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Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1911-03-10
ALL MY PIMPLES ZONE
Girl Tells How Blotchy Skin Was
Cleansed by a Simple Wash.

Cleansed by a Simple Wash.
II was ashamed of my face"
writes Miss Minnie Pickard, OF Al
amahaw, N. c. 1T was all full of
pimples and scars, but after using d.
d. d. Prescription can say that now
there is no sign Of that Eczema, and
that was three years ago"
d. d. ID. has become so famous as
cure and instant relief in Eczema
and all other serious skin diseases,
that its value Is sometimes over
looked in clearing up rash, plmples,
blackheads, and all other minor
forms OF skin impurities.
The fact is, th9ywhile d d. d.
is so penetrating that II strikes to the
very root OF Eczema or any other
serious trouble, the soothing on OF
Wlntergreen, Thymol and other in
gradients are so carefully compound
ed there is no wash for the skin
made that can compare with this
great household remedy for every
kind OF skin trouble.
ID ID ID. Is pleasant to use, per.
fectly harmless to the most delicate
skin, and absolutely reliable. A rs
cent bottle will give you positive
proof of the wonderful effectiveness
Of this great remedy NJ. Clemens,
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1911-03-10
COUNTY TREAsURERS
CALL FOR WARRANTS

There are funds IA The treasury
to pay all warrants registeEe9eon or
before October 10th, 19E and in
terest will cease from March 10th,
1911. j, r. Peterson. County Treas
urer. s-iO-St
VI. c. Davis. OF Wolf Creek. visited
q ants Pass friends on Tuesday
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-02-03
CRITICAL ].
SITUATION
is PASSED |
PUMPS ARE WORKING DIRECTLY
INTO THE MAINS AND CITY
WILL HAVE GOOD WATER SUP.
PLY. 5ii{ z ~

The people Of the low parts OF the
city for the past two days have been
experiencing the@story "As Told In
the ..Hills."5i ,s:. 3.
The people on the hills have been
without water for many months and
to them the recent trouble with pumps
was Of little interest. To, the people
living in the low parts Of the cltyjit
was matter Of much concern. 1t was
"a new experience The inconvenience
Of not having any water was almost
unendurable and the danger$of fire
breaking out was another thought
that haunted them. The factory men
were anxious. for all the places in the
city had to close because there was not
a drop Of water in the reservoir that
could be started back to the city. The
disabled pumps working direct into
the water mains were not sufficient to
keep up the supply. The whole town
was in n desperate situation.
1t Is believed that the critical stage
has passed and from this time on that
most Of the city viii have plenty .of
water. y K y ~ q; Y ~ 4, n II
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-02-03
THE ,MAJoRlTY5iN FAVOR soFsTHE
AMENDMENT WAS VERY De-
s cIslvE, x 4
.,7.3 FOB AGAINST II5J
Senator Mclntlrellntroduced Two Res.
ofutions To-day tnquirins Into the
Cost Of Defending the Virginia Debt
Case. n /. "a Il
.(speclal to West virglnIan,l J

& CHARLEsTO ON, w. Va, Feb. 8, s,,----; y.
The prohibition amendment passed
the House today by vote Of 73 to O.,
four delegates not voting. Those
voting against the amendment were
Delegates Whetzel. Epllng, Goody.
koontz, DR.. Hubbard, N. C.. Hubbard,
Kenny, siebert, Stroller and Whit
ham. Not otyoting, Carle, Jolly. Padden
and Robinson,
Senator McTntire offered two resolu.
'tions today one calling upon the
Board OF Public Works and the State
Treasurer to show how much money
has been expended in the defense Of,
the Virginia debt case and one direct:
ing, the Attorney General TO show who
have been 5empl ed as counsel In the
case. how much they have been5paid
and who are the owners Of the certia.
Gates and money. 5ts
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-02-03
TWO BOYS SHOT
ONE DIES, IN HOSPITAL AND THE
oTHERtls IN CRITICAL coNDI.
TON.

