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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-08-15
Piau's Grandn,rcr Dies on Eve of Her
Vacation.

NEW BRUNSWICK, y. j.. Aug. II. After
preparing for her summer vacation and
sending her trunk to Oswego. y. Y.
Miss Estele Kcmpson. niece cf John
Noble Pierson Of MetuChen. and grand
niece Of the late ex-senator Ihomas {.
Platt. died at her uncle's home last even
ing of heart disease. She WAS the daugh-
ter of the later Peter Tertius Kempson
Of Metuchen. who was fatally hurt in
ST Lukes Episcopal Church. Metuchen,
several years ago when the ceiling fell
on him while he was singing in the choir
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-08-15
No ONE RtRNED THIS TINE.
Tw elve Perishcd When . DIaZe Started
In These Rooms Two Years Ago.

4 fire started last night in the rooms OF
the Bagnasco family on the top floor of
3I4 Seventh avenue when all the Bag
naecos were out. The Are was extin-
guished after the furniture in the front
room had been damaged a little
ing Of March 3. 1909. burned to death the
twelve members Of the Travaeino family
five OF them in the front room The
building is a four story brick tenement.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-08-15
subway Locals Blocked Hair An Hour.

Local uptown su bway trains wer, de-
layed for half an hour beginning AT q
O'Clock last night, when fuse blew out
on the las; car of a Broadway local train
at Worth street The bowo': crm, Just
"a the train was pulling ont of the Worth
street station and caused the local stations
between the Brooklyn bridge and tolr-
teenth street 10 become 50 crowd, I'd tn I
il was necessary to stop the sale Of ticket
until the damage had bean repaired and
the trains began running again.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-08-15
Obituary Notes.

Mrs Susan ketchum. who presented a
wreath Of flowers TO Abraham Lincoln
Just before he was elected President for. his
fret term. died in Dunkirk. y. Y. yesterday.
granddaughter of Benjamin Kenyon, the
second settler in Chautauqua county. AZ
the ceremonies incident to the opening of
the Erie Railroad into Dunkirk in ISL she
assisted in entertaining President Fillmore
and members OF his Cabinet, including
Daniel Webster
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-08-15
Restriction of District OF Columbia Press,

WASHINGTON, Aug, ~ Senator Works
OF California contributed to- day measure
which makes it unlawful for any news
paper in the District Of Columbia to pub
homicide or other crime Of violence within
the District, The reports are TO be re-
| stricted to the mere statement that such
| crime has been committed and the name
of the parties involved.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1911-11-09
What War Ia.

It Is with recoil that sends the
shivers through the wole man that
Americans read how Italian soldiery
butchered lot of Arab prisoners
Peace gets new acclaim. War
can never be sure of itself. Soldiers
become ftenzied in moment.
There is a hair-line division between
the human soul-nature and the
human animal-nature. On or. over
the line, the soldier Is far worse
than a Bengal tiger, who only kills
for food Peace rises more beau
tiful than ever. 1t is in war alone
that sane men kill for the love of
killing. The mad soldier chuckles
as he uses his bayonet on a fallen
foe. He Is gleeful as he strikes off
head He thinks nothing of the
blood streams He steps on, not
over, the dead. In vain we deny It,
Such is the constant danger Of the
unmanning of man by war.--New
York Mail
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1911-11-09
WHAT KINDe

When President Taft said: II
love the judges; love the courts;
they are my ideal on cart h and
typify what We shall meet afterward
in heaven under just Cod did he
have in mind the supreme court OF
the United States that decided the
Sherman antitrust law to mean
every restraintto trade, or did he
have in mind the supreme court of
the United States that decided the
Sherman law to mean only those re-
straints that the judges may regard
as reasonable? Did he have in
mind court like the federal court
presided over by Judge Sanborn,
which decides that the states have
practically no power to regulate rail-
'oad' rates; or a federal court like
the one presided over by Judge War
ington which decides quite the OPP
nosite? When the federal courts
exhibit such remarkable differences
Of opinion as to what constitutes
Justice, what kind of courts does
President Taft have in mind when
he says they typify what We shall
lfterward meet in heaven under a
lust God?"-La Follette's Magazine.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1911-11-09
wa.terson on WOODROW wilson.

