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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-07-01
Placed
UNDER ARREST
HARRIS HOUNDS RUN DOWN MAN
WHO is TAKEN INTO CUSTODY.
SUPPOSED TO HAVE ASSAULT
ED CUMBERLAND WOMAN.

CUMBERLAND, July Frank
Holler, aged 80 years, farm hand
employed by Richard Miller, at the
lattcr's place, near the William Bra
dour farm, on the Bedford road, about
two miles from this city, was arrest
ed and lodged in jail late yesterday
afternoon as a suspect in the fiendish
criminal assault on Miss Marie Bra
dour, shortly before Wednesday mid.
night, when that young lady returned
home from Cumberland.
AT noon yesterday the Landls blood.
hounds from Falrmont, w. Va, were
brought to Cumberland and put on
the trail, They. were taken into the
cellar where the crime was commit
ted and at once took up the trail,
which led up back Of the Bradour
residence, over the hill and circled
around the hill down into Cumber-
land, and by a route back of the land
lying along the Bedford road the dogs
went to the Miller homo where Holler
was taken into custody, >Holler was
not at once arrested, as there were
number OF armed men, In an angry
frame OF mind in that vicinity.
States Attorney Robb, to divert the
attention Of the large crowd Of men
gathered at the scene OF the crime,
suggested to Mr.. Lands that the dogs
be given fresh scent to see II they
would again follow the same trail.
Tho crowd started after the dogs, not
knowing that Holler was to be ar
rested, and after the men had gune
down Inc road HOller was told to
walk quietly alone 10 the automobile
of the officers, and as soon as he
Jumped in the car was speeded up and
ran right through the crowd, on to
the Cumberland Jail, before the others
knew what was doing, 1t is under.
stood that many In the neighborhood
of the Bradour home suspected Hol'
Ter and that he was watched all day
to see that lie did not get away. When
arrested Holler said nothing, but he
paled very perceptlbly. He made no
objection to going with the officers,
but said nothing to them Of the crime.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-07-01
struaale 81 elants.

This was the period when "the strug-
gle Of the giants" was impending, and
when the formation OF the United
States Steel CORPORATION was conceiv.
ed and brought about All nine Of the
companies named were combined and
later the Union Steel Company, the
Charlton Steel Company, and. in 1907,
the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad
Company were taken over. The pro
noting syndicate putting the deal
through netted $62,5OO,OOO in cash.
During the ten years of It's operation
the reports ays, the steel trust has
paid average annual profits OF 12 per
cent. on the money invested. In this
connection attention Is called to the
fact that a considerable part Of the
investment is in undeveloped or un-
worked properties, showing that divi.
dends from paying properties must be
much larger than the average would
indicate.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-07-01
Issg[S
PROCLAMATION
ADVISING THE PUBLIC THAT THisl
SHALL BE A SAFE AND SANE
FoURTH-AsKs CITIZENS TO
COOPERATE WITH HIM

Fairmont is also to have asale and
sane Fourth Of July II the orders OF
Mayor a. G. Martin are carried out,
for he has issued a proclamation stat.
ing that all persons are restricted
from shooting loaded canes cannon
crackers-not over six inches in
length-or any other dangerous explo-
siyes that might iniure persons or
property. The chief executive Of this
city goes on further In his proclama-
-tion by advising parents against per-
hitting their children to use paper.
cap pistols. He says that u is his
earnest desire to make the memorial
occasion as safe and sane kspossible,
protecting both life, and property with-
out in any way curtaining anyone's
pleasure. The mayor concludes by
saying: Let us have a sane Fourth
enjoying ourselves woth no regret
thereafter. ask every citizen to co.
operate with me in this movement and
to report any and all violations to my
Office"
If the mayors proclamation is car
ried out to the letter It will be one OF
the quietest Fourths ever celebrated
in Falrmont so far as the shooting of
ear.drum-bursting explosives are con-
cerned, and that there will be less
youth, and perhaps not a rev adults,
who will be in better physical condi-.
ton on the day following, due to the
fact that the deadly explosives will
not be. permitted to be set Of in this
city
In nearly every municipality
throughout this country mayors have
issued proclamations similar 10 Mayor
Martins, and as the years goby there
are less and less accidents on the
Fourth. 1t is believed that It will be
only question of time until lndepend-
ence Day VIII be as quietly Observed
as Memorial day, and these two mem
orial days being so closely allied It
would be well that they should be OBJ
served in most fitting manner safe
and sane.
Z Chief Buckley will issue special in
structions to his men that u they
catch anyone violating the mayors
proclamation on the Fourth that they
shall Immediately arrest the guilty
party and bring him before tie mayor
forthwith. ITS a sale guess that.
there will be little II any violation OF
the safe and sane proclamation,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-07-01
MANY Indictments
IRE PRESENTED
slsTERsylLLE sAEooNlsTs ARE
GIVEN A SEVERE stiA KING UP,