NEW YORK. Feb. 3.-Thos Ken.
nedy, aged seven, died this morning in
tho Cumberland street hospital in
Brooklyn from the effects OF bullet
wound, and Joseph Drltton, aged five,
Is In 4 critical condition at the. same
Institution, from a wound from the
same bullet. fs5
Loekin a room in the Children's So.
ciety is a terrified eleven year old girl.
Marian Riddle, who is accused by the
police Of firing the shot.
She protests her innocence but the
Britton boy charges her with tho act,
The Incident is traceable to the shoot,
Ing Of the strikeibreawers in Brooklyn
yesterday. After the shooting, man
threw n revolver: away in lot which
the children found and played with it.
playing Mamma and Papa" The
boys ran away, followed by Marian
A shot rang out and both boys fell
The police arrested all three and hur
Red the boys to the hospital. a
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-02-03
|VvATSQN PERMITS THE SHIP
SUBSIDY Senate
With a Vote Stand 50 to
SO Vice Pre- enf Sherman
Breaks Tie 4 IL West ~
ginia i Senator 5 Absence


.WAsHINGTo Feb. 3I-For tho
first time IN the history OF the govern.
ment, the vice president Of the United
States exercised his constitutional
perogative Of casting a vote to break
ties in connection with three success!
slve roll calls ini the Senate. BY the
first ofthese votes hessavell from i'm.
pending deseat the ocean mail, or ship
subsidy bin. and by the third forced
an adjournment ssot The Senate on a
vote having direct bearing on the reso-
luton looking tofthe election Of isena.
tors by direct vote OF the people. 4
The vote OF. the passage Of the sub.
ssidy bill, both n committee Of the
whole and ih-the: senate proper. stood
80 ayes and 80 noes and on adjourn.
mem. 81 ayes and 81 noes. On all
three occasions the vice president yot.
ed In the affirmative
& Watson Slips Away. q
Z Another notable occurrence In con.
nection with the vote ontthe subsidy
bill was the absence OF the new Demo.
cratic senator from West virginin.
Clarence Waylanl Watson, who had
taken his seat early In the day as the
successor to Senator Elkins. Mr.Wat-
son was in the senate: chamber for only.
"a few minutes and voted on ~ on one
lsoiistals; THIS y IS cast 6n IN an
amendment offered by MI. shiyely, Of
Indiana. sulating the. aggregate iex.
penditures which maybe made under
tho terms Of the bill. On this provis-
ion the new West Virginia senator
cast his vote in the affirmative, thus
indicating his Opposition to the. meas
ure. After casting his vote he disap.
peared and when the next ballot was
taken Mr.. Scott, his Republican col
league, announced Mr.. Watson's ab.
sence, saying he was away on,"impor-
,tant business" The result on this roll
call was not SO close as to render MA.
'terial the presence or absence of any
senator and no notice was taken Of
the fact that Mr.. Watson was not In
attendance. Only few senators gave
heed to Mr.. SCOTS announcement and
they langheI good naturedly over it.
Their enjoyment, II significant, passed
without explanation and by most scna-
tors was attributed to the failure Of n
new senator to embrace his first op:
portunity to make a record.
Watson Saved Bill.
4 After the final result became. known
the opponents OF the bill, including all
the Democrats, realized that Mr.. Wat
sons absence had prevented the defeat
Of the bill. He was the only Democrat
present during any Of the roll calls
b 81 : a.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-02-03
NOTICE.

Having again taken charge Of the
Mlller-clark Grain conpany's plant,aI
wish to announce to all consumers Of
hay, grain, flour and feed, that ! shall.
conduct the business the same as un.l
der my. former management, with the
exception Of retailing flour In the city
of Falrmont. This will not be done;
unless future conditions demand such
action. We WI. not ship flour TO In.
dividuaIs, to any station where mer-
chants are handling. our goods. 70 the
farmers ana dairymen who come TO
our plant We will 2ssell Hour II, any
quantity. We earnestly solicit q share
otaypnrs patronage. and assure yon 81
lrSand 5eourteous treatr,ehts \ n A
q 4 q E o. SEi lLERs S
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-02-03
! /. | MONEY \
!. ...1.A|.||E|:..N|||..S.U|C|DES
BODY OF TREASURER OF. WEST.
3 LING house sEIEcTRls sis7Fou ouNp:
I'm SEA. Z

NEW YORK, Feb. 3.-The body Of
Edward st. John, assistant treasurer
Of the Westinghouse Electric & Manu-:
featuring Company, Of New York,
Plttsburg and other cities, was found
In the surf off Coney island yesterday.
It was fully dressed and there Is no
other theory advanced than that he
committed suicide by drawing himself
some time during the. last "a hours, be.
cause Of shortage In his accounts be.
lieved to be due to speculation in Wall
street with the co1npany's funds. The
amount is estimated to be not greater
;han s5oboo.
1.-The shortage was not discovered
until after the report OF his suicide to.
day." said Vice President Charles A.
Terry. Of the Westinghouse company,
tonight. Y. II
Mr.. st. John was 60 years Of age and
married. He lived in the Flatbush sec.
lion of Brooklyn. Mrs. st. John, pros.
trated over the suicide, refused to dis
cuss the case. The body was removed
! to his home tonight.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-02-03

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.E.L|K,|.Ns !. !, | \ will. | |
UNSATISFACTORY.
MRS. EEKiN IS RENO . NOES PRoVi.
t SONS 10 sti RE 4 N THE Es.
TATE U DER vi Il e LAWS OF
THE STATE.