Colonel Henry Watterson, Of the
Louisville Courier-Journal, the dean
of American editors and veteran
Democratic leader, is enthusiastic for
Woodrow Wilson. mo Democrat of
modern times" he declares, has
come into the running, Samuel j.
Tilden alone excepted, with half at
once of the equipment and the claim
of the eminent governor of New
Jersey. He may be fairly described
as the intellectual, not to say the
moral light of the democracy of the
new day which is dawning upon us.
1t was Tilden, another Wallenstein
who assembled the broken forces in
the desolate camps of Democracy
after the ruinous campaign of 1872.
II we are to have a retrudescence,
and not a mere revival, it will come
at the hands of Woodrow Wilson.
It will not be possible at the hands
Of some nondescript crossing the
deadline of the two-thirds rule at
the end of self-seeking dicker and
barter. These have far too often
discredited the national conventions
OF both our parties. Let us hope
they will not cheat Democracy in
1912 of an actual leader and a great
victory"
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1911-11-09
SHORT SHOWER Or 500 BILLS.
Treasury Notes Fell Into Hands or
Amazed Waterman.

Charles Dunston, doorkeeper of
the Hotel Walton this morning
went out in a shower of 500 bills.
He got to his post at about II O'Clock
took a squint at the sky, and pre-
dicted rain.
Just as the Waterman was turning
away he noticed a big green spot
coming, apparently from the clouds,
toward him. He grabbed it. The
green spit was a 500 bill. Dunston
continued to look skyward for more
drops, and, sure enough, another
one came his way. This was fall
lowed by third and fourth, and he
still was looking for more, when
a wildly excited individual in neg
ligee dashed out Of the MOTEL.
Have you seen four 500 bills?"
demanded the one in negligee, who
proved to be George Allerton, of
Chicago.
Why, yes" answered Dunston.
It's raining them quite regular, and
I expect more at any moment
Allerton explained that the bills
had blown out of the window of his
room. Upon parting with sic
reward, he got the $500 back New
York Tribune.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1911-11-09
ROBBERY OF MAIL POUCH
HOLDING $4,000.
Mail Between Raleigh and New
York Robbed Similarly to
Lynchburg Theft

Recently.
That a United States mail pouch
routed from Raleigh to New York,
containing 100000 disappeared two
weeks ago in a Gamer similar to
the recently reported $4,000 theft
OF pouch at LynchDurg, Va, has
become known.
Beyond admitting the loss OF the
package officials refuse to discuss
the matter 1t Is declared unof-
ficially that the Raleigh pouch dis
appeared after being receipted for
by the mail clerk on the north
bound train passing here, and that
the clerk in whose custody it was
last placed has been suspended from
service and is pleading for an in
vestigation
The pouch was handled by the
local postoffice and was later trans
ferred to the mail clerk now under
suspension. He said he remembered
seeing and checking 1t here, but
that he did not detect the loss until
he reached the end of his run
Greensboro Dispatch.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1911-11-09
MEDICAL INSPECTION OF PUB
Lie SCHOOLS.
A New Feature.

The last session of the West Vir-
Independent Scheol Districts should
appoint one or more regular prac-
ticing physicians as medical inspect
ors and that these should be given
power to make adequate inspection
and supervision of the health and
sanitary conditions of the school of
such districts.
Under the provisions Of this law,
Drs. White and Harris, the we'll
known local physicians, have accept
ed the appointment of the Board Of
Education for this service 1t seem
I'd best to begin the work with an
examination of the pupils and so for
have been examining the children Of
the primary grades. Ineases where
some diseased conditions or defect
IF any kind is found this will be
reported to the parents in order
that they may make arrangements
FOR the treatment of the child by
heir regular family physician. I'm
Ter no circumstances does the law
provide for the school or inspectors
giving treatment but In all cases
It Is hoped that parents will consult
their regular family uoctor about
the matter
1t is expected that the general
health of the chilren of the eommu-
uity will be greatly helped by the
execution of the law
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1911-11-09
Money Not From RIuefield.

