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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-08-25
WHILE his LIFE
CONTINUED from page one),

So Beattie arose. His pose was tense.
He leaned forward on his clenched
hands, his knuckles whitened by the
pressure, of his weight on them, He
looked long and sharply into the faces
of all sixteen men, one after the other,
in regular order, skipping none, hold.
Ing each juror for several seconds in
a steadfast gaze. He was deliberate
but at the same time raised to a hair
trigger state Of nervous strain. He
was gambling with life and death and
before them.
II was quite as a gambler he stood,
a man with only last stake left,
utterly ruined If be lost and fully de-
cided to blow out his brains Il luck
went against him, Like Just such q
gambler he stood, seeking to pick out
OF 1.-The sixteen men the four that lntui.
ton or observation might tell him
werelthe least friendly toward him Or
would Judge him too harshly wheaSthe
story of Ills sdisslpatlons was spread
ibotoEe thems
9awyeT Smith stood beside him the
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-08-25
MORGAN REUNION.

Owing to the fact that there appears
to be some misunderstanding as to
the date Of the Morgan Reunion !
Thoughtful might be advisable to have
the papers again announce that the
proper date is Wednesday, August 80
Fannie May Rogers, Sec.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-08-25
AHLETo BE our

Thomas Gllkeson, the transfer man
VINO Wa Hopssa IN seyeral meeIss Oh
accopnt 81 pelng hurt 81 a. accideat
when one II his wagona coladed Win
q street eag Is now able 70 be about
on crulcheg
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-08-25

best served by the election Of q
Democrat. 1t.was a political mistake
and an affront to the Democratic par
ty for him to carpetbag himself back
into this State where he had not re.
sided for fifteen years, and had not
shown his hand in politics except to
fight the Democratic party, without
the shadow Of q claim, and with no
influence except money and the sup
port Of corporations, proposed to.
override the will of the people by
bribipg their representatives in the
legislature. After his election he
made. a mistake in Joining forces
with Senator Chiffon and smothering
down the Investigation charges Of
bribery made in connection with his
nomination. Instead Of clearing his
robes Of the stain and stencn Of
fraud and corruption, he caused his
.hirelings to still further stuIttty
themselves, bring reproach to the par
~ and disgrace on the State by be-
ling influenced by an elaborate ban
quet, from dlscharging a duty which
they owed to themselves as well as
to their constituents. 1t is said Of
the boaconstrlctor that when his
belly is full he is perfectly harmless
and obvious to all things around
him. Some Democratic legislators
seem to be possessed largely Of the
same animal instincts and character.
istics. The choking of of the inyes.
legation was proof conclusive to all
who, we're not already acquainted
with the facts, that the charges were
true and the guilty persons were
afraid that abundant proof could be
found Is Substantially ttsaf 4
After taking Sis Scat tnsShs Senate.
Senator Watson made asmistake in
leaving the Senate, chamber Just as
Tie vote lwsS 70 be taken on the no.
stotioas .shih Subsidy bill. His alb.
.senc6 isft@ die Senate a tie and the
vice president gave the casting vote.
In favor Of the bill. II he had voted
with the party this great steal which
Democratic platforms for years have
denounced and the Democratic mi
iority in congress has exhausted
every resource to prevent would
have been defeated. His absence
from his post Of duty at this critical
iuncture when taken in connection
with the statement he made to a
Democratic State Senator that he was
in favor of Ship Subsidy law, is
very significant.
Senators Watson and Chiffon each
made mistake when they voted
against the unseating Of the notori.
GUS Lortmer who had purchased his
seat in the Senate by the breaking OF
a great Jack pot" contributed by
the corporations. In this case per-
.haps a Fellow feeling made them
wondrous kind" out and OF fear that
this bribery investigation BUSINESS
might become contagious, they may
have concluded, like another noted
character, 1t is time for all such fell
lows to stand together" In the
meantime, the honest men in each
political party having become dis
gusted as well as frightened by inc
shameful and corrupt methods en-
ployed by ofFlce.seekers in The inter.
est Of the great corporations to over
ride the will Of the people by cor
rupting their representatives, joined
in petitionlng the governor to con.
vene the legislature in extra, session
for the purpose of passing a State pri-
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jury list in hand. The scene lasted all
Of ten minutes. Suddenly Beattie
squared his shoulders and spoke rap.
idly and neryously to his counsl, 9
nod OF the head toward one of the
men in the box accompanying each re-
mark. And at the end of each Wills
per, Lawyer Smith called the name 81
a rejected juror until four men had
thus been eliminated.
Rejects Oldest and Youngest.
The first to fall under the unfavora-
.ble eye from Beattie was the oldest
man ontthe jury, a collarless, bewhis-
kered farmer, with a rough hewn face
and great shaggy eyebrows over deep
ly set eyes. N
The second was the youngest man
on the jury, of exactly Beattie's own
age. He had deported himself with
leyIty and laughter several times and
Beattle had evidently decided not to
risk his llfe's chances with man OF
such frlyollty. The other two men. to
go were marked Tor no particular
character and it was quite impossible
to CLEAN what Beatties sharp glances
had revealed to antagoniEe them.
Beattle still stood rigid and erect
after the four rejected men had moved
back 10 places among the spectatto'rs
Then he took q long. final look at tho
twelve chosen men, sank to his seat
and leaned against the shoulder Of 4 l9s
father. The white-baired, fineiffesas-1
tufed old man ma& quick response BY y
slipping his arm over the youths
shoulder, Beattie sat white faced
staring down hard at the table in froRp!!
81 him, ttie muscles Of Ills countenancs
rapidly whitening, bis mind probably
in an agony OF speculation as q
whether his Judgment had played HIN
fair ~
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Heair.s Judae, Loses Nerve.