~ .itisiss * }------ S4q NJ ~
81 ELKINs, Viva, Feb. B. Some.
what Of a sensation was caused here
yesterday when It; became known that
Mrs. Halle, Elkins, Widow Of Senator
Stephen B. Elkins, was not satisfied
with the will of her late husband.
whose second wife she was, but has
filed at the Office of Is County Clerk
Rowan an article renouncIng the pro.
visions that had been made for her
in the will other late husband. It
follows: Y y. Z; f3..5. 4
ITO the County Court of Randolph
Y County, West Virginia.:
y, Hnllle Dayls.Elklns, D widow Of
Stephen D. Elkins, deceased, under
the provisions Of section II, chapter
IS, Of the laws Of the State Of West
Virginia, do by this instrument in
writing, renounce the provisions made
for me in the will Of my husband,
Stephen B. Elkins, which will was
dated and acknowledged on the 29th
day Of September, 1910, and probated
on the 7th day Of January. 1911. in
the county court Of Randolph county.
West Virginia, and declare 1t to be
my desire and purpose to take and
have such share Of my husbands real
and personal estate as l would have
had, IL he had died intestate, leaving
children. III
N"Giyen under my hand and seal,
this thirteenth day Of January. 1911.
2"HALLIE D! .ELKlNs."
The viii Of Senators iElkIns gave to
Mrs. Elklns the! estate at Elkins, Hal.
!lehurst. the Washington residence.
and an Income during her life, and
the estate was to remain intact for a
period Of five years. Just what effect
the action Of the widow took yester.
day Will have on the remainder OF the
provisions Of the will, us a matter Of
speculation: tf:; e Il
Senator Elkins drew his will SO thar
seven children, including two by his
tlrsts.wife. who share. equally in the
estate, but by Mrs. EElkins claiming
the one;thlrd, she will. have between
s5,ooo,ooo and $4,000, 900 in her own
right and which she may apportion
among the five children Of the second
marriage. Il 1.;,3 !; n
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..IN|IIENI|EAR| u ARRESTED
HE GAVE BOND FOR HIS APPEAR.
ANcE BEFORE THE GRAND
u, y U RY.a,1 n. ~

Y; krthur Menear, night pumper at the
Scityiffwater pumping station yesterday
evening was taken to the council
Schamber and there he is said to have
confessed to city officials that while:
at work at the pumping station that
:shei had iStakenga hammer and pounded
gthesypumps putting them out Of com,
mission, had burned the brooms at the
place and had thrown the oil cans in
Ssthe:riyer. II is said that he did these
things while under the influence Of
sEwhiskey, s 3;.,3
gsg This morning Mayor Martin swore
put . warrant for Menear's arrest.
The writ was Issued by Justice L. s.:
Amos. John S. Walker executed the
warrant. Menear was taken before
sithe! Justice where he gave bond for
Siis appearance before the grand jury.
Mrs James A. Justice Is seriously III
:. ISt.-x Ivy
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-02-03