SISTERSYIEEE, w Va. July ~
After being a wide open town Tor
IS years sIstersyiile last night climb
ed aboard the water wagon for an IN
definite ride as the result Of last
nights session Of council that eiecied
every application fof: liquor license
presented. With t69 indictments
found against them yesterday BY the
grand Jury at liidfI eboufne the saloon
keepers Of the OIL town closed their
saloons at midnight and nov there is
mot an oasis on the desert between
Benwood and Parkersbufg When the
grand jury announced their indict-
ments against the local saloon keepers
Judge Willis adjourned cotrt until
July 9th, when the grand Jury WILL
again resume their probing into the
sensational charges made against the
saloon elemnnt and city ooilicials Of
this city. AalI
Threaten 70 linpeaeh.
Still etertnfned 10 break ip he al
legged political ma nine in alalersvllle,
the Civic League who are back Of lh9
so-called reform Wa4e created sepaa-
ton yesterday when they announced
their intention Of trying to impeach
the mayorand council 81 siHtefsvllle.
While the Civic League has time and
again struck telling blow al Tie adj
ministration and the SILICON men Of
this city they have been dealt few
knockout blows by the administration
and now they are seekdng revenge.
Following The refusal of council 10
grant license TO the SALOONS who ap-
piled W. H. Woodruq, "a vet council
man, tendefed his resfgnation Dur
ing the executive session Thursday
night he voted for license and then re-
signed when his fellow. connellmen re
fused to grant license
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-07-01
VIIL IBITI|T
GOOD ROADS
MOVEMENT
FAlRMoNT CHAMBER OF CON.
MERGE WILL MAKE AN EFFORT.
TO HAVE BETTER WAYS IN
COUNTY.
HIGHWAYS NEED ATTENTION.
EVERY PERSON WOULD BE BEN.
EFITEp BY HAVING PERMANENT
ROUTES CONSTRUCTED.

One OF the matters that will be TAX
en- up by the Fairmont Chamber of
Commerce is the Good Roads PROPOSE
ton. This is one of the most import.
ant things that is before the people
to-day.
Were Marion county to have bet
ter roads, highways of a permanent
character, every person in the county
would be benefited.
The city of Fairmont would have a
better trade with the country people
and they in return would be better on
by having way to get to the city.
The road leading by the way Of
Kingmont to the Boothsyille settle
mert is one that needs attention.
Here is a highway that leads into
probably the richest farming commun-
ity in the county and the road for a
long distance near Kingmont is much
of the time in an impossible condi.
tion and at all times dangerous.
Besides the roughness of the road
1t is so narrow that for two vehicles
to pass it is almost impossible and at
some places in the road 1t is impossl-
BILE for wagons to pass.
Lots of the trade that would come
from that settlement that would come
to Fairmont is carried to smaller
towns Just because OF the bad condi-
tfon Of the road along the river near
Kingmont.
Other roads need attention and the
movement for better roads will be
thoroughly agltated.
The county court IS spending some
money in the construction OF perma-
nent road. 1t will besurged that this
will be kept up and increaseds This
would develop the colnty faster IN q
.tantaFfal wa tlian lny5 otttef one
thing that can be mentioned. 1T would
increase business relations and make
our county one OF the most opulent
in the entire country.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-07-01
SECURING THE
COUNTRY FOR
IRIINI| ROBBERS
WHO PULLED OFF JOB NEAR
ERIE, PA, BUT GOT LITTLE.
RooDLE-oNE DESPERATE WAS
SHOT, LEAVING BLOOD STAINS
BEHIND.
PASSENgERglEREMgANkMENT
NEW FORCE OF DETECTIVES ON
THE SCENE. AND EVERY EF-
FORT BEING MADE TO. RUN
DOWN THE MEN.