A recent Lynchburg dispatch says
that while the postal inspectors who
are at work endeavoring to solve
the theft of registered letter con-
tanning $4,000 from the mails here
last week refuse absolutely to talk,
it is believed that they are no nearer
to a solution of the mystery than
they We're week ago.
The inspectors even refuse to di-
yulge the name of the Bluefield con-
signor or the New York consignee
of the money, or admit there is a.
possibility of an arrest shortly.
Five or six inspectors are at work
today on the case and they appear to
be connning Their activity inside the
city.
Connected with this robbery comes
a report that only week or two
ago a registered package containing
p40, 900 was stolen from train No. 38
on the Southern Il. North Carolina,
and it is said, this money iisap-
peared in such manner as to leave
the department completely in the
dark If this report is correct, the
department seems to have been able
to have prevented the publication of
the facts just as an effort was made
here Friday to withhold for time
the report of the missing Bluefeld
money.
Now that the $4,000 missing
since Friday has been in the posses
sion of the rohber for more than a
week, it is thought the inspectors
find their work more diffieule be-
cause nothing has been found to
make use of any of the stolen boo
ty. A local detective yesterday ex-
pressed belief that the robbery will
never be solved # the man who stole
the money will not attempt to use
any of it in Fargo sums.
The inspectors on the case are
keeping their work to themselves for
the local police force and attaches of
the postoffice, with the exception of
POSTMASTER Mclaughlin, have been
kept in the dark as to their opera
tions.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1911-11-09
IMPROVEMENT IN FREIGHT
DEPOT.
TO BE Improved In Every Way and
Paved at All Entrances.

The Norfolk and Western Rail-
way is to improve its freight depot
at this place. Many are the i'm
proyements contemplated and when
Fall are completed will add much to
the appearance of our city plat
form viii be erected all around
the building and the tracks will be
moved SO as to make the arrange
ment more convenient On the
street side of the depot the entrance
will be paved, and another paved
entrance will be made from the I'M
foreground crossing. Altogether
there will be marked improvement
in every way, and greater conven-
fence to the public will be the re-
suit. The town as we'll as the rail-
road should be Congratulated upon
this new Improvement which will
add SO much to the appearance OF
that portion of Third Avenue
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1911-11-09
Judicial Legislation.

Justice Harlan, of the United
States supreme court, in dissenting
from the majority opinion In Tire
Standard Oil case said:
I'm the now not a very short life
that ] have passed in this capital
and the public service of this coun-
try, the most alarming tendency Of
this day, in my Judgment, SO far as
the safety and integrity OF our in
stitutions are concerned, Is the ten
dency to judicial legislation, so that
when men having vast interests are
concerned, and they can not get
the law making power OF tae country
which controls 1t to pass the legis-
lation they desire, the next thing
they do is to raise the question in
some case, to get the court to so
construe the constitution, or the
statutes, as to mean what they want
them to mean"
The judiciary Is the one body that
has set itself above the pc ,ple; the
one body that Is not responsible to
the people. flour self-governing re-
public shall be turned into an autoc-
racy, it will be of little consolation
to know that the dictators wear ju-
dicial robes instead of an Augustus
crown, and forms do, not concern
us; the question at issue is, shall
public servants be free from ac-
countability to the people for their
official conduct? II they are free
from such responsibility. we have no
right to the name OF republic Los
Angeles Zeal. Outlook.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1911-11-09
GOLDSBOROUGH IS THE ONLY
ONE.

With complete unofficial returns
from Baltimore and practically all
parts of the state, the election OF
Phillip Lee Goldsborough. republi-
can candidate for governor over
State Senator Arthur Pue German,
democrat, has been ablished.s
Goldsborough's plurality, it is es-
timated will be 5000. Both
houses of the legislature will be
democratic by safe majorities. Ed
gar Allen Poe and Emerson C. Har-
rington, democratic nominees re-
spectively for attorney general and
comptroller were elected. Judge
Henry Stockbridge, republican, was
reelected judge of state court of
appeals.
The constitutional amendment
disfranchising the negro was de-
ciseively defeated Goldsborough is
the second republican governor of
the state since the civil war, Lloyd
Lowndes, in 1895, being the first.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1911-11-09
Extension Needed.

