Good Friday on April 1ath, and
lent begins with Ash Wednesday on
the first day OF March, >. Y:
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Classic AZ. rising Isl 80 inexpen.
stslyset thatSy can eiftrnst Stos III; esei,
very small selling tasks. U SIN I'M
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-01-06

As the months 90 oy there seem,
to b emore and more dogs in Fair.
mont, and at the present time there
are probably not less than iialf thou.
sand CANNES within the city limits.
but n IFS said that the majority Of
these brutes ARE q; good breed, while
not. q few q them are among the best
!caninesStol be- found IN this ssctions "a
The country; TAere are probabl more
eoachsdo IN 4 'atrmont than IN eaay
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-01-06

The non trains brought in an IN.
usually large number Of persons to!
this city, the greater part OF whom
came TO-. shop and were from the
smaller towns, while not a few: com
mcrclal travellers were among the ar.
rivals. W JGs h, 81 81
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-01-06

Many ofthe merchants removed
the snow and cestloms the sidewalks
I'M front of .theirspIaces Of business
this morning, which, to say the least
is greatly appreciated by the walking
public N /, ~,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-01-06

4 mod rh.$ store is organized f6f
yalue:glylngs what ~ can DO iii that
way IS told 81! its adj. b stunts I'M
value giving. are its special saalcs.
These are always worth hing an;
are always advert 81 .. II I. ). );
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p. pEGfc lous sRE tSF7A
may Be made from n few ot our tcnasr,
juicy lamb Schops pork chops and tan
der: steaks Start the daySsyig ht,a WIFI,
nutritious meats and sirens a. energs
and health iTbs the resuits We Sell
,fresh.l good meat toh ii S !, and he 9fatr
prices: I. u
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future PR0HHsING

BUILDING AND lo AN AssociA.
TON STARTS Ne YEAR sWiTA
I BRIGHT PRO sPEcTs plREc.
TORS AUTHORIZE g THE SALE
OF 900 isH ARES OF ADDITION.
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Returned sso G Charleston. ia
h MIS-, Chas. Ward aud daughters,
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left marks only at the left side OF tho
desk. the inference was that another per
son had managed them, for. of course.
Courtois would never have changed his
implement every time he had TO turn his
attention to the left-hand side of the
desk. There seemed to have been two
persons, also because of the fact that
there were about as many impressions
of the one implement as OF the other.
Bertillon showed that ii was impossible
to have produced the marks by operat
ing the two implements together at the
same time. 1t was obvious that the
movement of the cabinetmaker chise
alone had been such that it would have
jostled the desk. which was a small piece
of furniture on slender legs. II mus
therefore, have been held down In place
while the burglars worked, and even II
there had been no other proof to show
that the same man did not Simultaneous
ly use the locksmith's and the cabinet
makers chiselS. this would have Deen
enough. By doing such a thing he would
only have made the desk dance about.
and would never have succeeded in break
ing the lock. The conclusion was. there
fore, that Courtois had broken IL open
with the aid of one or more accomplceS.
Another point to be noted in regard To
the implements used in burglary il that
few are absolutely alike. one tool Is in
a general way like another tool, but eact
one has some little popularity which Will
have its effect on the scratch il makes.
By greatly enlarging the scratches and
then comparing them with the nipple
mentS seized IL is possible 10 find out
whether or not that was probably the
tool which aided i'll the burglary.
NJ. Bertillon has evolved system of
making scratches on glass treated with
slight coat of ink. By making the
scratches in different directions and with
different pressures they can arrive at the
result like that produced by the burglar.
More than that, NJ. Bertillon Gas a
.dynamometer'' which determines the
quality and amount OF pressure which has
been used in the breaking open OF door
or a piece OF furniture by comparing the
scratches found on the spot with those
made by the dynamometer NJ Reiss
has not himself inspected this machine.
and Is by no means sure of its value. but
it may have place in determining suc1
facts as whether one or two nen forced
the door, whether the burglar was a man
OF unusual strength, and so forth The
"dynamometer'' measures horizontal
or vertical pull or both together, and
can be put in different positions.
The examination of footprints is also
OF great Importance. and there is a spe-
cial system invented by Nj. Bertilon for
this purpose. He has also made ii posi-
BILE to photograph burnt paper in such a
manner as practically to make il le2ible
again
So. taking one thing with another.
the criminals life is not a happy one.
His secrets are pretty well known. lie
ia not so clever that honest men cannot.
IL they turn their attention TO II, beat him
at his own game.
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so small it cam be operated by one man,
if necessary.
Admiral Twinings story of how he hap
pened to design the gun is interesting.
and shows what can be done in re-
markably short time. About month
ago." he says. Il thought OF the aero
plane guns invented by foreign countries.
and realized it was time the United
States got in the procession. | started
the plans and within week they were
finished.
About three weeks from that time
the gun was completed at the Washing
ton naval yard and sent TO the naval
proving grounds at Indian Head, where
the experiments proved il a success.
In an aerial gun the problem or the
recoil and the sight is the hardest TO
overcome. The great difficulty In de-
signing a mount to Withstand the ter
rife recoil of a gun pointing directly up
in the air was successfully met. and the
only thing now necessary TO make the
gun accurate and almost sure to hit an
airship is the matter of the sight. our
experiments at Indian Head have given
us sufficient data from which to design
a sight and it Is now being done.
Another great problem confronting MS
with an aeroplane gun Is to figure out the
trajectory or curve the shot describes
v-t,ffc .-os,r.- through the air. When firm e
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Canal and Spanish Language.
from the indianapolis New