1edTS JuuSSI L-VeV5 NSsSS' t.ib
For the first time he seemed fully to
realize his position, fully to compre.
bend that he was now fully launched
on that legal struggle that may meGn
his life. Judge Watson then in a low
voice and with clear enunciation told
the jury what would be expected Of
them and of the nature Of the proceed.
ings Of which they had become Fart.
He told them Of the verdict they might
render which would carry Beattie to
the electric chair; Of another that
would send him to States prison for
life, and yet a third that would take
him toprison for from five to eighteen
years.
Beattie's nerves were gone and limp.
He swallowed and WINGED at the read.
ing Teach of these penalties. HIS
father, noticing bis perturbation,
quickly diverted a palm leaf fan that
he had been using into gently tanning
his sons brow. US
1t was no better for Beattie when
court adjourned to Bit at 10 O'Clock
to-day, when the opening speech will
be made the taking ofeyldence in the
Midlothian turnpike tragedy begun.
There was no long automobile ride for
him through beautiful pine groves,
past great deer preserves, over wood.
en- bridges spanning sIlvery woodland
streams back to the modernshrdluu
streams back to his big, comfortably
arranged cell in the modern county
Jail in Richmond. With the choosing
Of the jury, Judge Watson ordered that
the young man must In future be con.
fined In the little old red brick jail Of
Chesterfield county, Q squat, dwarf
building in the rear Of the grove where
the ancient court house stands in the
center. X
So when Beattie left the Richmond
jail yesterday he carried a dress suit
case filled with belongings and in a
green cloth case his beloved guitar.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-08-25
JUST KEpT ON GOING.

NEW YORK, Aug. s5 Because he
didn't stop to see what he kicked on
the floor Julius FlelsChman once ma;
yor o. Cincinnati missed anding q
purse containing j $500 pend on Tic
.tloor oithe Waldorf
sabssEths ri the wes! vlrgInian.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-08-25
The Poet B .I!!l!!!iII!!o soEP.hl,er

chiiaheo when ny works were
Sic held my boneset and ginger Then
soon departed collie the anguish and the pains and
TIMES went forth to spoEtand foe till And thus
CHANGES treated BY grannes in their day
swallowed and stckness
But world we eer at dope ct old time
remedies were The
with saw ceaye somber 70 cure
fever; he scorns He tells ratchet
has slipped in our nsdes; with hah and all
work divides He news us with his CORY expiring sight
We sadly ask him his and then curl and die
sssfs=as (oelk71lssos
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-10-09
TROOPS ARRIVE IN ATLANTA.
Northern ORGANIZATIONS on Hand for Big
Peace Celebration.

ATLANTA. Oct. s.-With it's band playing
the Fifth Regiment Of the Maryland
National Guard marched through the
streets Of Atlanta this afternoon to the
hot ell where it will be quartered during the
peace celebration which takes place this
week under the auspices of the Gates City
Guard, Atlantas oldest military organiza-
tion.
The Maryland regiment had 500 men in
line and as they marched to Maryland
NY Maryland" the people who crowded
Atlanta's streets loudly cheered. The
band tonight gave concert in the Audi
torium, which was attended by 5000
Three hours after the arrival OF the
Maryland regiment, the Boston Light
Infantry. the State Fencibles OF Philadel-
phia, the Old Guard Of New York and the
Richmond Light Infantry. Blues arrived
More troops will arrive during the
night and tomorrow and there will he
900 men in the parade on Tuesday
The celebration will be marked by the
unwilling of peace monument to COM
memorate trip made by the Gate City
Guard through the North in 1879 The
trip Of the Gate City Guard WAS made tu
draw the North and South together and
all the Northern military organizations
which entertained the Atlanta troops on
their tour will take part in the unveilin0
OF the fDeaoe monument.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-10-09
DENOUNCES PROHIBITION.
Georgia Judge Says II Has Created Seri.
Gus Disregard for Law.