West Virginia ought to have. in
connection with it's university a
school, of mines or college of min
ing engineering second to none in
the United States. That department
Of our state university work ought
to be strengthened in proportion to
the Importance of our great and
growing mining Industry The col
lege Of engineering on its mechan-
ical and electrical sides has had a
remarkable growth but the develop
ment of the special lines of work
involved in mining engineering has
been unaccountably slow.
The university authorizes might
well take a leaf out of the book Of
the extension workers in the de-
partment Of agriculture. There is
large legitimate field for university
extension work. in our coal mining
districts. The university should
take practical education to miners
lust as it takes practical education
to the farmers. he result of such
work would rssoubtedly be ulti-
mately to stimulate interest in the
study of the theory of the thing at
the university itself In serving the
industry and the workers engaged
therein, the university would be
gaining new strength for the work
ing Of wider field of usefulness.
Morgantown Post Chronicle.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1911-11-09
Some Cause for Congratulation.

While the defeat of Mr.. German
for Governor is a disappointment,
there will be general satisfaction at
the election of Edgar Allen Poe as
Acknowledgement and Mr.. Harring-
ton as State Comptroller. Mr.. Poe
has distinguished himself in the
service Of the city, he comes of
family of fine lawyers. and we may
expect him to serve the State with
ability and devotion to the public
interests. Mr. Harrington has re-
ceived an Endorsement from his
home people, Of which he has reason
to be proud Baltimore Sun.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1911-11-09
, THE SHIPS AND THE MEN.

Spectators of yesterdays naval
review at New York and all who
, take the time to read about it must
be impressed with the fact that
we've got the ships and we've got
the men. And of course, we've got
the money, too. Only second in
power and strength among the
navies OF the world is that Of the
United States. The Atlantic fleet,
which sailed down the Hudson yes
terlay past the statue of Liberty
saluting the president on the May
flower, was the most formidable in
numbers and fighting ability of any
that has ever been assembled in
this country.
Gavin as they will at the warlike
spirit which is exemplified in such
displays Of armament, even the adj
vocates of universa1 peace must
recognize the national necessity of a
navy &c for any emergency. AIDE
quate preparedness to defend against
the aggressions of other nations, and
to protect the national honor makes
for peace. It is the nearest APP
proach to national insurance of
peace yet devised. It is the only
method known to assure the small
est possible damage and loss in case
OF war. The indiviual insures his
house not because he expects or
wants fire, but because he fears it
an aims, in the event of such disas-
ter to minimize it's financial con-
sequences. For the same reason it
N desirable that great people
shall protect itself by an army and
navy sufficient in force, equipment,
and capacity to shield the country
from the adversities of international
difficulties, to protect its foreign
commerce, an to patrol alien waters
when its interests abroad are men
aced.
The United States has frequently
served as an International peace
maker, and in this country the prop
uganda of universal peace has its
foremost supporters and opponents.
It would be sheer folly in the. mean
time, however, for our government
to ignore what other nations are
doing to maintain cher standing and
power on the high seas. We must
keep abreast of the worlds devel-
opment or We shall lose the world IS
respect. The New York demonstra-
ton of yesterday will arouse no an
tagonisms, but its significance will
not be lost on either side of the
globe. If it serves also to kindle
a finer patriotic pride and devo-
ton in the United States it will not
have been arranged and executed
in vain. -Pittspurg Gazette Times.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1911-11-09
The Baltimore Sun Thus Remarks
on the Election in That
State.

The people of Maryland will, OF
course, accept the verdict rendered
in Tuesdays election with submis-
sion and good courage. This State
is still Democratic State, and the
result of the election is not only a
rebuke to the Democratic organiza-
ton but a warning to the Repub-
lean managers
The Democratic party in the State
will look to the Democratic Legisla-
ture to reinstate it in public con-
fidence.
We repeat: Maryland is still a
Democratic State but the Demo-
cratic party does not belong to any
machine in city or State, and it has
served notice, once and for all, that
it will not have the city bosses to
rule over it.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1911-11-09

itch Coal Fields Of Vest Tirgtnia.
MATEWAN HTEMs.