ERIE, Pa, July Ia fast mail and
passenger train on the Philadelphia
& Eric railroad was held up last night,
FIVE miles from this city, by band of
a dozen masked men. The mail and
express cars were rihed.
Blood spots leading from the scene
OF the hold.up and the partial descrip-
tlon of one Of the robbers we're the
only clues that developed today. A
posse OF detectives is securing the
country for the bandits.
A gang Of dozen masked highway
men shot three members Of the crew,
beat the conductor and hurled a pas
senger down 300 foot embankment
when he attempted to escape and give
the alarm. A new force Of detectives
was put on the job Just before noon,
and hope to make arrests within the
next twenty-four hours.
No booty is missing from the mail
or express cars. The robbers are
thought to have been frightened away
by the fight put up by the train crew
and passengers,
The unknown passenger who was
thrown over the embpnkment, after
graphing with one Of the robbers was
Carl Anderson, Of Renoya, Pa, a tray-
cling salesman, who was going 10 CHI
eago.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-07-01
KEPT
CROWD ROARING.
PROFESSOR LlRBY MAKES LOCAL
SUBJECTS GO THROUGH ALL
KINDS OF AMUSING STUNTS AT
THE GRAND LAST. EVENING.
EXCELLENT MOTION PICTURES.

( y N 3 : a T. . o.
With a well-iilled house with a pro-
gramme of unusual merit lasting
more than three hours was given at
the Grand last evening, and to say
the least, 1t was one Of the most en-
joyable entertainments Of the kind
held in the house for a long while,
consisting of more than half a dozen
excellent motion pictures, but the
"big showp was the demonstration of
his power as a hypnotist by Prof. A.
Libby, who for more than an hour
kept the audience in laughter by put
ting the several young men and an
equal humber of boys through all
kinds Of amusing stunts. The profess
sor is there with the goods when 1t,
comes to controlling the minds of his
subjects. He took one young man
down into the audience and put him
quickly to sleep then awakened him,
to show the audience who doubted his
skill that there was no fake apout his
work. He showed the difference in
the lads expression while under the
spell and awake. His subjects were
put through all manner of acts, such
as rfdlng brooms for horses, fishing
from the stage, some going through
the audience crying out Fresh Fair
mont suckers for sale" while he had
others to make faces at the audience
and then in an instant have them get
in q good humor and laugh heartily.
The whole part OF his show was inter-
estIng and Prof. Libby is one OF the
best mon in his line ever seen in
FairmOnt.
This afternoon he will give a public
street demonstration of his skill in
this mysterious gift, and 1t is likely
that he will have a young man placed
in a local store window with musi-
cal instrument and render all kinds
of tunes, though the sub1ect-who Will
be local young man-has no musi-
cal talent at all.
A natInee is being given to-day and
Prof. Libby is entertaining the crowd
in addition, to the pictures,
This evening the same programme
will be repeated at the Grand. Prof.
Libby stated that he will have new
subjects and .hayeI them go through
different stunts than those OF last
MIGHT lRhfle Col SpFatE;g viii tput on
SIX excellent moxing pictures. The
prices will be five and 10 cents.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-07-01
SECRET SERVICE MAN
WILL PUBLISH MEMOIRS
FORMER RUSSIAN CHIEF TO TELL
OF PERSONAL "REMINISCENCES
TWENTY. YEARS DEVOTED TO