ATLANTA, Oct s-Declaring that pro-
hibition is a sham and that it is debauching
the State. Judge Russell Of the Court of
Appeals. now a candidate for Governor,
has Just issued an address to the people
favoring a return to local option
The present so-called prohibition law
was conceived in stealth and ushered
into the world by snap judgment, which
silenced by force the voice Of any and
every humble citizen who dared protest
against it," he says.
-The issue Of supplanting system OF
local option which has been adhered TO as
"A policy Of the State for nearly a genera
ton by statutory prohibition was not
submitted to the voters Of the State even
indirectly, as it most assuredly should
have been if proposed at all The passa &c
of this law. depriviug some Of the counties
Of the right to register their consent
was an act Of injustice tending to create
natural resentment against the mere
power of might
Inst cad Of a limited number of legal.
lied saloons, from which the State de.
rived a revenue. there has been q multi.
plcation of various devices by which
intoxicating liquors can be sold. and the
general effect of this disregard Of the Law
in the counties in which there is not suf
ficient sentiment to support the prohi.
bition law has been to teach disregard
and contempt of law in counties in which
prior to the passage OF the act of 1907
the prohibition law was fairly well en-
forced
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-10-09
SHOT BRIDE AND HUSBAND.
lnfuriated Father Gives . Dinner and
Then Wounds Them Both.

SoMERvILLE. n. j.. Oct. s.-Dominic
Deandria showed his disapproval Of the
marriage Of his daughter Lucia TO Flory
Tato at a wedding feast at Rocky Hill 1t
o'clock this afternoon by shooting his
son-in-law through the leg and aiming a
bullet at his daughters heart which went
wide of the mark and penetrated her
clothing just over the left shoulder. in
fiicting only a slight flesh wound.
Deandria's daughter married Tato on
Last Thursday against her fathers wishes
Tato provided a home for his bride at
Princeton. where he had good job.
Deandria followed his daughter to
Princeton the day after the marriage
and pretended to effect q reconciliation.
He invited her and her husband to visit
his home at Rocky Hill to-day and prom
ised TO give wedding feast in their honor.
When the young pair arrived at Dean
drias home they got cordial reception
and found many OF their friends present
When the feast was at its height Dean
dria without word Of warning drew
a revolver and opened fire on the young
couple. The father ran away,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-10-09
RODGERS PASSES CHICAGO.
1AviatOr Lands Near .IOliet--(;ives Ip
Hone for Sen TO Sea Prize.

CHICAGO. Oct. S.-Five thousand per-
cons saw Calhraith p. Rodgers appear
in the sky in the south to-day. grow
from n mere dot into a big biplane and
then come 10 earth in Grant Park within
fifty feet of his old hangar site where
he kept his machine during the recent
<ivlation.
The aviator was scheduled to arrive
here at noon, and he missed his schedule
by only three minutes. II was IL 57
when his motor stopped He made the
twenty-four miles from Hammond. Ind.
toChicaRo IN twcnty-siX minutes.
At 4:02 O'Clock he again took wing
and in eighteen minutes had disappea red
in the direction Of Springfield. The
special train on the Chicago and Alton
pulled out OF the union sta ton an hour
ahead of him.
Rodgers to-day definitely declared that
he has given up all hope of winning the
prize of s50oD0 for IN ocean 10 ocean
flight, as the time limit i, NJ on Tuesday.
but in spite of this fact he viii continue
his journey in an attpmuI to break the
worlds long distanC" record
JOLIET, H.. Ocr. : Cabraith p Rod.
gers landed in the field Of Daniel O'Con.
nor. mile from Delwood PARK and midwav
between Lockport and Uni. Guy, AT $50
O'Clock this afternoon after flying seventy
miles in II minutes, hut only addiro
thirty-three miles TO his score in the rinh
from New York
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-10-09
SHERyFF HELD Up SOPWITH.
Warned Him Not to Fly Under Pain OF
Arrpst-OytnstOn's Trip.