We are beginning dimly to see what
great change in the life Of the world is to
be made by the opening Of the new route
to India which the intrepid, from Column
bus to Humboldt. sought.
These changes are TO be many. but none
is more significant than that predicted By
the New Orleans board Of trade in urging
the school board Of that city to make the
study of Spanish compulsory. Within the
same week like demand was made In
Charleston The Panama canal age brings
the great Spanish and English speaking
worlds again into touch. For the fuller
life of both the English-speaking must
know Spanish the Spanish speaking must
know English. II may be stretching Il
Just a little to declare that the Suez canal
made English the universal commercial
tongue" but there is no doubt that the
change of trade routes in that instance
did have tremendous effect in making il
unnecessary today for one travelling east
OF Port Said to know any other language.
The Spanish language has been isolated.
but the new canal brings the English Ian
guage into the center OF that isolation
with the compelling force OF American and
British commercialism. The Panama
canal opens a new Spanish English-speak-
ing world New Orleans recognizes that
in it even her French will pass, and for
all Of US the Spanish becomes important.
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viduals who have come in contact with
the rich as walters or clerks Some
of them. however, have had no ac-
quaintance with correct society at
all, and Yet manage to achieve Its
language.
For instance a Swedish baker was
condemned to six months for swindling
in Switzerland. After serving his time
he made his way to large German n
city and gave himself out to be
a rich Englishman of an ancient fam
lily. The conservative people of the
town received him with cordially, and
by theft and swindle of one kind or
another he had made in nine months
about a quarter of million dollars.
Then arrest and Imprisonment stopped
his promising career.
The lower criminal class is larger than
the higher. Most Of it's members come
from the working class. Many of them.
however. not the majority, are children
of criminals.
. The two classes rarely meet Only &C
casionally their fields Of labor touch, and
then usually the lower class perform some
comparatively mental service for the
upper prominent forger. coun terfeiter
paid one of these low-elassed individuals
a dollar for every twenty dollar bill he
passed; but although they sometimes
meet in this way and on rare occasions a
talented person may pass from the lower
TO the upper circle, there is in general 10
social intercourse between them
The large proportion of criminals are
Young There are fewer of these juvenile
delinuuents in the country and in the
small towns than in the city. but every
where their number is sufficient to at
tract the attention of the crinlinologist
and the detective. A peculiarly discour-
aging feature of this case is that the
young people are not guilty only of lesser
crimes, but go to increase the ranks OF
murderers and often show hardened
brutality in the commission of then
crimes
NJ Reiss does not hazard much of ar
opinion as TO the reason for this juvenile
criminality, but ne does say that truanc1
from school is an important factor. T.
go deeper into the subject Is the province
of the sociologist. but this matter o1
truancy comes within the scope of the
police, and he urges upon them the neces
on the subject.
world, specializes. There Is no sucl
There has always been some trade o
some taste in the past which directs tn
man who decides to take up a life O
crime for some particular activity.
worker in metals, for instance, goes i
for crimes where locks have to be pick
Cd, and the photographer turns his atten
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tie. 1t can be elevated at any angle and
throws a shell seven miles.
The construction Of the new army rifle
has just been completed at the Rock
Island. ILL.,. arsenal. Experiments with
1t are expected to begin at the SANDY
Hook proving grounds within a fortnight.
The army thus is in advance OF the navy
toward the solution Of the problem OF
defense against airships.
The shells which this gun Will hurl into
the skies are remarkable devices. They
are loaded with dunnite and other high
explosives, and, on bursting. send forth
a shower OF shot In a conelike area
similar to the performance OF skrocket.
almost certain to strike an airship II aim
cd with any degree OF accuracy. Other
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They send foolish kilograms to each
other, and one assassin dressed out his
wife in the clothes and jewels of his vic
tim 1t is, indeed. a marked and very
useful characteristic.
M Reiss does not think 1t is a question
OF forgetting so much as not stopping to
think of the consequences. A curious ex-