BERLIN, July 1.-THE former chief
of the Russian Secret service, Leonid
Menchikoff, who Is now living in re-
tirement in Germany, will shortly pub
llsh his memoirs and they are awaited
with unusually keen interest because
1t is expected that the forthcoming
book will contain sensational reyela-
tions. In the preface the author says;
"For twenty years worked in the
secret service department OF the Rus
sian polIco, first as an ordinary spy,
then in higher capacity, and finally
at the head Of that wonderful organi.
zation. Thousands upon thousands Of
confidential official documents have
passed through my hands. witness
ed all the phases OF the desperate
struggle between the despohsm Of
Czardom and the revolutionary move,
ment; know all the tricks and de.
vices Of the police and all the machina-
tions OF the terrorists, Naturally ]
have much to write on my experiences.
/ am wen aware that my relentlessly
memoirs will Involve perpet-
nal banishment from my beloved Rus
sia but that win not prevent me from
writing these reeords o., the plain lri-
b.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-07-01
a cAT FIeHT.
subby swatted Wife With Cat.
Blow Kills the Cat.

HUNTINGTON, July 1.-He
struck her with a cat and killed
the cat. Such was the beginning
and end OF the actual occurrence
at Eleventh street and Second
avenue yesterday, when Emma
them S. each and, as he never
broiled&in a real quarrel. When
the quarrel started Emma had
her pet feline pussy cat" in her
arms, little thinking Harry could
be mean enough to hurt the cat.
Then she said something that
enraged Harry until his feelings
leaped beyond consideration for
the cat, and he yanked the feline
from Emma's arms and swatted
her across the face with 1t. He
knocked out every one of that
cats nine lives with one fell
swat.
Then they were arrested and
yesterday evening when Judge
Byran heard the story he fined
them S. each and, as he never
did like cats, suspended the fine
pending the good behavior OF
Emma and Harry.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-07-01
RIVER AGA!N P0Pg!LR
MANY PARTIES OUT EACH EVEN
ING-PIcNlcs BEING HELD AT
uP.RIvER POINTS.

These moonlight evenings find
many PEOPLE enjoying the pleasures OF
the local rivers. From $3.50 until 10
o'clock at night all kind OF craft are
to be seen on the Monongahelan the
West Fork and Tygarts Valley while
the number OF bathers is legion
Scarcely a day passes that Barnes
& Harr, who conduct the local boat
livery, do not have one or more pic
MICS at their camps up the river while
many OF the members with their fam
lilies are spending the heated season
at Antioch, the handsome home Of the
Tygarts Valley Club.
Each Sunday the "Linda," tho stern
wheel packet owned by Barnes &
Harr, makes regular trips 70 their
camps, where bathing, boating and
boatinr and other like pleasures are
enjoyed.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-07-01
KILLED BY EXPLOSION.
Boilers Let Go, Killing TWO As They
Take Dinner to Relative, Who
Is Injured,

( CHARLESTON, w. va, July L..
Just as Inez, aged ii, and Icey, aged
8, entered the power plant Of Marmet
Coal Company at Marmet, W. Va, at
noon Yesterday a boiler exploded, kill.
ing their brother,in,law, engineer Of
the plant, for whom the little girls
had brought a lunch, The plant was
totally wrecked and the mines were
at once closed. The cause of explo.
sion has not yet been ascertained, nor
was It possible last night to learn the
name OF the engineer.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-07-01
WAS Formed
TO RESTRICT
COMPETITION
COMMISSIONERS REPORT ON THE
STEEL TRUST INQUIRY MADE
PuBLlc-HELD BIG ORE POSSES
] SION.
ENTIRE TRADE
BIG coRPoRATIoNHADlTWo HUN
DRED AND FIFTY CONCERNS
UNDER ITS MANAGEMENT.