T Before the attempt was ma de yester-
day to arrest Miss Mathilde Moissnt
at the Nassau aviation field Tom Sop
with took out his machine. Sheriff Do
Mott was on the Job and tod the Eng
'lishman thai ne would be arrested If he
attempted to get Off the ground. Sop
with threatened to take his machine
across the line into the next county, but
he found that he would have to remove
the wings and gave up the project.
Grahame-White stood by with his
hands in his pockets and snid that in
England things are different.
All of the gates were policed Yesterday
and deputies were stationed at every
third hangar.
Ovington expects to leave the aero
,drome between and 10 o'clock this
morning for Governors Island to start
on his mail carrying trip to Los Angeles.
Cal. His baggage and special parts
for his aeroplane were sent to the station
last night to be nut on the special train
that is to follow him during the trip.
Mrs. Ovinpton, Willis Mccormick and
W. E. Malone. business manager of the
Queens Aeroplane Company, and Miss
Phillis Percval will travel in the specia
train. Ovington expects TO make Pough-
iksepsie to-day and his next stopping
hpoint will be Albany.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-10-09
SPECIAL NOTICES.
To Unclog The Pores
Remove Sitting Skin

"Clogsed pores are the cause Of many
complexion difficulties.- ACCORDING to
DR.. Heman Ward. This condition
makes the skin coarse in texture. 1t
interferes with elimination OF waste
matter. producing muddy or blotchy
complexion. eruptions and other defects,
To open and cleanse the closed pores
there is nothing more effective than
ordinary mercolized wax. used as YOU
would cold cream. but not rubbed
in. 1t should be applied at night and
washed OF in the morning. Mercoizsd
wax, to be had at any drug store. will
also remove the effects of the condi-
tion referred to. That Ia. IL removes
the undesirable complexion itself. with
it's disfiguring marks. Possessing a
peculiar absorbent power. It flakes OF
the soiled skin in minute particles. but
so gradually there is no irritation or
Inconvenience. IL is recommended in
preference to cosmetics. as the new
complexion IL reveals ia a perfectly
natural one."
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-10-09
OBJECT TO 1.-THE PLAYBoy. ;,
United irish American societies Disagree
With Yeats About II.

The United IriaA American Societies
Of New York passed a resolution in meet.
ing at the Irish American Athletic Club
last night protesting against the proposed
presentation in this city Of the late John
NJ. Synge's play The Playboy Of the
Western World
"A gross and libellous caricature of
the Irish race" the resolution calls tho
play, and 1t is further objected to as no,
a true portrayal Of anything that ever
happened in Ireland" because. in tho
opinion of the United Irish American
Societies, it represents the Irish as bias.
phemous and drunken and makes a hero
OF man who killed his fat her. 'o
The resolution says that The Playbov-
will not be tolerated here. and a man
who voted for 1t SAYS that II anyhodv
attempts to put the piece on IL will he
treated as were "McFadden's Row ~
Flats" and vaudeville sketch acted bv
the Russell brothers. AT which rotten
eggs were thrown.
The resolution was presented by Col
Crowley of the Irish Volunteers.
William Butler Yeats has written Of
1The Plavboy" that most Of all Of Synee' a
plays II will be loved .for holding 20 much
Of the mind OF Ireland And Synge said
OF IL. ANY one who has lived in real in.
timacy with the Irish peasantry will
know that the widest sayings in this
play are tame indeed compared with the
fancies one may hear at any little hillside
cottage of Geesala or Carraroe or Dingle
Raw
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-10-09
DIED..