d CHARLESTON w. yyia..l reb: q. =
Tax Commissioner Townsend has
given outfthe following statement rel.
atiyei 10 Senate Bill 81 I.
The purpose of Senate; Bill NO.
Introduced BY Mr. Ma ecorsle, on June
q. 1911 4 is to amend and re.enacs
Chapter 20 OF fSthe9 Code Of West Viz.
ginia, tthe assessment lawss) Every
person in the State who pays taxes is
directly interested IN this bin, and
therefore, should know the eject IL
Will have upon the revenue systan, ot 1
the State. The only interest 4 have IN
this matteriis that of u citizen 81 West
who desires TO see this the
best State IN the Union III which Ito !
earn a living, to operate d business,
to own property. II cannot be said
that have an INTEREST," 4 the matter
because 1t will affect me ofiiciaily. be.
cause my term as State Tax conlmisr
sioner expires March FIRST. and under
the law cannot succeed myself.
This bill proposes radical changes
in the revenue system of the State.
In this article ] shall only attempt 10
cover one feature Of the bill !, and VIII
follow up the discussion bySadditionai
articles
& Section 1872 Of the proposed bill
reads as follows: "a 4
SaThe office Of tax Il COMMISSIONER
heretofore created ana noR existing.
Is hereby disconH Hnued and saboiishs d (
The abolition Of this Office carfies
With: II the aboli ition; ;ofE the account.
iRg system 3ot the State created by
Chap SO of the Acts Of the Special
Session off 1905, becadse the Stite lax
csiasniss issichei " igae ql, lhls oilices'
y the chiet ihspe ector and supervisor 4
ofspublic Offices 81 tie State. Do the
people o. the State want 70 abolish
the accounting SYSTEM Let's see,
Some sof the Results. II b
AS the result of an audit OF the ac.
counts Of the sheriff of one county,
covering a period ~ four Yeas, sand
which cost the people sof that county
1.2s9.oO, there was paid hack into mo
county treasury s14,sss.os
In another county an audit cost
$1,s0315. and there has been charged
and paid back Sic. .713s42,
LIN another county the audit cost
s3S3.20. and there was found county
orders Of s2.144.63 credited 10 the
sheriff in one settlement. The same
orders were again used in the succeed.
Ing: settlement, the sheriff thereby re-
ceiying two credits for the same
orders. Another item ot ssl4.ss In
taxes received from the auditors oi.
f.ce, collected from railroad was not
accounted for at ali. 4; \ Il
In another county the AUDIT cost
s423.6o, and In adding The personal
property. books one mistake was dis-
covered amounting To- 81 1886, and
another Of s4Oo. 80 IaSaddi Hon u tlsis.
two persons are now indicted III that
county charged with forging county
orders.
Gin another county the iaudit cost
s7o4.23, and there was paid back So:
1926. Y Y
The foregoing are onl Y q few oi the
features OF the different
audtts made.
We are now working in conntIesl
where there are more startling dis:
coveries YET.
Senate Bill No. t4 says we win gabols
-
I ~ Continued on Page Fsiye.)
-
III .
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-02-03
BOY WANTED,

r. Good sized boy, I S or over, not afraid
Of work, for printing office. Small
wages to start but good chance to
learn printing business, apd. for ad,
vanccment. Apply .West Virgfiinlan
office. "a X .t5 u fsE.i55si
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-02-03
LOST | o | ! Child ] |! !.
RE'['U.R|.N[|'DIiT0 !. ! 4 |!
HER R|.P|ARENTSj
LITTLE WANDERER FOUND IN
FIRST WARD - DELIVERED
\ FROM ALL HARM AND I'M uRY
TO HER FATHER AND MOTHER.

d d
Edithr the little. four3year old daugh.
tertof Mrland Mrs. Ray Holbert, who
wandered away from her home about
eleven; o'clock yesterday and Of which
mention was made in last evenings
paper, was found yesterday afternoon
at four.thlrty o'clock at the home Of
Mrs. Bartlett in the First ward.
Almost the entire Fourth ward to.
gether with several policemen and
the boy Scouts Of the Fairmont pub.
lie, schools were engaged in the hunt.
and the efforts We're finally rewarded
when the child was returned to her
parents about four.thirty3 o'clock IN
El The little one was allowed to so to
meet her brother Harold, who was
Idue3to return from school and he be-
Ing little late, the child missed him
and wandered down Parks avenue,
where she was seen by passersby. She
f# 3 o. d & N . ~. %
wandered on across the First ward
bridge and 1t is thought visited the
Miners Hospital as we'll as several
other places and was finally found By
a Mrs. Bartlett living in the First
ward. The child was frightened and
was taken to the home OF Mrs. Bart.
lettwher she was taken care OF until
about tour.thlrty o'clock when Mrs.
Bartlett phoned to police headquar-
ters that she had found a child and
the description tailed with that which
had been given to police headquarters
and the child was soon restored to her
parents who were overjoyed at her
restoration. Mr.. and Mrs. Holbert had
been almost frantic fearing that some
harm had befa1len the little girl.
Mr.. and Mrs. Holbcrt requested that
the following card OF thanks be print.
ed:
Fairmont, W. Va, T:
February 8, 1911.
To The West virginian: .
We hereby desire to thank all those
that helped so nobly to find our daugh.
ter. Edith, that wandered from her
home, "07 CASTOR avenue. yesterday,
at abont'11:30 a. m. and was found at
4:a5 &p. M, near the public school
building, First ward, how she got SO
far We have no idea. She was all
right, only her face was a little soil.
ed and one overslioe gone. We espe.
cially desire to remember the boy
scouts for the loyal help Thanks
+, to every one assisting.
s,f! S. RAY HOLBERT
s AND FAMILY.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-02-03
.i5IINlIoo,U,oIR=UM8