A eHTT = III. IasIs
MASoilitNu tgtS' y, Saty Il aHe ioiis y
eSpecseu anu ttle nucn ulscussea :, ~
port from tne bureau .. corp9lasloils
on the unleeu STATES steel oorPora. I',..
g uon, recently slpH,L!ee 70 ,s aEeslasas sa.
AT, was llaue PUBIC mere last nisnI
Signed by Herbert Knox Smith, COM
missie'ler of corporations, the report
makes no recommendations, and is al
most wholly narrative, in form. Mr..
Smith declares that restriction OF com.
petition was a prime object OF the or
ganizers Of the steel corporation, or
so-called trust"
Capitalized at $1,4O2,OOO,O 900, the cor
poration; he asserts, had tangible prop
erty worth only $6S2,OO0,O0O. BY con.
stant reinvestment Of earnings, how
ever, the report points out much
water" In the company has been elm.
mated.
The steel corporation now owns 70
per cent of the lake ores, having re-
Gently concentrated Its efforts to se-
curing these properties.
on this point the report SAYS:
sIndeed in So far as the steel cor
tporation,s position IN the entire iron
and steel industries Is Of monopolistic
character. Il Is chiefly through It's con.
troll Of ore holdings and the Transport
.tRtion5of ore..i,r
Discussing in detail how sftiie i'm.
pending struggle Of the gEants' was
.ayerted almost oeyr night by the for.
nation Of the great combination Of
Combinations. taking in $50 subsid-
.iary companies, controlling go per cent
Of the crude and finished steel pro
iiuction Of the country, the report
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-07-01
HAVE
T|E-UP
NOT A VESSEL CAN LEAVE LIVER.
POOL, ENGLAND, PORT AND
MEN EVEN REFUSE TO UNLOAD
FOOD TO PREVENT sTARVA-
TloN.

LIVERPOOL, July 1,-Thc depart
ure today OF two big Atlantic liners,
the Suyic and Arabic, the latter for
Canada, was POSTPONED on account Of
tho sailors strike. The sixth fire
within two days aboard the Arabic
was quickly extInguished, The own
ers Insist that the fires were started
by strikers.
The cargo boat tie.up is now COM
plctc. An appeal was made today to
the strikers to unload some Of the pro-
visions on the boats to prevent actual
suffering for food. They replied that
food shortage would be the most
effective weapon in any kind Of war
fare"
The tug men joined the strikers to-
day. The strikers today interferd in
the handling Of twenty-five steamers,
including the Lusitanla, lic biggest
ship in the world,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-07-01
0 EXPLODE
bomb IN court ROOM
STATES ATTORNEY FRED BURN
HAM, TRYING EVELYN ARTHUR
SEE, GETS sEAe sllANp LETTER.

CHICAGO. July Assistant States
Attorney Fred Rurnhan who IS IN
charge Of the prosecution Of Evelyn
Arthur See Price, cllarmer OF the Cult
OF Absolute Life, vas Threatened by
death today in d bIaclshand letter
He was informed that the bomb
would explode In the court room. The
sheriff's office IS guarding Burnham-
Affidayits which are said % lmpeach
the testimony Of Mrs. Felicia ilees and
Mrs. Stephen Bridges were turned into
the States attorney today
The woman behind whom See ls
seeking tohid has declared that she
wrote the sensational potion Of he
book of truth, which the state alleges
the free love doctrine dominates
AfFidayits made before Judge TulhliI
by Sc declared that he alone wrote
the book oftruth.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-07-01
STARE5
At AIRSHIP MAN
WHEN HE WHIRLED eAILYABouT
CITY AND $clRcLEs SINGER
BUILDING, THEN FLIES TO LON
DON, CONN.,, RETURNING TO
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK, July Kin the lower
Manhattan sky.scraper district New
York saw the first genuine aeroplane
thrill today when Harry N. Atwood, a
Boston aviator, whirled gally in a
Burgess Wright bi.plane and made a
thousand gasp as he cfrcled the Sin
ger building tower.
Atwood completed his flight to New
London, Conn.,, began here atESO this
morning and was back here at 1920.
landing FIVE minutes later. Hecarrled
a mechanician with him. II Is esti-
mated that the distance is one hum
dred and thirty-five miles and estab-
lished new American crosscOuntry
record. -aAi
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-07-01
+ FAIRM0Nl RACES FOR
JUDY FOURTH Cd OFF
MANA CEMENT WAS UNABLE TO
GET HORSES 10 INSURE "A sue
cEssFUL dEETtN Ne-A5 PARTIAL
PROGRAMME NOT DESIRABLE.