Misses Ethel Lambert and Lula
Kehrer of Williamson spent Sun
day with Matewan friends.
The Sunday School children OF
Matewan are making great prepare
tions for observing Temperance
Sunay the 18th, under the auspices
of the w. c. T. U.
Dr. and Mrs Wood entertained
the young people with masquer-
ade allowe'en party on the 31st,
and it was a most enjoyable affair
The rooms were decorated in all the
suggestions incident to Halloween,
and the effect was most attractive.
JacA-o-lanterns, witches. ghosts,
owls and black cats had their part in
the decorative scheme OF yellow and
red and all combined to produce
a picture as weird and "spooky" as
could be conceived. Promptly at
1880 the guests were ushered into
the dining room which was resplen-
dent in Hallowee en- colors and soft
lights. The walks were banked with
corn stalks, and pumpkins. Most
delicious and elaborate refresh
mtnts were served, consisting Of
oysters, potato salad, ice cream, cake,
pie, nuts, and lemonade This was
also a farewell social to the many
friends of DR.. and Mrs. Wood, as
they intend to change their location
the 18th of this month.
1t grieves their many friends to
see such good people leave us, but
our loss will be another's gain. and
our good wishes follow them wher-
ever they may 60.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1911-11-09
Who Really Done" 1t.

In one of the large cities a pri-
mary teacher was one day instruct
ing her class in the composition Of
sentences on the blackboard, one .
misstatement of fact, and the other
wrong dramatically The sentences
were: The hen has three legs
and who done it,"
Willie" she said to one Of the
youngsters, "go to the board and
show where the fault lies in those
two sentences"
Willie slowly approached the board
evidently studying hard. Then he
took the crayon and wrote: 1.-THE he-
never done it. God done it."
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1911-11-09

DID HE GET THE 500, 900?
Mail Clerk is Arrested Charged With
- Theft of Registered Package
from keystone.

Lynchburg, Va. Nov 10--George
e. Huffman, mail clerk on the
Southern Railway between Washing
ton and Charlotte, ~ c., was ar
rested here yesterday on the charge
Of stealing a 100000 registered
package on the night of October %
He was confined In the city jail to
await examination before Commits
sioner O'Brien Postal inspectors
say Huffman was spending money
freely the day following the robbery
and that this led to his arrest The
package stolen, which was consigned
by Keystone, W. Va, bank to a
correspondent in Philadelphia.
Huffman is native Of Rocking
ham county, Va, and has been in
the postal service ten years.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1911-11-09
D. A. r. Conference at Huntington

d. A. r.. Conference at Huntington.
Mrs. Wells Goodykoontz of this
city went on Tuesday to Huntington
to be present at the annual meet
ing of the Federation of the Daugh-
tiers of American Revolution which
takes place in Huntington this week,
the EIGHTH, ninth AMI tenth. Elk
tensive preparations have been made
by the Buford chapter of Hunting
ton for the entertainment of the
guests who will come from all over
the state.
Mrs. Goodykoontz has been trying
for some time to organize chapter
at Williamson, but SO far the num-
Der of members has not reached the
twelve required.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1911-11-09
NOTICE TO PARENTS.

Little children who have never
gone. to school, who have to enter
the llrst primer class in the primary
grade, will not be allowed to start
to school this term, but can enter
after Christmas The primary rooms
can not make proper arrangements
for the instruction of these pupils
now, without sacrificing the work
for those who entered earlier.
Glasses will be formed for beginners
after Christmas.
By Order of Superintendent.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1911-11-09
Unappreciated Eloauence,

The attorneys for the prosecution
and defence had been allowed fifteen
minutes each to argue the case. The
attorney for the defence had COM
menced his argument with an allu-
sion to the old swimming hole of his
boyhood days. He told in fiowery
oratory of the balmy air. the singing
birds, the joy of youth, the delights
of the cool water
And in the midst OF it he was in
terrupted by the drawing voice Of
the Judge.
Come out Chauncey," he said,
"ani put on your clothes. Your
fifteen minutes are up."-Success.