ample Of this imprudence is their tend
ency to keep things like picture postcards.
They like tattooing, and they like picture
postcards, and both help the police on
many an occasion. One man denied that
he had been in Italy, but he was found to
have a lot Of pictures Of that country,
and was gravely compromised thereby,
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settles have little point tattooed in the
outer corner of the left eye. The ApacheS
of Paris have small tattooed points on the
face or fingers, according to the part OF
the city that they came from. but these
signs are less common now that the po-
lice have come to know them ana use
them marks of identification.
NJ. Reiss does not argue with those
sociologists and criminologists who say
that a large proportion of professional
criminals are alcoholics. He agrees that
there are many who drink, especially
among the occasional criminals, but he
is sure that they are in the minority.
Drunkenness plays part in the increase
of criminality, but he thinks that this
part has been exaggerated by people who
wish to prove their theories, and he holds
that scientists should look at the truth
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''tracers" to be used in daylight will be
of smoke. while sparks will show the
path OF the shell at night.
The sight of this new gun also has been
perfected. 1t Is designed to meet the
changing conditions Of the trajectory OF a
projectile fired at varying angles. As
soon as the angle of the aeroplane has
been determined. the sight will auto
ton.
In the forthcoming experiments at
Sandy Hook the army will shoot at bal
looms and box kites. and possibly real
aeroplane will be used for the purpose OF
sighting at great distance The Signal
Corps Is expected to cooperate with the
ordnance department and send one of Its
airships now at College Park. Nd, to the
proving grounds. Credit for the invention
is due ordnance experts of the army
working under the direction OF Brig. Gen.
William Crozier. chief of ordnance.
The strenuous efforts now being made
To perfect an instrument OF war capable
OF demoishing an airship. II was pointed
out to the writer. demonstrate the Sc
robustness with which the possibilities of
the aeroplane in any future conflict is re-
garded by naval experts.
Many American officers still cling to the
belief that its mission in warfare will be
confined largely TO scouting purposes. Blu;
even this. they admit. l. of tremendous
Importance The scout cruisers-the
eyes Of the navy'-by the utilization OF
areoplanes, which could be sent aloft
from their decks at any moment. would
increase their radia by hundreds of miles.
Few believe. however. the airship ever
will be resolved into an attacking force
The Germans have made the greatest
progress in the development of an airshiI
gun, both for the army and for the navy
while the French and the English follow
closely In Germany they have an air
ship gun which can be mounted on board
ship, but at present has been adopted
only for army use. This gun was shoWr
at the Brussels exhibition. mounted or
a powerful armored motor car. capable
of a speed of forty miles an hour.
On this gun the sights are changed by
means of a handwheel They are tele
scopic, and a moving object can be fol
lowed easily, while a patent temperature
scale indicates automatically the fuss
setting for any elevation or range
Suecial arrangements were mace Iof
supporting the motor chassis as q guf
platform. making it perfectly rigid. Tht
peculiar feature of this gun Is that tns
recoil is absorbed without the necessity
of compromising springs. These features
are said to be especially useful in CUR
carried on car, and are such as 10 en-
able moderate curves to be taken at
high speed For military use the Ger
man car carries six men, 40 rounds o
ammunition of 800 liters Of benzine.
The question of airships attacking sub
marines has also received considerable
attention of late. Only last month al
aviator named Abrum, flying outside
Cherbourg harbor. in France. was sen
out by the French naval authorities t
And two submarines which had beef
ordered to submerge in the harbor sew
eral hours before.
The aeroplane. at a height OF 400 feet
discovered within a few minutes Dot
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of the shots. Observers placed along the
river bank to ascertain the spot where
the shot struck said 1t had become lost
in the haze
A few seconds afterward another shot
was fired at lower angle. This test
continued. the gun being altered with
every shot, until ten rounds had been
fired. The gun was swung on its tur-
ret so as to cover a quarter of the hori-
zon, and discharged at angles ranging
from 80 to SIS degrees.
1t was then arranged to point at an
angle of IS degrees, when the final vol
lev of the day-fve shots fired in rapid