. 4 =
The entire racing programme sched-
uled 70 be held at the local fair
grounds on July Fourth has been
called on There viii not be any
races of any character given on that
day
The reason for this is that the man
aeement of the meeting could not se-
cure horses to put before the people
FIRST class programme and rather
than offer Something that was OF an
inferior card; than that which the peo.
pie are accustomed to hero 1t was
deemed adyisabel to have nothing,
The management went to unusual
MEANS ID obtain horses from Latonia
where q special agent was sent and
spent four lays in trying to get run
ners certified check was placed
i1 the hands OF the race clerk at the
Latonia track covering the express
charges Of shipping the runners both
ways aIl OF the expenses Of the horse
men that would be incurred here in:
clnding free feed and raise OF fifty
dollars on each purse for the races.
All this was done but with every ef'
fort made the management of the
meeting was unable to get horses.
The special agent left the Latonia
track Yesterday with the. expectation
that the horses would be here for the
meeting of the Fourth. When he
reached Columbus he received a tele.
gram that none Of the horses would
be here.
Every other feature of the meeting
had been worked out and everything
was iii readiness and successful
meeting was assured. The mule races
had been arranged for and the motor
cycle races were a sure thing. These
races would have been of much in
ferest but the officials of the Falrmont
Fait Association thought that II the
entire programme. could not be given
then no part Of 1T would be offered.
The business men Of the city made
d CANVASS Of the town yesterday and
raised several hundred dollars to help
sdetfay the expenses Of the meeting in
case there was a shortage in the gate
receipts. The subscription paper was
started yesterday afternoon and by
evening almost four hundred dollars
had beeIl subscribed. This shows
how generous the business men Of:
FairhiaHi ara hen comes te MAX
ing an8 meeting here a success.
faces for the Fourth ahd been
essteHssgels8 adyertised and had there
been no trouble to get the runners
there il, no doubt that record break
ing attendance would have been here
Tor the races, The newspapers OF the
northem part Of the State carried
readefsg for the past week telling OF
tie races and the sort OF a meeting
that was scheduled for here. All of
:the nearby cites we're billed with
herald advertising and all of the
towns where there was room for
quarter or eighth shete 1t was posted.
All of the cross roads and the bill
6boafds and fences along the highways
We're literally covered with paper an.
iioltncing the races. Never had there
been a meeting that was better adver-
stihed than the one to have been here
on the Fourth.
The management Of the meeting is
very much put out that 1t is unable to
give the people the programme that
-
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-07-01
WANTS COURT 10
FURNISH books
CORONER LloNp THINKS SOME
APPLIANCES sEiotjEp BE PRO-
VlDED TO DRAG I7i n IN CASE
OF DRoWNtNGS IS.

Coroner Frank Iaoyd has taken Up
the matter with the county court ior
the provision offchains and gfappllng
hooks so that In the case q drowning
deep places may be sticcessfnlly drag
ged in a short time.
This is a matter that VIII likely be
taken up and acted upon layorably BY
the court. There have beeninany ac-
cidents Of this nature and long time
in some cases were required 70 Ieccy-
er the bodies,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-07-01

Mrs. James Armour, Of Houston
Texas, who had been the guestot her
sister, Mrs. Albert Hunsslie lelt 5es
tsfdhy Tor wilkins sburg Pa, where she
VIII visit relatives. Mr. and Ms Ar
luionf wfll soon move from Texas 10
st Louis where they will ealdsi