ALBANY, |, Feb. 8 - Quorum ut,
tended The Join session ~ the slegisla.l
turaS eons seqilentls there was
no y0te ], ,prss sem TOT:
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SAVE STENOCRAPHER'SR TIRE

Quick typeswrlting or correspond.
ence work done Son your ststi tionery.;
Prices moderate: Work strictly con
fldential. Conc Phone S5s- n
81 81 Fairmopt lttgrapn Bureau, sd
Floor. Geo: ~ Jacobs Bldg 81 q
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-02-03
ApJUoeEo SAN e.

8 LONDON, Feb, 3.-Albert Weldon,
who recently drew razor on Sir
Thomas Upton and attempted to force
him to hand over; five thousand dollars,
was today prom nounced sane and was
released from the 5inarmary, onlyEto
be arrested and tnkenl to Jail. \ /, II, y,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-02-03
NEW I : "
AVIATOR r EXCEEDS ALL OTHER
SPEED iFEATsi MAKING FORTY
MILES in aTHlRTY-TWo MINUTES.

X PARIS, Feb. tS.-Forty miles in thir.
tytwo minutes in his new aeroplane
was the sped record made today by, NJ.
Fay, at 1ssy. In the bi-plane completi.
tlon for the Aerial League prize be
averaged IS miles an hour. The pre-,
vious record was made by Latham, be.
ing an average OF s74M miles, at sDucy.
last October. q Il n; !, (; 3
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-02-03

ssEMrs. James A. Justice Is seriously III
ather home In the First ward. y
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-02-03
AWARDED
T05 Pit 'TSBURG firm
EacaDation for Buck hannon and
Northern tobe Finished Iy8 Deem
ber First.

800 n - 3 3 = 5s..T
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DISCUS
lM'c0RKLE'S measure
Fac Commits ssioner Defends y ork of
IL < officers Showing Many oinfs
It's FAVOR.

RI. e.
Evening journal., 1911-03-24
ALL FOR 1T.

- ONE of our friends who have had a suspicion
~ that VIC we're hitting at them "would-be
jugglers" and various other things hasten TO
sure us that we are mistaken, that no one is Jug
Cling or wants to jugge with the Public Utilities
bill or any other kind of good legislation. How
times have changed if this be true.
We assure them that we didn't have any partic-
ular individuals very much in mind, but reports
came from many sources that mysterious in
huences' we're at work
And if we accept everything at its face value, and
The Journal does until il learns otherwise, every
body who has any influence in politics is in favor
of Public Utilities Commission and other pro-
gressive legislation.
and some wanted a bill limited to the city. We
are glad TO be informed that the mysterious in
huences," if there we're any, have vanished and
everyone is happy although there has been con-
siderable of what might be called "cussing" over
the matter
We don't think the Public Utilities Commission
is going to injure any public service corporation.
1t appears to us that there are three situations
confronting a people with regard to Public Util-
tiles One is the situation that we have at present,
practically unrestrained Public Utilities with va
rious chaps getting franchises which they try to
unload on others, or try to utilize in forming COM
panies for alleged competition The second is reg
uated monopoly-Public Utilities regulated by
Public Utilities Commission. This is the plan that
appeals most 10
The third situation is municipal ownership. per-
haps the ideal but an ideal that is impractical in
Delaware at least at this time. We should think
that the owners Of Public Utilities as we'll as the
public in general would prefer the second situation.
Evening journal., 1911-03-24
A Young Old Man.
Wnshington Post.


Life is long, life is earnest, says one
poet. We are here on earth but a mo-
ment, says another The cynic might
explain that the first poet describes
life as it appears TO the married man;
the second as It appears to the bache-
lor However, the truth of the matter
is that they are both right; here are
short lives and long ones. There is
John Bigelow, some time minister 10
France. He is getting on in years now
somewhere near 94-but he is still
young old man.
When he started on HIS annual trip
to France the other day he remarked
that he was afraid he would return too
late for the opening of the library Of
which he is the president, but that if
they would postpone the opening for
a week or two he would like to be
there. And in all probability he would
be there. He is in excellent health, and
has the determination of a much
younger man.
Bigelow Is one Of the few links that
remain to tie the hurried, impatient
present with the might past. He is a