CATLlN.-At Albany. " V, on October
William Husgins Catlin OF Rye. y. Y, son Of
the late Davki W. Catlln OF New York In ths
6oth year of his age.
Funeral At Chrsts Church at Rye on Monday
October o. at lI5 O'Clock In the afternoon
Carriages will meet the traln leaving ms
Grand Central Station at 1907 oclock.
GiBSoN.-On October T. at Denver Col, Of
pneumonia. Archibald p. Gibson.
HuTToN.-on Sunday. October S. at cornns
n y. Alfred Edgar. Youngest son OF me Rev
Alfred J. and Harriet Hyatt Hutton.
Funeral services at Corning, Monday evening
October o.
HYDE,--On October 7, at Richmond Hl l. l'.
Helen Elizabeth Williams. only daughter OF
j. r. Hindon Hyde and Ellen Elhabe'h
Hulings Hyde.
Funeral AT the Church Of the Rcsurrec''on'
Richmond Hill. on Wednesday, october lL
at 1880 \. NJ. lntcrmen, In the family vaulh
Greenwood. Baltimore papers please copy
RAMEE.--on Sunday. October S, Victor ". isn
OF the late Victor NJ. and Emcline Ric|e'
Rance, In his 73d year.
Services at his late reside nee i7a2 Wes "a ST.
Marlboro. Brooklyn. "Wednesday. october H.
at s3o p. NJ. Culver line from BrooAH"
Bridge TO Avenue r, In,erment prl'a'e
ROBiNS.--Wiiam a. Robins. aged "a years
Funeral at THE FUNERAL CHURCH al and ~
Wes, %. FRANK T., CAMPBELL BLpd r
SPENCER-On October s, 1911. George Edmlna'
beloved husband OF Louise Samsol Spencer
aged 66 years. Services at his late residence
35 Pineapple ST. Brooklyn. y. y, MoLas'
cveaing at O'Clock Internelt at Pi'tSfll,
Mass, Tuesday October 10. on srf'NaI VI
morning train from New York
WILSON, Major David Wilson, late Comr,anae'
First Battalion Field Artillery, n. G. y y,
after a brief illness. at his residence, Io- Ess'
l6Sth ST.
Funeral Tuesday, Oct ctober 10, 1911. at noon, ITO"
headquarters First Battalion Field Ar''''eI,
N.G y. Y. Second Battery Armor>', ea''e'
A. y, G. y. Y, l6sth ST and Franklin N
Borough of The Bronx, New York city Mc".
hers OF National Guard. New York. 'iuien'
Lodge, +, 4 \, NJ: Military Athletic league
Militia Council, David Wilson Post Spanss Sp.s
War Veterans; Army and Navy cub NOT" ,.
side BOARD of Trade. Jackson Den "'"".
Club, Hoboken Turtle Club. are inN'eu y"
attend
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-10-09
CAPT. LOUIS n. STOD DER DEAD
Man VINO Fought in the Monitors Turre
Dies in Brooklyn.

Capt. Louis N. Stodder. who was acting
master Of the Monitor throughout her
career. died yesterday at his home. 2s4
Kingston avenue. Brooklyn. He was
"a years old. He was born in New York
city in 1887 and was educated in the New
York public schools. He studied naviga-
ton and acquired experience at sea. and
when the civil war came he volunteered
He was assigned to the Monitor at her
launching as acting master. continuing
in that capacity until she foundered OF
Hatteras while being towed southwark
for service. 1t was Stodder who cut
the hawser and saved the towing vessel
from being pulled under by the sinking
ironclad. He had been in charge Of the
turret and had fought the turret guns
through the naval duel with the Merrimac.
After the war Capt. Stodder went into
the revenue cutter service. He reached
the age OF retirement nine years ago.
Later he became supervisor Of anchorages
for the port OF New York. wife and
several children survive him. The funeral
will be on Tuesday from the home and
interment will be made in Greenwood
Cemetery.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-10-09
BALLOONySTS LAND IN JERSEY
Two Men From PittsheId Have Might
Journey TO Freehold.

FREEHOLD. n. j.. Oct. s,-After being
in the air seven and half hours Jay b.
Benton of the Boston Frening Tran
script and William Van Sleet Of Pittsfield
Mass. who started from Aero Park in
Pittsfeld at midnight last night in a
balloon. landed near Freehold this morn
ing Both are balloon pilots. members
of the Aero Club Of New England. II was
MIR Van Sleet's eightieth trip. twenty
nine OF which were made at night Mr.
Benton has made twenty-five trips. nine
of which were made at night. They
landed at Sloan at 7:30 this morning
Their landing place was sandy road in
tho pines. from which place a farmer
brought them to Freehold in farm
wagon,
When they arose at midnight they
! started south and went about sixty miles
in that direction Finding themselves
over Long Island Sound and fearing that
they would he carried out to sea they throw
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-10-09
AMERICAN CHURCHES BEHIND.
Hut Then We Have Neither Armament
Nor Liquor Burden, Says Mr.. Horne.

Special Gable Despatch 10 THE SUN.
LONDON. Oct. s.-The Rev. Sylvester
Horne. NJ. p, talking Of his impressions
Of an American tour which he has just
completed. said that the United States
was free from the heavy load OF the liquor
trade and armaments which Britons have
to bear. He was struck by the different
attitude toward education.
"In America" said he. mo one grudges
the money spent on education. Every
common school is unifying. not diver
sive. force. Every State Is building uni
versities equipped at the expense Of the
people. On the other hand. the churches
do not seem to be rising to their oppor-
tunities as whole and are losing touch.
Democracy should produce a number
Of workers2inIall gradestof society who
should have powerful influence in
modifying the materialism Of American
society. but there l found nothing to
compare with our great missionary
churches in London and Lancashire.
The only place l saw that was really
getting the man in the streets was the
Labor Temple in New York"